2025 Joseph Toscano, MD, FCUCM Inspiring Excellence Award: Lindsey Fish, MD 

First awarded Spring 2023 to Dr. Toscano, this award is presented to a College of Urgent Care Medicine member with five or more years of medical experience in Urgent or emergency medicine who has made significant and sustained contributions to the industry by inspiring excellence.  

Lindsey E. Fish, MD is the Medical Director of Denver Health’s Peña Urgent Care Clinic in Denver, CO. Additionally, she is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.  

Dr. Fish has been working tirelessly to advance research in UC. With limited funding and a relentlessly positive attitude, she has organized, conducted and co-authored more UC research than anyone else over the past four years. She continues to provide direct patient care approximately 20 hours per week. In her Medical Director role, she is responsible for clinician supervision, clinic operations, nursing/support staff leadership supervision and collaboration with the greater organization. Additionally, Dr. Fish collaborates organizationally on other important Urgent Care topics to improve quality of care including antimicrobial stewardship, positive opioid prescriptive policies, value-based care and addressing/minimizing health disparities.