Awards and Accomplishments 2015.pdf

University of Colorado School of Medicine

2015 Department Awards and Accomplishments

Name DepartmentDavid Bentley, Ph.D., Professor Biochemical

and Molecular Richard Davis, Ph.D., Professor Biochemical

and Molecular James DeGregori, Ph.D.,

Professor

Biochemical

and Molecular

Genetics

Elan Eisenmesser, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Biochemical

and Molecular Jay Hesselberth, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Biochemical

and Molecular

GeneticsKirk Hansen, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

Biochemical

and Molecular

GeneticsJeffrey Kieft, Ph.D., Professor Biochemical

and Molecular

Genetics

Robert A. Sclafani, Ph.D.,

Professor

Biochemical

and Molecular

Genetics

Victor Spitzer, Ph.D., Professor Cell and

Developmental

BiologyJennifer Stratford, Ph.D., Sr.

Instructor

Cell and

Developmental

BiologyTom Finger, Ph.D., Professor Cell and

Developmental

Marian Betz, M.D., M.P.H.,

Assistant Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Vaughn Browne, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Roberta Capp, M.D., M.P.H.,

Assistant Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Tracy Cushing, M.D., M.P.H.,

Assistant Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Jeffrey Druck, M.D., Associate

Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Honor or Award

Invited speaker, University of Vermont, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University Medical School, (Grand

Rounds, McMullin Oncology Lecture Series), Penrose Cancer Center, Colorado Springs, CO, Brigham Young

University, Provo, UT

NIH NIAID Study Section Member, Eukaryotic Pathogens

Invited Speaker, Interact, Munich, ASMBM, Boston

Appointed to Scientific Advisory Board of the Cancer League of Colorado for 2nd

year; Renewed NIH T32 training

grant in Molecular Biology for 16th year; Session Chair at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting;

Continuing as Associate Director for MSA (Mentored Scholarly Activity) program in SOM for 10th year; Invited

Seminar at MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina) “Exploitation of DNA Replication Stress and Repair

Mechanisms for Cancer Chemoprevention”; Interviewed by Cancer Cytopathology, The Wine Spectator, ACS

(American Chemical Society Newsletter); CU Medicine Today and Metro Newspaper., Guest on “The Healthy Skeptic”

and the “Happiness Opportunity & Technology” radio shows; Chair of SOM RAC (Research Advisory Committee) for

2nd year, Continuing as Director of the Molecular Biology Graduate Training Program for 2nd year; Continuing as Co-

Director of the Cancer Cell Biology Program for 19th year; Appointed to Scientific Advisory Boards of Sudhin

Biopharma, Ltd. and Mimetics, LLC; SODM Outstanding Dental Basic Sciences Instructor, SOM Faculty Marshall

Class of 2014; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Postdoctoral Fellow Mentor Award; Travel Award to

participate in the AIUM Forum on Ultrasound in Medical Education (New York, NY).

Invited speaker, Structure and dynamics of RNA interactions workshop, Montreal, Canada, Zing Conference on

Nucleic Acids, Cancun, Mexico, Organizer of the 2014 FASEB meeting: “Machines on Genes”, Snowmass, CO, Session

Chair at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD

Appointed Mass Spectrometry Facility Director, Review panel for NCI’s Innovative Molecular Technologies program

Associate Editor, G3 (Genes, Genomes and Genetics), American Cancer Society Grant Review Panel (RMC section,

permanent member), Johns Hopkins University, Invited lecture, Georgia Tech, Invited lecture

2014 Graduate Student Mentor of the Year- UCD AMC Graduate School

2014 Honored Member of American Association of Clinical Anatomists

Polak Young Investigator Award, Association for Chemoreception Sciences

Invited plenary Speaker to 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell,

Shizuoka JAPAN

2015 Invited speaker, TedxMileHigh Denver CO and 2015 Early Career Award, Academy for Women in Academic

Emergency Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Diego, CA

Outstanding Physician Award from the Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

AAMC Herbert Nickens Award and Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved Physician Community

Champion nominee

Awarded Golden Stethoscope Award for Best Emergency Medicine Preceptor at the School of Medicine, June 2015

Elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine



Kennon Heard, M.D., Associate

Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Benjamin Honigman, M.D.,

Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Resa Lewiss, M.D., Associate

Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Jennifer Wiler, M.D., M.B.A.,

Associate Professor

Emergency

Medicine

Richard Zane, M.D., Professor Emergency

Medicine

Grace Alfonsi, M.D., Associate

Professor

Family

Medicine

Brian Bacak, M.D., Associate

Professor

Family

Medicine

Elizabeth A. Bayliss, M.D.,

M.S.P.H., Professor

Family

Medicine

Michael Benavidez, M.D., Sr.

Instructor

Family

MedicineTerri Blevins, M.A., Sr.

Instructor

Family

Medicine

George Block, M.D., Assistant

Clinical Professor

Family

Medicine

Margaret Brawley, M.P.H.,

Instructor

Family

Medicine

Daniel Burke, M.D., Sr.

Instructor

Family

Medicine

Jeffrey Cain, M.D., Associate

Professor

Family

Medicine

B. Ned Calonge, M.D., Associate

Professor

Family

Medicine

Inducted as Fellow of the AAFP at the annual meeting. Received University of Colorado Faculty Development

Initiative Program Award to attend the Harvard School of Public Health Course of Management of community health

centers.

Board of Directors for the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians. Elected observer member on AAFP Congress of

Delegates Reference Committee on Advocacy. Appointed AAFP Commission on Education Member 2013-2017.

Associate Editor, Annals of Family Medicine. Director of Scientific Development, Institute for Health Research,

Kaiser Permanente Colorado. Understanding the Context of Health in People with Multiple Chronic Conditions.

AHRQ, NIA, PCORI joint conference. February, 2013.

Recognized in 5280 magazine as best family and sports medicine doctors in Denver.

Recipient of the Dr. Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Award for exceptional ability in promoting the overall mission of the

University of Colorado School of Medicine; appointed to the Associate of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Careers

in Medicine (CiM) Advisory Committee; presented a poster on a model for Enrichment and Remediation at the AAMC

2011 Professional Development Conference for Student Affairs and Careers in Medicine. Chancellor's Diversity

Recognition Award, Faculty.

Listed in 5280 Magazine as ―Top Doctors of Denver as well as the US News webpages as ―US News Top Doctors.

Executive Director for 2040 Partners for Health; Member of Board of Directors for Communication for Development

Foundation Uganda.

ED Director of the Year Award from the American Association of Women Emergency Physicians

Past President and Board Chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Past service on the Board of

Directors of the Amputee Coalition as Chair of Advocacy. Past president of the Colorado Medical Services Board

overseeing Colorado Medicaid and CHP+. Co-founder of the national Tar Wars tobacco free education program.

Awarded Modern Health Care’s “100 Most Influential People in Health Care.”

5280 Magazine selected one of the Top Docs 2015 for Medical Toxicology

2015 Mid-Career Faculty Award from the Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine and Appointed to the

Brown University Women’s Leadership Council

2015 1st Place, Top Innovations Competition, “Developing Frontline Teams to Drive Health System Transformation”

from The Institute for Quality Safety and Efficiency, Society for Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting in Washington,

DC and Select Roundtable Expert, “Alternative Payment Models for Acute Care Services” from Brookings Institute in

Washington, DC.

2015 1st Place, Top Innovations Competition, “Developing Frontline Teams to Drive Health System Transformation”

from The Institute for Quality Safety and Efficiency, Society for Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting in Washington,

DC and Select Roundtable Expert, “Alternative Payment Models for Acute Care Services” from Brookings Institute in

Washington, DC.

Executive Director for 2040 Partners for Health; Member of Board of Directors for Communication for Development

Foundation Uganda.

Named President and CEO of The Colorado Trust.



Stephanie M. Chu, D.O.,

Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Maribel Cifuentes, B.S.N., R.N.,

Clinical Instructor

Family

Medicine

Colleen Conry, M.D., Professor Family

Medicine

Lauren DeAlleume, M.D.,

Associate Clinical Professor

Family

Medicine

Brandy Deffenbacher, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Family

Medicine

Frank deGruy, III, M.D.,

M.S.F.M., Professor

Family

Medicine

Mark Deutchman, M.D.,

Professor

Family

Medicine

Perry Dickinson, M.D., Professor Family

Medicine

Chair American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Case Reviews Subcommittee (Education Committee), 2015

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Program Committee Member and Moderator, 2014

American Medical Association (AMA) Young Physicians Section Community Service Award recipient for Hope Shines

Healthy Child Initiative in Rwanda.

Member of Academy Health Translation and Dissemination Institute Advisory Committee; Co-chair 2014

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association’s Annual Conference.

Member of the NCQA Programs Committee and faculty for the National Institute for Program Director Development.

Member of the Family Medicine Length of Training National Project Steering Committee and Executive Committee.

Member Board of Directors, Center for Personalized Education for Physicians. Member of the Clinical Leadership

Council for the School of Medicine, UPI Strategic Committee, UPI Population Health Committee, UCHS APEX

(Ambulatory Redesign). Member University of Colorado SOM Academy of Educators. Listed in 5280 Magazine as

―Top Doctors of Denver 2014.

One of 14 Denver Health Doctors listed on U.S. News Top Doctors. Inducted as a Fellow of the AAFP at the annual

meeting.

AAFP President's award.

Institute of Medicine Member. Member of the Council of Academic Family Medicine Organizations. Chair, National

Integration Academy Council. Board of Directors, 2040 Partners for Health. Board of Directors, Colorado Institute of

Family Medicine. Future of Family Medicine 2.0 Task Force. Committee Member, American Psychiatric Association

Workgroup on Role of Psychiatry in Healthcare Reform. Grants & Publication Committee, National Network of

Depression Centers (NNDC). Board Nominations & Elections Committee, Collaborative Family Healthcare

Association (CFHA). Committee Member, Institute of Medicine Committee on Developing Evidence-Based Standards

for Psychosocial Interventions for Mental Disorders.

Received the Chancellor Teaching Recognition Award for 2010-2011. Elected to the Academy of Medical Educators

2011; Invited speaker at National Inter-professional Initiative on Oral Health and 2010 finalist for Denver Business

Journal – Anthem BC/BS ―Champions in Healthcare‖ Nominated by Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation for

Champions for Healthcare for work on oral health in Colorado.

Served as Immediate Past President and on the Board of Directors of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, as a

member of the Council of Academic Family Medicine, as a member of the AHRQ Expert Working Group on Practice

Facilitation, as a member of the Steering Committee of the national Family Medicine Length of Training Pilot Project,

and as a member of the core faculty for the national Tri-board Primary Care Faculty Development Initiative. Chaired

a grant review panel for AHRQ and served on a grant review panel for PCORI. Visiting Professor at the University of

Wisconsin, the University of South Alabama, Harbor UCLA, the University of Pittsburg, Mayo Clinic, Albert Einstein

University, and the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education. Immediate Past-President and Board member for

the North American Primary Care Research Group. President of Board of Directors for the Annals of Family Medicine,

Inc. Chaired an Expert Panel for Revision of the NCQA PPC-PCMH Standards for the American Academy of Family

Physicians. Invited speaker of NIH meeting on ―Identifying Core Behavioral and Psychosocial Data Elements for the

Electronic Health Record.



Tillman Farley, M.D., Associate

Professor

Family

Medicine

Doug Fernald, M.A., Sr.

Instructor

Family

Medicine

Jennifer Fisher, D.N.P.,

W.H.N.P., Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Emma Gilchrist, M.P.H., Senior

PRA

Family

Medicine

Russel Glasgow, Ph.D., Visiting

Professor

Family

Medicine

Larry A. Green, M.D., Professor Family

Medicine

Executive Vice President for Medical Services at Salud Family Health Centers, and Associate Professor of Family

Medicine. In 2010, was given the Samuel U. Rodgers Achievement Award for Excellence in Clinical Leadership from

the National Association of Community Health Centers. In 2012, won the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award from

Wells Fargo which “recognizes educators who have inspired their former students to create an organization which has

demonstrably conferred a benefit on the community at large.” In 2013, was given the Academic Partner Award by

2040 Partners for Health. Currently is the Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Health

Practice. Also sits on the boards of 2040 Partners for Health; the Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability;

and the Colorado Law School Health Law Advisory Board. Physician Assistant Education Association Partnership

Award. 2040 Partners for Health Academic Partner Award.

Received Researcher of the Year award in Department of Family Medicine.

Invited speaker for Incorporating Competencies into Learner Assessment at the 3rd Annual EMS Arcadia Users

Summit, August, 2010, Oakland, CA. Promoted to Associate Professor and appointed Interim Director of the Center

for Advancing Professional Excellence 2012. Appointed Associate Director of the Center for Advancing Professional

Excellence 2012. Appointed Vice Chair of Education and Product development, EMS Users group, 2012. Invited

speaker for "So what's this event going to cost?" Developing and Using a Cost Model for Your Simulation Center at

the 5th Annual EMS Arcadia Users Summit, August, 2012 Lubbock, TX.

Received Research Team Member of the Year award in Department of Family Medicine.

Member, editorial boards for American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and Implementation Science. Member, Core

Planning Group for Annual NIH/VA Scientific Meeting on Dissemination and Implementation Research; and summer

Training Institute in Dissemination and Implementation Health Research. Chair, Executive Committee for VA

eHealth QUERI research program. Member, Society of Behavioral Medicine Health Policy Committee. Member,

Academy Health Translation and Dissemination Institute, and Theme leader for proposals on Research

Dissemination, Implementation, and Impact for Academy Health 2014 Annual Research Meeting. Invited speaker,

Quality Improvement Methods Expert Convening, Stanford, CA. Invited speaker, PCORI meeting on Patient Report

Outcomes in the Electronic Health Record, Atlanta. Recipient, NIH Directors Award. Core Member of NIH Health

Care Systems Collaboratory.

2010 Thomas W. Johnson Award for recognition and in appreciation of outstanding career contributions to family

medicine education. 2010 Elected to Board of Directors of American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), 2012-14

Chair of ABMS Ethics and Professionalism Committee. The 2011 Robert P. Carter Research Lecturer at Michigan

State University. 2013 Chair, Board of Directors of American Board of Family Medicine Foundation. 2013 Chair,

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS). Member ACGME Family Medicine Milestones

Development Committee. 2011-2014 Member Steering Committee for the American Boards of Family Medicine,

Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine-Health Resources and Services Administration National Faculty Development Pilot

Program. 2011-12 Institute of Medicine Study Committee for Integrating Public Health and Primary Care. 2013-14

Institute of Medicine Study Committee for Core Metrics to Assess Triple Aim.



Greg Gutierrez, M.D., Associate

Professor

Family

Medicine

Chandra Hartman, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Family

Medicine

Jennifer Hellier, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Family

MedicineJohn Hill, D.O., Professor Family

Medicine

Katherine James, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Family

Medicine

Bonnie Jortberg, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Family

Medicine

Morteza Khodaee, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Kyle Knierim, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Family

MedicineAmber Koch-Kaking, M.D., Sr.

Instructor

Family

Medicine

Invited speaker at the “Office Orthopedics and Sports Medicine for Primary Care” CME course in Orlando, Florida,

July 2013. Invited speaker at the “Sports Trauma and Event Medicine (S.T.E.M.)” Pre-Conference course in St. Paul,

Minnesota, July 2013. Course Faculty of the AMSSM Fellows Research & Leadership in St. Paul, Minnesota, July

2013. Presenter at the 41st NAPCRG Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Canada, November 2013. Invited speaker and

Planning Committee member of the 23rd Annual AMSSM Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2014. Presenter

at International Olympic Committee World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport in Monte-Carlo,

Principality of Monaco, April 2014. Invited speaker at the 61st ACSM Annual Meeting & 5th World Congress on

Exercise is Medicine in Orlando, Florida, May 2014. Invited speaker at the 1st Medicine & Science in Ultra-

Endurance Sports in Squaw Valley, California, June 2014. Research Mentor of the Year, University Track,

Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado. Rising Star of the Year

in Research Award, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.

CAFP PCMH of the Year.

Received Clinical Rising Star of the Year award from the Department of Family Medicine.

Recognized in 5280 magazine as best family and sports medicine doctor in Denver.

2010 Elected as Delegate for Special Constituencies to the National Congress of Delegates for American Academy of

Family Physicians. Elected Vice President of the Board of Directors, Colorado Academy of Family Physicians 2014.

Co-Chair Education Committee, Colorado Academy of Family Physicians 2012 and 2013. Nominated for Colorado

Academy of Family Physicians Teacher of the Year award, 2011. Received Inpatient Teacher of the Year Award from

Rose Family Medicine Residency 2011, 2013 and 2014. Awarded University of Colorado Department of Family

Medicine Teacher of the Year 2013-2014. Mervyn Lifschitz, MD, Inpatient Teaching Award.

Featured Educator for Winter 2013, Anatomy in Clay.

Serves on the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Committee on Musculoskeletal ultrasound;

establishing national teaching standards and standards of care for MSK Ultrasound. Invited speaker for 2011

International Team Physician Course in Nairobi Kenya, November 2011. Obtained three patents on the use of

musculoskeletal ultrasound to identify muscle glycogen storage and the software analysis to quantify glycogen levels.

