193 CU Faculty Recognized as 5280 Magazine Top Doctors for 2022

Denver-area magazine 5280 recently published its list of top doctors for 2022. On this year’s list, CU School of Medicine faculty members continue to be ranked among the best. We're proud to congratulate the 193 CU School of Medicine faculty members honored with the title "Top Doctor."

The list is compiled from a survey of Denver-area physicians asking them "whom they would trust to treat themselves or a loved one" in a variety of specialty-based categories. This year, the list includes 343 total doctors in 100 specialties.

Congratulations to the following CU School of Medicine faculty who were recognized this year:

Addiction Medicine

Catherine Callister, MD

Kaylin Klie, MD

Addiction Psychiatry

Christian Thurstone, MD

Adolescent Medicine

Nicholas C. Kyriazi, MD

Amy E. Sass, MD

Eric J. Sigel, MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Joseph D. Kay, MD

Amber Khanna, MD

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant

Larry S. Allen, MD

Amrut Ambardekar, MD

Allergy & Immunology

Flavia Cecilia Hoyte, MD

Anesthesiology

Luis Verduzco, MD

Brain Injury Medicine

Michael Makley, MD

Oscar Sanchez, MD

Cardiovascular Disease

Payal Kohli, MD

Andrew Prouse, MD

Gregory Schwartz, MD, PhD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Beau Carubia, MD

Kristie M. Ladegard, MD

Child Abuse Pediatrics

Jennifer N. Kelloff, MD

Coral Steffey, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Francis C. Ngo, MD

Wendy Tzou, MD, FACC, FHRS

Paul Varosy, MD

Clinical Genetics & Genomics

Austin Larson, MD

Matthew Taylor, MD

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Magdalene Brooke Sanchez, MD

Complex Family Planning

Rebecca Cohen, MD, MPH

Complex General Surgical Oncology

Eric M. Campion, MD

Martin McCarter, MD

Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology

Jeremy D. Prager, MD

Congenital Cardiac Surgery

James Jaggers, MD

Max Mitchell, MD

Critical Care Medicine

Dermatology

Cheryl Armstrong, MD

Tina Suneja, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Sandra L. Friedman, MD, MPH/MSPH

Ann Reynolds, MD

Diagnostic Radiology

Victor Anaya-Baez, MD

Emergency Medicine

Manuel Montaño, MD

Ming-Jay Jeffrey Wu, MD

Endocrinology-Diabetes & Metabolism

Jennifer A. Morrison, MD, PhD

Rocio Pereira, MD

Jane Reusch, MD

Epilepsy

Andrew White, MD

Laura Friedlander, MD

Family Medicine

Grace Alfonsi, MD

Darcy Selenke, MD

Gastroenterology

Ashley Lane, MD

Barbara A. Piasecki, MD

Geriatric Medicine

Carrie Horney, MD

Geriatric Psychiatry

Elizabeth L. Lowdermilk, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

Kian Behbakht, MD, MBA

Hematology

Brandon McMahon, MD

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Kelly Ferraro, MD

Jeanie Youngwerth, MD

Infectious Disease

Michelle Haas, MD

Shelley Kon, MD

Internal Medicine

Caitlin Dietsche, MD

Ben Mendoza, MD

Cason Pierce, MD

Nicholas Scaletta, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Joseph Burke, MD

John Messenger, MD

Stephen Waldo, MD

Interventional & Diagnostic Radiology

Stephen Dreyer, MD

Peder Horner, MD

Maternal & Fetal Medicine

Kent Heyborne, MD

Medical Oncology

Laurie Carr, MD

Sandhya Sharma, MD

Medical Toxicology

Christopher Hoyte, MD

Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery

Karen Sundby Johnson, MD

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Theresa Grover, MD

Trish Hagan, MD

Nephrology

Alkesh Jani, MD

Stuart Linas, MD

Rajesh Yalavarthy, MD

Neurocritical Care

Alex Benson, MD

Robert Neumann, MD

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Ellen R. Elias, MD

Sandra L. Friedman, MD, MPH, MSPH

Jessica Sanders, MD

Neurological Surgery

Kevin Lillehei, MD

Muhammad Riaz, MD

Neurology

Aaron Carlson, MD

Wesley Reynolds, MD

Neurology (Special Qualifications in Child Neurology)

