University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Name
Department
Honor or Award
Carol Ahern, MD, Assistant
Professor
Anesthesiology Invited Panelist for Mentoring Workshop: Advances in Inflammatory Bowel diseases CCFA Clinical & Research
conference
Bryan Ahlgren, MD,
Assistant Professor
Alan Bielsky, MD, Associate
Professor
Anesthesiology U Make a Difference, award recognizing exemplary team approach to patient care
Adria Boucharel, MD,
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology Safety Award
Jason Brainard, MD,
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology University of Colorado Hospital Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety Award
Uwe Christians, MD, PhD,
Professor
Anesthesiology C.E. Pippenger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, International Association of
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology; Election to Editor-in-Chief, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Anesthesiology Teacher of the Year-Fellows; received Teaching Award from Anesthesia Residency; Named Top Doc in 5280 Magazine
Randall Clark, MD, Associate Anesthesiology National Award, Meritorious Commitment by a Physician, American Association of Anesthesiologist Assistants; Best
Professor
Doctors in America Award, 2003 - present.
Tobias Eckle, MD, PhD,
Professor
Patrick Fernandez, MD,
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology Election to AUA (Association of University Anesthesiologists ) Active membership; Invited Review Article: Clinical
Concepts in Anesthesiology; Featured Article; Invited speaker and session moderator at Shock Conference 2015;
Selected oral presentation: ‘Light therapy at the interface of circadian proteins and lung disease, ATS Meeting 2015;
Editorial Board International Archives of Case Reports in Clinical Medicine; Editorial Board International Journal of
Anesthesiology & Research; Invited Guest Editor, Curr Pharm Des, ‘Special Edition’ on Health Impact and
Management of a Disrupted Circadian Rhythm and Sleep in Critical Illnesses.
Anesthesiology Golden Stethoscope Award Best Subspecialty Preceptor Foundations of Doctoring Curriculum
Ana Bustamante-Fernandez,
MD, Associate Professor
Anesthesiology Nominated and accepted as member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA)
Christopher Ciarallo, MD,
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology elected by the American Board of Anesthesiology to be a Part 2 (Oral) Board Examiner; Received 5280 Top Doctor
Award (Pediatric Anesthesiology); Received Best Doctors Award (Pediatric Specialist, Anesthesiology)
Robert Friesen, MD,
Professor
Anesthesiology Honorary membership, Association of Pediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
Patrick Guffey, MD, Professor Anesthesiology American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize Selected to accept this award on behalf of the medical staff of
Children’s Colorado for my work in improving the quality of care our patients receive at Children’s Colorado
Joy Hawkins, MD, Professor
Anesthesiology Nominated for the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) to be
awarded in 2016; Denver "Top Doctor" in 5280 magazine; Appointed Chairman, Board of Directors and Interim
President and CEO of FAER
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Adrian Hendrickse, MD,
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology PGCMedEd, Inducted into the University of Colorado SOM Academy of Medical Educators
Thomas Majcher, MD,
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology United States Air Force Meritorious Service Award. This decoration was established by Executive Order 11448 on Jan.
16, 1969. This award was established as the counterpart of the Bronze Star Medal for the recognition of meritorious
noncombatant service. Criteria The Meritorious Service Medal may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of
the United States who distinguishes themselves by either outstanding achievement or meritorious service to the
United States.
Mercedes Mandel, MD,
Professor
Anesthesiology Distinguished Visiting Professor Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan; American Men and Women of Science
Tessa Mandler, MD,
Assistant Professor
Scott Markowitz, MD,
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology Outstanding teacher of the year award from anesthesiology residents
Anesthesiology Silver Beaver, Boy Scouts of America
Jose Melendez, MD, Associate Anesthesiology Best Doctors in America
Professor
Glenn Merritt, MD, Associate Anesthesiology Distinguished Alumni, S.U.N.Y. College at Oneonta
Professor
Erik Nelson, MD, Assistant
Professor
Anesthesiology Anesthesiologists Assistant Graduation Ceremony 2015- Recognized for Excellence in Clinical education and Director
of Task Training and Simulation Education
Anthony Oliva, MD, Assistant Anesthesiology Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, UCD Anesthesiology Residency Program; Unsung Hero Award, UCD
Professor
Anesthesiology Residency Program; Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award,UCD Anesthesiology Assistant Program
James Orfila, PhD, Instructor Anesthesiology Best of American Heart Association Specialty Conference Award: Neurophysiological Responses of Recovery in
Pediatric Mice Compared to Adult Mice with Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia"
Melissa Peterson, MD,
Anesthesiology Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology 2015 Young Turks Nominee and Recipient; Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
Assistant Professor
leadership growth initiative -- Designed to identify, mentor, and cultivate young faculty who demonstrate potential for
future leadership roles within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology and the field of Pediatric Anesthesia
David Polaner, MD, Professor Anesthesiology Graduation with distinction, 2nd place (out of 190) for the Capstone project, Harvard Medical School Global Clinical
Scholars Research Training Program; Best Doctors in America (since 2003); Visiting Professor, Hospital for Special
Surgery (Cornell), NY; Section Editor and Editorial Board, Pediatric Anesthesia; vice-Chairman, ASA Abstract Review
Subcommittee on Pediatric Anesthesia; invited lecturer, 34th Congress of the European Society of Regional Anesthesia
Nidia Quillinan, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology ISCBFM Young Investigator travel bursar; Mentoring in Neuroscience Diversity Scholar
Natalie Serkova, PhD,
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology Magna Cum Laude for the Best Pre-Clinical Breast Cancer MRI study at the Annual ISMRM meeting; Magna Cum
Laude for the best pre-clinical renal MRI study at the Annual ISMRM Meeting (Toronto, Canada)
Laurie Steward, MD,
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology Provider of the Month
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Mark Twite, MD, Associate
Professor
Anesthesiology 5280 Top Doc
Matthew Victor, MD,
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology Outstanding Didactic Instructor Award
Paul Wischmeyer, MD,
Professor
Anesthesiology Abstract of Distinction at 2016 ASPEN Meeting: RE-ENERGIZE Pilot Trial Outcomes; Abstract of Distinction at 2016
ASPEN Meeting: ICU Microbiome Project; Named Associate Editor- Clinical Nutrition; Finalist of VARS award of
ASPEN Meeting, Top Abstract at Meeting- Senior Author
Cristina Wood, MD, Assistant Anesthesiology Five Star Excellence Award: CHC Maternal Fetal Unit Children’s Hospital Colorado
Professor
Hongyu Xue, PhD, Assistant
Professor
Name
Anesthesiology Being listed in 70th Platinum Anniversary Edition Who's Who in America® Marquis Who's Who
Department
Honor or Award
David Bentley, PhD,
Professor
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Keynote Speaker, Interact 2015 Munich; Invited Speaker and Session Chair, ASBMB, Boston, April 2015
Richard Davis, PhD,
Professor
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Invited Speaker Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminths 2015; Invited Speaker Ciliate Molecular Biology Meeting
2015; Invited Speaker Society of Developmental Biology Meeting 2015; Invited Speaker Shanghai Veterinary Research
Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2015
James DeGregori, PhD,
Professor
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
NCI Review Panel Member, RAS Program (IMAT RFA CA14-314); Invited Speaker, Dana Farber Cancer Institute,
Harvard University Medical School, January 2015; Invited Speaker, (Grand Rounds, McMullin Oncology Lecture
Series), Penrose Cancer Center, Colorado Springs, CO, March 2015; Invited Speaker, (Grand Rounds, McMullin
Oncology Lecture Series), Penrose Cancer Center, Colorado Springs, CO, March 2015
Kirk Hansen, PhD, Associate Biochemistry
Professor
and Molecular
Genetics
Invited Speaker, Solving Organ Shortage, Lung Regeneration & Replacement Summit La Jolla, CA 2015; Invited
Speaker, ISPPP 35th Symposium and Exhibit on the Separation and Characterization of Biologically Important
Molecules 2015
Jay Hesselberth, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Associate Editor, G3 (Genes, Genomes and Genetics); American Cancer Society Grant Review Panel (RMC section,
member)
Robert Hodges, PhD,
Professor
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Member of the Scientific Committee of 35th International Symposium and Exhibit on the Separation and
Characterization of Biologically Important Molecules (ISPPP 2015) 2015
Aaron Johnson, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Cu Denver Graduate School NIH Best Program Faculty Sponsor Award; Invited speaker, Department of chemistry,
University of Colorado Denver
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Jeffrey Kieft, PhD, Professor
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Speaker/Session Co-Chair: Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD; Speaker: Howard Hughes Medical
Institute Science Meeting, HHMI Headquarters, Chevy Chase, MD; Invited Speaker, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA;
Invited Speaker, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Invited Speaker, SUNY Albany and the RNA Institute and
the Hudson Valley RNA Club, Albany NY; Invited Speaker, Columbia University, New York, NY; Invited Speaker,
“Riboclub” annual meeting, Sherbrooke, Canada; Invited Speaker, Annual meeting of the Groupe de Recherche Axé sur
la Structure des Protéines (GRASP), Montreal, Canada; Invited Speaker, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
du CNRS, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Served on “Habilitation” defense panel for Quentin Vicens,
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Session Chair at the Biophysical Society
Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD
Changwei Liu, PhD,
Associate Professor
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biological Chemistry; Invited Speaker, Cure SMA Annual Meeting, Kansas City,
2015
David Pollock, PhD, Professor Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
A.C. Wilson Keynote Speaker and Conference Organizer for "Mechanisms of Protein Evolution III: Orgins, Denver
2015; Invited Speaker, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), Evolutionary Cell Biology Program, Santa
Barbara CA 2015; Invited Speaker, Workshop on Analysis and Annotation of DNA Repeats and Dark Matter in
Eukaryotic Genomes,Tours France 2015; Invited Speaker, University of Texas Arlington, Department of Biology,
Arlington, TX 2015
Robert Sclafani, PhD,
Professor
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology; Cancer League of Colorado Scientific Advisory Board
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
James Sikela, PhD, Professor Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Editor and domain leader for Genomics and Genetics Sections, Matrix of Comparative Anthropogeny (MOCA)
Resource, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), University of California, San Diego;
Member, Alcohol Center for Translational Genetics Program Advisory Committee, Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research
Center, Emeryville, CA; Member, Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) for the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of
Alcoholism (COGA) NIAAA Consortium; Workshop on “Human Evolutionary Genomics”, Organizer and Speaker,
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, January 2015; Member, editorial board for Human Genetics
Rui Zhao, PhD, Associate
Professor
Invited Speaker, University of Louisville; Invited Speaker, Purdue University; Invited Speaker, Indiana University;
Invited Speaker, Baylor College of Medicine
Name
Biochemistry
and Molecular
Genetics
Department
Honor or Award
Thomas Finger, PhD,
Professor
Cell and
Allen Distinguished Microscopy Lecture, W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University,
Developmental Raleigh, NC; Elected as President of Association for Chemoreception Sciences to serve 2017-18
Biology
Dany Gaillard, PhD,
Instructor
Cell and
University of Colorado Health Sciences Library’s Open Access Fund Award
Developmental
Biology
Lisa Lee, PhD, Associate
Professor
Cell and
Chancellor's Teaching Award; Appointed to Academy of Medical Educators
Developmental
Biology
Danielle Royer, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Cell and
Appointed to Academy of Medical Educators
Developmental
Biology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Maureen Stabio, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Name
Cell and
Selected as a Young Faculty Scholar for the Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars (MINDS), NIH
Developmental Early Career Institute
Biology
Department
Honor or Award
Anna Bruckner, MD,
Associate Professor
Dermatology
5280 Top Docs (Pediatric Dermatology)
Joseph Morelli, MD,
Professor
David Norris, MD, Professor
and Chairman
Dermatology
5280 Top Docs (Pediatric Dermatology)
Dermatology
Honorary Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology, Dohi Lecturer, Japanese Dermatologic Association
Tamra Terzian, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Dermatology
Session moderator “Advances in Diagnostics: Imaging and Genomics”, 2015 Pan-American Pigment Cell Society
Annual Meeting
Name
Department
Honor or Award
Katie Bakes, MD, Associate
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Denver Public Schools Career Connect Partner of the Year Award
Vikhyat Bebarta, MD,
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Meritorious Service Medal, meritorious achievement at the Office of Surgeon General, AFMSA
Marian Betz, MD, Associate
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
2016 Young Investigator Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Kerryann Broderick, MD,
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
American Association of Women Emergency Physicians Mentorship Award; The Vincent J. Markovchick Program
Director's Award from the Emergency Medicine Residency; Colorado ACEP John Marx Education Award
Vaughn Browne, MD,
Associate Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Jeff Druck Legacy Teachign Award by the 4th year residents
Jennie Buchanan, MD,
Associate Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Outstanding Residency Teacher Faculty Award from the Emergency Medicine Residency
Richard Byyny, MD,
Associate Professor
Emergency
Medicine
The Stephen V. Cantrill Master Teacher Award from the Emergency Medicine Residency
Roberta Capp, MD, Assistant Emergency
Professor
Medicine
Aspen Scholar; Vilcek Prize; America's Great Immigrant Award
Christopher Colwell, MD,
Professor
Colorado ACEP Meritorious Service Award; The Peter Rosen Leadership Award from the Emergency Medicine
Residency
Emergency
Medicine
Tracy Cushing, MD, Assistant Emergency
Professor
Medicine
Golden Stethoscope for Best Emergency Medicine Preceptor, Foundations in Doctoring, University of Colorado School
of Medicine
Jeffrey Druck, MD, Associate Emergency
Professor
Medicine
Chase Faculty Service Award
Todd Guth, MD, Assistant
Professor
Awarded the 2015-2016 Outstanding Clinical Science Educator for the University of Colorado School of Medicine
elected by the student body and graduating class of 2016; Accepted as a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators
at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
Emergency
Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Kennon Heard, MD, Professor Emergency
Medicine
5280 Magazine "Top Doctor" of 2015
Benjamin Honigman, MD,
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Appointed Associate Editor of High Altitude Medicine and Biology
Renee King, MD, Assistant
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Academy of Medical Educators Rymer Grant recipient
Resa Lewiss, MD, Associate
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
2015 AWAEM Mid-Career Outstanding Faculty Award; 2016 AEUS of SAEM Emergency Ultrasound Education Award
Daniel Lindberg, MD,
Associate Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Senior Reviewer, Annals of Emrgency Medicine, 2016; Golden Stethoscope nominee for 2016 Foundations of Medicine
Course
Steven Lowenstein, MD,
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Christopher McStay, MD,
Associate Professor
Emergency
Medicine
2015 Best Attending Lecturer Award presented by the Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine; 2016 Best
Attending Lecturer Award resented by the residents, Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine; 2015 Kris
Wenzel Award Colorado, Foundations of Doctoring Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine; School of
Medicine Emergency Medicine Clerkship Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, presented by the Emergency Care
Clinical Block Directors
Denver Business Journal 40 under 40
Maria Moreira, MD
Emergency
Medicine
Selected for membership into the Academy of Medical Educators
Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman,
MD, Assistant Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Carnegie Africa Diaspora Program Fellow
Kristen Nordenholz, MD,
Associate Professor
Emergency
Medicine
International Advisory Board Roche Diagnostics; Assistant Director of Quality for the Department of Emergency
Medicine; Faculty for the Excellence in Communication Curriculum
Michael Overbeck, MD,
Assistant Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Stacy Trent, MD, Assistant
Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Clinical Pathologic Correlates Semi Final Competition, Best Faculty Discussant; The Stephen V. Cantrill, MD, Master
Teacher Award, for excellence in, and committement to, Resident Education in Emergency Medicine. Bestowed by The
Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine; The Jeffrey Druck Legacy Teaching Award. Bestowed by Denver
Health Residency in Emergency Medicine Class of 2015; Clinical Pathologic Correlates Final Competition. Finalist.
AAWEP Rising Star Award
Jennifer Wiler, MD, Associate Emergency
Professor
Medicine
2016 AWEM/SAEM Mid Career Leadership Award
Richard Zane, MD, Professor
and Chair
Emergency
Medicine
Recognized as an AMA Women's Physicians Section (WPS) Inspirational Physician
Matthew Zuckerman, MD,
Assistant Professor
Emergency
Medicine
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine and AAEM Digital Scholarship and Social Media Fellow
Name
Department
Honor or Award
Katherine Anderson, MD,
Assistant Professor
Family
Medicine
Awarded Golden Stethoscope award, UCD SOM, 2016
Nida Awadalah, MD,
Assistant Professor
Family
Medicine
Promoted to Assistant Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Brian S. Bacak, MD, FAAFP, Family
Associate Professor
Medicine
Inducted into the Academy of Medical Educators, 2016
Elizabeth A. Bayliss, MD,
MSPH, Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Promoted to Professor
Debra Bislip, MD, FAAFP,
Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Promoted to Associate professor; Awarded DFM Clinician of the year; Awarded CAFP PCMH’s Lone Tree Primary
Care practice of the year
Kathryn Boyd-Trull, MD,
Senior Instructor
Family
Medicine
UC Denver Who's Who 2016 Honorable Mention; University of Colorado Family Medicine Faculty of the ear Award
2015-2016; University of Colorado Family Medicine Teacher of the year 2014-2015
Shandra Brown Levey, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Family
Medicine
Recognized as the Department of Family Medicine’s Rising Star of the Year in Research. Invited speaker, chairperson
for the 5th Annual Summit on Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Models.
Jeffrey J. Cain MD, Associate Family
Professor
Medicine
Massachusetts Medical Society’s keynote: "the Physician as Patient, lessons from the other end of the stethoscope."
Board Member, Amputee Coalition of America-Chair Advocacy Committee; received the Outstanding Workmanship
Award, Experimental Aircraft Association, Airventure, Oshkosh WI
Ned Calonge, MD, MPH,
Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Invited keynote: “The Challenges of Communicating Overdiagnosis”, National Cancer Institute, 2015; and University
of Oxford Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference; appointed to two IOM Committees and one Action Collaborative
Jennifer K. Carroll MD,
MPH, Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Elected to Family Medicine for America's Health Research Core Tactic Team; Advisory Faculty, Board of Directors for
North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG); Invited speaker at University of Missouri, Arizona State
University; Starfield Summit and PCORI Physician Roundtable
Colleen Conry, MD, Professor Family
Medicine
Member, Board of Directors of American Board of Family Medicine; Member, Board of Directors of Annals of Family
Medicine; and 5280 Magazine Top Doc 2015.
