Over 650 CU Anschutz School of Medicine Providers Named in 2026 5280 Magazine's Top Docs List
Peer recognition from fellow physicians is one of the profession’s highest honors, and this year hundreds of CU Anschutz providers earned a place on 5280 Magazine’s annual Top Doctors list.
CU Medicine is proud to recognize over 650 University of Colorado physicians named to 5280 Magazine's 2026 Top Doctors list. Selected through peer nominations from physicians across the Denver metro area, the annual recognition highlights clinicians whose expertise, leadership and patient care have earned the respect of their colleagues.
Highlights from this year’s recognition:
Over 650 CU Anschutz School of Medicine faculty named among Denver’s top doctors
Representation across 73 medical specialties
This year's honorees represent a broad range of specialties and reflect the depth of talent across the CU Anschutz School of Medicine and CU Medicine clinical practices. Their inclusion underscores a shared commitment to advancing healthcare through exceptional clinical care, innovation and compassion.
Congratulations to our CU Medicine Top Doctors for 2026
The following list reflects physicians affiliated with the University of Colorado as of July 1, 2026 who were recognized in 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors list for 2026.
Addiction Medicine
Addiction Psychiatry
Adolescent Medicine
Allergy & Immunology
Anesthesiology
Ana Fernandez-Bustamante, MD, PhD, FASA
Cardiovascular DiseaseChild & Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical Genetics and Genomics
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Complex General Surgical Oncology
Complex Pediatric OtolaryngologyCritical Care Medicine
Dermatology
Developmental-Behavioral PediatricsDiagnostic Radiology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Family Medicine
Bhargavi Chekuri, MBBS, MD, MS
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
Nuclear Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
Evalina Burger-Van der Walt, MD
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 Pulmonology
Pediatric Radiology
Matthew Monson, DO
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Urology
Vijaya Vemulakonda, MD
Pediatrics
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Monika Krzesniak-Swinarska, MD
Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery (Within the Head and Neck)
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 Anschutz SOM faculty members recognized as 2026 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors
Alan Aboaf, MD
Rafeul Alam, MD
Ahmad Alsaleem, MD
Philip Andreoli, DO
Karen Andrews, MD
Larissa Applegate, MD
Ehrin Armstrong, MD, MPH/MSPH
Sharisse Arnold Rehring, MD
Morris Askenazi, MD
Stephanie Augustine, MD
Boris Bayerman, DO
Melissa Beagle, MD, MPH/MSPH
Marc Belman, MD
Shira Belman, MD
Robert Belknap, MD
Lisa Bennett, MD
Jeffrey Berliner, DO
Victoria Bender, MD
Ovidio Bermudez, MD
David Beuther, MD
Bahri Bilir, MD
Ingrid Binswanger, MD, MS
Geoffrey Block, MD
Mark Boguniewicz, MD
Brian Bradow, MD
Brooke Breitnauer, MD
Kathleen Brimsek, MD
Alia Broman, MD
Kimberly Broxterman, MD
Morgan Brubaker, MD
David Brown, CAA
Kevin Brown, MD
Jennie Buchanan, MD
Edward Buckingham, MD, MPH
Heather Burton, MD
Lillian Coppola, MD
Fernando Carreira, MD
Liron Caplan, MD, PhD
Laurie Carr, MD
John Carroll, MD
Dennis Carter, MD
Shane Cass, MD
Cheryl Cavanaugh, MD
Mark Chandler, MD
Lyssa Chacko, MD
Vivian Chao, PsyD
Shalini Chahal, MD
Michael Chen, MD
Varun Chopra, MD
Allen Cohn, MD, MS
Leeanne Coakley, MD
Jeromy Cole, MD
Thomas Collins, MD
Madeline Comneck, MD
Ryan Conner, DO
Blaze Cook, MD
Barrett Cowan, MD
Joseph Craig, MD
Matthew Daley, MD
Charles Daley, MD
Samay Dalal, MD
Cara Dawson, MD
Elizabeth Dee, MD
Douglas Dennis, MD
Matthew Dickinson, MD
Temitope Dimmer, MD
Lori DiRusso, MD
Cory Dunnick, MD
Robin Dunn, MD
Stephen Dreyer, MD
Aaron Eberhardt, MD
Meighan Elder, MD
Anna Engeln, MD
Travis Engelbert, MD
Regina English, MD
Michael Erlanger, MD
Nicole Erwin, MD
Alan Feiner, MD
James Fenton, MD
Kelly Ferraro, MD
Margaret Fitzpatrick, MD, MS
Deirdre Foster, MD
Mark Foster, MD
John Froelich, MD
Andrew Freeman, MD
Philip Fung, MD
Thomas Gallagher, MD
Michael Gallagher, MD
Lauren Galpin, MD
Timothy Gensler, MD
Marjorie George, MD
Nsangou Ghogomu, MD
William Gillaspie, MD
Molly Goloback, MD
