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
Addiction Medicine
Sarah Christensen, MD
Addiction Psychiatry
Christian Thurstone, MD
Adolescent Medicine
Ovidio Bermudez, MD
Allergy & Immunology
Karen Andrews, MD
Mark Boguniewicz, MD
Shoban Dave, MD
Flavia Hoyte, MD
Rohit Katial, MD
Kanao Otsu, MD
Nathan Rabinovitch, MD
Jeffrey Rumbyrt, MD
Anesthesiology
David Brown, CAA
Mark Chandler, MD
Ana Fernandez-Bustamante, MD, PhD, FASA
Adam Koszowski, MD
Cardiovascular DiseaseAndrew Freeman, MD
Gregory Schwartz, MD, PhD
Eugene Wolfel, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Ryan Conner, DO
Deirdre Foster, MD
Susan Lurie, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical Genetics
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Santosh Nandi, MD
Complex General Surgical Oncology
Complex Pediatric OtolaryngologySoham Roy, MD, FAAP, FACS
Tammy Wang, MD
Critical Care Medicine
Kenneth Lyn-Kew, MD
DermatologyCory Dunnick, MD
Tina Suneja, MD
Developmental-Behavioral PediatricsRobyn Nolan, MD
Diagnostic Radiology
Matthew Alfano, MD
Blake Cook, MD
Elizabeth Dee, MD
Stephen Dreyer, MD
Stephen Humes, MD
Emergency Medicine
Jennie Buchanan, MD
Aaron Eberhardt MD
Anna Engeln, MD
David Glaser, MD
Molly Goloback, MD
Leah Groves, MD
Mischa Haroutunian, MD
Katherine Hurlbut, MD
Janetta Iwanicki, MD
Randy Jacobs, MD
Renee King, MD
Eric Lavones, MD
Maria Moreira, MD
Morgan Pinkston, MD
David Richards, MD
Jeffrey Sankoff, MD
Molly Thiessen, MD
Stacy Trent, MD, MPH
Alexandra Weeks, MD
Jennifer Whitfield, MD, MPH/MSPH
Stephen Wolf, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Bryan Haugen, MD
Irinel Stanciu, MD
Facial Plastic Surgery/ Otolaryngology
Christopher Cote, MD
Kevin Motamedi, MD
Family Medicine
Morris Askenazi, MD
Brian Bacak, MD
Sherrie Ballantine-Talmadge, DO
Boris Bayerman, MD
Melissa Beagle, MD, MPH/MSPH
Colleen Conry, MD
William Gillaspie, MD
Felipe Hernandez Jr., MD
Julian Hsu, MD
Shannon Jantz, MD
Stacey King, MD
Daniel Kortsch, MD
Micheline Kuhr, MD
Matthew Lewis, MD
Lara Penny, MD
Isaac Pierre, MD
Robert Rhodes, MD
Michele Salli, MD
Jonathan Zonca, MD
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Gastroenterology
Bahri Bilir, MD
Fernando Carreira, MD
Barbara Piasecki, MD
Ramu Raju, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Jeffrey Wallace, MD, MPH
Robin Yasui, MD
Gynecologic Oncology
Erin Medlin, MD
Mary Schmitz, MD
Hematology
Alan Feiner, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Ann Navarro-Leahy, MD
Infectious Disease
Margaret Fitzpatrick, MD, MS
Michelle Haas, MD
Shannon Kasperbauer, MD
Brian Montague, DO
Heather Young, MD
Shanta Zimmer, MD
Internal Medicine
Alan Aboaf, MD
Philip Andreoli, DO
Heather Burton, MD
Susan Calcaterra, MD
Camille Chan, MD
Lillian Coppola, MD
Cara Dawson, MD
Meighan Elder, MD
Mark Foster, MD
Philip Fung, MD, BA
Lauren Galpin, MD
Alex Goldsmith, MD, MS
Anne Heenan, MD
Jeffrey Hollis, MD
Carrie Horn, MD
Martina King, MD
Elma Kreso, MD
Ian Lang, MD
Jill Levy, MD
Tracy Lippard, MD
Jennifer Lyden, MD
Diana Mancini, MD
Rebecca McGourty, MD
David Mellman, MD
Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH, FACP
Yasmin Sacro, MD
Rehaan Shaffle, MD
Sarah Stella, MD
Sarah Wachtel, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Thomas Tsai, MD
Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Scott Bearman, MD
Laurie Carr, MD
Allen Cohn, MD, MS
Chamath De Silva, MD
Austin Lammers, MD
Jeffrey Matous, MD
Nadine Mikhaeel-Kamel, MD
Vignesh Narayanan, MD
Samir Witta, MD, PhD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Nephrology
Geoffrey Block, MD
Neurological Surgery
John Hudson, MD, PhD
Mark Robinson, MD
David VanSickle, MD, PhD
Samy Youssef, MD, PhD, MSc, FAANS
Neurology
Eryn Lonnquist, MD
Michael Makley, MD