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Perry Dickinson, MD,
Professor
Family
Medicine
Selected as Core Faculty, Professionals Accelerating Clinical and Educational Redesign (PACER) national faculty
development project sponsored by the Josiah Macy Foundation and the three national primary care boards; Chair,
Colorado State Innovation Model Practice Transformation and System Design Workgroup; Member, Colorado State
Innovation Model Steering Committee; and Member, Research Core Team, Family Medicine for America’s Health.
Keynote and invited speaker at:
Dickinson WP, Wamboldt FS. Putting Health Back into Health Care: Family Systems Lessons Learned in the
Trenches. American Family Therapy Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO (2016); Dickinson WP. Froude C, Enns
D. Caring for Patients with Somatization. Integrated Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative. Grand Junction, CO
(2016); Dickinson WP, Cook T. Mood Disorders. Integrated Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative. Grand Junction,
CO (2016); Dickinson WP. Changes in Practice, Changes in Payment: What is Coming and How Can My Practice
Survive It? 63rd Family Medicine Review. Estes Park, CO (2016); Khan A, Leroy L, Dickinson P. Innovations in
Primary Care Teams. Starfield Summit: Advancing Primary Care Research, Policy, and Patient Care. Washington, DC
(2016); Dickinson WP. Teamwork – A Crucial Element of Advanced Primary Care. Professionals Accelerating Clinical
and Educational Redesign (PACER). Denver, CO (2016); Dickinson WP. Collaboration across Primary Care in the New
Care Environment. Primary Care Grand Rounds. Mobile, AL (2016); Dickinson WP. Developing the Skills for the
Future. University of South Alabama Family Medicine Residency Conference. Mobile, AL (2016); Dickinson WP,
Gottsman A. Practice Transformation in Colorado. American Academy of Family Physicians Ideas Summit. Denver,
CO (2015); Dickinson WP. Practice Improvement and Transformation in Colorado. Shared Networks of Colorado
Ambulatory Practices & Partners (SNOCAP) Annual Convocation. Golden, CO (2015).
Michele M. Doucette, PhD,
Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Promoted to Associate Professor
Emma Gilchrist, MPH, PRA
Family
Medicine
Promoted to Instructor
Larry Green, MD, Professor
Family
Medicine
Re-elected member, American Board of Medical Specialties Board of Directors; elected to American Board of Medical
Specialties Executive Committee; re-elected Chair, American Board of Family Medicine Foundation Board of Directors
Jennifer Hellier, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Family
Medicine
Recognized by the U.S. Army Medical Recruiting Brigade for pre-health pipeline activities. Participant, 2016 U.S.
Army All American Bowl Army Medical Experience
Bonnie T. Jortberg, PhD,
RDN, CDE, Assistant
Professor
Family
Medicine
Awarded the 2015 NAPCRG Pearls Award, Annual Conference (The Fit Family Challenge: A Primary Care-Based
Pediatric Obesity Program).
Shannon Langner, MD,
Assistant Professor
Family
Medicine
Accepted into Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership (RIHEL
Corey Lyon, DO, FAAFP,
Assistant Professor
Family
Medicine
Elected to the CAFP Board of Directors; Editor in Chief for the Family Physician Inquiries Network’s PURLs
publications; Invited speaker, BC3 Learning Collaborative “Up your Scope; Getting the Most Out of Your Medical
Assistants,” HealthTeamWorks, Denver, CO (2016); Colorado Family Medicine Residency PCMH Collaborative
“Update Your Status to Engaged: How to Engage Your Staff During a Time of Transformation” (2016)
Wendy Madigosky MD
MSPH, Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Awarded the 10th Annual Faculty Professionalism Award by the SOM, College of Nursing, School of Pharmacy,
Physical Therapy Program, Child Health Associate/PA programs, School of Dental Medicine and the Anesthesiologist
Assistant Program.
Linda C. Montgomery, MD,
FAAFP, Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Named team leader for U of Colorado's Professionals Accelerating Clinical and Educational Redesign (PACER).
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Donald E. Nease, Jr., MD,
Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Named Conference Co-Chair, North American Primary Care Research Group’s Practice Based Research Network
Annual Conference; elected to a second two year term as President, International Balint Federation
(balintinternational.com).
Laura Pickler, MD, MPH,
Associate Professor
Family
Medicine
Keynote speaker, Baylor/Texas Children’s National Transition Conference 2015.
David W. Price, MD, FAAFP, Family
FACEHP, Professor
Medicine
Keynote and Invited Presentations include: “Improving Collaboration between QI & Education Teams.” Alliance for
Continuing Education in the Health Professions Webinar, 2016;
“Aligning Quality Improvement with Physician Certification,” Ottawa Conference 2016, Perth, Australia, 2016;
“The Continuing Evolution of Maintenance of Certification,” American Association of Allergy and Immunology Annual
Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2016;
“Leveraging ABMS MOC: Enhancing Quality for Physicians, Educators and Academic Medical Centers.” Association of
American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2015;
“What are the Implications of Implementation Science for Medical Education?” Society for Academic Continuing
Medical Education Virtual Journal Club, 2015;
“The Current State of Internal Medicine Recertification: Evolving From the Chaos”. 58th Annual Raymond M. Kay,
MD Internal Medicine Symposium (Kaiser Permanente Southern California), 2015;
“MOC Research: Member Board Community Needs and Priorities.” American Board of Medical Specialties Annual
Conference, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Gerald Pulver, PhD, MPH,
Research Senior Instructor,
Promoted to Research Assistant Professor.
Family
Medicine
Judith C. Shlay, MD, MSPH, Family
Professor
Medicine
Promoted to Interim Director, Denver Public Health (2016); Invited presenter: Insights and Innovation in Improving
Health, Center for Research in Implementation Science (CRISP) Seminar Series, University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Center. “The effects of combining text messaging with the Teen Outreach Program (TOP®) to impact teen
sexual health behavior.” (2015)
John Spittler, MD, Assistant
Professor
Family
Medicine
Received DFM "Rising Clinician of the Year" award; Invited speaker, UCH Family Medicine Review Course, 2015
(Shoulder/Knee Exam, Sports Physicals); Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society Fall Symposium, 2015 (Sports
Physicals); and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Fellows' Research Conference, 2015.
Amy Tanner Tubay, MD,
FAAFP, Assistant Professor
Family
Medicine
Awarded 2015-16 Brian S. Bacak Faculty of the Year Award, Rose Family Medicine.
Kent Voorhees, MD, Professor Family
of Clinical Practice in Family Medicine
Medicine
Name
Department
Recognized as a Best Doctors in America, 2015-2016.
Honor or Award
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
John Cambier, PhD,
Distinguished Professor and
Chair
Immunology
and
Microbiology
Editor in Chief, Immunologic Reviews, Reviewer on Study Section for Lupus Research Alliance, Keynote Speaker,
University of Toronto, Annual Summer Retreat, Invited Speaker, Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes
Annual Meeting, Florida, Wayne State/Henry Ford Immunology Focus Group, Detroit Michigan, Symposium; New
Perspectives: Addressing the Asthma and Allergy Epidemic, Paris France, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy,
Luminy France, Immunology Seminar Series, COM, U. of Manitoba, AMSMIC 2016 Annual Meeting, Guatemala, John
Hopkins SOM, Immunology Forum, Baltimore Maryland, U. of Massachusetts SOM, Wooster, Massachusetts, Speaker
and Session Chair, FASEB Conference on Immunoreceptors, Snowmass, Colorado
Lauren Gapin, PhD, Professor Immunology
and
Microbiology
Reviewer, ZRG1 Imm-U (90) Immune Mechanism and Vaccine Development Special Emphasis Panel (SEP), NIH, Ad
hoc reviewer, MRC, U, Section Editor, Journal of Immunology, Editorial Board, Scientific Reports
Jordan Jacobelli, PhD,
Professor
Member of AAI, received an Early Career Faculty Travel Award for the AAI Immunology meeting for 2015 and 2016
Immunology
and
Microbiology
John Kappler, PhD, Professor Immunology
and
Microbiology
Invited speaker University of Rochester, Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes Annual Meeting, David
Parker Symposium at OHSU; FOCIS 2016 Boston; Vanderbilt University
Laurel Lenz, PhD, Professor
Immunology
and
Microbiology
Pippa Marrack, PhD,
Professor
Immunology
and
Microbiology
Promotion to Professor, Dean’s Mentoring Award University of Colorado-Denver Graduate School, Faculty Mentor of
the Year Award. Compact for Faculty Diversity, Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Associate Editor, Frontiers in
Microbial Immunology, Associate Editor, ImmunoHorizons, NIH/NIAID Program Project Grant review study sections,
National Science Center, Krakow Poland, Wellcome Trust, Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, NIGMS SCORE grant review
panel, NIH/NIAID ZRG1 IDM-M “Topics in Infectious Diseases” Study Section, Member, NIH/NIAID HIBP study
section
Awarded: Membership in the Women’s Hall of Fame, USA
Member: Committee to write “A Vision and Pathway for NIH” to advise the next US President
Invited Speaker: Michael Bevan Retirement Symposium, U Washington, U. Rochester, Symposium Frankfurt
Germany, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U. of New Mexico, Washington State U, U of Ohio, U Pennsylvania
Rebecca O'Brien, PhD,
Professor
Immunology
and
Microbiology
Faculty of 1000 Section Head, Immunity to Infections, F1000 Research Advisory Panel Member, NIH Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 F07-T20L, Ad Hoc member, NIH Study Section Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 IMMT81A, Ad Hoc member
Roberta Pelanda, PhD,
Professor
Immunology
and
Microbiology
Received tenure; Invited speaker, American Transplant Congress 2015, Philadelphia, PA
Dohun Pyeon, PhD, Associate Immunology
Professor
and
Microbiology
Promotion to Associate Professor, Project Leader, Colorado Head and Neck Cancer SPORE Program, Invited Speaker,
Cancer Research Program, Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD, DNA Tumor Virus Conference, Trieste, Italy, Institute for
Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, DNA Tumor Virus Conference, Montreal Canada, Department of
Biology, Indiana University
Jill Slansky, PhD, Professor
Immunology
and
Microbiology
Received schlorship to attend “Statistical Methods for Functional Genomics” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories
Ad hoc NIH Study Section member for Omnibus ZCA1 SRB-D(01) (July 2015)
Transplantation Tolerance and Tumor Immunology Study Section (June 2016)
Linda vanDyk, PhD,
Associate Professor and Vice
Chair
Immunology
and
Microbiology
NCI study section AOIC member (AIDs, Opportunistic Infections and Cancer)
Invited lectures at the University of Arkansas Microbiology Department and the University of Pittsburgh Microbiology
and Immunology Department
Name
Department
Honor or Award
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Eva Aagard, MD, Professor
Medicine
ELAM Graduate
Richard Albert, MD,
Professor
Medicine
Huening Visiting Professor, University of Chicago
Larry Allen, MD, Associate
Professor
Medicine
5280 Magazine "Top Doctor"
Robert Allen, MD, Professor
Medicine
Nominated for Alumni Achievement Award from Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis
Amrut Ambardekar, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Division of Cardiology Citizen of the Year Award
Mary Anderson, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Invited for fellowship in the American College of Physicians by Christie Reimer, MD, FACP, Governor, Colorado
Chapter, American College of Physicians; Nominee for the American College of Physicians Colorado Chapter Early
Career Physician Award
Tyler Anstett, DO, Instructor Medicine
Excellence in Hospital Medicine Award; HMG Above and Beyond Award
David Badesch, MD,
Professor
Medicine
Received the ATS Public Advisory Roundtable (PAR) 2015 William J. Martin II Distinguished Achievement Award at
the 2015 ATS International Conference in Denver, CO on 5/17/16; Selected by the Pulmonary Hypertension
Association (PHA) to be among 25 individuals and groups as a "PHA Periwinkle Pioneer".
Roger Bannister, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Member, Faculty of 1000 (Neuroscience); Best poster (post-doc category)-Muscle
Linda Barbour, MD, Professor Medicine
Tenure Awarded for dual Departments as Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kathleen Barnes, PhD,
Professor
Medicine
2015 Gail G. shapiro Memorial Lectureship
Bryan Bergman, PhD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
Mentor of the Year award, Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado
Thomas Berl, MD,
Distinguished Professor
Medicine
Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Daniel Bessesen, MD,
Professor
Medicine
5280 Magazine Best Doctors
Suzanne Brandenburg, MD,
Professor
Medicine
APDIM Member Spotlight recognition: Woman Leader in Residency Education; 2015 Library Champion Award from
the Colorado Council of Medical Librarians
Michael Bristow, MD,
Professor
Medicine
2015-present CIRCULATION HEART FAILURE, Associate Editor; Member, JACC Translational Research (new
journal) Editor Search Committee, 2015
Kimberley Bruce, PhD,
Medicine
Assistant Research Professor
Kern Lipid conference Travel Award
Todd Bull, MD, Professor
Medicine
5280 Magazine Best Doctors in Denver-Critical Care; 5280 Magazine Best Doctors in Denver-Pulmonology
David Camidge, MD,
Professor
Medicine
Joyce Zeff Chair in Lung Cancer Research, University of Colorado Cancer Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Carey Candrian, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) selected Research Scholar; CCTSI selected Clinical
Faculty Scholar
Eric Coleman, MD, Professor Medicine
In collaboration with Greg Misky and Heidi Wald, our article in the Journal of Hospital Medicine was the 10th most
cited article out of 1100 articles going back 10 years; This article identified the 27 most influential articles in Geriatric
Medicine:
Sean Colgan, PhD, Professor
Medicine
NIH M.E.R.I.T. Award (R37) renewal
Brandon Combs, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
Elaine Cleary Award
James Cooper, MD, Associate Medicine
Professor
Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation, awarded May 2015
Ethan Cumbler, MD,
Professor
Medicine
President's Excellence in Teaching Award for the University of Colorado School of Medicine; Elaine Cleary Faculty
Award for Excellence in General Internal Medicine Education
Amira Del Pino-Jones, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Diversity and Excellence Grant, SOM; Rymer Small Grant (co-recipient with Dr. Renee King in the ED); DOM
Inpatient Clinical Excellence Award
Mary Demoruelle, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
University of Colorado Department of Medicine "Rising Star" Award
Edward Dempsey, MD,
Professor
Medicine
Robert Doolan, MD, Senior
Instructor
Ivor Douglas, MD, Professor
Medicine
Recognition for Service to VA Research: Served for 3 yrs as Chair of both the Pulmonary Study Section and the Joint
Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and Clinical Science Research and Development Services Scientific
Merit Review Board (which provides oversite for ~25 review committees); Invited to meet with Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
NCQA Diabetes
Medicine
5280 Magazine "Top Doctor"-Critical Care (8th Year).
Mark Earnest, MD, Professor Medicine
"Top Doctor" in 5280 Magazine
Robert Eckel, MD, Professor
Gerald T. Gau Lectureship, Mayo Clinic; Huldrick Kammer Memorial Lecture, Portland Providence Medical Center;
NORC Award for Outstanding Mentoring; Clinical Investigator Award, Endocrine Society
Medicine
Sue Eckhardt, MD, Professor Medicine
Merrill Egorin Outstanding Mentor of the Year; AACR/ASCO; Dr. Cheng Yu Tung Award for Drug Development, Hong
Kong, China 2015
Kristine Erlandson, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Recipient of the Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in HIV Award; University of Colorado, Women in
Medicine and Science Professional Leadership Award
Mehdi Fini, MD, Assistant
Professor
Medicine
KL2 Scholar Award, Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI); CDMRP Discovery Award, DoD
Joseph Frank, MD, Assistant Medicine
Professor
Hamolsky Award Finalist, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Kristin Furfari, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Selected to the President's Teaching and Learning Collaborative
Maureen Garrity, PhD,
Medicine
Associate Professor
Christine Gilroy, MD,
Medicine
Visiting Associate Clinical
Brian Graham, MD, Associate Medicine
Professor
Exemplary Service Award for the GSA
Jeannette Guerrasio, MD,
Associate Professor
Article Feature in Updates in Medical Education at SGIM National Meeting: “Methods and outcomes for the
remediation of poor clinical reasoning; Above and Beyond – Patient Care and Interprofessional Leadership Skills,
University of Colorado Hospital
Medicine
Top Doctor Adolescent Health
APSselect-Top monthly Publication in American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
(Graham BB et al. AJP-Lung 2015;309:L435-440)
Kari Halsema, MSN,
Medicine
Instructor
Kathryn Hassell, MD,
Medicine
Professor
Bryan Haugen, MD, Professor Medicine
BMT outpatient APP leadership award
Teresa Hernandez, PhD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
American Physiological Society. APS Select award for distinction in scholarship in the American Journal of
Physiology—Endocrinology and Metabolism; Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes: Highest impact
publication for the Division, 2015.
Fred Hirsch, MD, Professor
Medicine
8th Annual Addario Lectureship Award; Pia and Fred R. Hirsch Endowed Chair, University of colorado
5280 Magazine "Top Doctor"
Physician of the Year, Thyroid Cancer Survivor's Association; Best Doctors in America
Vernon Holers, MD, Professor Medicine
Rheumatology Research Foundation Memorial Lectureship
Alkesh Jani, MD, Professor
Medicine
Postdoctoral Day Research Award (mentor)
Antonio Jimeno, MD,
Professor
Medicine
Daniel and Janet Mordecai Endowed Chair for Cancer Stem Cell Research
Richard Johnson, MD,
Professor
Medicine
AAP Membership
Colleen Julian, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
First-authored manuscript selected for the American Physiological Society's APSselect program, a distinction in
scholarship
Manali Kamdar, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
"Service and Leadership"
Janice Kerr, MD, Associate
Professor
Medicine
Excellence in Clinic Teaching for Endocrine Fellows/Honorable Mention; Endocrine Division
Charles Kirkpatrick, MD,
Professor
Medicine
Best Doctor by Denver Business Journal May have been again listed as "Best Doctors in America"
Katja Kiseljak-Vassiliades,
DO, Assistant Professor
Medicine
Women in Endocrinology Young Investigator Award; Outstanding Abstract Award – Endocrine Society
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Jean Kutner, MD, Professor
Medicine
Aspire Award, Celebrating Denver's Women of Distinction; 5280 Top Doctor
Rita Lee, MD, Associate
Professor
Medicine
Inducted into Academy of Medical Educators
Cari Levy, MD, Associate
Professor
Medicine
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Outstanding Paper Award – Levy C, Wojtusiak J. “Illness
Trajectories Among Nursing Home Residents.” Annual Symposium Philadelphia, PA
Christopher Lieu, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Department of Medicine Rising Star Award
Christine Lin, MD, Assistant Medicine
Professor
Inducted into the National Gold Humanism Honor Society
Catherine Lozupone, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Kavli Scholar: National Acadamy of Sciences
Hillary Lum, MD, Assistant
Professor
Medicine
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Year-Long Mentoring Scholarship (Mentor: Dr. Rebecca
Sudore); Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program and APSA Congressional Fellow, funded by Atlantic Philantropies.