National Register’s WHO’S WHO Among Executives and Professionals in Research, Medicine, and Healthcare.

Chosen one of “Best Doctors in America” and Top Sports Medicine Doctor in Denver, CO.

Selected by Dr. Traystman as the school applicant for the NIEHS-ONES award.

Received the Department of Family Medicine 2011 Rising Star of the Year in Research and Education award.

Received Faculty Development Award to Complete PhD in Human Nutrition in December 2011. Promotion to

Assistant Professor in 2012.



Daniel Kortsch, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Family

Medicine

Colleen Lampron, M.P.H. Family

Medicine

Jay Lee, M.D., Associate Clinical

Professor (Volunteer)

Family

Medicine

Miriam Lindrooth, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Family

Medicine

Lucy Loomis, M.D., Associate

Professor

Family

Medicine

Luis Lorenzo, M.D., Sr.

Instructor

Family

Medicine

Corey Lyon, D.O., Assistant

Professor

Family

Medicine

Helen Macfarlane, M.A.,

Assistant Professor

Family

Medicine

Anibal Martinez, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Family

Medicine

Co-Chair of the Colorado State Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Grant Program Review Committee

Board representing a national physician organization. Family Medicine Residency Program Faculty of the Year,

Denver Health Track, 2013. Golden Stethoscope award for Family Medicine, 2014.

Invited to serve as Expert Faculty for the UCLA First 5 LA Oral Health Quality Improvement Learning

Collaborative, recipient of the National Network for Oral Health Access Presidential Award, November 2013,

member, Colorado Public Health Association and CDPHE Oral Health Collaborative.

Appointed by the Governor to serve a second term on the Colorado Health Service Corps Advisory Council. Invited by

Health Team Works to join its Childhood Obesity Guideline Committee. Listed in 5280 Magazine‘s ―Top Doctors‖ of

Denver. Awarded the Faculty Development Initiative Program Award, Department of Family Medicine. Promoted to

Associate Professor in 2013.

Elected to the North American Menopause Society.

Received the 2013 Clinical Leadership Award, NWRPCA (Northwest Region Primary Care Association) /CHAMPS

(Community Health Association of the Mountain and Plains States). Board member Colorado Medical Society (2012

to present). Chair of board, Denver Medical Society (through Nov 2012). Appointed to the Medical Services

Committee National Association of Community Health Centers) 2014. Member Educational Health Center Advisory

Committee: March 2013 to present.

Health Center At Auraria "Pillar of Peers".

Medical director, AF Williams Family Medicine Center, which received the PCMH Practice of the Year Award by the

Colorado Academy of Family Physicians and recertified as NCQA level 3 medical home. Serving as Help Desk

Answers’ Editor-in Chief for the Family Physician Inquiries Network (FPIN), serving as Vice President of Membership

and Education, Family Physician Inquiries Network Board of Directors (FPIN), selected as a Fellow of the American

Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), serving as faculty senator for the department of family medicine, invited

speaker at Residency Program Solutions Conference in Kansas City, April 2014 (RPS), the Society of Teacher of

Family Medicine conference in San Antonio, May 2014 (STFM). Recipient of the University Of Colorado Family

Medicine’s Residency’s Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2012, 2013. Recipient of Colorado Academy of Family Physicians

Teacher of the Year award, 2014.

Recipient of the Academy of Medical Educators‘ Citation In Recognition of Excellence in Educational Scholarship.

Fellow of the AAMC Group on Information Resources Leadership Institute.

Selected by the AMA for community advocacy work to attend a Community advocacy leadership course.



Wendy Madigosky, M.D.,

M.S.P.H., Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Benjamin Miller, Psy.D.,

Assistant Professor

Family

Medicine

Linda Montgomery, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

John Nagle, M.P.A., Sr.

Instructor

Family

Medicine

Donald E. Nease, Jr. M.D.,

Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Recipient of the University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency‘s Faculty Teacher of the Year 2011. Recipient of

the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine Teacher of the Year 2013. Elected President of the Family

Physicians Inquiry Network 2012-2014. Named Chairman of the Board Family Physicians Inquiry Network 2014-

2016. Member of the Colorado Commission on Family Medicine. University of Colorado Department of Family

Medicine Teacher of the Year Award.

Directing Family Medicine Residency Program pilot to create a faculty scholars program following residency.

Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Family Medicine; Director of Practice-Based Research, Colorado Health Outcomes

Program/Children’s Outcomes Research; Director of Community Engagement and Research, Colorado Clinical and

Translational Sciences Institute; President of the International Balint Federation; Best Doctors in America 2014. Best

Doctors 2013 national database - and listed in Denver Business Journal, Feb 21, 2014.

Continued as a 2012-2014 Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s Faculty Scholar. Became the Assistant Director for

Interprofessional Education for the School of Medicine. Invited speaker at the Quality and Safety Education for

Nurses (QSEN) Annual Meeting. Past-president of the Directors of Clinical Skills (DOCS) courses.

Director of the Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center: A collaboration for studies in primary care. Recipient of

the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Governance TaskForce, President’s award. Invited speaker for Addressing

the Inseparability of Mental Health and Primary Care at the Academy of Family Physicians annual meeting in

Colorado Springs, Colorado. Invited keynote speaker at the Minnesota Integrated Care Conference in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. Invited keynote speaker at the Credible Partners Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Invited speaker at

the Argument for Psychologists in Integrated Healthcare Reform APA conference in Washington DC. Invited speaker

at Integrating Primary and Behavioral Healthcare: How to Advance the National Conversation in Orlando Fl. Invited

speaker at Fighting Fragmentation at the level of innovation: Integration Mental Health and Primary Care in

Richmond VA. Invited speaker at the Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration: Roles of the key team members

conference in Philadelphia, PA. Invited speaker at Four Pillars of Healthcare Integration: Practice, Workforce,

Payment and Policy in Philadelphia PA. Invited speaker at Changing the game: Uniting the field of integrated

Primary Care through research in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Invited speaker at Mental Health and Primary Care in

Orlando Fl. Invited speaker at Innovation in Practice Design and the Importance of Integrating Behavioral Health

and Primary Care: Research, Practice, and Policy Implications for Healthcare in Bethesda MD. Invited speaker at

Studying the Impact of Behavioral Health and Primary Care through Electronic Medical Records: The CONNECT

project in Bethesda MD. Received “Rising Star of the year in Research” award in April 2012. Serves as President of

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association. Became member of International Advanced Board for British Journal of

General Practice. Member of NIH Loan Repayment Program. Member of AHRQ Innovations exchange expert panel.

Colorado Psychological Association Leadership Award.



David Nowels, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Wilson D. Pace, M.D., Professor Family

Medicine

Laura Pickler, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Sourav Poddar, M.D., Associate

Professor

Family

Medicine

Elected to the Test Writing Committee for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine National Board Certification Exam in

2012. Serve as an Associate Editor for PC-FACS (Fast Article Critical Summaries for Clinicians in Palliative Care)

Psychosocial Section. Invited speaker at: University of Colorado Annual Family Medicine Review Course; Annual

University of Colorado Hospital Palliative Medicine Course 2012; Colorado Academy of Family Practice Annual

Scientific Conference. Received accreditation by the Residency Review Committee for the Colorado Palliative

Medicine Fellowship Program. Received the Special Leadership award in Department of Family Medicine.

Member of Board of Directors: DARTNet Institute, also serve as CEO of the DARTNet Institute- volunteer position,

BOD - A.T. Still Research Foundation; BOD Implementation Science Research Network. Editorial advisory group

Annals of Family Medicine; re-appointed to editorial board JCO Journal on Patient Safety and Quality. Invited

speaker: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; AAFP Scientific Assembly ; Plenary speaker Implementation Science

Conference, San Antonio. Ongoing consultations with University of Vermont, Fletcher Allen Health Care; University

of Missouri, Columbia; Electronic Pediatric in Office Settings.

Appointed to National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetic and Newborn Screening Service Collaboratives

Medical Home Workgroup, Physician Lead for Colorado State Youth Advisory for Youth with Special Health Care

Needs. Physician Advisor on Medical Transition at the Colorado Department of Health and Human Services,

Governor appointed member of Colorado Fetal Alcohol Spectrum

Disorders Commission, Family Medicine Representative on the American Academy of Pediatrics Transitions Clinical

Report Authoring Workgroup, Invited Professorship on Medical Home by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Served as Program Chair for 2013 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Appointed to

NCAA Task Force on Concussion in Sport. Served as Chair, Sports Science Subcommittee for NCAA Committee on

Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports. Serving as Regional Consultant, Pittsburgh Pirates and San

Francisco Giants. Completed role as Site-PI for Multi-center NCAA EKG Screening Feasibility Study. Sports

Medicine Section Co-Editor, Lifestyle Medicine published in spring 2013. Recipient of the 2013 Neer Award as part of

the MOON Shoulder group for "Defining Indications for Rotator Cuff Repair: Predictors of Failure of Nonoperative

Treatment of Chronic, Symptomatic, Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears," presented by the American Shoulder and

Elbow Society. Nominated by Executuve Committee of AMSSM to run for Board of Directors.



David Price, M.D., Professor Family

Medicine

Judith Shlay, M.D., M.S.P.H.,

Professor

Family

Medicine

Cory Sperry, M.D., Sr. Instructor Family

Medicine

Joanna Stratton, Ph.D., Clinical

Assistant Professor

Family

Medicine

Anna Svircev, M.D., M.S.P.H.,

Assistant Professor

Family

Medicine

Joseph P. Vande Griend,

PharmD., B.C.P.S., C.G.P.,

Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Awarded Clinician of the Year by Dept of Family Medicine 2012.

Invited speaker at the 32nd 33rd and 35th Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine in Chicago. Presented at

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association's 15th Annual Conference. Presented at 2014 Colorado Counseling

Association. Denver, CO.

Awarded a Challenge Innovation Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

Physician PCMH Champion Award.

Director, American Board of Medical Specialties Multispecialty Maintenance of Certification Portfolio Program, Board

of Directors, Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (including American Board of Medical

Specialties/ACCME Joint Working Group on CME for Maintenance of Certification, Quality Improvement Committee,

and chair, ACCME Activity Task Force). Treasurer, American Board of Family Medicine Foundation. Co-Director,

Kaiser Permanente Colorado Center for Health Dissemination and Implementation Research. Director of Medical

Education for Permanente Federation/Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute. (Oakland, CA). Society of

Academic CME (SACME) Research Committee vice-chair. and Strategic Working Group member. Institute of

Medicine Global Forum on Innovations in Health Professional Education (Alternate representative). Colorado

Medical Society Maintenance of Licensure Task Force. Representative from Colorado Medical Society to Governor’s

Task Force on Prescription Drug Misuse . Visiting Faculty, University of Toronto School of Medicine Department of

Continuing Education and Professional Development, May 2013. Mental Health Research Network – Investigator,

Steering Committee member. Invited speaker: Kaiser Permanente National Education/Simulation Summit (April

2013); Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Webinar on Interprofessional Education (April 2013); Alliance for Continuing

Education in the Health Professions (January 2013 annual meeting, webinar November 2012); IHI Annual Meeting

(December, 2013); Guidelines International Meeting (Berlin, GE August 2012); Colorado Alliance for Continuing

Medical Education (August 2012).: American Board of Medical Specialties Forum on Organizational Quality

Improvement, Chicago, IL, June 2014; Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions Annual Meeting,

Orlando, FL, January 2014; Society for Academic CME Research Workshop, Philadelphia PA, November 2013;

Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting/Society for Academic CME Fall Meeting, Philadelphia PA,

November 2013.

Received a National Association of City and County Health Officials Model Practice Initiative award for program

entitled ―Integration of Family Planning Services into an STD Clinic Setting. 2011 Top Doc for 5280 under Public

Health and General Preventive Medicine category. Became Associate Director of Denver Public Health in 2011. 2012

Top Doc for 5280 under Public Health and General Preventive Medicine category.



Kenton I. Voorhees, M.D.,

Clinical Professor

Family

Medicine

Jack Westfall, M.D., M.P.H.,

Clinical Professor

Family

Medicine

Calvin Wilson, M.D., Clinical

Professor

Family

Medicine

Bradford Winslow, M.D.

Associate Professor

Family

Medicine

Dennis Ahnen, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Ryan Aleong, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Larry Allen, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Amrut Ambardekar, V.M.D.,

Instructor

Department of

Medicine

Ehrin Armstrong, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Roger Bannister, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Linda Barbour, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Election to the Steering Committee of the National Colorectal Cancer Round Table; Election to the Executive Council

of the Collaborative Group of the Americas; Selection to continue after my VA retirement to the Steering Committee

of VA Cooperative Group #577 CONFIRM Trial

5280 Top Doc for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant; AHA - Get with the Guidelines, Steering Committee;

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Planning Committee

Denver Post's Strength in Healthcare Award Nominee; National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Loan

Repayment Program Award with Two Competitive

Elected as Fellow to the Society for Vascular Medicine

Boettcher Foundation/Webb-Waring; NIH/NIA Butler-Williams Scholar; Member, Faculty of 1000, Neuroscience

Faculty

5280 Top EP doctor list

Elected as Chair of American Diabetes Association Pregnancy and Reproductive Health Scientific Planning

Committee 2014-2016; Elected as Managing Member International Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups

Promoted to Professor of Clinical Practice. Academy of Medical Educators, University of Colorado. AAFP Residency

Program Solutions Consultant. Best Doctors in America. Delegate AAFP Congress of Delegates. Board of Directors

Colorado Academy of Family Physicians. Board of Directors Colorado Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.

Board of Directors of Doctors Care. Member, Steering Committee of the Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center.

Promoted to full Professor. Presided over the 3rd Annual Health Professions Scholars Recognition Banquet. Director

of Colorado AHEC program. Named Director of the CCTSI Community Engagement Core.

Elected to UCD Academy of Medical Educators. Director of joint University of Colorado/Tulane University program to

develop Family and Community Medicine in Rwanda, East Africa. Graduated first 6 specialists in Family and

Community Medicine in Rwanda in October 2012. Developed new 2 year diploma program in Family and Community

Medicine which was approved by the National University of Rwanda and Higher Education Commission to

supplement existing Masters of Medicine program. Revised and taught two pre-doctoral courses in Community

Medicine for the National University of Rwanda School of Medicine. Served for third session as external examiner for

Family Medicine program of Aga Khan University in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Served as external examiner for first

graduates of a new Physician Associate (Clinical Officer) program of the Kigali Health Institute. Served as committee

member of the Center for International Health Initiatives of the AAFP.

Promoted to Associate Professor, July 2014. Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Swedish Medical Center, 2013-

present. Medical Executive Committee, Swedish Medical Center, 2013-present. Professional Review Committee,

Swedish Medical Center, 2007-present. Led implementation of 2014 Family Medicine Program Requirements at

Swedish Family Medicine Residency. Helped lead application process for NCQA Level III Patient-Centered Medical

Home certification, Swedish Family Medicine, 2014. Board of Directors of Doctors Care, 2006-present



Michelle Barron, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Daniel Bessessen, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Scott Biggins, M.D., M.A.S.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Judith Blaine, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Theresa Boyle, Ph.D., Assistant

Research Professor

Department of

Medicine

Lucy Bradley-Springer, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Suzanne Brandenburg, M.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Michael Bristow, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Todd Bull, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

D. Ross Camidge, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

John Carroll, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Eric Coleman, M.D., M.P.H.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Elizabeth Connick, M.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Appointed Chair of UNOS region 8 review board; Appointed Region 8 Representative to Liver & Intestine UNOS

committee; Appointed Chair ABIM Transplant Hepatology Self Evaluation Process Committee; Appointed Associate

Editor of Liver Transplantation

Physician Mentorship Recognition (The Quality of Life Research Center, Claremont University, CA); Weir Family

Lectureship (Amarillo Cancer Center, Texas Tech University, Amarillo, TX)

Distinguished Scientist Award (Translational Domain), American College of Cardiology; Named one of 17 top serial

entrepreneurs in U.S. by Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.

David H. Solomon Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Geriatric Medicine. UCLA Multi-campus

Program in Geriatric Medicine; Journal of Hospital Medicine examined the most cited published manuscripts over the

10 years of the journal’s existence. Misky/Wald/Coleman's Post-Hospitalization Transitions: Examining the Effects of

Timing of Primary Care Provider Follow-Up is the 11th most cited paper of all-time at the journal out of nearly 1100

published manuscripts; A recent published study identified the most influential "Landmark" articles in Geriatric

Medicine. Dr. Coleman had 2/27 articles. CP Vaughan, R Fowler, RA Goodman, TR Graves, JM Flacker, TM Johnson

Identifying Landmark Articles for Advancing the Practice of Geriatrics J Am Geriatric Soc 62:2159–2162, 2014.

Selected to be part of the ASN Glomerular Diseases Advisory Committee

Association of Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC) Heroes in Infectious Diseases Award

Inducted into PACHA - the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of AIDS

5280 Magazine listing as one of the “Best Doctors in Denver”; Patient Safety and Quality Pillar Award for the

Inpatient Diabetes Care Improvement Team; Faculty Marshall Medical School Class of 2014

Recognized by APDIM (the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine) as the "Outstanding Woman

Leader in Residency Education."

