Dr. Robert Howe is medical director for the Compassus program serving Denver. He also serves as medical director for Lakewood Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation and Silver Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation in Denver. Prior to joining Compassus, Howe served as medical director of Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care, an Optum entity later acquired by Compassus, and practiced emergency medicine at Carepoint PC and Fort Carson military base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Howe earned his medical degree from Nova Southeastern University in Miami, Florida, and completed his internship and emergency medicine residency at Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care, and the Colorado Medical Director’s Association. He is board certified in both emergency and hospice and palliative medicine.