Mark Earnest, MD

Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Mark Earnest, MD, is a professor of medicine and division head of General Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He received his MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and his PhD from the University of Colorado Denver. His research interests include the impact of policy on access to care and the evaluation of educational interventions to improve professionalism, collaboration, and quality of care.

Photo of Doctor Mark Earnest. He is wearing a solid colored navy blue suit with a light blue dress shirt and a blue, yellow, and white gingham-patterned necktie. He has short sandy brown hair, with a beard and moustache of the same color. He wears eyeglasses and is smiling. He is standing in front of the large glass windows of a high-rise professional building, and other buildings are visible through the window.
Mark Earnest, MD

Written by Mark Earnest, MD

  • Photo of a Covid-19 testing center in Crested Butte. There are 4 medical professionals dressed in gowns, safety glasses, and masks, and blue nitrile gloves, standing in a parking lot. There is snow visible on the ground and the mountain behind them.

    Our Strength Is Our Union

    We've learned a lot (that we didn't want to know) about life during a global pandemic. Mark Earnest examines how a society enshrined one generation's learning so that it became durable for future generations to draw upon. A century later we consider: How long does a society retain the lessons we learn?