CU Medicine is proud to celebrate the 610 physicians selected for this year’s 5280 Magazine Top Doctors list. The 2025 edition honors excellence across more than 75 specialties and is built on a foundation of trust. Nominations come directly from Denver-area physicians who name the colleagues they would choose to care for themselves or their families.
Highlights from this year’s recognition:
610 CU Medicine providers named among Denver’s top doctors
Representation across 75 medical specialties
Peer-nominated by fellow physicians in the Denver community
The annual list offers patients a trusted guide to top-tier care. It reflects CU Medicine’s longstanding commitment to clinical excellence and reinforces our role as a leader in Colorado’s healthcare system.
Congratulations to our CU Medicine Top Doctors for 2025
The following list reflects physicians affiliated with the University of Colorado as of July 1, 2025 who were recognized in 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors list for 2025.
Addiction Medicine
Addiction Psychiatry
Adolescent Medicine
Allergy & Immunology
Anesthesiology
Ana Fernandez-Bustamante, MD, PhD, FASA
Cardiovascular DiseaseGregory Schwartz, MD, PhD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical Genetics
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Complex General Surgical Oncology
Complex Pediatric OtolaryngologyCritical Care Medicine
Dermatology
Developmental-Behavioral PediatricsDiagnostic Radiology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Facial Plastic Surgery/ Otolaryngology
Family Medicine
Sherrie Ballantine-Talmadge, DO
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine
Gynecologic Oncology
Hematology
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurological Surgery
Samy Youssef, MD, PhD, MSc, FAANS
Neurology
Neurology (Special Qualifications in Child Neurology)
Neuroradiology
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
Otolaryngology
Pathology
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Dermatology
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Endocrinology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
Pediatric Pulmonology
Pediatric Radiology
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Urology
Pediatrics
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Plastic Surgery
Psychiatry
Pulmonary Disease
Radiation Oncology
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Rheumatology
Sports Medicine
Surgery
Surgery of the Hand
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Robert A Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS
Urology
Vascular Surgery
Additional CU SOM faculty members recognized as 2025 5280 Top Doctors
Aaron Eberhardt MD
Aaron Meng, MD
Adam Koszowski, MD
Adam Wolff, MD
Ahmad Alsaleem, MD
Alan Aboaf, MD
Alan Feiner, MD
Alex Goldsmith, MD, MS
Alex Polotsky, MD
Alexandra Smart, MD
Alexandra Weeks, MD
Alia Broman, MD
Alison Yager, MD
Allen Cohn, MD, MS
Amanda Toney, MD
Amy Nash, MD
Andrew Freeman, MD
Anna Engeln, MD
Anna-Lisa Munson, MD
Anne Heenan, MD
Antigone Parrish, MD
Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH, FACP
Aristides Maniatis, MD
Arvin Rao, MD
Austin Lammers, MD
BK Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, MD
Bahri Bilir, MD
Barbara Piasecki, MD
Barret Cowan, MD
Blake Cook, MD
Boris Bayerman, MD
Brandon Davison-Tracy, MD
Brett Leggett, MD, FAAP
Brian Badow, MD
Brian Jaquette, MD
Brittney Bastow, MD
Brooke Breitnauer, MD
Bryan Kono, MD
Camille Chan, MD
Cara Dawson, MD
Carrie Horn, MD
Cecile Rose, MD, MPH
Chamath De Silva, MD
Charles Daley, MD
Christian Thurstone, MD
Christopher Cote, MD
Christopher Johnnides, MD
Christopher Washington, MD
Clara Restrepo, MD
Claudia Kunrath, MD
Colleen Conry, MD
Cory Dunnick, MD
Cyril Mauffrey, MD
Daniel Kortsch, MD
Dann Gunderson, MD
Darren Zimbelman, MD
David Beuther, MD
David Brown, CAA
David Glaser, MD
David Korman, MD
David Litoff, MD
David Mellman, MD
