Dr. Borgstede has held committee or leadership positions in a number of organizations, including the Colorado Radiological Society (CRS), El Paso County Medical Society, Rocky Mountain Radiological Society and the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. He was president of the International Society of Radiology from 2014 to 2016. He was chairman of the Board of Chancellors at the American College of Radiology (ACR) from 2004 through 2006 and president from 2006 through 2007. Since his presidency at ACR, he has continued on various ACR committees, including the Committee on International Service, with which he traveled multiple times to Grace Children's Hospital Port-au-Prince, where he worked as part of the Haiti Radiology Project.
The recipient of numerous honors and awards throughout his career, Dr. Borgstede has received the gold medal and the William T. Thorwarth Award for Excellence in Economics and Health Policy from ACR. He received service awards from CRS and was the first CRS gold medalist. He is a recipient of the University of Colorado Hospital President's Award for Leadership, and in 2019 he was awarded a Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service, recognizing his outstanding contributions to organizational performance improvement, patient safety and clinical outcomes at the hospital. In 2015, Dr. Borgstede was included in the "Denver Best Doctors 2015-2016" list by the Denver Business Journal. He has been selected for inclusion in Best Doctors in America from 2001 to 2006, 2009 to 2012, and 2016 to 2018.
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