Diplomat Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Named Interim Director for the Center of Lungs and Breathing; 5280 Top Docs in 2 specialties (Critical Care and

Pulmonary); Director of Clinical Core for CVP PPG; Director of Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center.

Cardiology Grand Rounds Speaker, The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Visiting Professor

and William H. Gaasch Lectureship at University of Massachusetts; Named Top Doc in 5280 Magazine; Presentation

at Health Affairs Press-Congressional Briefing, Washington, D.C.; Appointed Chairman of DSMB and CEC for the

international TenDyne Trial of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement; Appointed to Co-Director of Pediatric and

Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium; Heart Institute Grand Rounds Speaker at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los

Angeles, CA; Grand Rounds Speaker at Baylor Texas Heart, Houston, TX



Ethan Cumbler, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Subhhajyoti De, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Robert Doebele, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Stephen Dreskin, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Richard Duke, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Mark Earnest, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Robert Eckel, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Gail Eckhardt, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Anthony Elias, M.D., Professo Department of

Medicine

Greg Everson, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Sarah Faubel, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Aryeh Fischer, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Joe Frank, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Leonard Glode, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Jeanette Guerrasio, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Kathryn Hassell, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Bryan Haugen, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Finalist to the Milton W. Hamolsky Junior Faculty Award, 38th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal

Medicine, Toronto, Canada; Selected for the Clinical Faculty Scholars Program

5280 Denver's Top Doctor

Fellow of American Gastroenterology Association; Fellow of American Association for Study of Liver Disease; Invited

author: "Liver Transplantation," for Goldman & Cecil's Textbook of Medicine; Best Doctor Denver, 5280 Mag; Best

Doctor American (national, other); Honoree for the 28th Annual James F. Sullivan Professorship, Creighton

University SOM, Omaha, NE; Honoree for the 17th Annual Peter F. Kolack Memorial Lecture in Gastroenterology,

Lahey Clinic, Boston, MA; Honoree for the PSC Partners Seeking Cure, appreciation for organizing the 10th Annual

meeting; Awards "Many grants--you can get the grants 1/1/14 to current date from Christy Vasey off my CV"

Physician Award, Thyroid Cancer Survivor’s Association; Clinical Innovation Award, University of Colorado Hospital

Top 5 most cited article of 2012 in Clinical Cancer Research (PMID: 22235099)

Mentor Award for the ASCO/AACR workshop

Foundations in Medicine Golden Stethoscope Award for Patient/Physician Communication

Top 20 fund raiser in THE WORLD for Movember organization; EPIC Hero Award

Chair, Acute Kidney Injury Advisory Group to the American Society of Nephrology; Member: Post graduate education

committee for the American Society of Nephrology

Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine

Boettcher Foundation Webb Waring award - $225,000. https://connections.cu.edu/news/cu-leads-fifth-class-of-

boettcher-investigators/; United Against Lung Cancer Research award - $100,000.

http://www.unitingagainstlungcancer.org/press/uniting-against-lung-cancer-awards-over-15-million-in-lung-cancer-

research-grants; Smith et al. 2015. Nucleic Acids Research - Endorsed in a News and Views update by the Cancer

Genome Atlas. Https://twitter.com/tcgaupdates/status/604833524152209409; Selmecki et al. 2015. Nature - Endorsed

in a Commentary in JCB. Http://jcb.rupress.org/content/209/4/485.short

Received the President's Excellence in Teaching Award for 2015 (the highest award of the graduating class of the

Medical School); 2014-2015 Elaine Cleary Faculty Award for Excellence in General Internal Medicine Education (the

highest award of the Division of General Internal Medicine); Boettcher Investigator prize by Boettcher Foundation.

Https://www.cu.edu/bfww/2014-class-boettcher-investigators

Named as a 5280 Top Doc - Internal Medicine; Selected for University of Colorado's Excellence in Leadership (ELP)

Program

Elected to the Board of Colorado Physicial Health Program

5280 Top Doc

Lifetime Achievement Award - Colorado Biosciences Association

Gerald T. Gau Lectureship, Division of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic; Best Doctors in America; Clinical Investigator Award,

The Endocrine Society, TBA; Robert W. Schrier Award of Excellence



Lawrence Hergott, M.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Teresa Hernandez, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Department of

Medicine

William Hiatt, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Michael V. Holers, M.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Amy Huebschmann, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Department of

Medicine

Alkesh Jani, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Antonio Jimeno, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Richard Johnson, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Steven Johnson, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Craig Jordan, Ph.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Joseph Kay, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Jessica Kendrick, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Katja Kiseljak-Vassiliades, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Department of

Medicine

Mori Krantz, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Jean Kutner, M.D., M.P.H.,

Professor with Tenure

Department of

Medicine

Elaine Lam, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Best Doctors in America 2014; Resident Dream Speaker, University of Wisconsin SOM; Teams We Treasure Award,

Infectious Disease Group Practice, University of Colorado Hospital, 2014.

Promotion to Professor with Tenure

Lecture and Presentation of an annual award named after me, The Lawrence Hergott Award in Writing: In Memory

of Zachary Hergott. Co-sponsored by Southern Methodist University and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital; Named

as Senior Scholar in Creative Writing by University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities

Received the 2015 Denver Women of Distinction Aspire Award that recognizes recipients for exhibiting four

attributes: ambition, perseverance, humility and influence.

5280 Top Doctor award in ACHD

Received a NIH NHLBI K23 award to test the effectiveness and feasibility of integrating a physical activity

counseling intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes into primary care practices.

Outstanding Abstract Award – Endocrine Society meeting 2015

Distinguished Scientist Award - American Heart Association; Member, Food and Drug Administration Endocrinologic

and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee

Aspen Institute Scholar

Scholar, K12 Institutional Training Grant (Paul Calabresi Award for Clinical Oncology). National Institutes of

Health/National Cancer Institute, 5K12CA086913 (PI- M. Kane)

Member, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee (CRDAC) &

currently Special Government Employee for CRDAC.

Western Society of Clinical Investigation Travel Award; University of Colorado Postdoctoral poster session award at

postdoctoral research day (as mentor)

Best Doctors in America 2014; Best Doctors of Denver 2014; Top Nephrologist 2015; International Association of

Healthcare Professions (IAHCP); Received Harrington Scholar Innovator Award/Grant Nominated for Nobel Forum

Nominated for Institute of Medicine

Selected to be part of the ASN Chronic Kidney Disease Advisory Group

Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science: Presentation of Distinction

Appointed as Member of the NIAMS Advisory Council; President-Elect of the International Complement Society;

Named Member of the American College of Rheumatology Finance Committee; Chaired the American College of

Rheumatology Division Directors Task Force; Delivered the Cochran Lectureship, University of Alabama Birmingham



Moshe Levi, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Cari Levy, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Christopher Lieu, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Stuart Linas, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Cathy Lozupone, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Thomas Maddox, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Frederick Masoudi, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Jose Mayordomo, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Bruce McCollister, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Department of

Medicine

Michael McDermott, M.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Colleen McIlvennan, Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

John Messenger, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Louisa Mestroni, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Infectious Disease Fellow's Teaching Award

Elected to Association of American Physicians (AAP); Elected to the Board of Scientific Counsellors of NIH-NIDDK;

Elected to be Chair of the Board of the American Physician Scientist Association (APSA); Asked to give State of the

Start Talk on New Treatments for Diabetic Nephropathy at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association;

Asked to Chair the NIA Pathophysiology of the Aging Kidney Workshop; Asked to give the Seldin Lecture at the AHA

Hypertension Meeting; Asked to talk on Bile Acids in Kidney and Liver Disease at the annual meeting of the

American Liver Foundation; Selected to be on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry

Recipient of the Robert G. Narins award from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). This is the highest award

given for excellence in education and teaching at the ASN.

Heart Failure Society of American Nursing Research Award Finalist

Volunteer of the Year, American Diabetes Association, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana Chapter; Clinical Teacher of

the Year, Family Practice Residency Program, University of Colorado, 2013-2014; Endocrine Society Ambassador

Exchange, Ethiopia, 2014

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Outstanding Paper Award – Levy C, Wojtusiak J. “Illness

Trajectories among Nursing Home Residents.” Annual Symposium Philadelphia, PA; American Academy of Hospice

and Palliative Medicine – Co-author, Poster Award – Lum H, Jones J, Schwartz R, Levy C, Kutner J. “A novel

advance care planning group medical visit for older adults in primary care is feasible, acceptable, and helpful.” Annual

Symposium Philadelphia, PA; Appointed to National Quality Forum – Post-Acute/Long-Term Care Workgroup

Appointed Chair of the American College of Cardiology NCDR Innovation Workgroup; Appointed to the leadership

team to the International Partnership for the Observational Study of Atrial Fibrillation (NTERAF); Appointed to the

Steering Committee for the Academy Health Data and Analytics in Learning Healthcare Systems; Appointed to the

Research and Publications Committee of the American College of Cardiology NCDR Diabetes Collaborative; Awarded

the Best of the American Heart Association Specialty Conference Poster Presentations; Appointed Chair of the

Writing Committee for the American Heart Association Scientific Statement on "Cardiovascular Care and Learning

Healthcare Systems"

Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Science

Star Award

Named to Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology in 2015; Named to Cardiology Board of the

American Board of Internal Medicine

Best Doctors in America 2014; 5280 Top Doctors in Denver, Interventional Cardiology; 5280 Top Doctor,

Interventional Cardiology; Elected Governor of the Colorado Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, 2016-

2019

Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence Award

NCI MATCH Trial ROS1 Clinical Principal Investigator



Jennifer Morrison, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Department of

Medicine

Glen Peterson, N.P., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Larissa Pisney, M.D., Instructor Department of

Medicine

Eric Poeschla, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Catherine Proenza, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Department of

Medicine

Robert Quaife, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Jane Reusch, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Micol Rothman, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

John Rumsfeld, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

John Sabel, M.D., Professor

Emeritus

Department of

Medicine

Ernesto Salcedo, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Carla Saveli, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Isabel Schlaepfer, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Department of

Medicine

David Schwartz, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Robert Schwartz, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Rebecca Schweppe, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Clayton Smith, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Zhilin Song, Ph.D., Assistant

Research Professor

Department of

Medicine

Kunhua Song, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Brian Stauffer, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Tammy Switzer, R.N., Instructor Department of

Medicine

Dave Tanaka, M.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

APIC (Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology) Heroes of Infection Prevention, University

of Colorado Infection Prevention Team

Tim Gill Professorship

Promotion to Assistant Professor

Promotion to Professor

Daisy Award

Selected to give an oral presentation at the Endocrine Society meeting

Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service Award from the University of Colorado Hospital;

5280 Top Doctors; Castle and Connolly, America's Top Doctors; Best Doctors in America; Director, Eastern Colorado

VA Geriatric Education and Clinical Center

Fellow of American College of Physicians; Fellow of American College of Gastroenterology; Fellow of American

Gastroenterology Association; Lifetime Achievement Award for Crown Colitis Foundation, Rocky Mountain Chapter;

Past 5280 Top Doctor

Open Access Fund Award. Health Sciences Library. Monies to pay for OA publication charges (MIB, 2014). University

of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. November 12th, 2014; Kern Lipid Conference Early Investigator Travel Award,

Vail CO; Region 4 Transdisciplinary Geographic Management Program (GMaP) program award; The American

Association for Cancer Research (AARC) 2014 Minority Scholar Research award.

Named as a 5280 Top Doc - Internal Medicine

Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award, Boettcher Foundation

Elected to Fellowship in the American College of Physicians (FACP)

Peak Performer Award Winner; University of Colorado Hospital Medical Staff Award for Excellence in Clinical

Innovation Award

Paul Beeson Visiting Professor, Yale University

Appointed Associate Director of the Center for Women's Health Research; ADA Board of Directors

Department of Medicine "Rising Star"

Young Investigator Travel Award, American Physiological Society, The 1st Pan American Physiology meeting,

Iguassu Falls, Brazil.

Faculty Sponsor Award, University of Colorado Graduate School mentor award; Environmental Health & Safety

Merit Award for outstanding performance and lasting dedication to Laboratory Safety, University of Colorado

Anschutz Medical Campus

Named to Editorial Board, Journal of General Physiology

5280 Best Doctors

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Advisory Council



Matthew Taylor, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Isaac Teitelbaum, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

John Tentler, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Kameswaran Ravichandran

Thiruvanmiyoor, Research Senior

Instructor

Department of

Medicine

Joshua Thurman, M.D., Professor Department of

Medicine

Paul Varosy, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Maria Vejar, D.N.P., G.N.P.-B.C.,

Senior Instructor

Department of

Medicine

Vict or Villalobos, M.D., Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Department of

Medicine

Heidi Wald, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Jeffrey Wallace, M.D., M.P.H.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Cecilia Low Wang, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Sachin Wani, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Peter Watson, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Colin Weekes, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Barbara Weis-Malone, M.S.N.,

R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., Senior

Instructor

Department of

Medicine

Sterling West, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Master of the American College of Rheumatology; 5280 Denver Top Doctor; Best Doctors in

America; Top Doctors in America

Margaret Wierman, M.D.,

Professor

Department of

Medicine

Jeanie Youngwerth, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Department of

Medicine

Al Anderson, M.D., Professor Neurology

Jeffrey Bennett, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Neurology

American Society of Clinical Oncology Leadership Development Program

American Federation of Medical Research-Best Scholar Award

Elected to the position of President- Elect of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis; Selected for inclusion in

5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver

Henry Kunkel Society

Elected to be an UCH At-Large Member of the Medical Board.

Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety Award, UCH Medical Staff

Clinical Leadership Development Program, Academy of Medical Educators (AME) and Institute for Healthcare

Quality, Safety and Efficiency (IHQSE), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, First cohort

Castle and Connolly, America's Top Doctors; 5280 Top Doctors

UCH Advanced Practice Provider of the Year

Outstanding Early Scholars Programs DOM; Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinical Reviewer Award, American Society

for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), Digestive Disease Week, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

(ASGE) Endoscopy Research AwardGastrointestinal Endoscopy Editorial Board Reviewer Award, American Society

for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), Digestive Disease Week, Chicago

Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurology

Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurolog; Best Doctors in America 2015

Teaching Scholars Award, Academy of Medical Educators

Hope Foundation Rare Tumor Fellowship

5280 Top doctor: Medical Genetics; Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence Award

University Colorado Hospital Meritorious Service; Women in Endocrinology Mentor Award; Received the Gold Headed

Cane Award and the Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award: Outstanding Clinical Teacher

Named as one of the Department of Medicine's "Rising Stars"

American Physiological Society, APSelect Distinction in Scholarship for Am. J. Physiol. publication, Konhilas, et al.,

308:H135-45, 2015.

Fellow, National Kidney Foundation



Brian Berman, M.D., M.S.,

Associate Professor

Neurology

Marius Birlea, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Neurology

John Corboy, M.D., Professor Neurology

Denise Damek, M.D., Associate

Professor

Neurology

Cornelia Drees, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Neurology

Christopher Filley, M.D.,

Professor

Neurology

Lauren Frey, M.D., Associate

Professor

Neurology

Richard Hughes, M.D., Professor Neurology

William Jones, M.D., Associate

Professor

Neurology

Olga Klepitskaya, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Neurology

Benzi Kluger, M.D., Associate

Professor

Neurology

Pearce Korb, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Neurology

Maureen Leehey, M.D., Professor Neurology

Edward MAA, M.D., Associate

Professor

Neurology

Augusto Miravalle, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Neurology

Maria Nagel, M.D., Associate

Professor

Neurology Promoted to Associate Professor of Neurology

Faculty Teaching Award 2015, Neurology Residency Program

Best Doctors in America 2015; NFXF FXTAS Task Force Member; “Role of Genetics and Environment in Parkinson

Disease” and "Pharmacological Treatment of Essential Tremor," CUSOM 2015 program for patients, family, and

caregivers.

Promoted to Associate Professor of Neurology; 5280 Denver Top Docs, 2014, 2015

Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurology; Best Doctors in America 2015; American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Emerging Leaders Forum Program Graduate; Inaugural Class Member of LEAP (Leadership in Educational

Administration Program), an Academy of Medical Educators initiative.

Promoted to Associate Professor

Best Doctors in America 2015; “Role of Genetics and Environment in Parkinson Disease” and "Pharmacological

Treatment of Essential Tremor," CUSOM 2015 program for patients, family, and caregivers.

Article “Palliative Care and Neurology: Time for a Paradigm Shift” featured on American Academy of Neurology’s

podcast and Media Watch (Issue 366, July 14, 2014); Article “Palliative Care and Neurology: Time for a Paradigm

Shift” featured on American Academy of Neurology’s podcast and Media Watch (Issue 366, July 14, 2014); Interviewed

as Behavioral Neurology expert for Colorado Public Radio and National Public Radio piece: “For some Alzheimer's

patients musical memories stir while others fade”; Interviewed as Alzheimer’s Disease expert following Bronco's Pat

Bowlen revealing diagnosis; Interviewed as Parkinson’s Disease expert following Robin William’s death and diagnosis.