Neurology (Special Qualifications in Child Neurology)
Neuroradiology
Eric Lyders, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kara Alexandrovic, MD
Brittney Bastow, MD
Brooke Breitnauer, MD
Madeline Comneck, MD
Toya Ellis, MD
Jeffrey Kerr-Layton, MD
Sonja Nazareth, MD
Antigone Parrish, MD
Kimberly Warner, MD
Occupational Medicine
Cecile Rose, MD, MPH
Ophthalmology
Genie Bang, MD
Michael Chen, MD
Michael Erlanger, MD
Robert Fante, MD
Robert Fish, MD
S. Lance Forstot, MD
David Litoff, MD
Michael McCracken, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
Mark Conklin, MD
Douglas Dennis, MD
Cyril Mauffrey, MD
Edward Parks, MD
Stephen Stacey, MD
Otolaryngology
Nsangou Ghogomu, MD
Scott Mann, MD
Christopher Oliver, MD
Arvin Rao, MD
Pathology
Shalini Chahal, MD
Steve Groshong, MD
BK Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, MD
Kaleigh Lindholm, MD
Mary O'Keefe, MD
Hilary Sillik, MD
Michael Wilson, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Pediatric Cardiology
David Miller, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Alia Broman, MD
Claudia Kunrath, MD
Michele Loi, MD
Kathryn Walsh, MD
Patrick Wilson, MD, PhD
Pediatric Dermatology
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Lara Rappaport, MD
Genie Roosevelt, MD, MPH/MSPH
Amanda Toney, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
Aristides Maniatis, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
Jue Cao, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
Pediatric Radiology
Matthew Monson, DO
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Surgery
Fritz Karrer, MD
Pediatric Urology
Pediatrics
Larissa Applegate, MD
Sharisse Arnold-Rehring, MD
Shira Belman, MD
Kimberly Broxterman, MD
Leanne Coakley, MD
Joseph Craig, MD
Matthew Daley, MD
Brandon Davison-Tracy, MD
Temitope Dimmer, MD
Lori DiRusso, MD
Regina English, MD
Nicole Erwin, MD
Sasha Gubser, MD, MPH/MSPH
Dann Gunderson, MD
Brian Jaquette, MD
Sorenna Kirkegaard, MD
Deniz Kolozs, MD
Bryan Kono, MD
Megan Lederer, MD
Kathryn Love-Osborne, MD
Noah Makovsky, MD
Jody Mathie, MD
Anna-Lisa Munson, MD
Amy Nash, MD
Laura Newberry, MD
Sarah Sullivan, MD
Emily Warm, MD
Lisa Whitesides, MD
Sarah Winbourn, MD
Jordan Wright, MD
Alison Yager, MD
David Zalkin, MD
Darren Zimbelman, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Jeffrey Berliner, DO
Morgan Brubaker, DO
Mark Johansen, MD
William Niehaus, MD
Scott Primack, DO
William Scelza, MD
Eric Spier, MD
Plastic Surgery
Brian Badow, MD
Linda Huang, MD
Christodoulas Kaoutzanis, MD
Mark Kiehn, MD
Jason Martin, MD
Psychiatry
Aaron Meng, MD
Pulmonary Disease
Ahmad Alsaleem, MD
Timothy Amass, MD
David Beuther, MD
Kevin Brown, MD
Samay Dalal, MD
Charles Daley, MD
Matthew Dickinson, MD
Ivor Douglas, MD
Marjorie George, MD
Michael Hanley, MD
Tristan Huie, MD
Mark Kearns, MD
Rebecca Keith, MD
Jeffrey Kern, MD
Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD
Gabriel Lockhart, MD
Lisa Maier, MD
Clara Restrepo, MD
Milene Saavedra, MD
Alexandra Smart, MD
Joshua Soloman, MD
Evan Stepp, MD
Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD, MSCS
Michael Wechsler, MD
James Woodrow, MD
Radiation Oncology
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Laxmi Kondapalli, MD
Alex Polotsky, MD
Rheumatology
Timothy Gensler, MD
Stuart Kassan, MD
David Korman, MD
Sports Medicine
K. Brooke Pengel, MD
Surgery
Richard Fox, MD
Stephanie Kolpak, MD
Katrina Oyague, MD, FACS
Fredric Pieracci, MD, MPH/MSPH
Surgery of the Hand
John Froelich, MD
Kia Washington, MD
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Muhammad Aftab, MD
Robert A Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS
Urology
Barret Cowan, MD
Vascular Surgery
Travis Engelbert, MD
Christopher Johnnides, MD
Thomas Rehring, MD
Christopher Washington, MD
