Denver's 5280 Magazine released its list of top doctors for 2024, and CU School of Medicine faculty members continue to be ranked among the best. Congratulations to the more than 290 CU School of Medicine faculty members honored with the title "Top Doctor."
The list was compiled in partnership with Castle Connolly and includes more than 900 total doctors in more than 70 medical specialties.
Congratulations to the following faculty members who were recognized this year:
Addiction Medicine
Ingrid Binswanger, MD, MS
Kaylin Klie, MD, MA
Addiction Psychiatry
Alexis Ritvo, MD, MPH, BA
Adolescent Medicine
David Kaplan, MD, MPH/MSPH
Eric J. Sigel, MD
Diane Straub, MD, MPH
Allergy & Immunology
Jordan Abbott, MD
William Anderson, MD
Fred (Dan) Atkins, MD
Mark Boguniewicz, MD
Kirstin Carel, MD
Jason Catanzaro, MD, MS
Christine Cho, MD
Steve Dreskin, MD, PhD
Cullen Dutmer, MD
David Fleischer, MD
Pia Hauk, MD
Flavia Cecilia Hoyte, MD
Rohit Katial, MD
Kanao Otsu, MD
Daniel Searing, MD
Anesthesiology
Alan Bielsky, MD
Ana Fernandez-Bustamante, MD, PhD
Anthony Oliva, MD, PhD
Luis Verduzco, MD, BS
Nathaen Weitzel, MD
Cardiovascular Disease
Larry Allen, MD
Amrut Ambardekar, MD
Andreas Brieke, MD
Peter Buttrick, MD
Joseph Kay, MD
Gregory Schwartz, MD, PhD
Eugene Wolfel, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Jennifer Hagman-Hazell, MD
Kim Kelsay, MD
Christian Thurstone, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Paul Varosy, MD
Matthew Zipse, MD
Clinical Genetics & Genomics
Shawn McCandless, MD
Matthew Taylor, MD
Janet Thomas, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Jon Vogel, MD
Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology
Gregory Allen, MD
Soham Roy, MD, FAAP, FACS
Patricia Yoon, MD
Critical Care Medicine
Sarah Alber, MD
Dermatology
Mariah Brown, MD
Anna Bruckner, MD
Cory Dunnick, MD
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Sandra L. Friedman, MD, MPH/MSPH
Nicole Tartaglia, MD
Diagnostic Radiology
Matthew Alfano, MD
Lorna Browne, MD
Ashish Chawla, MD
Gerald D. Dodd, MD
Roger Harned, MD
Kari Hayes, MD
Patricia Ladd, MD
David Lynch, MD
Randy Miles, MD, MPH
Jill Stein, MD
Zachary Trenbeath, MD
Emergency Medicine
Emmy Betz, MD, MPH
Jennie Buchanan, MD
Jean Hoffman, MD
Katherine Mayer, MD
Michael Overbeck, MD
Jeffrey Sankoff, MD
Jennifer Wiler, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Dan Bessesen, MD
Bryan Haugen, MD
Mike McDermott, MD
Neda Rasouli, MD
Julia Rifkin, MD
Micol Rothman, MD
Margaret E. Wierman, MD
Family Medicine
Brian Bacak, MD
Melissa Beagle, MD, MPH/MSPH
Colleen Conry, MD
Rachel Rodriguez, MD
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Marsha Guess, MD, MS
Gastroenterology
Steven Edmundowicz, MD
Raj Shah, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Dan Matlock, MD
Bennett Parnes, MD
Jeffrey Wallace, MD, MPH
Robin Yasui, MD
Gynecologic Oncology
Kian Behbakht, MD, MBA
Hematology
Tyler Buckner, MD
Stuart Lind, MD
Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Ann Navarro-Leahy, MD
Infectious Disease
Maheen Abidi, MD, FAST, FIDSA
Robert Belknap, MD
Thomas Campbell, MD
Lakshmi Chauhan, MD
Katherine Frasca, MD
Andrés Henao, MD
Misha Huang, MD
Steven Johnson, MD
Martin Krsak, MD
Nancy Madinger, MD
Brian Montague, DO
Larissa Pisney, MD
Cara Wilson, MD
Internal Medicine
Adam Abraham, MD
Philip Andreoli, DO
Lilia Cervantes, MD
Karen Chacko, MD
Sarah Christensen, MD
Ronald Colson, MD
Brandon Combs, MD
Rob Doolan, MD
Philip Fung, MD, BA
Martina King, MD
Henry Kramer, MD
Jean Kutner, MD, MPH/MSP
Rita Lee, MD
Philip Mehler, MD
Richard Penaloza, MD
Scott Saunders, MD
Rehaan Shaffie, MD
David Tanaka, MD
Interventional Cardiology
John Carroll, MD
John Messenger, MD
Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Henry Galan, MD
Medical Oncology
Virginia Borges, MD
Paul Bunn, MD
Laurie Carr, MD
Anthony Elias, MD
Peter Kabos, MD
Madeleine Kane, MD, PhD
Elizabeth Kessler, MD
Wells Messersmith, MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Jim Barry, MD
Trish Hagan, MD
Tom Parker, MD
Nephrology
Judith Blaine, MD, PhD
Michel Chonchol, MD
Neurological Surgery
Michael Handler, MD
Kevin Lillehei, MD
Corbett Wilkinson, MD
A. Samy Youssef, MD, PhD, MSc, FAANS
Neurology