Mentors, Dr. Judy Zerzan - Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Finance and Dr. Harold Pincus, Health and
Aging Policy Fellows Program.
Dennis Lyu, MD, Associate
Professor
Medicine
Best Role Model, Foundations of Doctoring
Barbara Malone, MA, Senior
Instructor
James Maloney, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
Tim Poole Award, National Kidney Foundation
Medicine
Elected by peers to UCH Medical Board
Daniel Matlock, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
Colorado ACP Young Physician of the Year 2015
Jose Mayordomo, MD,
Medicine
Colleen McIlvennan, DNP,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
EGRP’s Research Highlights for 2015. Awarded by the National Cancer Institute’s Epidemiology and Genomics
Research Program (EGRP) for the article "CHRNA5 Risk Variant Predicts Earlier Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Delayed
Smoking Cessation - A Meta-analysis". J Natl Cancer Inst 2015, 107 (5): djv100 doi: 10.1093/jnci/djv100. The EGRP
staff nominated and voted for manuscripts by EGRP grantees that were published in 2015 and deemed to have the
greatest potential for scientific and/or public health impact.
Nursing Research Award, Heart Failure Society of America; Nursing Travel Grant Awardee, Heart Failure Society of
America; First Place Juried Poster, Colorado Evidence Based Practice Symposium; People's Choice Award Poster,
Colorado Evidence Based Practice Symposium; Magnet Nurse of the Year Award Finalist, University of Colorado
Hospital; Best Cardiovascular Team Poster, American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions; Travel Grant
Awardee, American Heart Association - QCOR; Partners in Care Physician Award, University of Colorado; Young
Investigator Award, American Heart Association - QCOR
Advanced Practice Fellowship Educator of the year
Frank Merrill, MD, Instructor Medicine
Luisa Mestroni, MD,
Profsesor
Medicine
Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence Award
Erin Meyerhoff, MS, Senior
Instructor
Medicine
Full Time Allied Health and Associate Staff Provider of the Year; 3rd top fundraising team for the ADA Tour de Cure under category for clubs
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
James Miller, MD, Professor
Medicine
Finalist, Denver Post Strength in Health Awards, Physician Excellence in Healthcare Category, 2015
Gregory Misky, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
HTP Faculty Excellence in Education Award
Nia Mitchell, MD Assistant
Adjoint Professor
Medicine
Best Women’s Health Oral Abstract, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 2015
Jamaluddin Moloo, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
2040 Partners for Health Academic Parner Award
Li-Kheng Ngov, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
HMG Above and Beyond Award
Lisa Overholser, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
Top Poster, 2015 Cancer and Primary Care Research International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bennett Parnes, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
Physician Partner in Care Award, UCH Medical Staff. This award is given to an outstanding UCH physician who is
nominated by UCH employees. Recognize physicians who have shown an outstanding commitment to both UCH and
the Medical Staff.
Hemali Patel, MD, Assistant
Professor
Medicine
Humanism Award
Swati Patel, MD, Assistant
Professor
Medicine
Presidential Poster Award, American College of Gastroenterology 2015 Annual Meeting
Caroline Pearson, MSN,
Instructor
Medicine
"Service and Leadership" awarded by the Division of Hematology
Cason Pierce, MD, Assistant
Professor
Medicine
Read Pierce, MD, Assistant
Professor
Medicine
Outstanding faculty teacher of cardiac and pulmonary physicals exams (awarded by LIC students); Outstanding
Medical Educator Award: Denver Health Division of Hospital Medicine; Peak Performer, Rocky Mountain Hospital
Medicine Symposium; American Board of Internal Medicine: Teaching Value and Choosing Wisely Campaign Semifinalist
Department of Medicine Rising Star Award
Eric Poeschla, MD, Professor Medicine
Elected to the AAP
Robert Quaife, MD, Professor Medicine
of Clinical Practice
Best Doctors Award, Denver
Kameswaran Ravichandran,
PhD, Senior Research
Instructor
Mitra Razzaghi, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
APS Select article of the month March 2015- Antisense mediated angiotensinogen inhibition slows polycystic kidney
disease in mice with a targeted mutation in Pkd2 gene
Medicine
School of Medicine Faculty Professionalism Award
Berenice Reed-Gitomer, PhD, Medicine
Research Professor
Elected full member of the NIDDK KMBD study section.
Judith Regensteiner, PhD,
Professor
Medicine
Completed Nancy Anschutz Chair for Women's Health Research
Tania Reis, PhD, Professor
Medicine
SOM bridge funding
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Hugo Rosen, MD, Professor
Medicine
Co-Director, Center for GI and Liver Innate Immunity Center
Ernesto Salcedo, MD,
Professor
Medicine
University of Colorado Hospital Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service Award January 2015
Isabel Schlaepfer, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC) Outstanding Faculty Member in 2015. Anschutz Health and Wellness
Center’s 3rd Floor Lounge, December 18th 2015.
Eric Schmidt, MD, Associate
Professor
Medicine
American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Circulation Assembly Early Career Research Achievement Award
David Scwhartz, MD,
Professor
Medicine
Harold and Marilyn Menkes Lectureship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Invited speaker: Jay
Nadel Symposium at UCSF; Invited speaker: Gordon Research Conference: Cilia, Mucus, and Mucociliary Interactions;
Paul Beeson Visiting Professor, Yale University
Rebecca Schweppe, PhD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
Director (Basic Science), American Thyroid Association Board of Directors
Elena Shagisultanova, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Paul R. Ohara II Seed Grant Award
Raj Shah, MD, Professor
Medicine
Service and Education Excellence Award from Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Clayton Smith, MD, Professor Medicine
Best Doctors, Denver
Kunhua Song, PhD, Assistant Medicine
Professor
Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Finalist, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences.
Zhilin Song, PhD, Assistant
Research Professor
Medicine
Invited to be a member in the International Advisory Committee of World Congress Neurohypophysial Hormones
(WCNH) in Brazil; invited to be a speaker at upcoming "Global Summit on Obesity & Diet Management" (Obesity
Summit-2016) on September 26-28, 2016 which will be held in Los Angeles, USA.
Peter Sottile, MD, Instructor Medicine
Department of Medicine Research Day: Best Junior Faculty Research Abstract; ATS Abstract Scholarship Award,
Assembly on Critical Care
Sally Stabler, MD, Professor
Medicine
Safety Excellence Award to the Laboratory of Robert H. Allen and Sally P. Stabler
Whitney Starr, MSN,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Board of Directors - ANAC
Brian Stauffer, MD, Associate Medicine
Professor
2015 Academic Excellence Award, Denver Health Medical Staff, Denver Health and Hospital Authority; Passed
Recertification exam in Cardiovascular Diseases
Chad Stickrath, MD,
Assistant Professor
Nominated for the Academy of Medical Educators Outstanding Mentorship and Advising Award
Medicine
Rachel Swigris, DO, Associate Medicine
Professor
School of Medicine Faculty Professionalism Award Nominee
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Darlene Tad-Y, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Nomination for “Best Internal Medicine Preceptor” Award. Foundations of Doctoring Curriculum. University of
Colorado School of Medicine; Induction into Academy of Medical Educators, University of Colorado School of Medicine
David Tanaka, MD, Associate Medicine
Professor
5280 Magazine "Top Doctor"
Matthew Taylor, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
5280 Magazine "Top Doctor"
Isaac Teitelbaum, MD,
Professor
Medicine
Selected as a Top Physician by 5280 Magazine
Meredith Tennis, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Selected for CU Science Communication Fellowship; Selected for American Academy of Medical Educators Teaching
Certificate Program
Elizabeth Thomas, MD,
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Outstanding Research Fellow of the Year Award (academic year 2014-2015); Nutrition Obesity Research Center
(NORC) Award for Outstanding MD Instructor/Fellow for 2015
Adam Trosterman, DO,
Associate Professor
Medicine
Rachel Van Pelt, PhD,
Professor
Medicine
First faculty member elected to AOA at the School of Medicine; One of only 4 faculty selected as a graduation marshall.
This was the third time I received this honor; hooded over a dozen graduating medical students at Hooding Ceremony
for the School of Medicine
American Physiological Society Distinction in Scholarship
Tarik Walker, PhD,
Instructor/Fellow
Medicine
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, Summit 'From Bench to Bedside' (abstract) Honorable Mention, Travel Award
Erik Wallace, MD, Associate
Professor
Medicine
John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize, American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation. Awarded to
the article “Hospital Relationships with Direct-to-Consumer Screening Companies” by Erik A. Wallace, MD; John H.
Schumann, MD; and Steven E. Weinberger, MD. This prize celebrates and encourages outstanding contributions to the
growing body of literature on medical professionalism and commitments articulated in the ABIM Foundation Physician
Charter. Over the past five years more than 400 articles have been considered for the Professionalism Article Prize
and 15 winners declared; Runner-up, Practical Playbook Leaning in Action (LIA) Curriculum Competition for Poverty
Immersion in Colorado Springs Initiative (PICOS)
Jeffrey Wallace, MD,
Professor
Medicine
5280 Top Doctors Awardee; ACP IM-ITE Question Writing Committee recognition of vital contribution to medical
education; Best Doctors in America awardee
Sachin Wani, MD, Associate
Professor
Medicine
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Endoscopy Research Award; Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Editorial Board Reviewer Award, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).
Mary Weiser-Evans, PhD,
Professor
Medicine
Co-Director, Center for Fibrosis Research and Translation (CFRT)
Sterling West, MD, Professor Medicine
Master of American College of Rheumatology
Eugene Wolfel, MD, Professor Medicine
5280 Magazine Top Docs 2015
Margaret Wierman, MD,
Professor
Medicine
2015 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Award; UCHEALTH meritorious service award; Endocrine Division Mentor
Award 2015
Cara Wilson, MD, Professor
Medicine
Selected to the NIAID Advisory Council
Brian Wolfe, MD, Assistant
Professor
Medicine
Excellence in Clinical Innovation
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Kinsey Wray, PA, Instructor
Medicine
APF Educator of the Year
Norihiro Yogo, MD,
Instructor
Medicine
Denver Health & Hospital Authority Days of Celebration 2015 1st Place – Poster Exhibition & Competition, Scientific
Research Category; IDWeek Travel Grant
Jean Youngwerth, MD,
Associate Professor
Medicine
Gold Headed Cane Award; Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award: Outstanding Clinical Teacher; 5280 Denver's Top
Doctors Award in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Name
C. Alan Anderson, MD,
Professor
Department
Neurology
Honor or Award
Vice-Chairman for Education
Brian Berman, MD, Associate Neurology
Professor
Appointed Chair of the UCD Radioactive Drug Research Committee; Recipient of the Faculty Student Teaching
Appreciation Award (for outstanding teaching to medical students during their neurologic care clerkship rotation).
Cornelia Drees, MD,
Assistant Professor
Neurology
Faculty Teaching Award for 2015-2016
Christopher M. Filley, MD,
Professor
Neurology
Best Doctors in America, 2015-2016; America's Top Doctors (Castle Connelly), 2016; Who's Who in the World, 2016;
Publication of White Matter Dimentia, Cambridge University Press, 2016
Olga Klepitskaya, MD,
Associate Professor
Neurology
Best Doctors in America 2015 (first elected in 2012); Elected to FAAN; Received a research grant from Davis Phinney
Foundation
Pearce Korb, MD, Assistant
Professor
Neurology
Teaching Scholar's Program Certification; Faculty Mentor Award
Maureen Leehey, MD,
Professor
Neurology
Augusto Miravalle, MD,
Associate Professor
Neurology
Appointed Fellow of the AAN; Master of Ceremonies, University of Colorado: “To the Future and Back- Parkinson’s
Disease Tomorrow and Today,” September 2015
“Fragile X Research Opportunities.” Fragile X Research Fair, Children’s Hospital Colorado, May 1, 2016.
“Role of Genetic & Environment in Parkinson Disease.” Advances in Parkinson Disease and Essential Tremor, UCD
Patient Educational Event, Pueblo CO, June 4, 2016.
“Pharmacological Treatments of Essential Tremor.” Advances in Parkinson Disease and Essential Tremor, UCD
Patient Educational Event, Pueblo CO, June 4, 2016.