UCNS Certification in Headache Medicine, 2015


Golden Stethoscope Award: Best Use of Physical Exam Skills, 2015

Best Doctors in America 2015; ABPN board certification in Epilepsy

Best Doctors in America 2015; ABPN board certification in Epilepsy; Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurology 2015;

Who's Who in America 2015; Who's Who in the World 2015l Recipient of "Massilia Civitas" medal from the mayor of

Marseille, France in honor of delivering the keynote address for the 28th meeting of the Groupe de Recherche sur la

Maladie D'Alzheimer (GRAL), held at the Aix-Marseille Universite, France.

Appointed to School of Medicine Faculty Promotions Committee; Named Medical Director, UCH Epilepsy Monitoring

Unit; Awarded Recognized Reviewer Status-Epilepsy Research.

Best Doctors in America 2015

Named Director, Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit, University of Colorado Hospital, 2015; 5280 Denver Top Docs, 2014,

2015; Best Doctors in America 2015



Douglas Ney, M.D., Associate

Professor

Neurology

Daniel Pastula, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Neurology

Victoria Pelak, M.D., Professor Neurology

Sharon Poisson, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Neurology

Dianna Quan, M.D., Professor Neurology

Steven Ringel, M.D., Professor Neurology

Teri Schreiner, M.D., M.P.H.,

Assistant Professor

Neurology

Lauren Seeberger, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Neurology

John Sladek, Jr., Ph.D., Professor Neurology

Mark Spitz, M.D., Professor Neurology

Laura Strom, M.D., Associate

Professor

Neurology

Kenneth Tyler, M.D., Reuler-

Lewin Family Professor

Neurology

Timothy Vollmer, M.D., Professor Neurology

Matthew West, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Neurology

Richard Davidson, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Ophthalmology

Robert Enzenauer, M.D.,

Professor

Ophthalmology

Malik Kahook, M.D., Professor Ophthalmology

Ram Nagaraj, Ph.D., Professor Ophthalmology

Scott Oliver, M.D., Associate

Professor

Ophthalmology

UCNS Certification in Behavioral Neurology; Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurology; Best Doctors in America 2015

Named Director, University of Colorado Hospital Stroke Program


Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurology; 5280 Denver Top Docs, 2014, 2015; Best Doctors in America 2015

Named Associate Director, Neurology Medical Student Education; Interviewed by Today Show and National Public

Radio about outbreak of pediatric Accute Flaccid Myelitis cases


Best Doctors in America 2015; Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurology

Best Doctors in America 2015

Top Doc - 5280 Magazine; Castle Connolly Top Doctor; Invited panelist, 1st Global Consensus on Keratoconus and

Ectatic Diseases

2015 Who's Who in America, 69th Edition (published 2014); America's Top Ophthalmologists, Consumers' Research

Council of America; 2014 Best Doctors in Denver, in conjunction with The Denver Business Journal

Chair, Boettcher Foundation Small Institution Grants Review Committee (2013-present); Member, President's

Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards Program system-wide review panel (2008-present);

Section Editor of Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering for Cell Transplantaion: The Regenerative Medicine Journal

(2006-present); Trustee, Carthage College (1996-present)

Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurology; 5280 Denver Top Docs, 2014, 2015; Best Doctors in America 2015

Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Neurology; Best Doctors in America 2015

Executive Council, Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN); Treasurer & Board of Directors,

American Neurological Association (ANA); Organizing Committee, 12th International dsRNA Virus symposium NIH

Study Sections (Clinical Trials SEP, NSD C)

Promoted to Associate Professor of Neurology; Named Associate Director, Neurology Residency Training Program;

Named Associate Director, Neurology Medical Student Education

The Ludwig von Sallmann Award (ARVO); American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariet Award; Selected for The

University of Colorado Leadership for Innovative Team Science (LITeS) Program

Gold Fellow, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Honor Award Recipient, American Society of Retina Specialists



Jeffrey Olson, M.D., Associate

Professor

Ophthalmology

Leonard Seibold, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Ophthalmology

Michael Taravella, M.D.,

Professor

Ophthalmology

Naresh Mandava, M.D., Professor Ophthalmology

Stuart Fine, M.D., Clinical

Professor

Ophthalmology

J Mark Petrash, Ph.D., Professor Ophthalmology

Hugo Quiroz-Mercado, M.D.,

Professor

Ophthalmology

Prem Subramanian, M.D., PhD

Visiting Professor

Ophthalmology

Evalina Burger, M.D., Professor Orthopedics

Robert D'Ambrosia, M.D.,

Professor

Orthopedics

Michael Dayton, M.D., Associate

Professor

Orthopedics

Nathan Donaldson, D.O.,

Assistant Professor

Orthopedics

Robert Hunter, M.D. Orthopedics

Eric McCarty, M.D., Associate

Professor

Orthopedics

Eduardo Novais, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Orthopedics

Cecilia Pascual-Garrido, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Orthopedics

Aaron Provance, M.D., Associate

Professor

Orthopedics

Frank Scott, M.D., Associate

Professor

Orthopedics

Brian Shaw, M.D., Associate

Professor

Orthopedics

Phil Stahel, M.D. Orthopedics

Jason Stoneback, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Orthopedics

5280 Top Doc; Excellence in Direct Teaching, the Academy of Medical Educators

5280 Top Doc; Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar;

5280 Top Doc

CADA Distinguished Service Award

Best Doctors in America


Best Doctors in America; Elected to the Presidential Line of the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) as

second Vice President.


2015 Children's Hospital Colorado PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Award

Provider of the Month-Children's Hospital Colorado

Colorado Springs Style Magazine 2015 Top Doc; 2015 AAOS Achievement Award

Selected for the AAOS/ORS BTOI Group (Biological Treatment for Orthopedic Injuries); awarded with the 2015

AAOS/OREF/ORS Clinician Scholar Career Development Program; selected for the AOSSM Research Committee;

selected for the ICRS (International Cartilage Repair Society) Education Committee; 2015 Research CU Orthopedic

Grant (20.000 US$) “Cartilage Repair by Transplantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) delivered in a

Chondroitin Sulfate/PEG Hydrogel for Chondral Defects in a Rabbit Animal Model”.

5280 Top Doc

CRYSTAL APPLE AWARD AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RETINA SPECIALISTS

America's Best Doctors; Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology

Chairman, ARVO Foundation Board of Governors

Honor Award, American Society of Retinal Specialists; Patent Awarded: Method for Stimulating Retinal Response

Using Photoactive Devices; Colorado BioScience Research Award; Invited Lecture at World Ophthalmology Congress,

Tokyo, Japan; Patent Awarded for Intraocular Device to Oxygenate Ischemic Retina; Membership to Retina Society;

$500K Matching grant from Colorado Bioscience Grant -- Company

First Annual David Epstein Clinician-Scientist Research Award

Named in America's Top Ophthalmologist

Top Doctors Castle Connolly

Jules Stein Lecture, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Guest of Honor, annual meeting of American Academy of

Ophthalmology, Las Vegas; Best Doctors of America



Armando Vidal, M.D., Associate

Professor

Orthopedics

Julie Wilson, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Orthopedics

Gregory Allen, M.D., Associate

Professor

Otolaryngology

Steven Cass, M.D., M.P.H.,

Professor

Otolaryngology

Kenny Chan, M.D., Professor Otolaryngology

Carol Foster, M.D., Associate

Professor

Otolaryngology

Anne Getz, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Otolaryngology

Herman Jenkins, M.D., Professor Otolaryngology

Todd Kingdom, M.D., Professor Otolaryngology

Ted Leem, M.D., M.S., Assistant

Professor

Otolaryngology

Jeremy Prager, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Otolaryngology

Vijay Ramakrishnan, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Otolaryngology

Adam Terella, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Otolaryngology

Kristin Uhler, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Otolaryngology

John Song, M.D., Associate

Professor

Otolaryngology

Sven Streubel, M.D. Otolaryngology

Dara Aisner, M.D., Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pathology

Teacher of the Year, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Dept of Otolaryngology; Best Doctors in America,

Denver Business Journal , 2015NIH-NIDCD K23 Grant (2015-2020 Co-PI Developing a Biomarker for Infant Speech Perception in Children with

Hearing Loss; approx. $1 Mil.)

Castle Connolly Top Doc 2014; Castle Connolly Top Cancer Doc 2014; Best Doctors in America, Denver Business

Journal 2014

Co-Director Molecular Tumor Board, University of Colorado Health; Task Force on Proposed FDA Regulation of

Laboratory Tests; ANA Organizing Committee, World Conference on Lung Cancer; Lecturer, International Molecular

Pathology Meeting in Naples, Italy

Castle Connolly Top Doc 2015

5280 Top Doc

NIH-NIDCD K23 Grant (2015-2020 Co-PI Developing a Biomarker for Infant Speech Perception in Children with

Hearing Loss; approx. $1 Mil.); Castle Connolly Top Doc 2014 & 2015; Best Doctors in America, Denver Business

Journal 2014 & 2015; Visiting Professor - University of Tennessee Memphis; VP and Treasurer for Hearing

International; VP for CORLAS (International)

AMSSM Young Investigator Grant

Outstanding Service Award, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Awarded April 17, 2014 at the Children’s Hospital

Colorado Annual Medical Staff Dinner; Five Star Excellence Award, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Awarded annually

to providers who score with the top 10th percentile nationally for patient satisfaction as measured by Provider

Pediatric Medical Specialties Service.

President-Elect, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology; 5280 Denver's Top Docs 2014 and 2015

VEDA Champion of Vestibular Medicine Award

The Golden Head Mirror Award from the American Rhinologic Society for Meritorious Teaching in Rhinology; 5280

Denver's Top Docs 2014 and 2015

Best Doctors in America, Denver Business Journal 2015

Best Doctors in America, Denver Business Journal 2015

5280 Denver's Top Docs 2014 and 2015

American Rhinologic Society Basic Science Research Award (2014); ERS-ARS Research International Travel Grant;

American Rhinologic Society Fall Film FESStival Finalist

NIH-NIDCD K23 Grant (2015-2020 PI Role of taste transduction in airway epithelial function)

Fellow, American College of Surgeons



Steven Anderson, Ph.D.,

Professor

Pathology

Mary Berg, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pathology

Gregory Bocsi, D.O., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Geza Bodor, M.D., Professor Pathology

Gary Brown Pathology

Carolyn Cool, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pathology

Bette Demasters, M.D. Professor Pathology

Kaplana Devarj, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Nicole Draper, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Thomas Eskin, M.D., Clinical

Professor

Pathology

Hugh Fenton, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Amy Frey, D.O., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Joseph Gal, Ph.D., Professor Pathology

Paul Jedlicka, M.D., Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pathology

Balasubramaniam Kandasamy,

M.D.

Pathology

Jeffrey Kaplan, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Virginia Knez, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Gilbert-Barness Endowed Lectureship, University of Wisconsin – Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health

2015 William Hammond, MD, Excellence in Teaching Award from the Department of Pathology

2015 Summit Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents and Fellows

Medical Student Teaching Award, 2014-2015

Secretary Elect for the Association of Pathology Chairs, Department Administrator Section


Meritorious Service Lifetime Achievement Award - American Association of Neuropathologists - June 2015; 2015

Summit Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents and Fellows; 2015 Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine

2015 Medical Student Teaching Award




Excellence in Teaching Award, Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program

Organized a full-day symposium on chemical warfare for the Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society in

Denver; Keynote Lecture at the National Institutes of Health 9th Annual Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats

(CounterACT) Network Research Symposium, New York Academy of Science "History of Chemical Warfare"; Invited

Lecture “Science, Technology, and World War I”, Jerusalem, Israel, “Chemical Warfare in World War I”.

Planning Committee, King Lectureship; Principal Investigator, The Endocrine Society Minority Access Program (a

diversity enrichment program that support two summers of research at six research-intensive institutions).

South Central Association of Blood Banks Larry L. Trow Memorial Education Award, SCABB, 2015; South Central

Association of Blood Banks, elected District Director for District II, 2015; Chair of the Perioperative Standards Unit,

American Association of Blood Banks, 2015

Board Certification in Clinical Informatics American Board of Pathology




James Lambert, Ph.D., Assistant

Research Professor

Pathology

Francisco Larosa, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pathology

Tuan Le, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Ron Lepoff, M.D., Professor Pathology

Staurt Lind, M.D. Pathology

Bolin Liu, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pathology

M. Scott Lucia, M.D. Pathology

Quyen Nguyen, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Zenggang Pan, M.D., Ph.D. Pathology

Chitra Rajagopala, M.D.,

Professor

Pathology

Jennifer Richer, Ph.D., Professor Pathology

Sharon Sams, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Priya Werahera, Ph.D., Research

Assistant Professor

Pathology

Co-director of Scientific Writing Course of the Cancer Biology PhD program

Excellence in Teaching Award, Child Health Associates Program; Best Doctors in America 2015



American Association of Blood Banks Perioperative Standards program Unit; Preliminary round Judge for American

Society for Quality’s International Team Excellence Awards.

2015 Graduate School Dean’s Mentoring Award; 2015 Graduate School Faculty Sponsor –BEST Award; Society for

Gynecologic Investigation. March 26-28th, Florence Italy, 2014 Invited lectures Invited Symposia Lecture; Keynote

Speaker MD Anderson Breast Cancer Research Program Retreat. 2014; US Oncology McKesson Annual Scientific

Forum Invited Lecture Dallas, TX , 2015

Association of Pathology Chairs, Executive Council and Immediate Past-President; 2015 Newsweek Magazine, "Top

Doctors for Cancer."; 2015 Best Doctors in America, Denver Business Journal; Chair: Nominating Committee and

Leadership Development and Diversity Committee, Association of Pathology Chairs (APC); Program Director and

lecture, joint APC and PDAS Leadership Development Workshop, "Leadership Skills for Changing Times." - 2015 APC

Annual Meeting; Invited Speaker, "The Future of Pathology: Value Focused and Technology Driven Medicine."

American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting and Trainees Luncheon; Association of Pathology Chairs

Workshop, "Navigating Change; helping faculty transition to retirement and alternative career paths." Annual APC

Meeting

Best of Posters AUA 2015 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, “Fluorescence Spectroscopy Can Increase Diagnostic

Yield of Prostate Biopsies”; Best of Posters AUA 2015 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, “Prostate Health Index

Predicts Upgrading of Men on 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors”

Media coverage: http://urologytimes.modernmedicine.com/urology-times/news/vitamin-d-prostate-ca-study-points-

missing-link?page=full; Media coverage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140410194607.html; Co-

director of Scientific Writing Course of the Cancer Biopsy PhD program Graduate School

President of the “Asociación Iberoamericana de Telesalud y Telemedicina – AITT”;President of the “I Ibero-American

Congress of Telehealth and Telemedicine” and “VII Regional Meeting of the American Telemedicine Association Latin-

American and Caribbean Chapter – ATALACC”, Lima, Peru; Founder and Editorial Director “Journal AITT”

(revista.teleiberoamerica.com – ISSN 2411-3840) (2012-2015)


2015 Lifetime Achievement Award, College of American Pathologists




Michael Wilson, M.D., Professor Pathology

Joseph Wissel, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pathology

Steve Agman, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Mark J. Abzug, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Frank J. Accurso, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Mandy A. Allison, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Mark E. Anderson, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Marsha S. Anderson, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Jennifer Armstrong-Wells, M.D.,

M.P.H., Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Edwin J. Asturias, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

F. Dan Atkins, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Lalit Bajaj, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Christopher D. Baker, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics


Co-Leader of the Pediatric Task Force, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (2014-present); Maureen Andrew

Mentorship Award, SPR (2015); Distinguished Achievement Award, American Thoracic Society (2015).

Listed in Best Doctors in America (2005-2016); Guide to America’s Top Physicians (2009-2014); Co-Chair, Guidelines

for Treatment and Prevention of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children Working

Group, NIH-CDC-IDSA/HIVMA-PIDS-AAP (2010-present); Co-Editor, Current Diagnosis and Treatment Pediatrics

(2010-present); Vice-Chair, Co-morbidities and Complications Scientific Committee, International Maternal Pediatric

Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group, NIH (2014-present); Associate Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of

Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2013-present).

Member of the Board of Trustees, National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2003-present); Member, Board of Directors,

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Therapeutics, Inc. (2000-present).

Chair-Elect of the Council on School Health Executive Committee, AAP (2015-2017).

Director of the Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (2002-present).

Listed in America's Top Pediatricians (2004-2015); Assistant Dean, Longitudinal Curriculum, CU School of Medicine

(2011-present); Vice Chair, Faculty and Professional Development Taskforce, Association of Pediatric Program

Directors (2012-present); Chair, Faculty and Professional Development Taskforce, Association of Pediatric Program

Directors (2015-2017); Fellowship, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) (2013-2014); Fellowship,

Infectious Diseases Society of America (2013-present).

Received a Golden Stethoscope Excellence in Clinical Education Award, CU School of Medicine (2012-2015);

Fellowship, American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association (2013-present); Honored Care Provider, Strike

Out Stroke Day, Colorado Rockies (2015).

Elected Vice-President of the Colorado Children's Hospital Colorado Immunization Coalition (2015).

listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2011-2015); America's Top Doctors (2014-2015).

