Dr. Kimberly Ann Vanderveen, MD

Dr. Kimberly Vanderveen is a Colorado native and graduate of Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, CO. She recieved her BS degree with honors from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. She then earned her medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, IL in 2001. Dr. Vanderveen completed her surgical residency at UC-Davis in Sacramento, CA. During her residency she also obtained a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research and was actively involved in cancer research and education.
After her surgical training, Dr. Vanderveen completed a fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She is knowledgeable in both medical and surgical aspects of endocrine diseases. She specializes in surgery for diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pancreas, and also holds Board Certification in General Surgery. She is adept at minimally invasive techniques and advanced imaging. She is active in national organizations, including the American Association of …Endocrine Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the Association of Women Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is active in medical education, has given multiple talks at local and national meetings, and has received a prestigious teaching award.
Dr. Vanderveen initially practiced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she helped the Presbyterian Medical Group build a thyroid and endocrine cancer program, and quickly became one of the leading thyroid surgeons in the state. She also organized and became the chairperson of the first Endocrine Tumor Board and Multidisciplinary Working Group in New Mexico. She returned to Denver to be closer to her family in 2011. (You may recognize her brother-in-law, Chris Vanderveen, from his Emmy Award-winning reporting on 9News.) Dr. Vanderveen is one of the founding members (and current Medical Director) of the Rose Thyroid and Parathyroid Center – one of the country’s first multidisciplinary endocrine centers of excellence. She enjoys spending her spare time with her husband (also a physician and Denver native) and three children, and participating in local sporting events.

• Swedish Medical Center

Downtown Surgery Specialists

1960 N Ogden St Ste 110

Denver

CO

80218

USA

+13038126850

• Surgery

• Thyroidectomy
• Laparoscopic Appendectomy
• Breast Biopsy
• Hernia Repair
• Breast Biopsy
• Appendectomy

• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• UHC Choice Plus POS
• First Health PPO
• Colorado Choice Health Plans
• Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
• Cigna Connect Network EPO
• UHC Navigate HMO
• Rocky Mountain Monument PPO - Tier 2
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• Aetna HMO
• UHC Navigate POS
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• Aetna Choice POS II
• Humana National POS
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• Humana Choice POS
• Rocky Mountain Summit Group
• CIGNA PPO
• CIGNA Open Access Plus
• CIGNA HMO
• Kaiser Permanente
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• Aexcel PPO
• Kaiser Colorado
• MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
• RMHP Monument - CO
• Rocky Mountain Range Exclusive
• UHC Nexus Open Access
• UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
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• Colorado Choice Friday HMO
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• Kaiser Permanente Select CO

• Cholelethiasis or Cholecystitis
• Abdominal Hernia