Jeffrey Bennett, MD, PhD
John Corboy, MD, MA
Samuel Destefano, MD
Victoria Pelak, MD
Dianna Quan, MD
Brian Sauer, MD
Mark Spitz, MD
Laura Strom, MD
Neurology (Special Qualifications in Child Neurology)
Kelly Knupp, MD
Marcy Yonker, MD
Neuroradiology
Valeria Potigailo, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Leslie Appiah, MD
Jean Dwinnell, MD
Daniel Jacobson, MD
Meggan Zsemlye, MD
Occupational Medicine
Cecile Rose, MD, MPH/MSPH
Ophthalmology
Michael Chen, MD
Richard Davidson, MD
Michael Erlanger, MD
Darren Gregory, MD
Malik Kahook, MD
Naresh Mandava, MD
Emily McCourt, MD
Scott Oliver, MD
Jeffrey Olson, MD
Leo Seibold, MD
Michael Taravella, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
Jay Albright, MD
Sayan De, MD
Jason Dragoo, MD
Mark Erickson, MD
Sumeet Garg, MD
T. Jay Kleeman, MD
Cyril Mauffrey, MD
Stephen Stacey, MD
Klane K. White, MD, MSc
Michelle Wolcott, MD
Otolaryngology
Mona Abaza, MD, MS
John Campana, MD
Todd Kingdom, MD
Adam Terella, MD
Pathology
Dara Aisner, MD, PhD
Mary Berg, MD
Carlyne Cool, MD
Steve Groshong, MD, PhD
BK Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, MD
Ann Thor, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Tom Majcher, DO
Thomas Notides, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Kathryn Collins, MD
Melanie Everitt, MD
Dunbar Ivy, MD
Jane Nydam, MD
Elizabeth Yeung, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Cindy Barrett, MD
Cameron Gunville, DO
Claudia Barberio Kunrath, MD
Pediatric Dermatology
Carla Torres-Zegarra, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
Jennifer Barker, MD
Phil Zeitler, MD, PhD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Edwin deZoeten, MD, PhD
Glenn Furuta, MD
Ed Hoffenberg, MD
Michael Narkewicz, MD
Ronald Sokol, MD
Frederick Suchy, MD
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Nick Foreman, MD
Lia Gore, MD
Meg Macy, MD
Kelly Maloney, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Elizabeth McFarland, MD
Sarah Parker, MD
Suchitra Rao, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Bradley Dixon, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
Robin Deterding, MD
Monica Federico, MD
Scott Sagel, MD, PhD
Pediatric Rheumatology
Megan Curran, MD
Robert Fuhlbrigge, MD, PhD
Jenny Soep, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Fritz Karrer, MD
David Partrick, MD
Pediatric Urology
Jeff Campbell, MD
Nicholas Cost, MD
Vijaya Vemulakonda, MD
Duncan T. Wilcox, MD
Pediatrics
Mandy Allison, MD
Lauren Anderson, MD
Larissa Applegate, MD
Ellen Roy Elias, MD
Sasha Gubser, MD, MPH/MSPH
Nancy Krebs, MD, MS
Brett Leggett, MD, FAAP
Kathy Love-Osborne, MD
David Zalkin, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Rachel Brakke Holman, MD
Scott Laker, MD
Joseph Rosenthal, MD, MPH
Plastic Surgery
Julian Winocour, MD, FACS
Plastic Surgery (Within The Head & Neck)
Andrew Winkler, MD
Pulmonary Disease
Timothy Amass, MD
David Badesch, MD
Kevin Brown, MD
Todd Bull, MD
Charles Daley, MD
Edward Dempsey, MD
Ivor Douglas, MD
Anne Fuhlbrigge, MD
Marjorie George, MD
Fernando Holguin, MD
Mark Kearns, MD
Jeffrey Kern, MD
Abbey Lara, MD
Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD
Lisa Maier, MD
Barry Make, MD
Milene Saavedra, MD
Elaine Schwartz, MD
Joshua Solomon, MD
Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD
Ellen Volker, MD
Michael Wechsler, MD
Radiation Oncology
Brian Kavanagh, MD, MPH/MSPH
Rachel Rabinovitch, MD
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Alex Polotsky, MD, MS
Cassandra Roeca, MD
Nanette Santoro, MD
Rheumatology
Kevin Deane, MD
Stuart Kassan, MD
Joann Zell, MD
Sports Medicine
Martin Boublik, MD
Jonathan Finnoff, DO, FACSM
Sourav Poddar, MD
Deborah Saint-Phard, MD
Surgery
Gretchen Ahrendt, MD
Steven Ahrendt, MD
Robert McIntyre, MD
Ernest E. Moore, MD
Richard Schulick, MD, MBA
Surgery of the Hand
Louis Catalano, MD
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Muhammad Aftab, MD
Joseph Cleveland, MD
David Fullerton, MD
Jordan Hoffman, MD
Robert A. Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS
John D. Mitchell, MD
Max Mitchell, MD
Urology
Ty Higuchi, MD, PhD
Paul Maroni, MD
Randall Meacham, MD
Vascular Surgery
Mark Nehler, MD
Max Wohlauer, MD
Jeniann Yi, MD