2015 Pathologist of the Year Award from the Department of Pathology

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Medical Director, Center for Clinical Effectiveness,

Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-present).

Member of the SPR (2011-present); Extramural Pediatric Award, Loan Repayment Program, NIH/NHLBI (2014-

2016).



Natarajan Balasubramaniyan,

Ph.D., Research Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Claudia L. Barberio Kunrath,

M.D., Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Emily Barr, C.P.N.P., C.N.M.,

Senior Instructor

Pediatrics

James S. Barry, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Frederick Battaglia, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Meghan T. Bawn, D.P.T.,

Instructor

Pediatrics

Timothy Benke, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Tellen D. Bennet, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Stephen Berman, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Timothy J. Bernard, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Laurie E. Bernstein, M.S., R.D.,

F.A.D.A., Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Kathrin M. Bernt, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Mark Boguniewicz, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Cris A. Bowman-Harvey, M.S.N.,

C.P.N.P., Instructor

Pediatrics

Awarded the Teams We Treasure Award, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Colorado Hospital (2014).

Received the Legends of Neonatology Award, NEO: Conference for Neonatology (2014).

Received the Carole Gildenberg Dichter Memorial PCS Scholarship Award, National Section on Pediatrics, American

Physical Therapy Association (2014); Specialties Certification, Pediatrics, American Board of Physical Therapy (2014).

Member of the American Neurological Association (2011-present); Ponzio Family Endowed Chair, Neurology

Research, Children's Hospital Foundation (2014-present); Star Thrower Award, International Foundation for CDKL5

Research (2014).

Member of the SPR (2014-present); Jack Emerson Award, Resident Research Presentation, Conference on High

Frequency Ventilation of Infants, Children and Adults, Intermountain CME (2014).

Director of the Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health and Children's Hospital Colorado (2011-

present).

Received the Presidential Poster Award at The Liver Meeting - The 65th Annual Meeting of the American Association

for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, Massachusetts (2014).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2015); Employee of the Year, Pediatric Staff, Denver Health

(2014); 3rd Place, Day of Celebration Poster Exhibition, Denver Health (2015); Patient Safety and Quality Pillar

Award, Denver Health (2015).Co-Chair on the Study Coordinator Group, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, NICHD/NIH (2013-present); Best

Overall Site Award, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, NICHD/NIH (2014); Pillar Award, Children's Hospital

Colorado (2014).

Member of the SPR (2010-present); Member, American Neurological Society (2012-present); Member, State of

Colorado Stroke Advisory Board (2014-2018); Director, Clinical Research, Children's Clinical Research Organization,

Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-present); Associate Director, Children's Clinical Research Organization, Children's

Hospital Colorado (2011-2015); Director, Pediatric Neurology Residency Program, CU School of Medicine (2015); Best

Doctors in America (2015-2016).

Member, Society of Inherited Metabolic Diseases (2000-present); Founding Member, Genetic Metabolic Dietitians

International (2005-present); Creative Nutrition Education Award, Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group, Academy of

Nutrition and Dietetics (2014-2015); Advisory Board, Dietetics Program, University of Northern Colorado (2010-

present); Intern Selection Committee, Dietetic Internship Program, Children's Hospital Colorado (2012-present);

Conference Planning Committee, Dietetic Internship Program, Children's Hospital Colorado (2012-present); Member

Spotlight Award, Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International (2015).

Received a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2014).

Listed in Best Doctors in America (2003-present).

Received a Post Masters Diploma for Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner from Rush University (2014).



Jonathan Bowser, M.S.,

C.H.A./P.A.-C, Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Gregory P. Brames, M.D., Senior

Instructor

Pediatrics

Patricia A. Braun, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Mark S. Brittan, M.D., M.P.H.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Amy R. Brooks-Kayal, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Donald C. Bross, J.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Laura D. Brown, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Director-at-Large, Board of Directors, Physician Assistant Education Association (2013-present); Member, Academy of

Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2015); Member, National Steering Committee, Smiles for Life: a National

Oral Health Curriculum (2011-present); 10th Anniversary Award, Smiles for Life: a National Oral Health Curriculum

(2014).

Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado

(2015).

Member of the Oral Health Advocate Steering Committee, AAP Chapter (2010-present); Member, Medical Student

Admissions Committee, CU School of Medicine (2010-present); Oral Health Advocate, Region 8, AAP (2011-present);

Member, Greater Denver Head Start Health Advisory Board (2010-present); Advocate, AAP Chapter Oral Health

(2010-present); Executive Committee Member, National AAP Section on Oral Health (2013-2016); Subject Panel

Expert, EQIPP Bright Futures Curriculum Development Team, AAP (2014-present); Subject Panel Expert, EQIPP

Oral Health Promotion Development Team, AAP (2014-present); Subject Panel Expert, Oral Health in Primary Care,

National Network of Oral Health Agencies (2012-2014); Education Program Chair, National AAP Section on Oral

Health, AAP (2014-present); Board Member, State Oral Health Coalition, Oral Health Colorado (2012-present).

Re-Admissions Leader of the Ohio Children's Hospitals Solution for Patient Safety Collaborative (2012-present);

Pillar Award, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014).

Fellow of the American Neurological Association (2013-present); Chair, Merritt-Putnam Symposium, American

Epilepsy Society (2012-2014); Best Doctors in America (2009-present); Who’s Who in America (2009-present); Member,

Clinical Neuroplasticity and Neurotransmitters Study Section, NINDS (2010-2014); 1st Vice-President, American

Epilepsy Society (2013-2014); President, American Epilepsy Society (2014-present); Chair, Clinical Neuroplasticity

and Neurotransmission NIH Review Panel (2013-2014); U.S. News & World Report Top Doctor (2013-2014); Member,

National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council, NINDS (2014-2018); Member, Review Committee,

Anticonvulsant Screening Program, NINDS (2014-2015); Ponzio Family Endowed Chair, Neurology Research,

Children's Hospital Foundation (2014-present).

appointed as Adjunct Professor of Law at the Queensland University of Technology (2013-2016); Director, Lea for

Justice (2004-present); Co-Editor in Chief, Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal (2012-present); Founder,

Executive Director Emeritus, and Board Member, National Association of Counsel for Children (2000-present);

Thomas Jefferson Award, University of Colorado (2015).

Member of the SPR (2008-present); Member, Perinatal Research Society (2008-present); Member, Western Society for

Pediatric Research (2007-present); Council Member, Perinatal Research Society (2013-present); Council Member,

Western Society for Pediatric Research (2014-2015); Abbot Nutrition Young Investigator Award, Western Society for

Pediatric Research (2014); Jacqueline Leaffer Travel Award, Center for Women’s Health Research (2014).



David E. Brumbaugh, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Jerome M. Buckley, M.D.,


Pediatrics

Maya Bunik, M.D., M.S.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Melissa A. Cadnapaphornchai,

M.D., Professor

Pediatrics

Jeffrey Cain, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

William Campbell, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Todd Carpenter, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Kathryn C. Chatfield, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Antonia Chiesa, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Kathryn Collins, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Joseph A. Craig, M.D., Clinical

Professor

Pediatrics

Listed in 5280 Magazine 's Top Doctors in Denver (2013-2015); Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting, American Diabetes

Association, San Francisco, California (2014).

Awarded the Foundations of Doctoring Faculty Choice Award, CU School of Medicine (2014).

Accepted to the Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety and Effectiveness Certificate Program, CU School of Medicine

(2014-present); Member, SPR (2011-present); Medical Director, Master Educator Clinic, Child Health Clinic, CU

School of Medicine (2007-present); Outstanding Service Award, Medical Staff Office, Children's Hospital Colorado

(2015); Harmon Lecture Award, Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health (2015); First Place Poster, Public

Health in the Rockies Conference, Colorado Public Health Association, Ft. Collins, Colorado (2014); Most Read

Pediatric Respirology Award, "The ONE Step Initiative: Quality Improvement in a Pediatric Clinic for Secondhand

Smoke Reduction", QxMD Medical (2014); Top 12 High Performing Teaching Clinic Award (Child Health Clinic,

Children's Hospital Colorado), Association of American Medical Colleges (2014).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2006-2015); Best Doctors in America (2009-present); Fellowship,

American Society of Nephrology (2013-present).

Received the Charles A. Pruess MD Distinguished Alumnus Award, Oregon Health & Science University School of

Medicine (2014).

Medical Director of the Child Development Unit, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015).

Alternate Site Director, Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network, NICHD/NIH (2014-present).

Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Genetics (2013-present); Pediatric Cardiology Diplomat, American Board

of Pediatrics (2014-present).

Listed in 5280 Magazine 's Top Doctors in Denver (2010-2015).

Member of the SPR (2009-2014); Certified, Competency in Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Physician, Heart Rhythm

Society (2014).

President of the Colorado Chapter of the AAP (2014-present).



Eduardo M. da Cruz, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Dana M. Dabelea, M.D., Ph.D.,

Conrad M. Riley Endowed

Professor

Pediatrics

Received an Award of Tenure from the CU School of Medicine (2014); Member, Scientific Advisory Committee,

Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) (2004-present); Founding Member, World

Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (2007-present); Member, Working Group on Interventional

Catheterization, AEPC (2005-present); Mentor and President, Recommendations and Guidelines Committee for

Training in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, APEC (2005-present); Member, SPR (2008-present); President and

Board Chair, Surgeons of Hope (2011-present); Founder and Co-Chair, Section on Hemodynamics and Heart Disease,

European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (2011-2015); Founder and Chair, Section on Pediatric and

Congenital Cardiac Intensive Care and Mechanical Circulatory Support, European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal

Intensive Care (2015-present); Founder and Vice-President, Fundacion Cirujanos de la Esperanza de Nicaragua (2013-

present); Co-Founder and Member, Global Heart Network (2012-present); Mentor and Director, Committee for the

Development of the European Paediatric Cardiology Diploma (Intensive Care Section), AEPC (2014-present); Invited

Expert, Horizon 2020 Project, European Commission Research and Innovation Act (2014-present); Member, Steering

Committee, Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN), Children’s Hospital Colorado, NICHD

(2014-present); Outstanding Dedication and Service, Residency Recruitment and Selection Process, Department of

Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015); PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Award, Children's Hospital

Colorado (2014); Highly Commended Award, British Medical Association (2015).

Named Director of the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, University of Colorado/Children's

Hospital Colorado (2015).



Stephen R. Daniels, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Jeffrey R. Darst, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Jesse A. Davidson, M.D, M.P.H.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Emily M. DeBoer, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Robin R. Deterding, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Ruth S. Devoogd, C.P.N.P.,

Senior Instructor

Pediatrics

Received the Gold Heart Award, the Highest National Volunteer Award, from the American Heart Association (2015);

Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatrics (1995-present); Editorial Board, Congenital Heart Disease (2005-present); Best

Doctors in America (2005-present); Board Member, External Advisory Board, Molecular Epidemiology in Children's

Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (2006-present); Member, Advisory Board of the

Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight, AAP (2012-present); Chair, Committee on Nutrition, AAP (2013-present);

Member, Board of Directors, Southwest Affiliate, American Heart Association (2013-2015); President, Southwest

Affiliate, American Heart Association (2014-2016); Member, Board of Directors, Denver Metro Chapter, American

Heart Association (2010-present); President, Denver Metro Chapter, American Heart Association (2012-2014);

President, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (2013-2015); Member, International

Foundations of Medicine Test Material Development Committee, National Board of Medical Examiners/U.S. Medical

Licensing Examination (2010-present); Member, Abstract/Evidence Based Medicine Task Force, National Board of

Medical Examiners/U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (2012-2014); Member, Evidence Based Medicine Test

Development Committee, National Board of Medical Examiners (2015-present); Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring

Board, Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research Consortium, NHLBI/NIH (2011-present); Member,

Healthy Communities Study-Observational Study Monitoring Board, NIH (2011-present); Editorial Board, Childhood

Obesity (2010-present); Member, External Advisory Board, Nemours Research Oversight Committee (2014-2018);

Highly Cited Researcher Award, Thomson Reuters (2014); World's Most Influential Scientific Minds, Thomson

Reuters (2014); Guest Editor, Circulation (2010-2015); Member, CEO Search Committee, AAP (2014); Member,

Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children Clinical Practice Guideline Subcommittee, AAP

(2015); Member, Nominating Committee, APS (2015-2016); Member, Advocacy Committee, Association of Medical

School Pediatric Department Chairs (2010-present); Member, Planning Committee: “Understanding the Dynamic

Relationship between Biology, Environment, and Early Childhood Development on Risk of Obesity”, Institute of

Medicine (IOM) Workshop, IOM/National Research Council of the National Academies’ Food and Nutrition

Board/Board on Children, Youth and Families, Washington, DC (2014-2015).


(2013-2015).

Appointed as Associate Medical Director for the Children's Clinical Research Organization, Children's Hospital

Colorado (2015); Outstanding Dedication and Service, Residency Recruitment and Selection Process, Department of

Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2014).

Awarded Best Abstract in Cystic Fibrosis from the European Respiratory Society (2014).

Member of the APS (2009-present); 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Best Doctors in America

(1998-present); Chair, Scientific Board for Children’s Interstitial Lung Disease (ChILD) Foundation (2004-present);

Board of Directors, ChILD Foundation (2004-present); Chair, Pediatric Assembly Program Committee, American

Thoracic Society (2013-2015); Board of Directors, American Thoracic Society (2013-2015); Public Advisory Roundtable

(PAR) Excellence Award, American Thoracic Society (2015); Section Head, Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics,

CU School of Medicine (2015).


(2014).



Edwin F. deZoeten, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Michael V. Di Maria, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Jorge DiPaola, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Jennifer A. Disabato, C.P.N.P.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Megan K. Dishop, M.D., Professor

Adjoint

Pediatrics

Emily L. Dobyns, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Catherine T. Doernbrack, P.N.P.,

Senior Instructor

Pediatrics

Gretchen J. Domek, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Samuel Dominguez, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Matthew P. Dorighi, M.D.,

Assistant Clinical Professor

Pediatrics

Ellen Roy Elias, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Awarded Teacher of the Year by the Gastroenterology Fellows in the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine

(2014); 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014);

Teacher of the Year Award, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014).

Received a Teaching Award from the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, CU School of Medicine (2012-2014).

President of the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society (2011-2014); Member, Promoting Diversity Committee,

American Society of Hematology (2010-present); Postle Family Chair, Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders (2008-

present); Best Doctors in America (2011-present); Member, SPR (2006-present); Member, American Society of Clinical

Investigation (ASCI) (2011-present); Chair, Von Willebrand Factor Subcommittee, International Society of

Thrombosis and Hemostasis (2012-present); Member, Oversight Committee, Clinical Research Training Institute,

American Society of Hematology (2012-present); Vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference in Hemostasis (2014);

Chair, Gordon Research Conference in Hemostasis (2015-2016); Editorial Board, Rare Diseases (2012-present);

Member-at-large, Leadership Committee, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Council, American

Heart Association (2014-2016); Associate Editor, Frontiers in Hematology (2014-present); Program Co-Chair,

American Society of Hematology Meeting (2014-2016).

Awarded Fellow of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse

Practitioners (2014).

Received a Summit Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Education of Pathologists, Department of Pathology,

CU School of Medicine (2014); Best Doctors in America (2014-2015); 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2011-

2015); Excellence in Teaching Award, Child Health Associate/ Physician Assistant Program Pathology Course,

University of Colorado (2014); Certificate of Recognition, College of American Pathologists Committee Service (2014).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2007-2015).

Received a Clinical Practice Poster Award from the Society of Pediatric Nursing (SPN) at the 24th SPN Annual

Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (2014).

Inducted in to the Athletic Hall of Fame at Apollo High School (2014); Pediatric Loan Repayment Program, NIH

(2014); Early Career Award, Thrasher Research Fund (2014).

Received the Astute Clinician Award from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (2014).





Brian Englund, P.A.-C, Associate

Clinical Professor

Pediatrics

Melanie D. Everitt, M.D., Visiting

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Debby J. Faes, CHA/PA-C, Clinical Professor Pediatrics

Thomas Fagan, M.D., Visiting

Clinical Professor

Pediatrics

Monica Jones Federico, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Steven G. Federico, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

David Fleischer, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Curtis Rashaan Ford, M.D.,


Pediatrics

Douglas M. Ford, M.D., Clinical

Professor

Pediatrics

Nicholas K. Foreman, M.D.,

Ch.B., Professor

Pediatrics

Santos J. Franco, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Cynthia Freehauf, M.S.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Brandi K. Freeman, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Joel A. Friedlander, D.O.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Received a Career Teaching Scholar Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2014).

New Director of the Heart Transplantation Program, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015).



Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2011-2015); Member, SPR (2009-present); Physician of the Year,

Colorado Society for Respiratory Care (2015).

Invited Member of the Special Interest Group: Immigrant Health, AAP (2011-present); Member, Colorado Association

of School-based Health Care (2007-present); Board of Directors, Colorado Association of School-based Health Care

(2009-present); Member, General Pediatrics Examination Committee, American Board of Pediatrics (2012-present);

Member, Student Health and Safety Task Force, Colorado Department of Education (2011-2015); Member, Mayor

Michael Hancock, City of Denver Children's Cabinet (2012-2014); Invited Member, Poverty Task Force, AAP/APA

(2014-present); Member, Research Nominating Committee, Academic Pediatric Association (2014-present); Director of

Service, General Pediatrics, Denver Health (2014-present).

