Lauren Treat

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado

Lauren Treat is a general child neurologist and pediatric neuropalliative medicine doctor at Children’s Hospital Colorado and holds an academic appointment at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Treat’s clinical, educational, and research mission is to support healthy medical decision making through development of prognostic awareness and clarification of family priorities. She also works to promote the communication skills of the medical community that are needed to keep up with our advancing technology and practices, especially within the field of neurological disease. She is an advocate for the human side of medicine, emphasizing person-first care and acknowledgement of the psychological, logistical, and existential components of serious illness.