Appointed Fellow of the AAN; Member, Academy of Medical Eductors, UCD; Recipient of the 2015-2016 ABPN
(American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology); Education Innovation Research Award; Active Member Best Practice
Group, MS Section, AAN; Best Doctors Database
Douglas Ney, MD, Associate
Professor
Neurology
Academy of Medical Educators Teaching Certificate Program; Named Director of Neurology Residency Training
Program; Elected to American Academy of Neurology NeuroOncology Measurement Work Group
Daniel Pastula, MD, MS,
Assistant Professor
Neurology
Secondary Appointments in Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Epidemiology
Dianna Quan, MD, Professor Neurology
Castle Connelly Regional Top Doctor; 5280 Magazine Denver Top Doctor
Steven Ringel, MD, Professor Neurology
Castle Connelly Top Doctor in Neurology; 5280 Magazine Top Doctor, 2014-2015; Best Doctors in America 2015
Lauren Seeberger, MD,
Associate Professor
Promoted to Associate Professor; Received FAAN designation; HDSA Center of Excellence designation for UCD,
Director
Neurology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Kenneth Tyler, MD, Professor Neurology
and Chairman
Name
Treasurer and Board of Directors of the American Neurological Association; Council of the Association of University
Professors of Neurology; Chair NINDS Special Emphasis Panel on Rapid Assessment of Zika Virus Comlications;
Organizing Committee of the 2nd International Conference on PML and JC Virus (Sweden); Visiting Professor at Weill
Cornell, University of Washington and University of Rochester Schools of Medicine
Department
Honor or Award
Fried, MD, Assistant
Professor
Neurosurgery
Recipient of the 2015 Presidential Service Award
Gary VanderArk, MD,
Professor Emeritus
Neurosurgery
Recipient of the September 2015 Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award
Name
Department
Honor or Award
Kian Behbakht, MD,
Professor
Obstetrics and
Gynecology
5280 Top Doc 2015, 2016; Accepted to the competitive CCTSI Leadership for Innovative Team Science (LITeS)
program for Senior Faculty Leaders
Saketh R. Guntupalli, MD,
Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Published Op Ed piece with Senator Bill Frist in Forbes Magazine; Established International Gynecologic Oncology
Rotation in Hyderabad, India; PI on randomized study of Apixaban for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in
patients with Gynecologic Cancer; Associate Director of Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship; CO-Director of the Placenta
Accreta Program; 2015 healthgrades.com Patient Choice Award
5280 Top Doc 2015; Co-Director of the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery enterprise; Director of robotic surgery
for University of Colorado Hospital; Named to the Board of Directors for the center for surgical Innovation for the
University of Colorado
Jaime Arruda, MD, Associate Obstetrics and
Professor
Gynecology
Carolyn Lefkowits, MD,
Assistant Professor
Name
Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Department
Director of Gynecologic Oncology Education; Conquer Cancer Foundation of America Society of Clinical Oncology
(ASCO) Merit Award for Research 2015; American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Paper Investigator
Award 2015; Associate Residency Program Director; Invited speaker at Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance
National Conference; WAGO program committee member
Honor or Award
Nathan Donaldson, DO,
Assistant Professor
Orthopedics
Children's Hospital Colorado Provider of the Month
Melissa Gorman, MD,
Assistant Professor
Orthopedics
Medical Staff Award for "Extraordinary Service"
Craig Hogan, MD, Assistant
Professor
Orthopedics
Nominated for Physician's Excellence in Healthcare Awarded by the Denver Post, Strength in Health
Bennie Lindeque, MD,
Assistant Professor
Orthopedics
Preceptor-Phase II
Eric McCarty, MD, Associate Orthopedics
Professor
Top Docs in Denver, 2015
Aaron Provance, MD,
Associate Professor
Orthopedics
Colorado Athletics Directors Association Distinguished Service Award
Francis Scott, MD, Associate
Professor
Orthopedics
Academy of Medical Educators Award for Excellence in Direct Teaching
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Brian Shaw, MD, Associate
Professor
Orthopedics
AAOS Achievement Award, 2015; Colorado Springs Style Magazine Top Doc
Jason Stoneback, MD,
Assistant Professor
Orthopedics
5280 Magazine "Top Doc" for Orthopedic Surgery; Visiting Professorship, Beijing and Shijiazhuang, China; Aspen
Ideas Festival - Spotlight Health Scholar
Armando Vidal, MD,
Associate Professor
Orthopedics
5280 Magazine "Top Docs"-Orthopedics Sports Medicine
Name
Department
Honor or Award
Mona Abaza, MD, MS,
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology Distinguished Service Award American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Women in
Otolaryngology (WIO); America's Best Physicians (2016)
Gregory Allen, MD, FACS,
FAAP, Associate Professor
Otolaryngology "Family Favorite" Winner, Top Ear, Nose, and Throat Doctor, Colorado Parent Magazine (2015); American Society of
Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) Informational Technology Committee
Cristina Cabrera-Muffly, MD, Otolaryngology Nominated for Faculty Professionalism Award (2015); Rymer Small Grant, Academy of Medical Educators (PI): Use of
FACS, Assistant Professor
Online Modules for Otolaryngology Residency Training
Kenny Chan, MD, Professor
Matthew Clary, MD,
Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology Top Docs in Denver; 5280 Magazine (2015 & 2016); Past President, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
(ASPO)
Otolaryngology Top Peer Review - The Laryngoscope
Norman Friedman, MD,
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology Best Doctors in America (2015); '"Family Favorite" Top 5, Top Ear, Nose, and Throat Doctor, Colorado Parent
Magazine (2015); American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) Quality & Safety Committee
Anne Getz, MD, Assistant
Professor
Otolaryngology Best Doctors in America (2015); American Rhinologic Society (ARS) Education Committee
Samuel Gubbels, MD,
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology Selected for Fellowship Triological (TRIO) Society (Spring 2015)
Roberta Gray, PA-C, Senior
Instructor
Otolaryngology Advanced Practice Provider of the Year for Phisicians Assistant (PA)
Herman Jenkins, MD,
Professor
Otolaryngology Marquis Who’s Who in America (69th/70th Editions); Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors (2015 & 2016); Best
Doctors in America (2015 & 2016); VP and Treasurer for Hearing International; Program Chair for CORLAS 2015
(International); National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (Co-PI): Developing a Biomarker
for Infant Speech Perception in Children with Hearing Loss Grant (5 year ~$1Mil); Invited Guest of Honor /
Lectureship: Retirement Symposium Ruedi Probst, MD, Chair, University of Zurich Faculty of Medicine; Association of
Southeast Asian Nations Otolaryngology Society Biannual Meeting, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Instructor, Temporal Bone
Course, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Annual Meeting of Hearing International, Surabaya, Indonesia; 10th
Annual Scientific Otology Meeting, Surabaya; Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya; Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok Thailand; 4th International Congress on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
14th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies, Toronto, Canada
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Peggy Kelly, MD, Associate
Professor
Otolaryngology Best Doctors in America (2015); "Family Favorite" Top 5, Top Ear, Nose, and Throat Doctor, Colorado Parent
Magazine (2015); Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS) scholarship recipient Suregical Ethics Fellowship
Todd Kingdom, MD, Professor Otolaryngology Top Docs in Denver; 5280 Magazine (2015 & 2016); Best Doctors in America (2015 & 2016), Castle Connolly America's
Top Doctors (2015 & 2016); US News Top Doctor (2015); American Rhinologic Society (ARS) Fellowship Committee
Chair; Invited Guest of Honor / Lectureship: University of California – Davis School of Medicine, Rhinology Update;
Texas Oculoplastics Consultants, Eye and Face Symposium 2016, Austin, Texas; Department of Otolaryngology, Jikei
University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Sven-Olrik Streubel, MD,
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors (2015); Consumer’s Research Council "Top Surgeon" (2015); America's Best
Physicians (2015); American Registery: Most Honored Professionals (2016)
Jeremy Prager, MD,
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology Distinguished Service Award, Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO) Division of Surgery (2015); Top Docs in Denver;
5280 Magazine (2016)
Vijay Ramakrishnan, MD,
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology Fellow of the American Rhinologic Society (2015); Outstanding Teacher Award (2016, Department of Otolaryngology);
University of Colorado Cancer Center Career Enhancement Grant (PI): Microbiome and inflammation in head and
neck cancer carcinogenesis; National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Co-PI): Olfactory receptors for semiochemical
detection in the main olfactory epithelium; National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Co-PI): Detrminants of Medical and
Surgical Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Sinusitis
John Song, MD, Associate
Professor
Otolaryngology Cancer League of Colorado (Co-PI): Role of microRNA methylation and its application as a biomarker in head and neck
cancer ($60K)
Adam Terella, MD, Assistant Otolaryngology Best Doctors in America (2015); National Survey Best Doctors, Inc., Denver Business Journal (2015)
Professor
Vickie Thompson, PhD,
Senior Clinical Instructor
Otolaryngology Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grant (2016) Improving Loss to Follow-up for Early Hearing
Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs ($250K)
Kristin Uhler, PhD, Associate Otolaryngology National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (PI): Developing a Biomarker for Infant Speech
Professor
Perception in Children with Hearing Loss Grant (5 year ~$1Mil)
Andrew Winkler, MD, FACS, Otolaryngology Chair of American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) Fellowship Committee
Associate Professor
Patricia Yoon, MD, FACS,
Associate Professor
Name
Otolaryngology Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors (2015); American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) Fellowship
Committee Chair
Department
Honor or Award
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Dara Aisner, MD, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Director, CMOCO Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Co-Director, Colorado Cancer Center Molecular Pathology Shared
Resource; Member, Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Task Force on Resident Curriculum in Molecular
Pathology. Member, AMP Working Group on Next Generation Sequencing Regulation; Member, AMP Economic
Affairs Committee. Member, Genomics Subcommittee of the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium; Member, Educational
Working Group, American Society of Clinical Pathology; Associate Editor for Molecular Pathology, Diagnostic
Cytopathology. Associate Editor for Personalized Medicine, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Expert
Panelist, CAP/AMP/IASLC Evidence Based Guidelines for the Biomarker Testing in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Steve M. Anderson, PhD,
Professor
Pathology
The 2016 Endocrine Society Outstanding Educator Award, Departmental Faculty Liaison Committee, University of
Colorado School of Medicine; Director, Protein Production, Monoclonal Antibody, Tissue Culture Shared Resources,
University of Colorado Cancer Center Principal Investigator, Minority Access Program, The Endocrine Society.
Michael Argyres, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology
Edward Ashwood, MD,
Visiting Professor
Pathology
Medical Director, UCH Clinical Laboratory; Vice-Chair Clinical Pathology and Quality, Department of Pathology;
Trustee, American Board of Pathology; Director, American Clinical Laboratory Association. Member, CU School of
Medicine Clinical Leadership Council; 17th Annual Frank M. Townsend MD Lecture at University of Texas Health
Science Center (San Antonio).
Mary Berg, MD, Associate
Professor
Pathology
South Central Association of Blood Banks Larry L. Trow Memorial Education Award, Summit Award for Excellence in
Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology, AABB; Assessor, Perioperative Standards Unit, Coding and
Reimbursement Committee and Mentor for Professional Engagement Program, South Central Association of Blood
Banks; Chair Education Committee and Board of Directors, American Society for Clinical Pathology; Inspector for the
Laboratory Accreditation Program and Engaged Leadership Network, College of American Pathology; Associate
Director, Department of Pathology Residency Program. Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists,
College of American Pathology; Associate Director, Department of Pathology Residency Program.
Jennifer Black, MD, Assistant Pathology
Professor
Abstract Review Committee for Pediatric Pathology Section, US and Canadian Association of Pathology; Central
Reviewer and Committee Member, Children’s Oncology Group, Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Education Committee and
Maintenance of Certification Coordinator, Society for Pediatric Pathology. Editorial Board, Fetal and Pediatric
Pathology; Council, International Pediatric Pathology Association. Program Director, Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
Program, University of Colorado.
Geza Bodor, MD, Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology, Board of Editors and Member:
Drug Testing and Analysis International
Gregory Bocsi, DO, MS,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Economic Affairs Committee Member and Colorado Delegate, House of Delegates of the College of American
Pathologists. Board of the Colorado Association for Continuing Medical Laboratory Education
Kelly E. Capocelli, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Provider of the Month, Children's Hospital of Colorado; Chair, Blood Banks and Transfusion Services Accreditation
Program Unit, AABB. Member At-Large, Transfusion Medicine Services Coordinating Committee, AABB; Section
Editor, Coagulation section of Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Clinical Applications Committee,
Pediatric Apheresis Subgroup, ASFA. Abstract Review Committee, College of American Pathologists.
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Billie Carstens, BS, Clinical
Instructor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology
Diana Cittelly, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Fellow Scientific Advisory Board Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Carlyne Cool, MD, Associate
Clinical Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology
Toby Cornish, MD, PhD,
Visiting Associate Professor
Pathology
Medical Director of Pathology Informatics, Department of Pathology and UC Health
Kristy Crooks, PhD, Assistant Pathology
Professor
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology
Kurtis Davies, PhD,
Instructor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology
Melkon DomBourian, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care Testing, Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO); Associate
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine Services, CHCO. Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching
Department of Pathology; Laboratory Diagnostics and Therapeutics Committee CHCO; Blood Utilization Review Team
CHCO. Chemistry Section Lead Author, Elsevier Publishing CP PATHPrimer.
Bette K DeMasters, MD,
Professor
Pathology
AANP Award for Meritorious Contributions to Neuropathology. American Board of Pathology Neuropathology
Committee
Kalpana Devaraj, MS,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Alternate Delegate, College of American Pathologists House of Delegates representing the State of Colorado; CoDirector, Pathology Curriculum for CU School of Dental Medicine; Exemplary Performance in Teaching Award for
Pathology, CHAPA Program. Member (pathology representative), University of Colorado Cancer Committee
Nicole Draper, MD, Associate Pathology
Professor of Clinical Practice
CHAPA Pathology Course Director, Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of
Pathology. Assessor; American Association of Blood Banks; American Society for Apheresis Applications Committee,
HPC Donor Subcommittee and Education Committee
Derek Fong, DVM, Assistant
Research Professor
Pathology
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Board of Directors for the Mile High Branch of AALAS
Meredith Frank, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology; Director, Forensic Pathology
Fellowship Program, Department of Pathology; Forensic Pathology Training Committee for National Association of
Medical Examiners; Guest lecturer for Colorado Coroner’s Association Fall Conference
Wilbur Frnaklin, MD,
Professor Emeritus
Pathology
Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium, Pathology Committee; Chairman, Pathology Panel, NCI Lung Cancer Biomarkers
and Chemoprevention Consortium; Member, World Health Organization Committee for the Histological Classification
of Lung Cancer.
Amy Frey, DO, Assistant
Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology; Education Coordinator for
Microbiology Lecture Series, Department of Pathology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Csaba Galambos, MD,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Society for Pediatric Pathology Member Practice Committee; Children Interstitial Lung Disease (ChILD) Research
Cooperative - advanced case reviewer. Mentor for Dr Doug Bush, Pediatric Scientific Abstract Award Recipient,
American Thoracic Society International Conference; Invited lecturer, Gisolfi Memorial Lecture, Health and Human
Physiology, University of Iowa
Loren Golitz, MD, Clinical
Professor
Pathology
Director, Dermatopathology Fellowship Program, Department of Pathology; Training Directors' Committee, American
Society of Dermatopathology; University of Missouri, Medical Alumni, McAlester Society American Society of
Dermatopathology, Chairman, Committee to Produce A Standard Dermatopathology Fellowship Application Form
Paul Jedlicka, MD, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Children's Oncology Group (COG), Ewing Sarcoma Biology Committee; Fundraising for Alex's Lemonade Stand
Foundation for Childhood Cancer; Editorial Board, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology
Britta Jacobsen, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Medical Student Research Mentoring Recognition Award Department of Pathology; Member of University of Colorado
Cancer Center Cancer Research Summer Fellowship Review Committee; Editorial Board member for Frontiers in
Endocrinology; Editorial Board member for The Scientific World, Invited speaker to the 1st International Invasive
Lobular Carcinoma Symposium
Jeffrey Kaplan, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
William S. Hammond Excellence in Teaching Award, Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching
Department of Pathology
Virginia Knez, MD, Assistant Pathology
Professor
Summit Award for Excellence in Teaching and Education of Pathologists; Medical Student Teaching Award; School of
Dental Medicine Pathology Course Co-Director
Joel Kneip, MD, Assistant
Professor
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology; Blood Utilization Review
Committee, GMT QA Committee of UCH
Pathology
James Lambert, PhD,
Pathology
Associate Research Professor
Member Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Francisco La Rosa, MD,
Associate Professor
Honorary Professor, Medical School, National University "Federico Villarreal", Lima, Peru; Past-President, Asociación
Iberoamericana de Telesalud & Telemedicina (AITT). Faculty Member, Center for Global Health Affiliated, and
Faculty Senator Medical School, University of Colorado; Inspector Leader, College of American Pathologists. Leader
and organizer of Medical Mission Trips to Peru, Christian Life Movement; Member of Board for the Community
Advisory Group Salud y Vida for Latino Community; Chief Editor, "Revista AITT" (ISSN: 2411-3840). Editorial Board
Member: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Journal Austin Surgery Case Reports, Journal
Medical & Surgical Urology, Journal Clinics in Surgery
Pathology
Ronald Lepoff, MD, Professor Pathology
Emeritus
Lifetime Achievement Award, College of American Pathologists (CAP). Curriculum Committee CAP; Chair and
Delegate, CAP House of Delegates; American Medical Technologists Examinations, Qualifications and Standards
Committee
Xiayuan Liang, MD,
Professor
Director, Hematopathology Fellowship Department of Pathology; Publication Committee and Editorial Board Member,
Pediatric and Developmental Pathology; First-Year Fellow Poster Award, Children’s Hospital Colorado Spring Poster
Session, Faculty Advisor
Pathology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Bolin Liu, MD, Associate
Professor
Pathology
Merit Award as Co-Director of Cancer Biology Program Scientific Writing Course, Susan Komen Appreciation Award;
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology; American Journal of
Translational Research (AJTR); American Journal of Cancer Research (AJCR); Biological Procedures Online (BPO:
Associate Editor) and the Journal of Oncobiomarkers
Director of the Office of Laboratory Animal Resources and the University Veterinarian; Program Committee and CoChair of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIMR); Institute of Laboratory Animal Management
(ILAM) Committee of the National American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
Jori Leszcynski, DVM,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Mark Lovell, MD, Professor
Pathology
Vice-Chair Pediatric Pathology Department of Pathology, Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medical Director, CHCO;
Editorial Board, Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, and The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Part B. Consultant,
Hematology and Pathology Panel and Member, Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Panel, Center for Devices and
Radiologic Health, Food and Drug Administration. American Board of Pathology, Test Development and Advisory
Committee, Molecular Genetics Pathology; Member, Pathology Subcommittee, Childhood Liver Disease Research and
Education Network (ChiLDREN); Top Doctors Awardee, Pediatric Pathology, 5280 Magazine
Robert Low, MD, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Vice Chair, Education Department of Pathology, American Association, Residency Program Director's Group of APC
(PRODS), Block Director, Molecules to Medicine. Director of the Residency Program in Pathology. Director of the
Autopsy Program and Decedent Affairs, University of Colorado Hospital.
M. Scott Lucia, MD, Professor Pathology
Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology Department of Pathology; Pathologist of the Year, Department of Pathology, CHAP
Excellence in Teaching Award, Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology;
Best Doctors in America® 2015-2016; Director, Prostate Diagnostic Lab and Prostate Cancer Research Labs; Chair,
Incentive Plan Committee of the Department of Pathology. GU Pathology Subcommittee and Member, Southwest
Oncology Group (SWOG); ORIEN AQUA Committee and ORIEN Data Transfer Committee; Editorial board, Cancer
Research. Visiting Professorships: University of British Colombia and University of Texas San Antonio
Christopher Manuel, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Program Committee American Association for Laboratory Animal Science National Meeting
Carrie Marshall MD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
College of American Pathologists (CAP) Cytopathology Committee and Personalized Healthcare Committee
Daniel Merrick, MD,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Integration panel for the Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program; Co-Director, CMOCO Molecular
Diagnostics Laboratory; Director Pulmonary Pathology, Department of Pathology; Co-Director, Pathology Curriculum
for CU School of Dental Medicine
Brian Moore, MD, Med,
Visiting Associate Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology; Associate Director, Department of
Pathology Residency Program; CU Medical Student Small Group Teaching Certificate; CU Child Health
Associate/Physician Assistant Program Excellence in Teaching Certificate; Vice-Chair, Neuropathology Committee,
College of American Pathologists; Member, Professional Affairs and Website Committees, American Association of
Neuropathologists
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Michael Moynihan, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology
Quyen Nguyen, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology
Mary O'Keefe, MD, Assistant Pathology
Professor
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology. On site Director, DHMC Residency
Program in Pathology
David Orlicky, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Merit Award for Teaching and Directing the HistoPhysiology Course in the Cancer Biology Program
Zenggang Pan, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post-Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology. Editorial Board, Annals of Clinical
Pathology
Miriam Post, MD, Associate
Professor
Pathology
College of American Pathologists Graduate Medical Education Committee, Pathology Content Steward, University of
Colorado School of Medicine; Chair, Medical Student Promotions Committee, LCME Self-Study Standard 8 Working
Group, Curriculum Steering Committee, CU
Chitra Rajagopalan, MD,
Professor
Pathology
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology and Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Eastern Colorado
Healthcare System; Interim laboratory Director, Sheridan VAMC, Wyoming; Summit Award for Excellence in Post
Graduate Teaching, Department of Pathology; Deputy Regional Commissioner, West Central Region, College of
American Pathologists (CAP); State Commissioner for Laboratory Accreditation, CAP; Assessor, Perioperative
Accreditation Program Unit (American Association of Blood Banks: AABB ); Member, Perioperative Standards
Committee. (AABB), National Pathology Field Advisor, Veterans Health Administration; Member, National
Pathology Productivity, VACO. Member, Western States Network Consortium, WSNC. VISN 19, VA; Reviewer,
Healthcare Body of Knowledge, American Society for Quality (ASQ); Preliminary Judge for International Team
Excellence Award. for Quality Examiner, Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence
Jennifer Richer, PhD,
Professor
Pathology
President of the Faculty Senate, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Editorial Board Breast Cancer Research;
Member of The Endocrine Society, Scientific & Educational Programs Core Committee and Women in Endocrinology
Laureate Award Nominating Committee; Bayer Scientific Advisory Committee; Co-Organizer of the Keystone
Symposium on Nuclear Receptors with Drs. C Lange and K Knudsen Jan, 2016; External Advisory Board, M. D.