Invited speaker at the Woodward L. Colby Memorial Lecture, 24th Annual Practical Pediatrics for the Primary Care

Physician, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (2014).

Member of the Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System (2014-present).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Best Doctors in America (2006-present).

Awarded the International Society for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology along with the Neuro Oncology group at Children's

Hospital Colorado for the Pediatic Neuro-Oncology 2018 Meeting to be held in Denver, Colorado (2014); 5-Star

Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015).

Received a Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award, Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees (2015); Festival

Scholar, Aspen Ideas Festival Spotlight: Health, The Aspen Institute (2014).

Board Member of the Society of Inherited Metabolic Diseases (2014-present).

Received her Masters of Science in Health Policy Research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of

Pennsylvania (2014); NIH/National Medical Association Scholar (2014).

Awarded the Pediatric Endoscopy Prize from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2015); 5-Star

Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014).



Jacob E. Friedman, Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Sandra L. Friedman, M.D.,

M.P.H., Professor

Pediatrics

Glenn T. Furuta, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Jesus R. Garcia Jacques, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Katheleen Gardiner, Ph.D.,

Research Professor

Pediatrics

Erwin Gelfand, M.D.,

Distinguished Professor

Pediatrics

Evgenia Gerasimovskaya, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Roger H. Giller, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Christine M. Gilroy, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Jacqueline J. Glover, Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Invited Panelist for the Institute of Medicine and NRC Food and Nutrition Board - Understanding the Dynamic

Relationship between Biology, Environment, and Early Childhood Development on Epigenetic Risk of Obesity (2015-

present); Board of Directors, Kern Lipid Conference Programming Committee (2012-present); Editorial Board,

Obesity Insights (2008-present); External Review Panel, University of Michigan Diabetes Research and Training

Center P&F Grants (2007-present); External Review Panel, Case Western Reserve Diabetes Research Institute of

Greater Cleveland (2007-present); External Review Panel, Boston Obesity Research Center Grants (2013-present);

Founding Member, North American Society for the Study of Diabetes and Pregnancy (2013-present).

Appointed to the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council by Governor John Hickenlooper (2015); 5280

Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2011-2015); Executive Committee, Council on Children with Disabilities

(COCWD), AAP (2009-present); Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Examination Committee, American Board of

Psychiatry and Neurology (2012-2018); Editorial Board, JAMA Pediatrics (2015).

Member of the International Eosinophil Society (2003-present); Member, SPR (2006-present); Chairman, The

International Gastrointestinal Eosinophil Researchers (2006-present); Editorial Board, World Journal of

Gastroenterology (2008-present); Member, Medical Advisory Board, American Partnership for Eosinophilic Diseases

(2002-present); Honorary Board of Directors, Campaign for Urgent Research on Eosinophilic Diseases (2007-present);

Best Doctors In America (2007-present); U.S. News & World Report Top Doctor (2012-2014); Council Member, North

American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2012-present); Member, APS (2014-

present); Administrative Director and Site Investigator, Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease

Researchers (2014-present).

Received the Gary Way Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015).

Member of the Science, Research and Practice Advisory Board, Down Syndrome Educational Trust (2007-present).

Editorial Board for Advances in Pulmonology (2013-present).

Executive Committee Member-at-Large for the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Consortium (2010-present); Best

Doctors in America (1998-present); Board Member, Brent Eley Foundation (2003-present); Barton Family Chair,

Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Hospital Colorado (2012-present).


Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2012-present).

Member of the AAP (2011-present); Lifetime Achievement Award, Medicine Alumni Global Awards, McGill University

School of Medicine (2014).



Edward J. Goldson, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Lia Gore, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Douglas K. Graham, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

D. Jane Gralla, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Eva Grayck, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Carolyn L. Green, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Melanie C. Green, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Brian S. Greffe, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Theresa R. Grover, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Joseph Grubenhoff, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Ann C. Halbower, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Simon J. Hambidge, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2009-2015); Champion of Passion Award, Sensory Processing

Disorder Foundation (2014); Colorado Champion for Children, Sewall Child Development Center (2014).

Vice Chair for New Agents, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Children's Oncology Group (2015-present); Co-Founder

and Co-Director, Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics Investigators' Consortium (2002-2014); Member, Executive

Committee on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Children's Oncology Group (2005-present); Best Doctors in America

(2005-present); 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2015); Robert J. and Kathleen A. Clark Endowed Chair,

Pediatric Cancer Therapeutics, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-2015); Ergen Family Chair in Pediatric Oncology,

Children's Hospital Colorado (2015-present).

Awarded a new patent for "Methods of treating cancer by administering an Axl ligand-binding portion of an Axl

tyrosine kinase receptor extracellular domain", patent # U.S. 8,920,799 (2014); Member, Molecular and Cellular

Hematology Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, NIH (2011-present); Member, American Society of Clinical

Investigation (2015-present).

Received a Poster of Distinction Award, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, California (2014).

Received an Innovations in Fellowship Education Award from the American Thoracic Society (2014).


Received the Fellow's Clinical Research Award from the SPR (2014); Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award,

Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees (2015); Junior Faculty Outstanding Abstract Award, Endocrine Society

(2015).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2002-2015); 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in

Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado (2012-2014).


Received a Trauma Program Excellence in Trauma Physician Award from Children's Hospital Colorado (2014); 5280

Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2013-2015).

Nominated for the Charles C. Shepard Science Award by the CDC Director's Office (2015); Editorial Board, Academic

Pediatrics, Academic Pediatric Association (2010-present); Nakano Citation and Honor Award, National Center for

Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC (2014); Employee and Provider Engagement Pillar Award, Denver

Health (2014); Chief, Ambulatory Care Services, Denver Health (2015); CEO and Chief Medical Officer, Denver

Community Health Services (2015).

Member of the Subboard of Pediatric Pulmonology, ABP (2008-2014); Editorial Board, CHEST (2006-2020); Member,

American Thoracic Society (2004-2014); Member, APS (2011-present).



Janice L. Hanson, Ph.D., Ed.S.,

Professor

Pediatrics

J. Kirk Harris, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

William W. Hay, Jr., M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Taru Hays, M.D., Professor

Emerita

Pediatrics

Molly Hemenway, P.N.P., Senior

Instructor

Pediatrics

Joanne M. Hilden, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

James O. Hill, Ph.D., Professor Pediatrics

Edward J. Hoffenberg, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

J. Roger Hollister, M.D.,

Professor Emeritus

Pediatrics

Lisa Willis Howley, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

D. Dunbar Ivy, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2013-present); Best Paper Award, "Assessing

Residents' Written Learning Goals and Goal Writing Skill: Validity Evidence for the Learning Goal Scoring Rubric",

Research in Medical Education Program Planning Committee, American Association of Medical Colleges (2014); Top

10 Reviewer for MedEdPortal Award, Association of Medical Colleges (2014); Research Award - Best Abstract by a

Resident, "A qualitative study of the third-year medical students' experiences with feedback and evaluation",

Academic Pediatric Association (2015).

Member of the SPR (2011-present); Member, European Cystic Fibrosis Society Lung Microbiome Working Group

(2011-present).

Member of the APS/SPR Student Research Program Steering Committee (2008-present); "Of Counsel" Member,

Western Society for Pediatric Research Council (2012-present); Co-Chair, Clinical/Practical Issues in Enteral Feeding

Working Group, NICHD (2013-present); Co-Lead, Early Exposures Workgroup, NCATS Lifespan Domain Task Force

(2015-present).


Received a Pillar Award from the Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-2015).

Listed in America's Top Doctors (2005-present); Vice President, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

(2012-2014); President-elect, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (2014-2016); Best Doctors in

America (2014-2015).

Elected to the Institute of Medicine Class of 2014 (2015); Board Chairman, America On the Move Foundation (2005-

present); Member, APS (2011-present); Joseph Addison Sewell Award, CU School of Medicine (2014).

On the Scientific Advisory Board of the Celiac Disease Initiative, Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition

Foundation (2003-present).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Best Doctors in America (2008-present); Pediatric

Rheumatology Career Service Award, American College of Rheumatology (2014).


(2014); Women Who Make a Difference Award, Women's Resource Center, University of Colorado Boulder (2014).

Elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association (2015); Board of Trustees, Pulmonary Hypertension

Association (2011-2014); 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Scientific Leadership Council,

Pulmonary Hypertension Association (2005-2014); Editorial Board, Congenital Heart Disease: Clinical Studies from

Fetus to Adulthood (2005-present); Editorial Advisory Board, Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension (2011-present);

Editorial Board, Frontiers in Cardiology (2011-present); Board of Trustees, Pediatric Congenital Heart Association

(2014-present); Board Chairman, Association of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension (2015-2016); Selby's Chair,

Pediatric Cardiology, CU School of Medicine (2003-present); The Robyn Barst Memorial Lecture, The Pediatric

Sildenafil Trial: Where Do We Go from Here?, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute Annual Meeting, Guangzhou,

China (2015).



Kristen M. Jensen, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Susan L. Johnson, Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Richard B. Johnston, Jr., M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Christy M. Jones, PA-C, Senior

Instructor

Pediatrics

M. Douglas Jones, Jr., M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Michael Kahn, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

David W. Kaplan, M.D., M.P.H.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Michael S. Kappy, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Terry Katz, Ph.D., Senior

Instructor

Pediatrics

Paritosh Kaul, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

David M. Keller, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Elected as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (2015); Fellow, AAP (2013-present); Clinical Faculty

Scholars Program, CCTSI, CU School of Medicine (2012-2014); Festival Scholar, Aspen Ideas Festival Spotlight:

Health, The Aspen Institute (2014).

Associate Editor of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (2008-present); Alumni Award, College of

Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois (2014-2015); Board of Directors, Child and

Adult Food Care Program, A Child's Choice (2014-present).

Received the David Rall Medal for Distinguished Service to the Institute of Medicine from the Institute of Medicine

(2014); Editor, Current Opinion in Pediatrics (1996-2014); Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD, Medical Student Award,

Vanderbilt School of Medicine (2009-present); Member, Medical Center Advisory Committee, Vanderbilt University

Board of Trust (2011-present); Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2013-present).

Received a 5-Star Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado (2013-2014).

On the Editorial Board of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (2014-present).

Received an Outstanding Research Mentor award from the Clinical Sciences Program at the University of Colorado

(2014).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Best Doctors in America (1997-2015).


Recently co-authored a book, “Solving Sleep Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Guide for

Frazzles Families” (2014); Barbara Ann Quarantillo Senior Instructor with Distinction Award, Department of

Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2014); Ancora Imparo Award, Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry,

CU School of Medicine (2014).

Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2011-present).

Member of the APS (2013-present); Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs and Clinical Transformation, Department of

Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2013-present); Pediatric Advisor, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and

Finance, Piton Foundation (2015); Member, Health in Technology, Data and Quality Measures Workgroup, State of

Colorado (2014-2015); Co-Chair, Health Information Technology Workgroup, State of Colorado (2015-present); Chair,

Board of Directors, Federation of Pediatric Organizations (2014-2016); Co-Chair, Health Impact on Lives

Subcommittee, Colorado Accountable Care Collaborative/Medicaid (2014-present); Immediate Past President,

Academic Pediatric Association (2014-2015).



Margaret M. Kelsey, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Allison Kempe, M.D., M.P.H.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Gwendolyn Kerby, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

John P. Kinsella, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Sorenna M. Kirkegaard, M.D.,


Pediatrics

Angelina D. Koehler, P.N.P.,

Instructor

Pediatrics

Mary Kohn, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Robert E. Kramer, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Nancy F. Krebs, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Richard D. Krugman, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Amethyst C. Kurbegov, M.D.,

Associate Professor of Clinical

Pediatrics

Pediatrics

Bruce F. Landeck, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Member of the SPR (2011-present).

Head of the Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS), Children's

Hospital Colorado/CU School of Medicine (2014-present); Member, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,

CDC (2013-2017).


Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2012-2015); Daniel M. Hall Teaching Award, Section of

Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2014).



(2014).

Awarded the Physician of the Year Award from the University of Colorado Hospital (2015).

Listed in Best Doctors in America (2005-present); Member, SPR (2010-present); Member, American Society of

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2007-present); Fellow, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2015).

Selected for Participation in the Leadership in Innovation Team Science Program, Colorado Clinical and Translational

Sciences Institute, CU School of Medicine (2013-present); Roland L. Weinsier Award, Excellence in Medical/Dental

Nutrition Education, American Society for Nutrition (2015); Member, American Society for Nutrition (1990-present);

Member, International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (1986-present); Member, APS (2007-

present); Member, Nutrition Council, American Society for Nutrition (2009-present); Member, SPR (1996-present);

Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2013-present).

Chair of the National Advisory Committee, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program (2009-

present); Member, Board of Directors, University of Colorado Hospital (2008-2015); Member, Board of Directors,

Children’s Hospital Colorado (2008-2015); President, University Physicians, Inc. (1990-2015); Distinguished Professor,

University of Colorado (2012-present); Co-Chair, Committee on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the

U.S., Institute of Medicine (2013-2014); Board Member, University of Colorado Health System (2012-2015); Lifetime

Achievement, Strength in Health Award, The Denver Post (2015).

Medical Advisory Committee Board Member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America

(2008-present).

Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (2013-present).



J. Lindsey Lane, B.M.B.Ch.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Pramote Laoprasert, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Donald Y.M. Leung, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Anne Libby, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Deborah Liptzin, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Andrew H. Liu, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Edwin Liu, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Tai Mara Lockspeiser, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

David Maahs, M.D., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Cara L. Mack, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Listed as a U.S. News & World Report Top Doctor (2011-2014); America's Top Doctors (2014-2015).

Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (1998-present); Edelstein Chair, Pediatric Allergy

and Immunology (2004-present); U.S. News & World Report Top Doctor (2012-2014); Principal Investigator, Atopic

Dermatitis Research Network, NIH/NIAID (2010-present); Director, FARE Food Allergy Center of Excellence (2015).

Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2015).

Received an Abstract Scholarship Award from the American Thoracic Society (2014).


Awarded the inaugural Bea Taplin Endowed Chair for Celiac Disease, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014).

Director of Electives, CU School of Medicine (2014-present); Best Paper Award, "Assessing Residents' Written

Learning Goals and Goal Writing Skill: Validity Evidence for the Learning Goal Scoring Rubric", Research in Medical

Education Program Planning Committee, American Association of Medical Colleges (2014); Member, Academy of

Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2014-present); Medical Director, Child Health Associate/Physician

Assistant Program, CU School of Medicine (2014-present); Research Award - Best Abstract by a Resident, "A

qualitative study of the third-year medical students' experiences with feedback and evaluation", Academic Pediatric

Association (2015).

Member of the Clinical Care Guidelines Committee, International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (2012-

2014); Co-Chair, Publications and Protocols, Type 1 Diabetes Exchange (2013-present); Member, Scientific Sessions

Meeting Planning Committee, Pediatric Diabetes, American Diabetes Association (2014-2016); Member, Research

Advisory Board, Glu Online Community (2013-present); Member, Board Review and Update Courses Committee,

Pediatric Endocrine Society (2013-present); Co-Chair, Writing Group, Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in

the Young (AHOY) Committee, American Heart Association (2013-2014); Editorial Board, Diabetes Technology and

Therapeutics (2013-present).

Chair on the Research Awards Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) (2014-

2016); Chair, Special Interest Group for Pediatric Liver Disorders, AASLD (2014-2017).

Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2013-present); Best Paper Award, "Assessing

Residents' Written Learning Goals and Goal Writing Skill: Validity Evidence for the Learning Goal Scoring Rubric",

Research in Medical Education Program Planning Committee, American Association of Medical Colleges (2014); Co-

Director, Education Scholars Program, Academic Pediatric Association (2014-present).



Noah J. Makovsky, M.D.,


Pediatrics

David K. Manchester, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Erica W. Mandell, D.O., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Jay A. Markson, M.D., Clinical

Professor

Pediatrics

Stacey L. Martiniano, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Joanne C. Masterson, Ph.D.,

Instructor

Pediatrics

Elizabeth J. McFarland, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Paul Melinkovich, M.D.,

Professor Emeritus

Pediatrics

Gary Melton, Ph.D., Professor Pediatrics

Kevin B. Messacar, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Katherine M. Michalek, M.S., PA.-

C., Senior Instructor

Pediatrics

Aaron W. Michels, M.D.,

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatrics

David J. Miller, M.D., Assistant

Clinical Professor

Pediatrics

Shelley Miyamoto, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Ricky T. Mohon, M.D., Professor

of Clinical Pediatrics

Pediatrics Elected to serve as Sleep Physician Representative on the Colorado Sleep Society Board (2015-2017).

Received the Astute Clinician Award from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (2014);

Research Scholars Award, Children's Hospital Colorado Research Institute (2014).


(2014).

Endowed Chair, Frieda and George S. Eisenbarth Clinical Immunology (2012-present).


Inaugural Chair holder of the Millisor Chair in Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015-present);

5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2015).

Received the Outstanding Research Award, Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Biology Young Investigator's Forum,

Academic Research Coalition, Chicago, Illinois (2014).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2002-2015); Board of Directors, Reach Out and Read Colorado (2010-

present).