David Miller, MD
David Richards, MD
David VanSickle, MD, PhD
David Zalkin, MD
Deirdre Foster, MD
Deniz Kolozs, MD
Diana Mancini, MD
Douglas Dennis, MD
Edward Parks, MD
Elizabeth Dee, MD
Elma Kreso, MD
Emily Warm, MD
Eric Lavones, MD
Eric Lyders, MD
Eric Spier, MD
Erin Medlin, MD
Eryn Lonnquist, MD
Eugene Wolfel, MD
Evan Stepp, MD
Felipe Hernandez Jr., MD
Fernando Carreira, MD
Flavia Hoyte, MD
Fredric Pieracci, MD, MPH/MSPH
Fritz Karrer, MD
Gabriel Lockhart, MD
Genie Bang, MD
Genie Roosevelt, MD, MPH/MSPH
Geoffrey Block, MD
Heather Burton, MD
Hilary Sillik, MD
Ian Lang, MD
Ingrid Binswanger, MD, MS
Irinel Stanciu, MD
Isaac Pierre, MD
Ivor Douglas, MD
James Woodrow, MD
Janetta Iwanicki, MD
Jason Martin, MD
Jeffrey Berliner, DO
Jeffrey Hollis, MD
Jeffrey Kern, MD
Jeffrey Kerr-Layton, MD
Jeffrey Matous, MD
Jeffrey Rumbyrt, MD
Jeffrey Sankoff, MD
Jeffrey Wallace, MD, MPH
Jennie Buchanan, MD
Jennifer Lyden, MD
Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD, MSCS
Jennifer Whitfield, MD, MPH/MSPH
Jill Levy, MD
Jody Mathie, MD
John Carroll, MD
John Froelich, MD
John Hudson, MD, PhD
Jonathan Zonca, MD
Jordan Wright, MD
Joseph Craig, MD
Joshua Soloman, MD
Jue Cao, MD
Julian Hsu, MD
K. Brooke Pengel, MD
Kaleigh Lindholm, MD
Kanao Otsu, MD
Kara Alexandrovic, MD
Karen Andrews, MD
Katherine Hurlbut, MD
Kathryn Walsh, MD
Kathryn Love-Osborne, MD
Katrina Oyague, MD, FACS
Kenneth Lyn-Kew, MD
Kevin Brown, MD
Kevin Motamedi, MD
Kimberly Broxterman, MD
Kimberly Warner, MD
Lara Penny, MD
Lara Rappaport, MD
Larissa Applegate, MD
Laura Newberry, MD
Lauren Galpin, MD
Laurie Carr, MD
Laxmi Kondapalli, MD
Leah Groves, MD
Leanne Coakley, MD
Lillian Coppola, MD
Linda Huang, MD
Lisa Maier, MD
Lisa Whitesides, MD
Lori DiRusso, MD
Madeline Comneck, MD
Margaret Fitzpatrick, MD, MS
Maria Moreira, MD
Marjorie George, MD
Mark Boguniewicz, MD
Mark Chandler, MD
Mark Conklin, MD
Mark Foster, MD
Mark Johansen, MD
Mark Kearns, MD
Mark Kiehn, MD
Mark Robinson, MD
Mark Spitz, MD
Martina King, MD
Mary O'Keefe, MD
Mary Schmitz, MD
Matthew Alfano, MD
Matthew Daley, MD
Matthew Dickinson, MD
Matthew Lewis, MD
Matthew Monson, DO
Megan Lederer, MD
Meighan Elder, MD
Melissa Beagle, MD, MPH/MSPH
Michael Chen, MD
Michael Erlanger, MD
Michael Hanley, MD
Michael Makley, MD
Michael McCracken, MD
Michael Wechsler, MD
Michael Wilson, MD
Michele Salli, MD
Micheline Kuhr, MD
Michelle Haas, MD
Milene Saavedra, MD
Mischa Haroutunian, MD
Molly Goloback, MD
Molly Thiessen, MD
Morgan Brubaker, DO
Morgan Pinkston, MD
Morris Askenazi, MD
Nadine Mikhaeel-Kamel, MD
Nathan Rabinovitch, MD
Nicole Erwin, MD
Noah Makovsky, MD
Nsangou Ghogomu, MD
Ovidio Bermudez, MD
Philip Andreoli, DO
Philip Fung, MD, BA
Rafeul Alam, MD, PhD
Ramu Raju, MD
Randy Jacobs, MD
Rebecca Keith, MD
Rebecca McGourty, MD
Regina English, MD
Rehaan Shaffle, MD
Renee King, MD
Richard Fox, MD
Robert Belknap, MD
Robert Fante, MD
Robert Fish, MD
Robin Yasui, MD
Robyn Nolan, MD
Rohit Katial, MD
Ryan Conner, DO
S. Lance Forstot, MD
Samay Dalal, MD
Samir Witta, MD, PhD
Santosh Nandi, MD
Sarah Christensen, MD
Sarah Stella, MD
Sarah Sullivan, MD
Sarah Wachtel, MD
Sarah Winbourn, MD
Sasha Gubser, MD, MPH/MSPH
Scott Bearman, MD
Scott Mann, MD
Scott Primack, DO
Shalini Chahal, MD
Shannon Jantz, MD
Shannon Kasperbauer, MD
Sharisse Arnold-Rehring, MD
Shira Belman, MD
Shoban Dave, MD
Soham Roy, MD, FAAP, FACS
Sonja Nazareth, MD
Sorenna Kirkegaard, MD
Stacey King, MD
Stacy Trent, MD, MPH
Stephanie Kolpak, MD
Stephen Dreyer, MD
Stephen Humes, MD
Stephen Stacey, MD
Stephen Wolf, MD
Steve Groshong, MD
Stuart Kassan, MD
Susan Calcaterra, MD
Susan Lurie, MD
Temitope Dimmer, MD
Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD
Thomas Rehring, MD
Thomas Tsai, MD
Timothy Amass, MD
Timothy Gensler, MD
Tina Suneja, MD
Toya Ellis, MD
Tracy Lippard, MD
Travis Engelbert, MD
Tristan Huie, MD
Vignesh Narayanan, MD
Vijaya Vemulakonda, MD
William Gillaspie, MD
William Scelza, MD
Yasmin Sacro, MD