Anderson Gynecologic Cancer SPORE. Science Advisory Board, University of Texas at El Paso; Cancer Biology
Graduate Program Steering Committee and Curriculum Committee Chair. Women's Reproductive Health Research
Program Advisory Committee
Mona Rizeq, MD, Associate
Professor
Pathology
Dept. of VA, Certificate of Appreciation in support of our Blueprint for Success by improving Efficiency and
Accountability; Dept. of VA, Certificate of Appreciation for iCare Values; Excellence in Teaching Award for Pathology
Course (2014-2015 academic year); University of Colorado Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program
Sharif Said, MD, Associate
Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology. Chief Editor, Medscape Online
Head and neck Pathology section
Sharon Sams, MD, Assistant
Professor
Pathology
Recognition by the Child Health Associate/Physician's Assistant Program Pathology Course for "Excellence in
Teaching"
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Carol Sartorius, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Cancer Biology PhD Program Steering Committee and Admissions Committee Chair; Program Review Panel for the
Gates Regenerative Medicine Center. Editorial Boards of Hormones and Cancer, Endocrine Research; Women in
Endocrinology Program Committee of the Endocrine Society; Peer Review Panels including: Tumor Cell Biology TCB
(NIH),Oncological sciences fellowships ZRG F09B (NIH), Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Research
Jeffrey Schowinsky, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pathology
Co-Director, Surgical Pathology, University of Colorado Hospital; Medical Director, Clinical Flow Cytometry
Laboratory, University of Colorado Hospital; Director, Hematopathology Service, University of Colorado Hospital;
Engaged Leadership Network, College of American Pathologists
Hilary Somerset, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology, North American Society of Head
and Neck Pathology
Amy Storfa, MD, Associate
Professor
Pathology
Summit Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Teaching Department of Pathology
Karen Swisshelm, PhD,
Professor
Pathology
Quality Assurance Committee, American College of Medical Genetics andGenomics. Planning Committee, Cancer
Genomics Consortium 7th Summer meeting; Associate Editor, Journal of Gerontology, Biological Sciences; Completed
the Certificate Training Program, Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety and Efficiency [IHQSE]
Shalini Tayal, MD, Associate Pathology
Professor
Reviewer, American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Ann Thor, MD, Professor
Pathology
Todd Chair, Department of Pathology; Director of the UCH Cytopathology Laboratory and Fellowship Director,
Cytopathology; Council, Chair, Nominating Committee and Immediate Past President, Member Advocacy Committee,
Member Research Committee, Committee Founder and Chair of the Leadership Development and Diversity
Committee, and APC Representative on the Pathology Roundtable, Association of Pathology Chairs (APC); Program
Leader and lecturer, Joint APC Chairs/PDAS Leadership Development Workshop: "Leadership Skills for Changing
Times," APC; Workshop Leader, "Navigating change: helping faculty transition to retirement or alternative career
paths" Engaged Leadership Network and Council of Government and Professional Affairs, College of American
Pathologists (CAP); Colorado Delegate, House of Delegates of the CAP; "Top Doctors for Cancer", Newsweek Magazine;
"Best Doctors in America", "Top Physicians for Cancer", and "Regional Top Doctor," Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
"Who's Who in Academic Medical Science Education," Academic Keys; "Best Doctors in America", Denver Business
Journal; Chair, External Review Committee Department of Pathology, University of Arizona Health Science Center;
Member, External Review Committee, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska; Chair,
Compliance Committee and Member, Finance Committee UPI; Steering Committee, Center of Personalized Medicine;
Scientific Review Committee, American Association of Cancer Research Breast Cancer Panel; Regular Member, Grant
Review Panel Komen Colorado
Kathleen Torkko, PhD,
MSPH, MS, Assistant
Professor
Pathology
Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Research Funds for Prostate Cancer Biomarker and Health Disparity
Grants reviewer; President-elect, SOM Faculty Senate; Consulting Statistician for the UC Cancer Center Biostatistics
and Bioinformatics Shared Resource; Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics,
Colorado School of Public Health
Amy Treece, MD, Assistant
Professor
Pathology
College of American Pathologists Molecular Oncology Committee, junior member
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Adriaan van Bokhoven, PhD, Pathology
Assistant Professor
Director of Operations - University of Colorado AMC Biorepository Core Facility; Associate Director - Tissue
Biobanking and Processing Shared Resource, University of Colorado Cancer Center; Co-Director - Tissue Bank and
Biomarker Core, Colorado Lung Spore; Member Site Visit team for the MAPP Research Network; Chair - Tissue Use
Committee Lung SPORE. Member Steering Committee Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN),
University of Colorado Cancer Center; Member ORIEN AQUA Committee, Member Clinical Protocol and Data
Monitoring Investigator-Initiated Trial (CPDM-IIT) Committee, University of Colorado Cancer Center
Xiao-Jing Wang, MD, PhD,
Professor
Pathology
Co-Program Leader, UCH Cancer Center; Director, HNSCC Research Program; Chair, Montagna Symposium of Skin
Biology; Executive Editor, International Journal of Biological Sciences; Associate Editor, Molecular Carcinogenesis;
Associate Editor, Journal of Investigative Dermatology; Advisory Council Member for National Institute of Arthritis,
Muscular and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Elizabeth Wellberg, PhD,
Instructor
Pathology
Recipient Pilot funding from the Cancer League of Colorado and from the Nutrition and Obesity Research Center
Priya Werahera, PhD,
Pathology
Associate Research Professor
Michael Wilson, MD,
Professor
Pathology
Joshua Wisell, MD, Assistant Pathology
Professor
Name
Department
1st place Award for Prostate Cancer Detection and Screening Section and also the Prostate Cancer: Markers II
Section, AUA Meeting. Founding Member of UCD Biophotonic Research Program. Co-Founder and CSO of Precision
Biopsy Inc.
Vice Chair, Pathology. Director, Pathology & Laboratory Services, DHHA Pathology. Editor in Chief of the American
Journal of Clinical Pathology. Consultant, Food and Drug Administration,Center for Devices and Radiological Health,
Microbiology Devices Panel
Co-Director, Surgical Pathology University of Colorado Hospital
Honor or Award
Steven Abman, MD, 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); Mary Ellen
Avery Neonatal Research Award, American Pediatric Society (2016); Associate Editor, American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (2016); Member, Clinical Trials Study Section, NIH (2016)
Mark J. Abzug, MD, Professor Pediatrics
Best Doctors in America (2005-2016); 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 (2014-2015);
Associate Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2013-present)
Frank J. Accurso, MD,
Professor Emeritus
Member of the Board of Trustees, National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2003-2015); Member, Board of Directors, Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, Therapeutics, Inc. (2000-2015); William J. Martin II Distinguished Achievement Award, Public
Advisory Roundtable (PAR), American Thoracic Society (2016)
Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Mandy A. Allison, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Chair-Elect of the Council on School Health Executive Committee, AAP (2015-2017)
Guy T. Alonso, MD, Assistant Pediatrics
Professor
Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Houston (2015)
Mark E. Anderson, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Director of the Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (2002-present)
Marsha S. Anderson, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
America's Top Pediatricians (2004-2016); Assistant Dean, Longitudinal Curriculum, CU School of Medicine (2011present); Vice Chair, Faculty and Professional Development Taskforce, Association of Pediatric Program Directors
(2012-2015); Chair, Faculty and Professional Development Taskforce, Association of Pediatric Program Directors (20152017); Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America (2013-present); Pediatric Infectious Disease Appeals Panel,
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (2015-2021)
William C. Anderson, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Recognized in the A Mile Above SEED - Peer to Peer program by the Children's Hospital Colorado (2015)
Bruce H. Appel, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Chair of the Cell Lineage and Differentiation Research Advisory Committee, March of Dimes (2016); Scientific
Advisory Council Member, March of Dimes (2016).
Jennifer Armstrong-Wells,
Pediatrics
MD, MPH, Associate
Professor
Sharisse M. Arnold-Rehring, Pediatrics
MD, FAAP, Clinical Professor
Fellow of the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association (2013-present); Best Doctors in America (20152016); Real.Strong.Women.of Distinction Award, Alpha Chi Omega Sorority (2016
Edwin J. Asturias, MD,
Associate Professor
Vice-President of the Colorado Children's Hospital Colorado Immunization Coalition (2015-present); Chair,
International Affairs Committee, Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (2016-present); Chair, Maternal Influenza
Immunization Global Guideline, World Health Organization (2016).
Pediatrics
Member of the Children's Hospital Colorado Medical Board (2015-present).
F. Dan Atkins, MD, Associate Pediatrics
Professor
5280 Top Doctor in Denver (2005-2016); America's Top Doctors (2014-2016); Honorary Medical Ambassador, FARE
Walk for Food Allergy (2015)
Scott R. Auerbach, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Appointed to serve on the International Pediatric Heart Failure Registry Steering Committee of the International
Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (2015-2018)
Lalit Bajaj, MD, MPH,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
5280 Top Doctor in Denver (2005-2016); Medical Director, Center for Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital
Colorado (2014-present)
Christopher D. Baker, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2011-present); Extramural Pediatric Award, Loan Repayment Program, NIH/NHLBI (2014-2016)
Peter R. Baker, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Young Investigator Award from the Perinatal Research Society (2015)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Claudia L. Barberio Kunrath, Pediatrics
MD, Associate Professor of
Clinical Practice
5280 Top Doctor in Denver (2014-2016); 3rd Place, Day of Celebration Poster Exhibition, Denver Health (2015);
Patient Safety and Quality Pillar Award, Denver Health (2015); Best Doctors in America (2015-2016); Outstanding
Clinician Award, Denver Health (2015)
Emily Barr, CPNP, CNM,
Senior Instructor
Pediatrics
Recognized for "Greater than Five Years Service" to Camp Round Up River Ranch (2015); Co-Chair, Study Coordinator
Group, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, NICHD/NIH (2013-present)
James S. Barry, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Awarded the Mentored Scholarly Activity Student’s Choice Award in Bioethics, Humanities, Arts, and Education;
Mentor of Ben Wisniewski, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Timothy Benke, MD, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the American Neurological Association (2011-present); Ponzio Family Endowed Chair, Neurology Research,
Children's Hospital Foundation (2014-present).
Stephen Berman, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2014-present).
Timothy J. Bernard, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
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-present); Best
Doctors in America (2015-2016); Best Patient/Physician Communication Skills Golden Stethoscope Award,
Foundations of Doctoring/Office of Community Based Medical Education, CU School of Medicine (2016)
Laurie E. Bernstein, MS, RD, Pediatrics
FADA, Associate Professor
Mark Boguniewicz, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Courage Classic Gene Team have surpassed the $1 Million Dollar mark, Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation
(2016); Dedicated Service Award for 25 Years, CU School of Medicine (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 (2007-present); Intern Selection Committee,
Dietetic Internship Program, Children's Hospital Colorado (2011-present); Conference Planning Committee, Dietetic
Internship Program, Children's Hospital Colorado (2012-present); Member Spotlight Award, Genetic Metabolic
Dietitians International (2015); Executive Steering Committee, Section of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of
Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2014-present); Ethics Committee, TRU Community Care Hospice (2015-present);
Clinical Expert/Board Member, National PKU News (2015-present)
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2003-present
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Guillermo Antonio Bolaños
Venturas MD, Clinical
Instructor
Pediatrics
Director of the Trifinio Center for Human Development, Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health
(2015-present)
Sarah J. Borengasser, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Collaborative Research Travel Award from the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund (2015)
Jonathan Bowser, MS,
CHA/PA-C, 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-present); Member, National Steering Committee, Smiles for Life: a
National Oral Health Curriculum (2011-present).
Kristen E. Boyle, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Travel Award, American Diabetes Association (2015); President's Oral Session Presentation Selection,
American Diabetes Association (2015)
Gregory P. Brames, MD,
Senior Instructor
Pediatrics
Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado
(2015
Patricia A. Braun, MD, MPH, Pediatrics
Professor
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 (2010present); 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); Education Program Chair, National AAP Section on Oral Health,
AAP (2014-present); Board Member, State Oral Health Coalition, Oral Health Colorado (2012-present)
Mark S. Brittan, MD, MPH,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Re-Admissions Leader of the Ohio Children's Hospitals Solution for Patient Safety Collaborative (2012-present)
Amy R. Brooks-Kayal, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Fellow of the American Neurological Association (2013-present); Best Doctors in America (2009-present); Who’s Who in
America (2009-present); President, American Epilepsy Society (2014-2015); 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 (2014present); Member, External Advisory Committee, Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program, NINDS (2014-2017).
Donald C. Bross JD, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Appointed as Adjunct Professor of Law at the Queensland University of Technology (2013-present); Director, Lea for
Justice (2004-present); Co-Editor in Chief, Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal (2012-2015); Founder,
Executive Director Emeritus, and Board Member, National Association of Counsel for Children (2000-present); Thomas
Jefferson Award, University of Colorado (2015).
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Laura D. Brown, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Mentored Pediatric Resident, Laura Zastoupil, who was awarded the Society for Pediatric Research House Officer
Research Award (2016); Member, SPR (2008-present); Member, Perinatal Research Society (2008-present); Member,
Western Society for Pediatric Research (2007-present); Council Member, Perinatal Research Society (2013-2015);
Council Member, Western Society for Pediatric Research (2014-2015); Invited Member Speaker, Annual Meeting,
Perinatal Research Society, Englewood, Colorado (2015); Member, American Federation of Medical Research (2005present); Member, Section on Perinatal Medicine, AAP (2007-present); District VIII Section on Neonatal - Perinatal
Medicine, AAP (2013-present); Invited Speaker, American Diabetes Associate Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana (2016);
Organizing Committee, First Annual National Conference on Women's Health Research (2014-present).
David E. Brumbaugh, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
5280 Top Doctor in Denver (2013-2016)
Jerome M. Buckley, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor
Emeritus
Pediatrics
Received a Career Teaching Scholar Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Melissa A.
Cadnapaphornchai, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
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); Top 12 High Performing
Teaching Clinic Award (Child Health Clinic, Children's Hospital Colorado), Association of American Medical Colleges
(2015)
5280 Top Doctor in Denver (2006-2016); Fellow, American Society of Nephrology (2013-present)
William Campbell, MD,
Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics
Medical Director of Developmental Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015-present)
Todd Carpenter, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Alternate Site Director, Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network, NICHD/NIH (2014-2019)
Kathryn C. Chatfield, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Genetics (2013-present); Pediatric Cardiology Diplomat, American Board
of Pediatrics (2014-present); Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics (2010-present)
Antonia Chiesa, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
5280 Top Doctor in Denver (2010-2016)
Peg Christon, MD, MSCIS,
Senior Instructor
Pediatrics
Received a Senior Instructor with Distinction Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Colm B. Collins, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Career Development Award from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (2013-2015); KO1 Award,
NIH-NIDDK (2013-2018);Collaborative Pilot Award, Children's Hospital Colorado Research Institute/Colorado School
of Mines (2014-2016
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Elisabeth A. Connell, CPNP,
Instructor
Pediatrics
Curtis R. Coughlin, MS, MBe, Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Received a Certificate of Excellence for Friend of Nursing Provider (2015)
Received the Emmanuel Shapira Award from the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (2016)
Pediatrics
President of the Colorado Chapter of the AAP (2014-2016)
Eduardo M. da Cruz, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) (2004present); 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 (2008present); 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 (2011-2016); 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); Highly Commended Award, British Medical
Association (2015); PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Award, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015)
Dana M. Dabelea, MD, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Named Director of the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, University of Colorado/Children's
Hospital Colorado (2015).
Joseph A. Craig, MD, Clinical
Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Stephen R. Daniels, MD,
PhD, Professor
Pediatrics
Jeffrey R. Darst, MD,
Associate Professor
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, 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 (2010-2017); Member, Evidence Based Medicine Test Development
Committee, National Board of Medical Examiners (2012-2017); 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 (2014-2015); Guest Editor, Circulation (2010-2015); Member, Screening and Management of
High Blood Pressure in Children Clinical Practice Guideline Subcommittee, AAP (2015-present); 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); President, Southwest Affiliate, American Heart Association (2014-2016);
Rashkind Lecturer and Visiting Professor. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. CHOP Cardiology 2016 Conference,
Orlando, Florida (2016); Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Board, Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment
Research Consortium, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH (2011-present); Member, Healthy
Communities Study Observational Study Monitoring Board, NIH (2011-present); Best Doctors in America (2015-2016);
Best Doctors, Denver Business Journal (2015); Member, Committee Forum Management Committee, AAP (20162019); Member, Strategic Planning Task Force, American Heart Association (2017-2020); Member, Test Material
Development Committee, National Board of Medical Examiners, International Foundations of Medicine (2010-2017);
Member, Test Development Committee, National Board of Medical Examiners, Evidence Based Medicine (2012-2017);
Board Member, Federation of Pediatric Organizations (2013-2015)
Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado
(2013-2015)
Jesse A. Davidson, MD, MPH, Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Appointed Associate Medical Director for the Children's Clinical Research Organization, Children's Hospital Colorado
(2015-present)
Scott T. Demarest, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Epileptic Encephalopathy Young Investigator Award from Neurobiology of Disease in Children Symposium,
Washington, D.C. (2015)
Amanda F. Dempsey, MD,
PhD, MPH, Associate
Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the International Medicine and Immunization Group, AAP (2016).
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Robin R. Deterding, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Ed and Roxanne Fie Anderson Family Endowed Chair for Breathing, Children's Hospital Colorado (2016-present);
Member, APS (2009-present); 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016); Best Doctors in America (1998present); 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); James E. Strain Award, Children's Hospital Colorado (2016);
Medical Director, Children's Colorado Innovation Center (2016-present); Faculty Representative, Board of Directors,
University Physicians, Inc. (2016-2020)
Pediatrics
Chosen as Co-Chair of the NASPGHAN Research Resources Committee (2015-present); Member, National Scientific
Advisory Committee, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (2015-present)
Pediatrics
First recipient of the Arthur R. Thompson Lectureship, Puget Sound Blood Center, University of Washington (2015);
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 (2006present); Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) (2012-present); Chair, Von Willebrand Factor
Subcommittee, International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (2012-2016); Member, Oversight Committee,
Clinical Research Training Institute, American Society of Hematology (2012-present); Chair, Gordon Research
Conference in Hemostasis (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); Education Program Co-Chair, American Society of
Hematology Meeting (2016); Editorial Board, Blood (2015-present); Scientific Advisory Board, Rare Diseases Center
(CIBERER), Spain (2016)
Pediatrics
Best Doctors in America (2015-2016); 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2011-2016); America's Top Doctors
(2015-2016); Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine Top Doctors (2016-2017); Minnesota Monthly Magazine Top Doctors (20162017)
Pediatrics
Received the Early Career Award, Thrasher Research Fund (2014-2015); Pediatric Loan Repayment Program, NIH
(2014-2015)
Matthew P. Dorighi, MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatrics
5280 Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2016)
Cullen M. Dutmer, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Inducted to the Gold Humanism Honor Society, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Amanda J. Egan, CPNP-AC,
Instructor
Pediatrics
Received a Senior Instructor with Distinction Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Ellen Roy Elias, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2009-2016)
Edwin F. deZoeten, MD, PhD,
Associate Professor
Jorge Di Paola, MD, Professor
Megan K. Dishop, MD,
Professor Adjoint
Gretchen J. Domek, MD,
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Patricia A. Ernst, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Received an Alex's Lemonade Stand Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Award (2015).
