Stephanie Gold, MD, FAAFP

Dr. Gold is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado, a practicing family physician at a federally qualified health center, and a Scholar at the Farley Health Policy Center. Her research and policy work focus on payment reform for primary care and integrating behavioral health with primary care, with the goal of system transformation to enable primary care to better and more equitably care for the whole heath of individuals, families, and communities.

Dr. Gold co-edited a book, Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Your Patients are Waiting, which provides guidance on practice transformation to integrate care. She led the development of the Building Blocks of Behavioral Health Integration, a framework of care delivery expectations for use in practice transformation and alternative payment models. Dr. Gold served as president of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) from 2022-2023. Through the CAFP, Dr. Gold helped advance legislation to improve primary care investment in Colorado and has provided input on multiple state task forces and committees related to primary care payment reform and behavioral health integration. Dr. Gold also teaches policy and advocacy skills and has developed novel curricula for residents and international learners.

Dr. Gold received her MD from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Colorado – Denver Health track. Following residency, she completed a health policy fellowship with the Farley Health Policy Center. She is a 2023-2025 James C. Puffer / American Board of Family Medicine fellow with the National Academies of Medicine.