Megan Barry, DO

Julie A. Parsons, MD

Neuromuscular Medicine

Thomas Ragole, MD

Neuroradiology

Mikell Yuhasz, MD

Neurotology

Samuel Gubbels, MD

Nuclear Medicine

Stephen Humes, MD

David Naeger, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Kelsey W. Webster, MD

Occupational Medicine

Cecile Rose, MD, MPH/MSPH

Ophthalmology

Cristos Ifantides, MD

Orthopedic Sports Medicine

Jarrod King, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Joshua Parry, MD

Stephen Stacey, MD

Otolaryngology

Nathan Grohmann, MD

Pain Medicine

Ben Marshall, DO

Pathology

Mary O’Keefe, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Steven Bourland, DO

Pediatric Cardiology

Kathryn Chatfield, MD

David J. Miller, MD

Marco Pinder, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Cameron Gunville, DO

William Tsai, MD

Pediatric Dermatology

Anna Bruckner, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Joe A. Grubenhoff, MD

Genie Roosevelt, MD, MPH/MSPH

Pediatric Endocrinology

Jennifer Barker, MD

Aristides K. Maniatis, MD

Phil Zeitler, MD, PhD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

David Brumbaugh, MD

Pooja Mehta, MD

Jason S. Soden, MD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

Carrye Cost, MD

Brian Greffe, MD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Lauren Anderson, MD

Ann Boyer, MD, MPH/MSPH

Jenny Reese, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Donna Curtis, MD, MPH/MSPH

Samuel Dominguez, MD, PhD

Sean O’Leary, MD

John W. Ogle, MD

Pediatric Nephrology

Margret Bock, MD

Pediatric Pathology

Jennifer Black, MD

Mark A. Lovell, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology

Robin Deterding, MD

Monica J. Federico, MD

Pediatric Radiology

Matthew Alfano, MD

Jaime R. Stewart, MD

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

Susan Apkon, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Pediatric Surgery

Shannon Acker, MD

Denis D. Bensard, MD

David Partrick, MD

Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Amy G. Feldman, MD, MSCS

Shikha Sundaram, MD, MSCI

Fritz Karrer, MD

Pediatric Urology

Vijaya Vemulakonda, MD

Duncan T. Wilcox, MD

Pediatrics

Nicholas C. Kyriazi, MD

Jerusha Lev, MD

Jay Markson, MD

Noah Makovsky, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Michael L. Blei, MD

Haley Burke, MD

Plastic Surgery

Brooke French, MD

Jerry K. Popham, MD

Corrine Wong, MD

Plastic Surgery (Within The Head & Neck)

Kevin K. Motamedi, MD

Psychiatry

Elizabeth L. Lowdermilk, MD

Public Health & General Preventative Medicine

Yomi A. Obafemi, MD, MPH

Pulmonary Disease

Bridget Graney, MD

Radiation Oncology

Ryan Lanning, MD, PhD

Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

Richard Heppe, MD

Laxmi Kondapalli, MD

Nanette Santoro, MD

Rheumatology

Jason Kolfenbach, MD

Meredith Morcos, MD

Sleep Medicine

Peter Riley, MD

Sheila Tsai, MD

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

David Coons, MD

Sports Medicine

Spencer Tomberg, MD

Surgery

Robert McIntyre, MD

Alexander Morton, MD

Surgery of the Hand

Kyros Ipaktchi, MD

Surgical Critical Care

Robert McIntyre, MD

Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery

Joseph Cleveland, MD

Lanny L. Dunham Jr., MD

John D. Mitchell, MD

Daniel VanDerPloeg, MD

Transplant Hepatology

Bahri Bilir, MD

Whitney Jackson, MD

Urology

Rodrigo Donalisio da Silva, MD

Vascular Neurology

Sharon Poisson, MD

Setareh Salehi Omran, MD

Vascular Surgery

Timothy H. Liao, MD

Ernest E. Moore, MD

Jonathan-Hien Vu, MD