Melanie D. Everitt, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Director of the Heart Transplantation Program, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015-present).
Monica Jones Federico, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2011-2016); Member, SPR (2009-present); Physician of the Year,
Colorado Society for Respiratory Care (2015).
Steven G. Federico, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
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
(2009-2016); Member, General Pediatrics Examination Committee, American Board of Pediatrics (2012-present);
Member, Student Health and Safety Task Force, Colorado Department of Education (2011-2015); 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
Subcommittee Chair, Unaccompanied Minors Work Group (2014-2015); Invited Member, Poverty and Child Health
Leadership Work Group (2013-present)
Amy G. Feldman, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Presidential Poster of Distinction Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
(2015); GI Faculty Teaching Award, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015)
Margaret A. Ferguson, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatrics
President and Executive Medical Director of the Colorado Permanente Medical Group (2015-present)
Rachel A. Fisherkeller,
APNP, Instructor
Pediatrics
As part of the Orthopedic Spine Team, received the Excellence in Quality and Patient Safety Award from Children's
Hospital Colorado (2016)
Curtis Rashaan Ford, MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System (2014-present).
Nicholas K. Foreman, MB
ChB, Professor
Pediatrics
Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado
(2015)
Gregory P. Forlenza, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Awarded the Pediatric Fellow Grand Prize for his project titled "Successful implementation of fully automated closed
loop therapy after islet auto-transplantation" by the University of Minnesota Pediatric Research Education and
Scholarship Symposium.
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Santos J. Franco, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award, Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees (2015)
Cynthia Freehauf, MS,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Board Member for the Society of Inherited Metabolic Diseases (2014-present)
Brandi K. Freeman, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Spotlight Health Scholar at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Colorado (2015)
Joel A. Friedlander, DO,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Awarded the Pediatric Endoscopy Prize from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2015)
Jacob E. Friedman, PhD,
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 (20152016); Board of Directors, Kern Aspen Lipid Conference Programming Committee (2012-present); External Review
Panel, University of Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center P&F Grants (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); External Reviewer, World Health Organization/National Science and
Engineering Research Council of Canada: Healthy Pregnancy Initiative in China (HPIC) (2016); External Reviewer,
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) (2015-2016); External Reviewer, Marsden Fund,
Royal Society of New Zealand (2015-2016); External Reviewer, Medical Research Council, United Kingdom (20152016); Special Panelist, Long-Term Outcomes of Medically Assisted Reproduction ZRG1 EMNR-W (50), NIH (20152016)
Sandra L. Friedman, MD,
MPH, Professor
Pediatrics
Appointed to the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council by Governor John Hickenlooper (2015-present); 5280
Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2011-2016); Executive Committee, Council on Children with Disabilities (COCWD),
AAP (2009-2016); Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Examination Committee, American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology (2012-2018); Editorial Board, JAMA Pediatrics (2015-present); America's Top Doctors (2015-present);
Denver's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly (2016); Invited Participant, Scientific Advisory Council, Review of the Division
of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2016).
Brigitte Frohnert, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Travel Grant Award from the Immunology of Diabetes Society 14th International Congress, Munich,
Germany (2015).
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Glenn T. Furuta, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
La Cache Endowed Chair for Gastrointestinal Allergic and Immunologic Diseases (2015-present); Member,
International Eosinophil Society (2003-present); Member, SPR (2006-present); Chairman, The International
Gastrointestinal Eosinophil Researchers (2006-present); Editorial Board, World Journal of Gastroenterology (2008present); 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); Council Member, North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
(2012-2015); Member, APS (2014-present); Administrative Director and Site Investigator, Consortium of Eosinophilic
Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (2014-present); Tenured Professor, CU School of Medicine (2016); Pediatric GI
Teacher of the Year Award, Children's Hospital Colorado/CU School of Medicine (2016); Expert Panel Member, Update
Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Prevention of Peanut Allergy, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (2016)
Jesus R. Garcia Jacques, MD, Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Received the Gary Way Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015);
Pediatrics Employee of the Year, Denver Health (2015)
Satish K. Garg, MD,
Professor
Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics (2006-present); RSSDI Oration, Research Society for the
Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI), Lucknow India (2015)
Pediatrics
Erwin Gelfand, MD, Professor Pediatrics
Member of the AAP (2011-present)
Roger H. Giller, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
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); Provider of the Month,
Children's Hospital Colorado (2015)
Christine M. Gilroy, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2013-2016)
Jacqueline J. Glover, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2012-present)
Christine M. Gold, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Medical Director of the Newborn Nursery at University Hospital (2016); Clinical Leadership Development Program,
Academy of Medical Educators/Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety and Efficiency, CU School of Medicine (20162017)
Edward J. Goldson, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2009-2016)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Lia Gore, MD, Professor
Pediatrics
Vice Chair for New Agents, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Children's Oncology Group (2015-present); 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 (2014-2016); Robert J. and Kathleen A. Clark
Endowed Chair, Pediatric Cancer Therapeutics, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-present); Ergen Family Chair in
Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015-present)
Adam L. Green, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received the K-12 Child Health Research Career Development Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of
Medicine, NIH/NICHD (2015); Luke's Army Pediatric Cancer Research Fund St. Baldrick's Fellowship (2016-2017);
Young Investigator Award, Hyundai Hope on Wheels (2016)
Carolyn L. Green, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2005-present)
Melanie C. Green, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award from the Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees (2015);
Junior Faculty Outstanding Abstract Award, Endocrine Society (2015)
Brian S. Greffe, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2002-2016)
Theresa R. Grover, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2007-present)
Joseph Grubenhoff, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2013-2016)
Matthew A. Haember, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Selected to participate in the Nutrition Leadership Institute by the Dannon Institute Nutrition for Health (2015)
Ann C. Halbower, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
on the Editorial Board of CHEST (2006-2020); Member, Sleep Research Society (2016-present); Best Doctors in
America (2015-2016); Member, APS (2011-present)
Simon J. Hambidge, MD,
PhD, Professor
Pediatrics
Nominated for the Charles C. Shepard Science Award by the CDC Director's Office (2015); Chief, Ambulatory Care
Services, Denver Health (2014-present); CEO, Denver Community Health Services (2014-present); Honor Award
Certificate, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC (2015); Visiting Professor, PolicyLab,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2015)
Jill Hammond, RN
Pediatrics
Awarded the Care Center Partner of the Year Award from the Colorado Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
(2016)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Janice L. Hanson, PhD, EdS, Pediatrics
Professor
Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2013-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)
J. Kirk Harris, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2011-present); Member, European Cystic Fibrosis Society Lung Microbiome Working Group (2011present)
Stephen M. Hawkins, MD
Pediatrics
Received the Outstanding Fellow Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2016)
William W. Hay, Jr., MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Taru Hays, MD, Professor
Emerita
Pediatrics
Is an "Of Counsel" Member of the Western Society for Pediatric Research Council (2012-present); Co-Lead, Early
Exposures Workgroup, NCATS Lifespan Domain Task Force (2015-present); Jerry Elliott Memorial Lecturer, 37th
Greater New York Conference on Perinatal Research, Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, AAP, Rye Brook, New
York (2015); Member, State Board, Colorado Chapter of the March of the Dimes (2012-present); Chair, State Advocacy
and Government Affairs Committee, Colorado Chapter of the March of Dimes (2012-present); Invited Member and
Chair, International External Site Review Panel, INFANT Research Centre, Science Foundation Ireland (2015present); Program Director, NIH-NICHD Department of Pediatrics, K12 Child Health Research Center Development
Award Program, CU School of Medicine (2011-present); Invited Member, International Perinatal Collegium (2015present)
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016)
Molly Hemenway, PNP,
Senior Instructor
Pediatrics
Received a Pillar Award from the Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-2015)
Joanne M. Hilden, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in America's Top Doctors (2005-present); President-elect, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
(2014-2016); Best Doctors in America (2014-2015); Best Cancer Doctors, Time Magazine (2015); Top Cancer Doctors,
Newsweek (2015)
James O. Hill, PhD, Professor Pediatrics
Elected to the Institute of Medicine Class of 2014 (2015); Board Chairman, America On the Move Foundation (20052015); Member, APS (2011-present)
Edward J. Hoffenberg, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Celiac Disease Initiative, Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition
Foundation (2003-present)
Grace H. Houser, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Named a Rising Star by the Colorado Springs Business Journal (2016)
Daniel A. Hyman, MD, MMM, Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Received the Quest for Quality Prize from the American Hospital Association-McKesson on behalf of Children's
Hospital Colorado (2015); Michael J. Skolnik Patient Safety Award (on behalf of Children's Hospital Colorado),
Colorado Hospital Association (2015)
D. Dunbar Ivy, MD, Professor Pediatrics
Elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association (2015-present); 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (20052016); 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 (2011present); 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 (2003present); The Robyn Barst Memorial Lecture, The Pediatric Sildenafil Trial: Where Do We Go from Here?, Pulmonary
Vascular Research Institute Annual Meeting, Guangzhou, China (2015)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Kristen M. Jensen, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Elected as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (2015); Fellow, AAP (2013-present)
Susan L. Johnson, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
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)
Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD, Pediatrics
Professor Emeritus
Member of the Medical Center Advisory Committee, Vanderbilt University Board of Trust (2011-present); Richard B.
Johnston, Jr., MD, Medical Student Award, Vanderbilt School of Medicine (2009-present); Richard B. Johnston, Jr.,
MD Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
(2013-present); Distinguished Alumnus, Vanderbilt University (2016)
M. Douglas Jones, Jr., MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
On the Editorial Board of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (2014-present); Joseph Addison Sewell Award,
CU School of Medicine (2016)
James G. Kaferly, III, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Accepted into the Educational Scholars Program of the Academic Pediatric Association (2015-2018)
Michael Kahn, MD, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Received an Award of Tenure from the CU School of Medicine (2015)
David W. Kaplan, MD, MPH, Pediatrics
Professor
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016); Best Doctors in America (1997-present)
Michael S. Kappy, MD, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in Best Doctors in America (1998-present)
Terry Katz, PhD, Senior
Instructor
Pediatrics
Terry Katz, PhD, Senior Instructor - and et.al. were Book of the Year Award Finalists for their book: Solving Sleep
Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Guide for Frazzled Families from Foreword Reviews' 2014
INDIEFAB (2015)
Paritosh Kaul, MD, Associate Pediatrics
Professor
Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2011-present)
David M. Keller, MD,
Professor
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 Innovation Model, State of Colorado (2015present); Chair, Board of Directors, Federation of Pediatric Organizations (2014-2018); Co-Chair, Health Impact on
Lives Subcommittee, Colorado Accountable Care Collaborative/Medicaid (2014-present); Immediate Past President,
Academic Pediatric Association (2014-2015)
Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Margaret M. Kelsey, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2011-present); Travel Award, Center for Women's Health Research, CU School of Medicine (2015);
Outstanding Dedication and Service, Residency Recruitment and Selection Process, Department of Pediatrics, CU
School of Medicine (2016)
Allison Kempe, MD, MPH,
Professor
Pediatrics
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)
Gwendolyn Kerby, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2012-present)
John P. Kinsella, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2012-2016)
Sorenna M. Kirkegaard, MD, Pediatrics
Associate Clinical Professor
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2013-2015)
Peter E. Knott, MD, Associate Pediatrics
Clinical Professor
Awarded the Best Pediatric Preceptor Golden Stethoscope Award by the Foundations of Doctoring/Office of Community
Based Medical Education, CU School of Medicine (2016)
Mary Kohn, MD, Assistant
Professor
Pediatrics
Awarded the Physician of the Year Award from the University of Colorado Hospital (2015)
Robert E. Kramer, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
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-present);
Chair, Endoscopy Committee, NASPGHAN (2015-present)
Nancy F. Krebs, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
First recipient of the Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award
from the American Society for Nutrition (2016); 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, SPR (1996-present); Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2013present)
Richard D. Krugman, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Chair of the National Advisory Committee, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program (2009present); Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado (2012-present); Lifetime Achievement, Strength in Health
Award, The Denver Post (2015); Henry K. Silver Award, Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program, CU
School of Medicine (2015); Colorado Chapter Honoree, Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation
(2015); Advisory Council Member, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2015-2019); Cerasoli
Educator Award, Physical Therapy Program, CU School of Medicine (2015); Person of the Year, Colorado Chapter,
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (2015)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Lorraine F. Kubicek, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Named Council Chair of Academy of ZERO TO THREE Fellows (2015-present)
Oren Kupfer, MD, Assistant
Professor
Pediatrics
Received the Century Award from Children's Hospital Colorado (2016)
Amethyst C. Kurbegov, MD, Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics
Bruce F. Landeck, II, MD,
Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Medical Advisory Committee Board Member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
(2008-present); Chair, Public Affairs Committee, NASPGHAN (2015-present).
J. Lindsey Lane, BMBCh,
Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2013-present); Co-Director, Education Scholars
Program, Academic Pediatric Association (2014-present)
Pramote Laoprasert, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed as a America's Top Doctors (2014-present)
Patricia D. LaVesser, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Leadership Committee Member of the Leaders and Legacies Society of the American Occupational Therapy
Foundation (2015-present)
Karen A. Leamer, MD,
Clinical Professor
Pediatrics
Istalled as the Medical Staff President of Children's Hospital Colorado (2016)
Maureen L. Lenssen, CPNPPC, Senior Instructor
Pediatrics
Received a Senior Instructor with Distinction Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Donald Y.M. Leung, MD,
PhD, Professor
Pediatrics
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (1998-2015); Edelstein Chair, Pediatric Allergy and
Immunology (2004-present); Principal Investigator, Atopic Dermatitis Research Network, NIH/NIAID (2010-present);
Director, FARE Food Allergy Center of Excellence (2015-present)
Anne Libby, PhD, Associate
Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2015-present).
Andrew H. Liu, MD,
Professor
Edwin Liu, MD, Associate
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2005-present)
Pediatrics
Inaugural Bea Taplin Endowed Chair for Celiac Disease, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-present)
Tai Mara Lockspeiser, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Director of Electives, CU School of Medicine (2014-present); 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 (Mentee: Maggie Emmott) (2015);
Best Poster Award by a Trainee, Committee on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (Mentee: Maggie Emmot)
(2015)
Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (2013-present)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
David Maahs, MD, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Co-Chair of the 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); Editorial Board, Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics (2013-present)
Cara L. Mack, MD, Professor Pediatrics
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)
Kenneth Maclean, PhD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Ehst-Hummel-Kaufmann Family Endowed Chair in Inherited Metabolic Disease, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015present)
Noah J. Makovsky, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2006-2016)
David K. Manchester, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016).
Erica W. Mandell, DO,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received a Young Investigator Award from the Perinatal Research Society (2015)
Maria Mandt, MD, Associate
Professor
Pediatrics
Awarded Pediatric Trauma Physician of the Year by Children's Hospital Colorado (2015)
Jay A. Markson, MD, Clinical Pediatrics
Professor
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2002-2016); Board of Directors, Reach Out and Read Colorado (2010present); Harold E. Williamson Award, COPIC Medical Foundation (2015)
Stacey L. Martiniano, MD,
Assistant Professor -
Pediatrics
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2015-2016).
Jody L. Mathie, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the Children's Hospital Colorado Medical Board (2015-present)
Elizabeth J. McFarland, MD, Pediatrics
Professor
Elected as a Member of the Children's Hospital Colorado Medical Board (2015); America's Top Physicians (2009present); 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); Finance Committee, Pediatric Infectious
Diseases Society (2015-2018)
Lisa M. McLeod, MD, MSCE, Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Appointed to the Executive Council of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network (2016); Excellence
in Quality and Patient Safety Award (Orthopedic Spine Team), Children's Hospital Colorado (2016)
Gary Melton, PhD, Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in Who's Who in America (1992-present); Who's Who in the West (2015-2016); 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of
the 21st Century, International Biographical Center (2016-2017)
Aaron W. Michels, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Selected as a NIH sponsored Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Emerging Leader (2015); Endowed Chair, Frieda and George S.
