Silpa D. Krefft
Silpa Krefft, MD, is an occupational pulmonologist at National Jewish Health. Dr. Krefft is in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

Special Interests

Dr. Krefft's clinical and research practice is focused on a wide variety of occupational and environmental lung diseases. Her particular areas of interest include post-9/11 deployment-related lung diseases and mining-related lung disease such as coal worker's pneumoconiosis.

Education

Education
Colorado School of Public Health (Aurora/CO), MPH
University of Texas School of Medicine (San Antonio/TX), MD
Residency
University of Colorado/Anschutz Medical Campus (Aurora/CO), Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Boston University Medical Center (Boston/MA), Internal Medicine
Fellowship
University of Colorado/Anschutz Medical Campus (Aurora/CO), Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Awards & Recognition

2015-2016: Chief Resident, Occupational Medicine
2010-2011: Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
 

Board Certification

2016: Occupational and Environmental Medicine 
2013: Pulmonary Medicine
2011: Internal Medicine

Professional Memberships

American Thoracic Society
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Publications

Krefft SD, Meehan R, Rose C. The Emerging Spectrum of Post-deployment Respiratory Diseases. Curr Opin Pulm Med, 2015; 21:185-192.

Krefft SD, Rose CS, Nawaz S, Miller YE. Deployment-related Lung Disorders. Fed Pract, 2015;32(6):32-38.

Go LH, Krefft SD, Cohen RA, Rose CS. Lung Disease and Coal Mining: What Pulmonologists Need to Know. Curr Opin Pulm Med, 2016; 22:171-178

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine), University of Colorado Denver; secondary appointment in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health 

Teaching & Professional Positions

Denver VA Medical Center (Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care)

Conflicts of Interest

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Contact Information

  • Office: 877.225.5654

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