Awarded the Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2014).

Given the HOPE Pilot Grant Award, American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (2014).

Listed in America's Top Physicians (2009-present); Best Doctors in America (2003-present); Clinical Investigators

Group, Pediatric AIDS/HIV Cohort Study (2006-present); Cure Committee, International Maternal Pediatric

Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (2013-present); Principal Investigators Group, Adolescent Trials Network (2011-

present).

Received the Job Lewis Smith Award from the Council on Community Pediatrics, AAP (2014); Samuel U. Rodgers

Achievement Award, National Association of Community Health Centers (2014).

Received an Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest from the American

Psychological Association (2014); Who's Who in America (1995-present); Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2015-

2016); Who's Who in the West (2015-2016).

listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2006-2015).




Joseph G. Morelli, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Peter M. Mourani, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Kristen Nadeau, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Stephanie J. Nakano, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Ida Nakashima, M.D., former

Professor

Pediatrics

Michael R. Narkewicz, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Daniel A. Nicklas, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Susan Niermeyer, M.D., M.P.H.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Lee Niswander, Ph.D., Professor Pediatrics

Rachelle Nuss, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Ann-Christine Nyquist, M.D.

MSPH, Professor

Pediatrics

Editorial Board of Developmental Biology (2005-present); Editorial Committee, Annual Review, Cell and

Developmental Biology (2010-2015); Scientific Advisory Board, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University

of Florida (2012-2017); President, Society for Developmental Biology (2013-2016); Scientific Advisory Board,

Deciphering the Mechanisms of Developmental Disorders, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom (2013-present); Member,

Science Council, Education, Marine Biological Laboratories (2013-2015).


Keynote Speaker of the White Coat/Matriculation Ceremony for the class of 2018, CU School of Medicine (2014);

Member, Committee on Infectious Diseases, AAP (2014-present).


Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2008-2015); Best Doctors in America (2010-present); Medical

Director, Children's Clinical Research Organization, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-present); Site Director,

Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network, NICHD/NIH (2014-present).

Featured ADA-Funded Researcher at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) National Meeting (2013-2014).

K12 Scholar, NICHD/ NIH (2015).


Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Best Doctors in America (2005-present); Secretary

Treasurer, NASPGHAN (2014-2017); Member, APS (2014-present); Invited Speaker, World Congress of

Transplantation, San Francisco, California (2014).

Selected for the next class of Educational Scholars of the Academic Pediatric Association (2015-2018); Young

Innovators Grant, Lown Institute (2014).

Member of the APS (2011-present); Mentor, Survive and Thrive Global Development Alliance (2013-present); Indian

Mentor, Survive and Thrive Global Development Alliance (2014-present); Consultant, Saving 100,000 Babies

Intervention, Survive and Thrive Global Development Alliance (2014-present); Excellence in Global Health Award,

Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health (2014).



Carol R. Okada, MD, Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Sean T. O'Leary, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Sonja B. O'Leary, M.D.,

Instructor

Pediatrics

John W. Ogle, M.D., Professor

Emeritus

Pediatrics

Sarah K. Parker, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Thomas Parker, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Julie A. Parsons, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Steven S. Perry, M.D., Assistant

Clinical Professor

Pediatrics

Christopher C. Porter, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Laura L. Pyle, Ph.D., Research

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Lisa M Reaves, M.D., Instructor Pediatrics

Daniel H. Reirden, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2008-2015); Haberfield Family Endowed Chair, Pediatric

Neuromuscular Disorders, CU School of Medicine (2014-present); Medical Advisory Council, CureSMA (2014-present);

Councillor of the West, Professors of Child Neurology, Child Neurology Society (2014-present); Co-Director, Children's

Hospital Colorado Certified Duchenne Care Center, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (2014-present).



Received the Thomas R. Lee Award from the American Diabetes Association (2014); Highest Ranking Submission,

Oral Presentation, Western Pediatric Trauma Conference (2014).


(2015).

Serves on the Board of Directors of the Colorado AIDS Project (2007-present).

Director of Service for Inpatient Pediatrics at Denver Health (2014-present).

Member of the Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society (2011-present); SOUPer Hero Award, Colorado

Children's Coalition (2014); 3rd Place David Lanier Top Poster Presentation, PBRN Conference, North American

Primary Care Research Group (2015); 2014 Top Ten Paper of the Year Award, Council on School Health, AAP (2015).

Co-Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Colorado (2010-2014).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2015); Career Service Award, Denver Health Medical Staff

(2014).

Published in Clinically Speaking a feature article "Antibiotic Stewardship: Children's Hospital Colorado Antimicrobial

Stewardship Program Reduces Costs - and Unnecessary Prescriptions”, University of Colorado (2014); Excellence in

Quality and Patient Safety Award, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015); Provider of the Month, Children's Hospital

Colorado (2015); 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2015).

Listed in Best Doctors in America (2013-2014); Gary Way Teaching Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU




Marian Rewers, M.D., Ph.D.,

M.P.H., Professor

Pediatrics

Genie E. Roosevelt, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Adam A. Rosenberg, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Cordelia Rosenberg, Ph.D., R.N.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Paul J. Rozance, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Carol W. Runyan, Ph.D., M.P.H.,

Professor of

Pediatrics

Desmond K. Runyan, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Matthew J. Rustici, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Scott D. Sagel, MD, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Amy E. Sass, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Received the Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award, American Psychological Association (2014);

Lifetime Legacy Achievement Award, Creating a Non-Violent Future, Center for the Human Rights of Children,

Loyola University Chicago (2014).

Given the President's Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of the Provost, University of Colorado (2014).

Member of the Advisory Board, International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (2012-2014); Richard

Abrams and Marian Rewers Endowed Chair in Clinical Research, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (2013-present);

Executive Director, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes (2014-present); Father of the Year Award, National

Father's Day Council/ American Diabetes Association (2015); Expand Access to Pediatric Diabetes Care Endowed

Fund, Colorado University Foundation (2014-present).


Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Best Paper Award, "Assessing Residents' Written

Learning Goals and Goal Writing Skill: Validity Evidence for the Learning Goal Scoring Rubric", Research in Medical

Education Program Planning Committee, American Association of Medical Colleges (2014).

Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Conference of Executives of The Arc (2014);

Distinguished Leader Award, Alliance Colorado (2015); Hope Gala Honoree, Autism Society of Colorado (2014).

Member of the Perinatal Research Society (2009-present); Member, SPR (2008-present); Member, Western Society for

Pediatric Research (2011-present); Editorial Board Member, Journal of Endocrinology (2013-present); Editorial Board

Member, The Journal of Molecular Endocrinology (2013-present); Secretary Treasurer, Perinatal Research Society

(2014-2019); President-elect, Western Society for Pediatric Research (2014); President, Western Society for Pediatric

Research (2015).

Received the Distinguished Career Award from the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services section of the

American Public Health Association (2014).

Training Program Director, Co-Director of the Pilot Project Program, and Lead Site Investigator of the Genetic

Disorder of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium, NHLBI/NIH (2014-present); Co-Chair, Biomarkers Consortium, Cystic

Fibrosis Foundation (2010-present); Member, SPR (2006-present); 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2007-

2015); Best Doctors in America (2009-present); Director, University of Colorado Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's

Hospital Colorado (2011-present); U.S. News & World Report Top Doctor (2011-2014); 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC

National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado (2013-2015); Co-Chair, Strategic

Infrastructure for Research Committee, CU School of Medicine (2014-2015); Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory and Review

Committee, Colorado Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (2014-present); Associate Director and Training

Program Director, Colorado Cystic Fibrosis Research Development Program (2015-present).




Michael S. Schaffer, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Patricia Schmitter, MEd, Senior

Administrator/Program Manager

Pediatrics

Kami W. Schneider, M.S., C.G.C.,

Instructor

Pediatrics

Leonard B. Seltz, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Robin Shandas, Ph.D., Professor Pediatrics

Bobbi Siegel, MSW, Assistant of

the Chairman

Pediatrics

Eric J. Sigel, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Christopher C. Silliman, M.D.,

Ph.D., Professor

Pediatrics

Andrew P. Sirotnak, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

John R. Sladek, Jr., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Katherine R. Snyder, M.D.,

M.P.H., Instructor

Pediatrics

Jason Soden, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2000-2015); Member, Medical Board, Children's Hospital Colorado

(2012-present); Faculty Senate Delegate, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2012-present).

Received the Best Paper Award, "Assessing Residents' Written Learning Goals and Goal Writing Skill: Validity

Evidence for the Learning Goal Scoring Rubric", Research in Medical Education Program Planning Committee,

American Association of Medical Colleges (2014).

Received an Outstanding Volunteer Award from the National Society of Genetic Counselors (2014).

Association of Pediatric Program Directors Representative to the Operating Committee, Pediatric Educational

Excellence Across the Continuum 2015 Annual Conference (2014-present); Member, SPR (2013-present).

Awarded a new patent for improved shape memory polymers, patent # U.S. 8,846,777 "Thiol-vinyl and thiol-yne

systems for shape memory polymers" (2015).

Awarded the Foundations of Doctoring Kris Wenzel Award, CU School of Medicine (2014).


Member of the American Society of Hematology Scientific Committee on Transfusion Medicine (2012-present);

Transfusion Medicine Editor, HemOnc Today (2014-present); Editorial Board, Blood (2011-present); 25 Years Service

Medal, CU School of Medicine (2014).

Listed in 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2009-2015); Child Abuse Pediatrics Subboard, AAP (2010-2016);

Executive Committee Member, Section on Child Abuse and Neglect, AAP (2011-2014); Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs,

Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2013-present); Chair, Section on Child Abuse and Neglect, AAP

(2014-2016); Member, APS (2014-present).

Section Editor for Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Cell Transplantation: The Regenerative Medicine Journal

(2008-present); Member, Boettcher Scholar Awards Review Committee (2010-present); Chair, Webb Waring Small

Institution Review Committee (2013-present).

Member of the Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System (2014-2015).




Jennifer B. Soep, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Ronald J. Sokol, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Richard Spritz, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Andrea K. Steck, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Kurt R. Stenmark, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Christopher J. Stille, M.D.,

M.P.H., Professor

Pediatrics

James E. Strain, M.D., Clinical

Professor

Pediatrics

Danute Strepman, M.S., P.N.P.,

Senior Instructor

Pediatrics

Frederick J. Suchy, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015); Research Award - Best Abstract by a Resident, "A

qualitative study of the third-year medical students' experiences with feedback and evaluation", Academic Pediatric

Association (2015); Doctor of the Year, Colorado Rocky Mountain Chapter, National Association of Pediatric Nurse

Practitioners (2014); Faculty Marshall, CU School of Medicine Class of 2014 (2014).

Listed in America's Top Doctors (2011-present); Principal Investigator and Director, Colorado Clinical and

Translational Sciences Institute, NCATS, NIH (2008-2018); Associate Editor, Seminars in Liver Disease (2004-

present); Editorial Board Member, Hepatology (2005-present); Editorial Board Member, Liver Transplantation (1999-

present); Liver Action Plan Committee Member, NIDDK, NIH (2004-present); Best Doctors in America (2003-present);

Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare (2009-present); Member, APS (2003-present); U.S. News & World Report Top

Doctor (2011-2014); Councilor, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2014-2019); Chair, Childhood

Liver Diseases Research Network, NIH/NIDDK (2004-present); Chair, Grant Review Committee, Boettcher-Webb

Waring Grant Awards, University of Colorado (2013-present); Arnold Silverman MD Endowed Chair in Digestive

Health, Children’s Hospital Colorado (2010-present); Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Clinical and Translational Science,

University of Colorado Hospital (2015-present); Fellow, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (2014-

present).

Received the Takeuchi Medal Lifetime Achievement Award from the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research

(2014).

Received the Thomas R. Lee Award from the American Diabetes Association (2014).

Received the Robert F. Grover Prize, a Lifetime Achievement for Contributions to Understanding the Effects of

Hypoxia on the Lung, presented by the American Thoracic Society (2015); Best Doctors in America (1998-present);

Group Leader and Co-Chair, Section 4: New Drug Development Pulmonary Hypertension Academic Research

Consortium (2011-present); Associate Editor, American Journal of Physiology (2012-present); Associate Editor,

American Journal of Physiology - Lung, Cell and Molecular Physiology (2012-2015); Chair, Respiratory Integrative

Biology and Translational (RIBT) Study Section (2012-2014); Peer Review Committee, Scleroderma Foundation (2013-

2016); Member, Steering and Scientific Committee of the Congress, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute,

Gaungzhou, China (2015); Chair, Nominating Committee, Pulmonary Circulation Assembly, American Thoracic

Society (2014-present); Head, North American Task Force, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (2014-present);

Program Project Grant, "Adaptations to Hypoxia", NHLBI/NIH (2015-present).

Chosen to serve on the Editorial Board of Academic Pediatrics (2015-2018).

Promoted to Distinguished Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015).

Listed in America's Top Doctors (2014-present); Best Doctors in America (2015-2016).

Member of Sigma Theta Tau (2003-present).



Wayne Sullender, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Michelle Sutter, C.P.N.P.,

Instructor

Pediatrics

Stanley J. Szefler, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Nicole R. Tartaglia, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Eric Tham, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Elizabeth H. Thilo, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Darcy Thompson, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

James K. Todd, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Sharon H. Travers, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Meghan D. Treitz, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

S. Andrew Tucker, M.D.,


Pediatrics

Kathy Urban, Ph.D., Instructor Pediatrics

Johan L. Van Hove, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Kathleen M. Ventre, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Livia A.Veress, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics



(2015).

Member of the Expert Panel-3, Revision of the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, National

Asthma Education and Prevention Program, NHLBI, NIH (2005-present); Deputy Editor, Journal of Allergy and

Clinical Immunology (1997-present); Denver Public Schools Health Research Review Committee (2008-present);

Denver Public Schools Health Agenda Council (2011-present); Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Global

Initiative for Asthma (2012-present); Member, Board of Directors, Global Initiative for Asthma (2015-present); Chair,

Publications and Presentations Committee, AsthmaNet, NHLBI (2009-present); Asthma Strategic Planning

Committee, NHLBI (2014-2015); Grant Reviewer, Medical Research Program, Department of Defense (2014); Chair,

Pediatrics Section Steering Committee, Long Acting ß-agonist Safety Study, FDA/Glaxo Smith Kline (2012-present);

Advocate of the Year Award, Colorado Association of School Nurses (2014); Member, International Advisory Board,

Asthma UK Center for Applied Research (2014-present); Loan Repayment Reviewer, NHLBI/NIH (2008-2015).

Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards (2015).

Director of Research Informatics at Children's Hospital Colorado Research Institute (2012-2014).

Listed in Best Doctors in America (2003-present); Editorial Board Member, NeoReviewsPlus, AAP (2011-present);

Deputy Editor, NeoReviewsPlus, AAP (2015-present).

Member of the SPR (2013-2015); Board Member, Academic Pediatric Association (2013-2016); Participant, Academic

Mid-Career Nutrition Leadership Institute, Dannon Institute (2014).


listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2015).

Received a Special Achievement Award from the AAP (2014); Member, Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of

Medicine (2015); Educational Scholars Program, Academic Pediatric Association (2015).


Chosen to receive the Graduate Medical Education Program Coordinator Excellence Award from the CU School of

Medicine (2015).

Editorial Board of the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases (2004-present).

Received an Excellence in Quality and Patient Safety Award, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014).

Associate Director of the Pediatric Airway Research Center, University of Colorado/ Children's Hospital Colorado

(2012-present); Deputy Director, U54 Grant, University of Colorado Denver (2013-present).



Leah Villegas, Ph.D., Instructor Pediatrics

Stephen D. Vogler, M.D., Clinical

Instructor

Pediatrics

Christine E. Waasdorp Hurtado,

M.D., Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Jeffrey S. Wagener, M.D.,

Professor Emeritus

Pediatrics

Stacey Wall, P.N.P., Clinical

Instructor

Pediatrics

Carol S. Walton, M.S., C.G.C.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

George Sam Wang, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Michael Wang, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Adriana Weinberg, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

James D. Weisfeld-Adams,

MBChB, Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Kathryn M. Wells, M.D.,

F.A.A.P., Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Stephanie R. Wesolowski, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Steering Committee Member of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation EPIC Trial (2007-2014); Member, Clinicians Advisory

Committee, American Thoracic Society (2012-2014); Career Teaching Scholar Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU


Received a Research Award for an American Thoracic Society/ Pulmonary Hypertension Association Fellowship from

the American Thoracic Society Foundation (2014); BioFrontiers Institute Award, Butcher Foundation (2014).

Co-Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Colorado (2004-present).

DHI Briargate Clinic team received the 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards,

Children's Hospital Colorado (2014); Member, Curriculum Committee, Colorado Springs Branch Campus, CU School

of Medicine (2014-present); Editorial Board, Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP), AAP (2014-present);

Member, Board Review Committee, NASPGHAN (2014-present).

Received the Josephine Ballard/Presbyterian Scholarship from Friends of Nursing (2014); Director, Advanced

Practice, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-present).

Vice President of the Association of Genetic Counseling Program Directors (2011-2014).

Listed in 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2015).