Eisenbarth Clinical Immunology (2012-present)
Amanda S. Miller, PA-C,
Instructor
Pediatrics
Recognized in the A Mile Above SEED - Peer to Peer program by the Children's Hospital Colorado (2015)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
David J. Miller, MD,
Pediatrics
Assistant Clinical Professor -
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2004-2016)
Shelley Miyamoto, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Inaugural Chair holder of the Millisor Chair in Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015-present); 5280
Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2016)
Ricky T. Mohon, MD,
Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics
Joseph G. Morelli,
MD,
Pediatrics
Elected to serve as Sleep Physician Representative on the Colorado Sleep Society Board (2015-2017)
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2007-2016)
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2008-2016); 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)
Pediatrics
Member of the Children's Hospital Colorado Medical Board (2014-present)
Pediatrics
K12 Scholar, NICHD/ NIH (2015-present)
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016); Best Doctors in America (2005-present); Secretary
Treasurer, NASPGHAN (2014-2017); Member, APS (2014-present)
Professor
Peter M. Mourani, MD,
Associate Professor
Shen Nagel, MD, Associate
Clinical Professor
Stephanie J. Nakano, MD,
Assistant Professor
Michael R. Narkewicz, MD,
Professor
Christopher D. Newman, PA- Pediatrics
C, Assistant Professor
Awarded Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (2016)
Daniel A. Nicklas, MD,
Assistant Professor
Selected for the next class of Educational Scholars of the Academic Pediatric Association (2015-2018); Member,
RightCare Alliance Pediatrics Council, Lown Institute (2015-present); Member, Education Steering Committee,
Colorado Chapter, AAP (2015-present); Member, Clinical Informatics Council, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015present); Member, Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2016); Gary Way Excellence in Teaching
Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2016)
Pediatrics
Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH, Pediatrics
Professor
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); Honorary Member, Peruvian Pediatric
Society (2015-present)
Lee Niswander, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
On the Editorial Board of Developmental Biology (2005-present); 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 (2013-2017); Society for
Developmental Biology Representative, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (2016-present);
Scientific Advisory Board Member, Jackson Laboratory Knock-out Mouse Project (2016)
Brandon C. Nuechterlein,
MPAS, PA-C, Senior
Instructor
Pediatrics
Received a Senior Instructor with Distinction Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Rachelle Nuss, MD, Professor Pediatrics
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2009-present)
Ann-Christine Nyquist, MD,
MSPH, Professor
Pediatrics
Ann-Christine Nyquist, MD, MSPH, Professor - and et. al. received the 2015 Award for Outstanding Research Articles
in Biosurveillance: Impact on Field of Biosurveillance for their article, "Triggering Interventions for Influenza: The
ALERT Algorithm" from the International Society for Disease Surveillance (2015); Member, Committee on Infectious
Diseases, AAP (2014-present)
Carol R. Okada, MD,
Assistant Professor
Sean T. O'Leary, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Director of Service for Inpatient Pediatrics at Denver Health (2015-present)
Pediatrics
Sarah K. Parker, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Received 3rd Place David Lanier Top Poster Presentation at the PBRN Conference, North American Primary Care
Research Group (2015); 2014 Top Ten Paper of the Year Award, Council on School Health, AAP (2015); Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices Liaison, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society/ CDC (2016-2020); Redbook
Committee, Committee on Infectious Diseases, AAP (2016).; 2nd Place David Lanier Top Poster Presentation, PBRN
Conference, North American Primary Care Research Group (2016)
Received an Excellence in Quality and Patient Safety Award from the Children's Hospital Colorado (2015); Provider of
the Month, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015); 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2016)
Thomas Parker, MD,
Associate Professor
Donna L. Parrish, MA,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2016)
Pediatrics
Received the President's Diversity Award from the University of Colorado (2016)
Julie A. Parsons, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2008-2016); Haberfield Family Endowed Chair, Pediatric
Neuromuscular Disorders, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-present); Medical Advisory Council, CureSMA (2014present); 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)
Steven S. Perry, MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor
Susan A. Pharo, MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor
Christopher C. Porter, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2008-2016)
Pediatrics
Received a Career Teaching Scholar Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Pediatrics
Was a Spotlight Health Scholar at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Colorado (2015); Member, SPR (2013-present)
Renee M. Porter, PNP, Senior Pediatrics
Instructor
Received a Barbara Ann Quarantillo Senior Instructor with Distinction Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of
Medicine (2015)
Lori D. Prok, MD, Assistant
Professor
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2011-2015)
Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Laura L. Pyle, PhD, Research Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Laura L. Pyle, PhD, Research Assistant Professor - and et.al. had their manuscript, "Pregnancy outcomes in youth
with type 2 diabetes: the TODAY study experience", selected for oral presentation at the 2015 International Diabetes
Federation-American Diabetes Association Symposium at the International Diabetes Federation World Diabetes
Congress Symposium (2015); Excellence in Quality and Patient Safety Award (Antimicrobial Stewardship Team),
Children's Hospital Colorado (2015); Local Community Prevention Program Award, Safe States Alliance (2015); First
Place Winner, Trauma Resident Paper Competition, Clinical Sciences for the State of Colorado, American College of
Surgeons Committee on Trauma (2015)
Lisa M Reaves, MD,
Instructor
Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado
(2015)
Pediatrics
Jennifer Reese, MD,
Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics
Daniel H. Reirden, MD,
Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Elected Co-Chair of Region X of the Academic Pediatric Association (2015-present); Outstanding Service Award,
Children's Hospital Colorado (2016)
Marian Rewers, MD, PhD,
MPH, Professor
Pediatrics
Richard Abrams and Marian Rewers Endowed Chair in Clinical Research, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (2013present); Expand Access to Pediatric Diabetes Care Endowed Fund, Colorado University Foundation (2014-present)
Suzanne L. Rogers, DO,
FAAP, Assistant Clinical
Professor
Genie
E. Roosevelt, MD,
MPH, Associate Professor
Cordelia Rosenberg, PhD,
RN, Professor
Michael M. Ross, MD,
Instructor
Pediatrics
Member of the Children's Hospital Colorado Medical Board (2014-present)
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2011-2016)
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016); Career Teaching Scholar Award, Department of
Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Received a Best Abstract Award for "An Investigation of Anatomical and Physiological Influence on Device Design for
Interventional Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Babies" from the Pediatric and Adult Interventional
Cardiology Symposium Asia-Pacific, Taipei, Taiwan (2015)
Paul J. Rozance, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
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, Western Society for Pediatric Research (2015); Past President, Western Society for Pediatric
Research (2016); Hypoglycemia Awareness Award, Congenital Hyperinsulinism International (2015)
Desmond K. Runyan, MD,
Professor
Matthew J. Rustici, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received the Kempe Professional Award from the Kempe Foundation (2016)
Pediatrics
Received an Education Award in Recognition of Excellence in Curriculum Development and Educational Innovation,
CU School of Medicine (2016)
Pediatrics
Nominated to the HHS Panel on Adult and Adolescent Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines, AIDS Research Advisory
Council/NIH (2016-2020); Board of Directors, Colorado AIDS Project (2007-present)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Scott D. Sagel, MD, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Amy E. Sass, MD, MPH,
Associate Professor
Michael S. Schaffer, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
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 (2007-2016);
Best Doctors in America (2009-present); Director, University of Colorado Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital
Colorado (2011-present); 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 (2014present); Associate Director and Training Program Director, Colorado Cystic Fibrosis Research Development Program
(2015-present); Outstanding Partnership Award, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2015)
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2007-2016)
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2000-2016); Member, Medical Board, Children's Hospital Colorado
(2012-present); Faculty Senate Delegate, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2012-present); Firefly
Luminescence Award, Advocates for Children, Firefly Autism (2016)
Teri L. Schreiner, MD, MPH, Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Leonard B. Seltz, MD,
Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Robin Shandas, PhD,
Pediatrics
Professor
Accepted in to the American Academy of Neurology Emerging Leaders Forum (2015)
Eric J. Sigel, MD, Professor
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2015)
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2013-present); Member, Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2016)
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)
Christopher C. Silliman, MD, Pediatrics
PhD, Professor
Member of the American Society of Hematology Scientific Committee on Transfusion Medicine (2012-present);
Transfusion Medicine Editor, HemOnc Today (2014-present); Editorial Board, Blood (2011-2016); Associate Director,
Hematology/Oncology/BMT Fellowship, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015present)
Andrew P. Sirotnak, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Invited for the 2015 Leaders Cohort, Leadership for Innovative Team Science (LITeS): Colorado Clinical &
Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), University of Colorado Denver (2015); 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in
Denver (2009-2016); Child Abuse Pediatrics Subboard, AAP (2010-2016); Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs, Department of
Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2013-present); Chair, Section on Child Abuse and Neglect, AAP (2014-2018);
Member, APS (2014-present)
John R. Sladek, Jr., PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Section Editor for Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Cell Transplantation: The Regenerative Medicine Journal
(2008-present); Member, Review Committee, Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards,
University of Colorado (2010-present); Chair, Webb Waring Small Institution Review Committee (2013-present)
Katherine R. Snyder, MD,
MPH, Instructor
Pediatrics
Recently graduated the Teaching Certificate Program through the Academy of Medical Educators at the CU School of
Medicine (2016); Member, Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System (2014-2017)
Jason Soden, MD, Associate
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2010-2016)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Jennifer B. Soep, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016); 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)
Ronald J. Sokol, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in America's Top Doctors (2011-present); Principal Investigator and Director, Colorado Clinical and
Translational Sciences Institute, NCATS, NIH (2008-2018); Editorial Board Member, Hepatology (2005-present);
Editorial Board Member, Liver Transplantation (1999-present); Best Doctors in America (2003-present); Who's Who in
Medicine and Healthcare (2009-present); Member, APS (2003-present); Senior 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 ViceChancellor, Clinical and Translational Science, University of Colorado Hospital (2015-present); Fellow, American
Association for the Study of Liver Disease (2014-present); Career Teaching Scholar Award, Department of Pediatrics,
CU School of Medicine (2015); William and Rebecca Balistreri Lectureship in Hepatology, Cincinnati Children's
Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (2015)
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2015-2016)
Danielle E. Soranno, MD,
Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Joseph Spahn, MD, Professor Pediatrics
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2015-2016)
Elaine Spector-Christensen,
PhD, Professor
James E. Strain, MD,
Distinguished Clinical
Professor
Pediatrics
Elected to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (2015-2021)
Pediatrics
Promoted to Distinguished Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Kurt R. Stenmark, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
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 (2012-2015); Associate Editor, American
Journal of Physiology - Lung, Cell and Molecular Physiology (2012-2015); Peer Review Committee, Scleroderma
Foundation (2013-2016); Chair, Nominating Committee, Pulmonary Circulation Assembly, American Thoracic Society
(2014-present); Head, North American Task Force, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) (2014-present);
Program Project Grant, "Adaptations to Hypoxia", NHLBI/NIH (2015-present); Chair, North American Task Force,
PVRI, Rome, Italy (2016); Associate Editor, Pulmonary Circulation, PVRI (2015-present); Deputy Editor, Pulmonary
Circulation, PVRI (2016-present); PVRI Liaison, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative &
Resuscitation (3CPR) (2015-2017)
Stephanie S. Stevens, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor
Christopher J. Stille, MD,
MPH, Professor
Chelsey F. Stillman, PA-C,
Senior Instructor
Pediatrics
Member of the Children's Hospital Colorado Medical Board (2015-present)
Pediatrics
On the Editorial Board of Academic Pediatrics (2015-2018)
Pediatrics
Received a Community Service Award from the Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado (2015)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Danute Strepman, MS, PNP,
Senior Instructor
Frederick J. Suchy, MD,
Professor
Wayne Sullender, MD,
Professor
Shikha S. Sundaram, MD,
MSCI, Associate Professor
Michelle Sutter, CPNP,
Instructor
Stanley J. Szefler, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Member of Sigma Theta Tau (2003-present)
Pediatrics
Listed in America's Top Doctors (2005-present); Best Doctors in America (2015-2016); 10 Year Recognition Award,
Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors (2016)
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2012-present)
Nicole R. Tartaglia, MD,
Associate Professor
Elizabeth H. Thilo, MD,
Associate Professor
Darcy Thompson, MD,
Associate Professor
James K. Todd, MD,
Professor
Sharon H. Travers, MD,
Associate Professor
Meghan D. Treitz, MD,
Assistant Professor
S. Andrew Tucker, MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor
Kathy Urban
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Chosen to receive the Graduate Medical Education Program Coordinator Excellence Award from the CU School of
Medicine (2015
Johan L. Van Hove, MD,
PhD, Professor
Pediatrics
On the Editorial Board of the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases (2004-present).
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Selected Chair of the NASPGHAN Hepatology Committee (2015-present); Member, Pediatric Transplant Committee,
United Network for Organ Sharing (2015-present)
Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado
(2015)
Member of the Technical Expert Panel, Revision of the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma,
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, NHLBI, NIH (2016-present); Deputy Editor, Journal of Allergy
and Clinical Immunology (1997-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 (2009present); Chair, Pediatrics Section Steering Committee, Long Acting ß-agonist Safety Study, FDA/Glaxo Smith Kline
(2012-2016); Member, International Advisory Board, Asthma UK Center for Applied Research (2014-present); Loan
Repayment Reviewer, NHLBI/NIH (2008-2016); Sumner Yaffe Lifetime Achievement Award, Pediatric Clinical
Pharmacology, Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (2016); Member, Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products
Advisory Committee, Food and Drug Administration Advisory Panel (2015-present)
Pediatrics
Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards (2015); 5280 Magazine’s Top
Doctors in Denver (2015-2016); National Champion of Hope Nominee, RARE Champion in Medical Care and
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)
Pediatrics
Fellow of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (2015-present); 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016
Pediatrics
Inaugural Chair-holder of the Ed and Jeannette Kerr Family Endowed Chair in Endocrinology, Children's Hospital
Colorado (2015-present); 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2005-2016)
Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2015-present); Educational Scholars Program,
Academic Pediatric Association (2015-2016)
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2013-2016)
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Livia A.Veress, MD, Associate Pediatrics
Professor
Associate Director of the Pediatric Airway Research Center, University of Colorado/ Children's Hospital Colorado (2012present); Deputy Director, U54 Grant, University of Colorado Denver (2013-present)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Rajeev Vibhakar, MD, PhD,
MPH, Associate Professor
Stephen D. Vogler, MD,
Clinical Instructor
Pediatrics
Elected to membership in the SPR (2015-present)
Pediatrics
Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Colorado (2004-present)
Christine U.H. Vohwinkel,
Pediatrics
MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Christine E. Waasdorp
Pediatrics
Hurtado, MD, Associate
Professor
Raj Paul Wadwa, MD,
Associate Professor
Stacey Wall, PNP, Clinical
Instructor
George Sam Wang, MD,
Assistant Professor
Michael Wang, MD, Associate
Professor
Joseph E. Wathen, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Received a Scientific Abstract Award from the American Thoracic Society (2015); Best Resident Research Project
(Mentee Olivia Hoffman), Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Member of the 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); Pediatric Liaison, Colorado Springs, CU School of Medicine (2016); Director
of Didactics, Colorado Springs, CU School of Medicine (2016); Gastrointestinal Editorial Board Member, AAP PREP,
(2016-present)
Received the O'Brien Fellowship Award from the Denver Children's Diabetes Foundation (2015)
Pediatrics
Received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of Colorado College of Nursing (2015); Director,
Advanced Practice, Children's Hospital Colorado (2014-present); Podium Presenter, "Smoking Cessation Quality
Listed in 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2015)
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2010-present)
Pediatrics
Joseph E. Wathen, MD, Associate Professor - and et.al. had their recent publication, "Pediatrics in
Disasters:Evaluation of a Global Training Program", selected as one of the Top Global Emergency Medicine Articles of
2014 by the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review Editorial Board (2015)
Adriana Weinberg, MD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the IMPAACT Complications Scientific Committee (2012-present); IMPAACT Representative, Women's
HIV Internetwork Scientific Committee (2015-present); Chair, NICHD P1091 Protocol (2014-present); Constance B.
Woofsy Women's Health Investigator Award, AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), NIH (2016)
James D. Weisfeld-Adams,
MBChB, Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Received an Editor's Choice Award from Brain (2015)
Kathryn M. Wells, MD,
Pediatrics
FAAP, Associate Professor
Andrew White, MD, Associate Pediatrics
Professor
Carl W. White, MD, Professor Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2015-2017); Member, Colorado State Foster Parent Association
Board of Directors (2009-present); Member, Colorado Court Improvement (2012-2015); Member, Colorado Child
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2014-2016)
Randall B. Wilkening, MD,
Professor
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2007-present)
Pediatrics
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)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Karen M. Wilson, MD, MPH, Pediatrics
Associate Professor Adjoint -
Elected to the APS (2016); Deputy Editor, 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); Chair, Executive Council,
Pediatric Research Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network (2016)
Lawrence I. Wolk, MD,
MSPH, Clinical Professor
Shale Wong, MD, MSPH,
Professor
Samantha A. Woodruff, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (2013present)
Chair of the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee, Academic Pediatric Association (2014-2017)
Pediatrics
Received a 5-Star Excellence Award, PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Awards, Children's Hospital Colorado
(2015)
Jennifer L. Woods, MD,
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in Best Doctors in America (2014-present)
Clyde J. Wright, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Eileen D. Yager, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor
Michelle L. Yang, MD,
Assistant Professor
Michael E. Yeager, PhD,
Associate Professor
Bridget E. Young, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Janine Young, MD, Associate
Professor
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2011-present); Member, AAP (2001-present); Member Section of Perinatal Pediatrics, AAP (2009present); 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 an Outstanding Service Award from Children's Hospital Colorado (2016)
Adel Younoszai, MD,
Professor
Jason P. Zamkoff, MD,
Assistant Professor
Laura M. Zapapas, MD,
Instructor
Pediatrics
Invited Symposium Speaker at the 79th American Society for Nutrition Scientific Sessions & Annual Meeting at
Experimental Biology, Boston, Massachusetts (2015)
Medical Director of the Denver Health Refugee Clinic (2014-present); Pillar Award for Community Medicine, Denver
Health Foundation (2015); Grantee Consortium Member, National Refugee Screening Guidelines, Refugee Centers of
Excellence, CDC (2016-2020); Grantee Consortium Member, National Quality Improvement, Refugee Centers of
Excellence, CDC (2016-2020); Medical Lead, Refugee Guideline Development, State of Colorado/Colorado Refugee
Services Program (2016-present)
Member of the SPR (2009-present)
Pediatrics
Awarded Hospitalist of the Month, Children's Hospital Colorado (2015)
Pediatrics
Received a Dalice Miller Hertzberg Award from the Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine (2015)
Carleen A. Zebuhr, MD,
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Awarded the Children's Hospital Colorado Division of Nursing 5th Annual Nursing Excellence Award (2015)
Philip S. Zeitler, MD, PhD,
Professor
Pediatrics
Listed in 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver (2007-2016); Member, APS (2010-present)
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Received an One-Year Membership Prize from Elsevier Wilderness Medical Society (2015); 5280 Magazine’s Top
Doctors in Denver (2015-2016)
Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine (2014-present).
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Edith Zemanick, MD,
Associate Professor
Name
Pediatrics
Member of the SPR (2012-present).
