Dr. Jean Kutner is the inaugural UCHealth Chief Academic Officer and a tenured Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Dr. Kutner received her MD from the University of California, San Francisco, where she also completed her residency in internal medicine. Subsequently, she completed an NRSA primary care research fellowship, earning a master of science public health degree with honors, as well as a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Dr. Kutner is board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine, and cares for patients on the palliative care service at University of Colorado Hospital. Her research focuses on improving symptoms and quality of life for people with serious illness and their family caregivers and building capacity for palliative care research.

Dr. Kutner is contact principal investigator for the NIH-funded Advancing the Science of Palliative Care Across the Lifespan (ASCENT) Consortium. She was Co-Chair of the NIH-funded Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group (PCRC) and a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Transforming End of Life Care Committee. She is a Past-President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM). She is a member of the Cambia Sojourns Scholars Program Advisory Board and is on the Board of Directors for DSST Public Schools. Dr. Kutner served as the Head of the University of Colorado School of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine from 2002-2014 and as the inaugural Chief Medical Officer, University of Colorado Hospital and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Colorado School of Medicine from 2014 to 2026.