Member, Co-Infections and Malignancy Subcommittee, ACTG (2011-2014); Member, IMPAACT Complications

Scientific Committee (2012-present); Member, Women's HIV Internetwork Scientific Committee (2014-present);

Chair, NICHD P1091 Protocol (2014-present).

Received an Editor's Choice Award from Brain (2015).

Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2010-2014); Member, Colorado State Foster Parent Association

Board of Directors (2009-present); President, Board of Directors, Colorado Chapter, AAP (2012-2014); Member,

Colorado Court Improvement (2012-present); Member, Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman Advisory Council (2012-

2015); Professional Award, Kempe Foundation (2014); Governor's Appointment, Colorado State Substance Abuse

Trend and Response Task Force (CSSATRTF), State of Colorado (2006-present); Co-Chair Substance Exposed

Newborns Steering Committee, CSSATRTF, State of Colorado, (2008-present); Member, Children’s Advisory

Committee, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (2011-present); Member, Psychotropic Use

Subcommittee, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (2013-present); Member, Sub-subcommittee

on Communication and Coordinated Care, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (2013-present);

Member, Prevention Steering Committee, Colorado Department of Human Services (2013-present).

Received a Young Investigator Travel Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - Science

Research Conference (2014).



Andrew White, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Carl W. White, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Randall B. Wilkening, M.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Karen M. Wilson, M.D., M.P.H.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Larry I. Wolk, M.D., M.S.P.H.,

Clinical Professor

Pediatrics

Shale Wong, M.D., M.S.P.H.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Jennifer L. Woods, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Clyde J. Wright, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Erica M. Wymore, M.D., M.P.H.,

Instructor

Pediatrics

Michael E. Yeager, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Janine Young, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Pediatrics

Adel Younoszai, M.D., Professor Pediatrics

Philip S. Zeitler, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor

Pediatrics

Edith Zemanick, M.D., Associate

Professor

Pediatrics

Wendy S. Zerin, M.D., Clinical

Professor

Pediatrics

Finalist in the Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Biology Young Investigators' Forum (2014); Member, SPR (2011-present);

Member, AAP (2001-present); Member Section of Perinatal Pediatrics, AAP (2009-present); Member, SPR (2011-

present); Member, Perinatal Research Society (2012-present); Member, Western Society for Pediatric Research (2011-

present); Young Investigators Research Award, Western Society for Pediatric Research (2015); Daniel M. Hall

Teaching Award, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015).

Received her Masters in Public Health from the Colorado School of Public Health (2014).

Secretary of the Faculty Senate, CU School of Medicine (2013-2014); Member, Academy of Medical Educators, CU

School of Medicine (2014-present).

Medical Director of the Denver Health Refugee Clinic (2014-present).


listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2007-2015); Member, APS (2010-present); Chase Faculty

Community Service Award, University of Colorado (2013-2014).




Listed in Best Doctors in America (2014-2015); Top Doctors in Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Magazine (2014).

Director of the Denver-based NIH CounterACT (Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats) Program (2006-

present); Editorial Board, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (2012-present); Editorial

Board, American Journal of Physiology: Respiratory Cell and Molecular Physiology (2012-present); Editorial Board,

Free Radical Biology and Medicine (2004-present); Editorial Board, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and

Molecular Biology (2012-present); Organizer and Chair, 8th Annual CounterACT Meeting, NIH, Denver, Colorado

(2014).

Listed in Best Doctors in America (2007-2015).

Deputy Editor of Hospital Pediatrics, AAP (2014-present); Member, Research Scholar's Program Leadership Group,

Academic Pediatric Association (2013-present); Editorial Board, Pediatric Care Online (2013-present); Chair,

Research Committee, Academic Pediatric Association (2014-present); Co-Chair, Section on Tobacco Control, AAP

(2011-present).

Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (2013-

present).

Chair of the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee, Academic Pediatric Association (2014-2017).



Mair Churchill, Ph.D., Profesor Pharmacology

Mark Dell'acqua, Ph.D., Professor Pharmacology

Heide Ford, Ph.D., Professor Pharmacology

Tom French, Sr., Ph.D., Sr.

Instuctor

Pharmacology

Paula Hoffman, Ph.D., Professor Pharmacology

Lawrence Hunter, Ph.D.,

Professor

Pharmacology

David Jones, Ph.D., Professor Pharmacology

Gidon Felson, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Physiology and

Biophysics

Achim Klug, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

Physiology and

Biophysics

Cathy Proenza, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor

Physiology and

Biophysics

Angeles Ribera, Ph.D., Professor

and Chair

Physiology and

BiophysicsDaniel Tollin, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

Physiology and

BiophysicsDavid Braddock, Ph.D., Professor Psychiatry

Beau Carubia, M.D., Senior

Instructor

Psychiatry

Robert Feinstein, M.D., Professor Psychiatry

Frank Guido, M.D., Associate

Professor

Psychiatry

Jennifer Hagman-Hazell, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Psychiatry

Alison Keru, M.D., Professor Psychiatry

Kimberly Kelsay, M.D., Associate

Professory

Psychiatry

Jennifer Lindwall, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Psychiatry

Kristina Mcfadden, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Psychiatry


Assistant Professor

Psychiatry

Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award: Outstanding Basic Science Teacher - UCSOM; Faculty Graduation Marshal: Class of 2014 - UCSOM

2013 RSA Distinguished Researcher Award

Senior member, American Association for Artificial Intelligence

2015 ISCB Award ( International Society for Computational Biology

Best Paper in Protein Science in 2013

Appointed to the Council of Scientific Trustees, The Hearing Health Foundation

Award: 25 years on School of Medicine Faculty

Grant Awarded: Advanced Industries Accelerator, State of Colorado Office of Economic Development and

International Trade. $103,369, 01/30/2015-01/31/2017.

Paper Published: Culture and adenoviral infection of sinoatrial node myocytes from adult mice. St Clair JR, Sharpe

EJ, Proenza C.

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2015 May 22:ajpheart.00068.2015. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00068.2015. [Epub ahead of

print]

PMID: 26001410

Department of Pharmacology Teaching Award

Recognition Award 2014 University of Colorado Department of Pharmacology Vice-Chair Service

Promotion to Professor with tenure in Pharmacology

NIH/NIDDK K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award

Developmental Psychobiology Young Investigator Award

Arc of the United States President's Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was given during the Arc's National

Convention in New Orleans, LA. This award has been given 5 times in the past 40 years.

TOP DOC 5280 Magazine: Psychosomatic Medicine

Teichner Scholar

Good Samaritan Award- Awarded for contributions to resident recruitment and service to the Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry Residency Program

Selection to Associate Editor for the International Journal of Eating Disorders

Fellow, Academy of Eating Disorders

Annual Teaching Award, child fellowship

Recognized for Exemplary Teaching during the 2013-2014 Internship Year

Papers Published: Stubblefield, E. A., Thompson, J. A., and Felsen, G. Optogenetic cholinergic modulation of the

mouse superior colliculus in vivo. Journal of Neurophysiology 2015; DOI: 10.1152/jn.00917.2014; Felsen, G. and

Reiner, P. B. What can neuroscience contribute to the debate over nudging? Review of Philosophy and Psychology

2015; 6(3):469-479.




Assistant Professor

Psychiatry

Emily Muther, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Psychiatry

Gautam Rajendran, M.D., Senior

Instructor

Psychiatry

Paula Riggs, M.D., Professor Psychiatry

Brian Rothberg, M.D., Professor Psychiatry

Daniel Savin, M.D., Professor Psychiatry

Christopher Schneck, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Psychiatry

Janice Shire, A.P.R.N., C.N.S.,

Instructor

Psychiatry

Ayelet Talmi, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

Psychiatry

Philippe Weintraub, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Psychiatry

Joel Yager, M.D., Professor Psychiatry

James Borstede, M.D., Professor Radiology

Samuel Chang, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Radiology

Kimberly Dannull, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Radiology

Laura Fenton, M.D., Associate

Professor

Radiology

Kavita Garg, M.D., Professor Radiology

Lara Hardesty, M.D., Associate

Professor

Radiology

Roger Harned, M.D., Associate

Professor

Radiology

Mary Jesse, M.D., M.K.,

Assistant Professor

Radiology

Kimi Kondo, M.D., Associate

Professor

Radiology

Phillip Koo, M.D., Associate

Professor

Radiology

University of Colorado Hospital President's Award For Leadership

Visiting Professorship to PGI, Chandigarh, India; Organizing Committee Member for 16th World Congress on Lung

Cancer; Member of ECOG-ACRIN cancer research group

Elected to Fellowship in the Society of Breast Imaging (one of 129 fellows total-5 fellows were inducted in 2014).

Application required publications, teaching, national service & letters of recommendation from national leaders in the

field of breast imaging.

Fellow of the American College of Radiology

Best Paper Award Society of Skeletal Radiology 2014. Invited paper for presentation at the ISS meeting 10/2014.

The John C. Stears Faculty Teaching Award: The annual teaching award given by the residents of the department of

Radiology, University of Colorado SOM.

Pediatric radiology fellow recognition for excellence in teaching

5280: Denver's Magazine: Pediatric Radiology Top Doctor Award

Teaching Award from the University of Colorado Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program; Dane G Prugh Award

for Oustanding Teaching in the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Department of Psychiatry , University of

Colorado School of Medicine

Jeffrey Dolgan Exemplary Supervision and Mentorship Award, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Selection as Fellow in the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Among the eligibility criteria are demonstration of

excellence in 3 of the following 4 categories: teaching, administration, scientific/scholarly work, and society

participation related to Psychosomatic Medicine

AACAP Outstanding Mentor Award

Recognized as a "Top Doc" by 5280 Magazine for the 8th time

Golden Stethoscope Award for Best Specialty Preceptor University of Colorado School of Medicine; Radiology Interest

Group Award for Excellence in Teaching and Commitment to the Mentorship of Medical Students University of

Colorado School of Medicine

5280 Top Doctor

President's Award, Central California Psychiatric Society; Distinguished Service Award, American Psychiatric

Association; Jay Scully Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) Pilot Award

Division 54 2014 American Psychological Association Diversity Poster Award Poster Title: Exploring the Influence of

Language on Behavioral Health in Integrated Primary Care Mentor: Ayelet Talmi

Promoted to Senior Instructor

Distinguished Fellow of the APA

Resident Appreciation Award from Child Psychiatry Fellows; 8th Annual Faculty Professionalism Award, presented

by Dean, University of Colorado School of Medicine



David Mirsky, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Radiology

Nayana Patel, M.D., Associate

Professor

Radiology

Carol Rumack, M.D., Professor Radiology

Peter Sachs, M.D., Associate

Professor

Radiology

Nicholas Stence, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Radiology

John Strain, M.D., Professor Radiology

Thomas Suby-Long, M.D.,

Assistant Professor

Radiology

Daniel Vargas, M.D., Assitant

Professor

Radiology

Joseph Cleveland, M.D.,

Professor

Surgery

Nicholas Cost, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Surgery

Timothy Crombleholme, M.D.,

Professor

Surgery

Frederic Deleyiannis, M.D.,

Professor

Surgery

Reuben Dodson, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Surgery

David Fullerton, M.D., Professor Surgery

Csaba Gajdos, M.D., Associate

Professor

Surgery Peak Performer Award General Surgery 2014 (voted on by the providers of Colorado in

recognition of team-based care, professionalism and clinical excellence)

Natalia Glebova, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Surgery

Michael Gordon, M.D., Professor Surgery

Sunny Guin, Ph.D., Research

Instructor

Surgery

Omid Jazaeri, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Surgery

Igal Kam, M.D., Professor Surgery

Fernando Kim, M.D., Professor Surgery

The Paul Moe Teaching Award for the Department of Neurology: Children's Hospital Colorado

CU School of Medicine Women’s Leadership Seminar sponsored by CUSOM Women in Medicine and Science Office,

Academy of Medical Educators and Center for Women’s Health Research. Year 2013-2014;Advanced Course in Grant

Writing 2014-2015 sponsored by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

Child Neurology Paul Moe Teaching Award; 5280 Top Doc Award

Top Doc 5280 Magazine

Fellowship American College of Radiology

Elizabeth Gee Memorial Lectureship Award, University of Colorado System Faculty Award; Spanish Society of

Ultrasound Gold Medal Award; Colorado Radiological Society Gold Medal Award

Outstanding Full Time Physician Award “For Epitomizing the Highest Standards of Your Profession Regarding Your

Leadership in the Department of Radiology and Your Devotion to Clinical and Service Excellence.”; Inducted as

Fellow in the American College of Radiology

RSNA Cum Laude - Jokerst CE, Hansen SK, Kicska G, Vargas D, Arteaga VA, Bhalla S. Regional Theater: Avoiding

Pitfalls in Thoracic Radiology by Understanding Regional Mycoses; RSNA Cum Laude - Shroff G, Gupta P, Ocazionez

D, Ferguson E, Nachiappan A, Restrepo CS, Vargas D, Oldham S. Pathology of the Trachea and Central Bronchi with

Radiologic-pathologic Correlation; RSNA Certificate of Merit - Restrepo CS, Murillo H, Vargas D, Ocazionez D,

Martinez-Jimenez S, Baxi A. Infectious Diseases of the Heart: Pathophysiology, Clinical and Imaging Overview.

Appointed to the Colorado State Medical Board

Provider of the Month, Childrens Hospital Colorado; Best Reviewer Award, Journal of Urology

Cook Fellow Luminaries Travel Award; Vascular Surgery Board Cerification: American Board of Surgery

Colorado Medical Board - Appointed by Governor Hickenlooper; Faculty position with Dept. of Bioengineering;

Medical Director and Founder Center for Collaborative Bio-innovation2015 Friend of the Foundation Award - 332nd Annual Great Chefs of the West, National Kidney Foundation

5280 Top Doctor (Hand Surgery)

BCAN Young Investigator

National Co-Principal Investigators for HeartMate III LVAS US IDE Clinical Trial; America's Top Doctor (Castle

Connolly); 5280 Denver's Top Doctors

President, Society of Thoracic Surgeons; Treasurer, Joint Council for Thoracic Surgical Education; Best Doctors in

America; America's Top Doctor (Castle Connolly)

US News and World Report Best Doctors in America; Who's Who in America

Perinatal Research Society Young Investigator Cassady Presidential Award

5280 Denver's Top Doctors, Plastic Surgery (Head and Neck)



Fernando Kim, M.D., Professor Surgery

Ken Liechty, M.D., Visiting

Professor

Surgery Anita Roberts Award; The Sandy Wolf Endowed Chair in Maternal Fetal Surgery

Paul Maroni, M.D., Associate

Professor

Surgery

David Mathes, M.D., Professor Surgery

Robert McIntyre, M.D., Professor Surgery

Randall Meacham, M.D.,

Professor

Surgery

Robert Meguid, M.D., M.P.H.,

Assistant Professor

Surgery

John Mitchell, M.D., Professor Surgery

Gene Moore, M.D., Professor Surgery

Steve Moulton, M.D., Professor Surgery

Rona Norelius, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Surgery "Top Doc" Colorado Springs

Trevor Nydam, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Surgery

T. Brett Reece, M.D., Associate

Professor

Surgery

Ashley Vavra, M.D., Assistant

Professor

Surgery

Vijay Vemulakonda, M.D.,

Associate Professor

Surgery

Gregory Stiegmann, M.D.,

Professor

Surgery

Michael Weyant, M.D., Associate

Professor

Surgery

Shandra Wilson, M.D., Associate

Professor

Surgery

Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors

Faculty Teaching Award, Division of Urology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2014-2015

Elected to the Leadership Institution at CU

Susan Perlman Award for exemplart empathy and humanitarian service; Fellow as Teacher award

ASTS - Astellas Faculty Development

Fellow, American College of Surgeons; Certified, American Board of Thoracic Surgery; Co-Investigator,

Neuromuscular Blockade and Perioperative Outcomes (Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation)Chair, Workforce on Evidence Based Medicine, Society of Thoracic Surgeons; Vice President, Western Thoracic

Surgical Association (2014); President, Western Thoracic Surgical Association (2015); America's Top Doctor (Castle

Connolly); 5280 Denver's Top Doctors

Distinguished Investigator Award, American College of Critical Care Medicine; Honorary Fellowship, Royal College of

Surgeons-Thailand

Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery; Editorial Board, Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia;

Senior Editor, Surgery: Current Research

Chair, Membership Committee, Western Thoracic Surgical Association; Chair, In-Training Exam General Thoracic

Committee, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association; Chair of Surgical Program, 2015 World Lung Cancer Conference,

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Best Doctor in Surgery and in Surgical Critical Care 5280 Magazine Denver Business Journal Best Doctors for

Executives Marquis Who’s Who in America Castle Connolly Best Doctors in America

America's Top Doctors (Castle Connolly)

Keynote speaker at the Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ; Invited speaker, IBM Thomas

J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors

Appointed Vice Chair of the Judicial and Ethics Committee for the American Urological Association

Plastic Surgery Foundation Visiting Professor Program for 2015/2016; Keynote speaker at the Canadian Society of

Plastic Surgery; Elected Chair of the Plastic Surgery Research Council; Fellow American Society of Transplantation.

Documents

Awards and Accomplishments 2015.pdf