Department
Honor or Award
Karl Bayer, PhD, Professor
Pharmacology
Dean's Mentoring Award
James Costello, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Mark Dell'acqua, PhD,
Professor
Tom French, PhD, Senior
Instructor
Paula Hoffman, PhD,
Professor
Lawrence Hunter, PhD,
Professor
Matthew Kennedy, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Robert Murphy, PhD,
Professor
Pharmacology
Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award
Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Elected next Chair/organizer FASEB Scientific Research Conference on Ion Channel Regulation, to be held summer
2017
Faculty Graduation Marshal: Class of 2015 - UCSOM; Excellence in Medical School Teaching Department of
Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology Excellence in Teaching Award
Pharmacology
Outstanding Service Award, International Society for Computational Biology
Pharmacology
Linda Crnic Institute Grand Challenges Award; Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Award
Pharmacology
Key Note Lecture, 5th European Lipidomic Meeting, Int'l Mass Spectrometry Foundation, Swansea, UK
Name
Pharmacology
Department
Honor or Award
Venugopal Akuthota, MD,
Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation); Arthur Shears
Lectureship at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada)
Cory Christiansen, PT, PhD,
Associate Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Appointed as Rehabilitation Researcher at VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center; Awarded Small
Projects in Rehabilitation Research Award (PI) "Physical activity behavior change for older Veterans after dysvascular
amputation."
Lisa Dannemiller, PT, DCS,
PCS, Assistant Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
3-year appointment to the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy Examination Development Committee (20162018)
Patricia Heyn, PhD, Associate Physical
Professor
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Chair-Elect, Mentorship Committee, Gerontological Society of America (appointed by the president-elect), 2015;
Associated Editor, Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (JAPA), 2015; • 2013-2015 Top 25 SciVerse ScienceDirect: #1
Hottest Article from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Cited by Scopus over 465 and over 840 by
Scholar); Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Editorial Board Member, New Horizons in Translational Medicine
(ELSEVIER), 2015
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Dana Judd, PT, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Received Outstanding Research Poster Award from American Physical Therapy Association Orthopedic Section in Feb
2015. Elected to the Nominating Committee of the Section on Research of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Scott Laker, MD, Associate
Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
2014 Full-Time Physician of the Year, University of Colorado Hospital. Awarded in 2015
Amy McDevitt, PT, DPT,
OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant
Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Promoted to Assistant Professor. Elected to position of Delegate at Large, Colorado Chapter of the American Physical
Therapy Association. Invited Speaker to New Mexico Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association Annual
Conference. Published in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)
Paul Mintken, PT, DPT, OCS, Physical
FAAOMPT, Associate
Medicine and
Professor
Rehabilitation
Dorothy Baethke-Eleanor J. Carlin Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching from the American Physical Therapy
Association (APTA). Elected to the Academy of Medical Educators . Associate Editor Journal of Manual and
Manipulative Therapies. Published in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)
Kathryn Mueller, MD, MPH,
Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Medical Professional of the Year - Workers Compensation Central ( a national organization)
Joyce Oleszek, MD, Associate
Professor
Michael Pascoe, PT, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
5-Star Excellence Award for Pediatric Medical Specialty Services for Overall Quality of Doctor Care - given annually to
those who score in the top 10 percent (at or above the 90th percentile) on patient satisfaction surveys.
Received Outstanding Basic Science Teacher Award, School of Medicine 2015 & CU Online Innovator Award 2015
Mary Jane Rapport, PT, DPT,
PhD, FAPTA; Professor
Jenny Rodriguez, PT, MHS;
Director of Clinical Education
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Editorial Board member of Pediatric Physical Therapy; Selected for the FSBPT Oversight Panel on the PT Practice
Analysis (2016); Selected for the APTA Best Practices in Clinical Education Task Force (2016); Delegate to the APTA
Selected for the University of Colorado Leadership in Educational Administration Program 2016
Eric Sawyer, PT, DPT, STC,
OCS; Senior Instructor
Margaret Schenkman, PT,
PhD, FAPTA; Professor and
Director
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
2010-2016 Chair, CO APTA Awards Committee Co-Chair. 2013 Invited speaker at Yamagata Prefectural University
for Health Sciences in Yamagata, Japan
Fellow of American Physical Therapy Association; Appointed to a four year term on the Musculoskeletal and
Rehabilitation Science Study Section of the NIH
Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley,
MPT, PhD; Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
University of Colorado Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring Award 2016. Distinguished Lecture Series: December 2015
Optimizing Rehabilitation after Total Knee Replacement in a Changing Health Care Arena, University of Alabama
Center for Exercise Medicine Distinguished Lecture Series, Birmingham, AL
Tami Struessel, PT, DPT,
OCS, MTC; Assistant
Professor
Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Invited Speaker to New Mexico Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association Annual Conference
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
William Sullivan, MD,
Associate Professor
Name
Abigail Parson, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Angie Riberga, PhD,
Professor, Chair
Joel Zylberberg, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Gidon Felsen, PhD, Associate
Professor
Name
Physical
Best Doctors in America
Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Department
Honor or Award
Physiology
McKnight Scholar Award (1 of 6 awardees)
Physiology
ELAM Fellow
Physiology
Canadian Institue for Advanced Research Azrieli Global Scholar for Learning in Machines & Brains (1 of 2 awardees in
world-wide competition)
Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring Award from the Graduate School
Physiology
Department
Honor or Award
Cindy Buchanan, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Beau Carubia, MD, Senior
Instructor
Robert Davies, MD, Associate
Professor
Manish Dalwani, MS,
Instructor
Psychiatry
Exemplary Teaching Award, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Psychology Internship Training Program, Aurora, CO
Psychiatry
5280 Magazine; 2015 Denver's Top Docs for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; 2015 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Residency Award for Outstanding Service; Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Eleanor A. Steele Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision
Psychiatry
One of the 35 people to be picked internationally for the 2015 Neuroimaging Training Program Advanced MRI
Summer Program; awarded $1000 from the Health Sciences Library’s Open Access Fund to help pay the author
processing charge for your article
Robert Freedman, MD,
Professor
Isabella Guillemet, MD,
Associate Professor
Jennifer Hazel, MD,
Associate Professor
Noa Heiman, PhD, Professor
Psychiatry
Received the Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. I then
selected Camille Hoffman of Obstetrics and Gynecology to receive the Baer Award for Schizophrenia Research by a
Dane Prugh Award
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Elected to the Medical Board at Children's Colorado; Best Doctors Recognition awarded to 5% of physicians, recognized
by the CU Health plan for this recognition
Teachers academy award, American psychoanalytic association
Christian Hopfer, MD,
Psychiatry
Professor
Kimberly Kelsay, MD,
Psychiatry
Associate Professor
Amanda Law, PhD, Professor Psychiatry
Most Downloaded article 2015 Substance Abuse Journal
Kristina Legget, PhD,
Professor
Psychiatry
Received media attention for manuscript published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Washington Post,
NPR, CU Medicine Today)
Jennifer Lindwall, PhD,
Professor
Philip O'donnell, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
Provider of the Month, Children's Hospital Colorado
Psychiatry
Dolgan Award for Exemplary Supervision and Mentorship
Distinguished Educator
Admitted to the Scientific Council of Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF); Awarded Tenure. School of
Medicine.
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Clare Paterson, PhD,
Professor
Psychiatry
Winter Conference on Brain Research Travel Award
Brian Rothberg, MD,
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Fellow; Nomination for Pioneer Award from the Medical Staff Office
for NES Project
Christopher Schneck, MD,
Professor
Jason Tregellas, PhD,
Professor
Psychiatry
5280 Top Doc (9th Time)
Psychiatry
Appointment as VA Research Career Scientist; Appointment as Member, American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology
Philippe Weintraub, MD,
Professor
Psychiatry
Denver Health Star Award
Joel Yager, MD, Professor
Psychiatry
Grand Rounds Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine-Western Psychiatric Institute.
“Learning and Teaching Psychiatry. Respecting intelligence, curiosity, time, and technology” (Inaugural Clinician
Educator Grand Rounds Speaker)
Name
Department
Honor or Award
Christine Fisher, M.D.,
Assistant Professor
Radiation
Oncology
Best of ASTRO selection: 1 Year Toxicity Report From a Phase II Study of Repeat Breast Preserving Surgery and 3D
Conformal Partial Breast Re-Irradiation (PBrI) for In-Breast Recurrence Co-author
Patricia Hardenbergh, M.D.,
Associate Clinical Professor
Radiation
Oncology
Was named a Trustee of the American Board of Radiology (ABR). Dr. Hardenbergh’s track record of contribution to
the ABR includes service as an oral boards examiner and the creation and operation of Chartrounds.com, an awardwinning web-based peer review service that can double for radiation oncologists as a means of fulfilling the qualityimprovement requirements of maintenance of ABR certification.
Bernard Jones, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
Radiation
Oncology
Named a Boettcher Investigator in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards Program
Brian D. Kavanagh, M.D.,
MPH, Professor and Chair
Radiation
Oncology
Was named Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine. Brian
D. Kavanagh, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology, was named the American Society of Therapeutic
Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) President Elect.
Arthur K. Liu, M.D., Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
Radiation
Oncology
5280 Magazine “Top Doctors” 2016
Rachel Rabinovitch, M.D.,
Professor
Radiation
Oncology
Fellow of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (FASTRO), Co-Chair of the NRG Oncology Quality Committee.
5280 Magazine “Top Doctors” 2016
Jane Ridings, M.D., Assistant Radiation
Professor
Oncology
5280 Magazine “Top Doctors” 2016
Leah Schubert, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
Best in Physics Award (Contributing Author Abstract, first author M. Jackson), American Society of Therapeutic
Radiation Oncologists (2016), Judged by program directors of the national meeting to reflect the highest level of
scientific quality.
Radiation
Oncology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Radiation
Oncology
Recipient of an NIH/NCI R01, Title: Clinical trial personalizing radiation therapy through a novel lung function
imaging modality. Awarded $661,498; Colorado’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant, Title: 4DCT-Ventilation: A
new lung function imaging modality for radiation therapy. Awarded $113,000; Nominated for Educator of the Year for
the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology.
David Westerly, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
Radiation
Oncology
Member of AAPM Quality Assurance and Outcome Improvement sub-committee
Name
Department
Honor or Award
Brian Bagrosky, MD,
Assistant Professor
Radiology
John C Steers Department of Radiology Faculty Teaching Award
James Borgstede, MD,
Professor
Radiology
"Denver Best Doctors 2015-2-16" by the Denver Business Journal
Mark Brown, MD, Associate
Professor
Radiology
Distinguished Reviewer, JRMI
Samuel Chang, MD,
Assistant Professor
Radiology
“Certificate of Merit” Educational Exhibit. Samuel Chang, Burcu Akpinar. “Diagnostic Criteria of Hepatocellular
Carcinoma across the Atlantic Ocean: Who’s Running Faster?” ESGAR, Paris, France, June 9-12, 2015; “Recommend
Poster” Educational Exhibit. Samuel Chang, Burcu Akpinar, Norio Fukami. “Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: Differential
Points in Imaging and Radiologist’s Role for Management.” ESGAR, Paris, France, June 9-12, 2015
Toshi Clark, MD, Assistant
Professor
Radiology
RSNA Cum Laude Award and invitation to submit to RadioGraphics
Kimberly Dannull, MD,
Assistant Professor
Radiology
SEED award - Peer To Peer program by Joelyn Shaw in the category of Professionalism
Laura Fenton, MD, Associate Radiology
Professor
Jack O. Haller Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Society for Pediatric Radiology, Reston, VA; 5280: Denver’s
Magazine: Pediatric Radiology Top Doctor Award (Pediatric Radiology)
Jonathan Flug, MD, Assistant Radiology
Professor
ACR Gold Medal Research Award - Double scans” of the chest: trends in medicare utilization by specialty and site of
service; RSNA Certificate of Merit - Going back to school: approaches to effectively mentor medical students interested
in radiology; Radiographies Solicitation for Publication - Post-operative Imaging in Hip Preservation Surgery;
American College of Radiology Award for Excellence in Meetings and Education for the Colorado Radiological Society
Kavita Garg, MD, Professor
Radiology
NIH Study Section Reviewer Invited to participate in a NCI Cancer Imaging Program; Organizing Committee Member
for the 16th World Conference on Lung Cancer; Appointed Diversity Faculty Fellow; in the Office of Diversity and
Inclusion in UC AMC
Lara Hardesty, MD,
Associate Professor
Radiology
Inducted into the Academy of Medical Educators
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Thomas Hay, MD, Associate
Professor
Radiology
5280 Magazine "Top Doctor", 2015
Justin Honce, MD, Assistant
Professor
Radiology
Certificate of Recognition for Peer Review from the American Journal of Neuroradiology
Mary Jesse, MD, Assistant
Professor
Radiology
Pioneer Award-Unviersity of Colorado Medical Staff
Adam Kesner, MD, Assistant Radiology
Professor
SNMMI midwinter meeting best abstract-Sino-American exchange program award; SNMMI Future Leaders Academy;
Best oral presentation, 3rd Sino-American nuclear medicine conference, Shanghai, China
Kimi Kondo, DO, Associate
Professor
Radiology
Fellow, Society of Interventional Radiology
Phillip Koo, MD, Associate
Professor
Radiology
Ursula Kocemba-Slosky, PhD, Professional Relations Award; 5280 Top Doctor
David Mirsky, MD, Assistant Radiology
Professor
The Century Award: Children's Hospital Colorado Recognizes members of the Medical Staff, five or fewer years out of
training, who have made major contributions to the Medical Staff through committee work, initiatives, leadership roles
and/or advocacy
Lidia Nagae, MD, Assistant
Professor
Subspecialty in Neuroradiology Certificate of Added Qualification
Radiology
Nayana Patel, MD, Associate Radiology
Professor
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Clinical Trial Methodology Workshop; Radiological Society of North
America (RSNA) Advanced Course in Grant Writing October 2014- May 2015
Carol Rumack, MD, Professor Radiology
Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award for advancing women in academia; Colorado Radiological Society Gold
Medal; Spanish Society of Ultrasound (SEUS) Gold Medal; Appointed member of the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) Institutional Review Committee (IRC)
Peter Sachs, MD, Associate
Professor
Radiology
Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety Award University of Colorado Hospital Medical Staff
Nicholas Stence, MD,
Assistant Professor
Radiology
5280 Denver's Magazine Top Doc Award; Children's Hospital Century Award
John Strain, MD, Professor
Radiology
5280 Magazine "Top Doc"
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Daniel Vargas, MD, Assistant Radiology
Professor
Name
Certificate of Merit: “Hamartomas from Head to Toe” RSNA 2015; Certificate of Merit: “Imaging of Intrathoracic
Paragangliomas” RSNA 2015; Certificate of Merit: “Aneurysms unfolded: Genetic causes of thoracic aortic aneurysms”
ARRS 2015; Certificate of Merit: “Thoracic Manifestations of Primary Histiocytic Disorders” STR 2015
Department
Honor or Award
Maria Albuja-Cruz, MD,
Surgery
Assistant Professor
Brandi Axford, NP, Instructor Surgery
Golden Apple Award-Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2014-2015; Fellow, American College of Surgery
Christan Bartsch, Instructor
Surgery
Provider of the Month with the Surgical Specialty Unit
David Campbell, MD,
Professor
Surgery
Top Docs 5280; Best Doctors, Inc.
Joseph Cleveland, MD,
Professor
Surgery
Outstanding Full-Time Physician, UCH
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society
Nicholas Cost, MD, Assistant Surgery
Professor
Provider of the Month, Children's Hospital Colorado; Nominated for recognition by the Medical Staff of the University
of Colorado Hospital
Timothy Crombleholme, MD, Surgery
Professor
Top Doctors in America
Frederic Deleyiannis, MD,
Professor
Surgery
5280 Denver's Top Doctor's, Plastic Surgery (Head and Neck)
Rueben Dodson, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Surgery
My senior author publication "Intrauterine endotoxin-induced impairs pulmonary vascular function and right
ventricular performance in infant rats and improvement with early vitamin D therapy" was selected by the American
Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine as the top “Articles of Interest”.
Lisa Ferrigno, MD, Assistant Surgery
Professor
Teacher of the Year Award for 2014-2015. Awarded by the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Surgical Residents
David Fullerton, MD,
Professor
Surgery
Best Doctors in America; America's Top Docs
Ronald Gill, PhD, Professor
Surgery
Elected Secretary of the American Association of Transplantation
Michael Gordon, MD,
Associate Professor
Surgery
5280 Top Doctor--Surgery of the Hand
James Jaggers, MD,
Professor
Surgery
5280 Top Docs 2011-2015
Gordon Lindberg, MD,
Associate Professor
Surgery
ABA Reverification of Burn Unit
Paul Maroni, MD, Associate
Professor
Surgery
Resident Teaching Award
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments
Ahmed Marwan, MD,
Assistant Professor
Surgery
Special Recognition by a Neonatology Fellow; Winner of Nathaniel & Gabriel Stowell Award - Fetal Health Foundation
Martin McCarter, MD,
Professor
Surgery
Best Doctors in America 2013-2015; Best Doctors – Denver Business Journal 2012-2015
Robert McIntyre, MD,
Professor
Surgery
Castle Connolly Best Doctors in America; 5280 Magazine Best Doctors in Denver, Surgical Critical Care; 5280
Magazine Best Doctors in Denver, Surgeons; UCH Medical Staff President Service Award
Max Mitchell, MD, Professor
Surgery
The Sam and Fern Primack Heart Who Cares Award (awarded annually to an individual from Children’s Hospital
Colorado Colorado Heart Institute deemed to have gone above and beyond in caring for co-workers, patients and
families). 30th Annual Children’s Hospital Colorado Heart Institute Little Hearts.
Steve Moulton, MD, Professor Surgery
Recipient, Colorado Firefighters Endowed Chair for Burn and Trauma Care, Children’s Hospital Colorado
David Patrick, MD, Professor Surgery
5280 Best Doctor - Pediatric Surgery
Erik Peltz, MD, Assistant
Professor
Surgery
Extraordinary Service Award - UCH Medical Staff Award dinner for 2015 - held 1/14/16; Inducted as Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons
Michael Weyant, MD,
Associate Professor
Surgery
5280 Magazine Top Doctors
Duncan Wilcox, MD,
Professor
Surgery
SPU Basic Science Research Award; 5280 Top Doctor
Shandra Wilson, MD,
Associate Professor
Surgery
Golden Stethoscope
Ashley Vavra, MD, Assistant Surgery
Professor
CU School of Medicine Women in Medicine Professional Leadership Award