Alex Goldsmith, MD, MS
Rebecca Gordon, MD
Justin Green, MD
Steve Groshong, MD, PhD
Leah Groves, MD
Sasha Gubser, MD
Rai Gurdev, MD
Danna Gunderson, MD
Ellina Hall, DPT, PT
Anne Hanson, DO
Michael Hanley, MD
Mischa Haroutunian, MD
Anne Heenan, MD
Felipe Hernandez, MD
Joel Hirsh, MD
Jeffrey Hollis, MD
Flavia Hoyte, MD
John Hudson, MD
Tristan Huie, MD
Linda Huang, MD
Julian Hsu, MD
Katherine Hurlbut, MD
Davis Hurley, MD
Janetta Iwanicki, MD
Brian Jacquette, MD
Shannon Jantz, MD
Kirk Jeffers, MD
Timothy Jenkins, MD
Mark Johansen, MD
Christopher Johnnides, MD
Nicole Joseph, MD
Patrick Joynt, MD
Alma Juels, MD
Nadine Kamel-Mikhaeel, MD
Richard Kang, MD
Mark Kearns, MD
Rebecca Keith, MD
Jeffrey Kern, MD
Jeffrey Kerr-Layton, MD
Benjamin Katz, MD
Stuart Kassan, MD
Shannon Kasperbauer, MD
Rohit Katial, MD
Mark Kiehn, MD
Darlene Kim, MD
Renee King, MD
Stacey King, MD
Sorenna Kirkegaard, MD
Matthew Koehler, PA-C (Physician Assistant – Certified)
Daniel Kortsch, MD
Deniz Kolozs, MD
Stephanie Kolpak, MD
Bryan Kono, MD
Laxmi Kondapalli, MD
David Korman, MD
Adam Koszowski, MD
Martin Krsak, MD
Elma Kresso, MD
Micheline Kuhr, MD
Claudia Kunrath, MD
Avrom Kurtz, PA-C (Physician Assistant - Certified), MS
Austin Lammers, MD
Ian Lang, DO
Eric Lavonas, MD
Jonathan Lee, MD
Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD
Matthew Lewis, MD
Jill Levy, MD
Brent Levy, MD
Benjamin Li, MD
Kaleigh Lindholm, MD
Cassana Littler, MD
Lance Little, DO
Tracy Lippard, MD
Eryn Lonnquist, MD
Steven Lommatzsch, MD
Jeremy Long, MD
Kathryn Love-Osborne, MD
Christopher Lowery, MD
Susan Lurie, MD
Esther Lum, MD, PhD
Kenneth Lyn-Kew, MD
Jennifer Lyden, MD
Lisa Maier, MD
Noah Makovsky, MD
Michael Makley, MD
Aristides Maniatis, MD
Diana Mancini, MD
Scott Mann, MD
Jason Martin, MD
Jason Martin, MD
Kerri Mason, MD
Kristin Mason, MD
Stacey Mason, MD
Jody Mathie, MD
Cyril Mauffrey, MD
Taylor McCormick, MD
Rebecca McGourty, MD
Erin Medlin, MD
David Mellman, MD
Jordan Mendoza, MD
Ben Mendoza, MD
David Miller, MD
Mathew Monson
Manuel Montano, MD
Arturo Montano, MD
Maria Moreira, MD
Anne-Lisa Munson, MD
Amy Nash, MD
Vignesh Narayanan, MD
Sonja Nazareth, MD
Santosh Nandi, MD
Laura Newberry, MD
Justin Newman, PA-C (Physician Assistant - Certified)
Lindsay Nicholson, MD
Robyn Nolan, MD
Noelle Northcutt, MD
Mary O’Keefe, MD
George Olsen, MD
Sonia Okuyama Sasaki, MD
Kanao Otsu, MD
Katrina Oyague, MD, FACS
Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH, FACP
Antigone Parrish, MD
Erik Parker, DO, FAAP
Devchand Paul, FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner), MSN
Kimberly Patterson, PhD
Shalvi Patel, MD
Lara Penny, MD
Brooke K. Pengel, MD
Quyen Pham, MD
Isaac Pierre, MD
Barbara Piasecki, MD
Morgan Pinkston, MD
Alex Polotsky, MD
Nathan Rabinovitch, MD
Ramu Raju, MD
Lara Rappaport, MD, PhD
Arvin Rao, MD
Jennifer Ray, DNP (Doctor of Nurse Practice), APRN (Advance Practice Registered Nurse), FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner)
Robert Rhodes, MD
Michelle Rhodes, MD
David Richards, MD
Sarah Richey, MD
Mark Robinson, MD
Genie Roosevelt, MD, MPH/MSPH
Cecile Rose, MD, MPH/MSPH
Soham Roy, MD
Jeffrey Rumbyrt, MD
Jordan Ryan, MD
Milene Saavedra, MD
Yasmin Sacro, MD
Michele Salli, MD
Allen Schreiber, MD
Mary Jo Schmitz, MD
Gregory Schwartz, MD, PhD
Rehaan Shaffie, MD
Manish Shah, MD
Alexandra Smart, MD
Joshua Soloman, MD
E. Spencer
Eric Spier, MD
Stephen Stacey, MD
Sarah Stella, MD
Matthew Stenmark, MD
Evan Stepp, MD
Sarah Sullivan, MD
Tina Suneja, MD
Scott Sutton, MD
Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD
Dale Terasaki, MD, MPH
Molly Thiessen, MD
Christian Thurstone, MD
Amanda Toney, MD
Brandon Tracy-Davison, MD
Stacy Trent, MD, MPH
Nelson Trujillo, RN
Thomas Tsai, MD
Kim Tyler, MD
David VanSickle, MD, PhD
Luis Verduzco, MD, BS
Sarah Wachtel, MD
Zeke Walton, MD
Elizabeth Wallace, MD
Kathryn Walsh, MD
Leah Warner, MD, MPH
Emily Warm, MD
Christopher Washington, MD
Michael Wechsler, MD
Alexandra Weeks, MD
Gareth Weiner, MD
Howard Weinberger, MD
Gil Weintraub, MD
James Welle, MD
Andrew White, MD
Klane White, MD, MSc
Jennifer Whitfield, MD, MPH/MSPH
David Winn, MD
Diane Winters, MD
Sarah Winbourn, MD
Samir Witta, MD, PhD
Adam Wolff, MD
Chelsea Wolf, MD
Stephen Wolf, MD
Melanie Wong, MD
James Woodrow, MD
Benjamin Yang, MD
Alison Yager, MD
Robin Yasui, MD
Moon Yoon, MD
Heather Young, MD
David Zalkin, MD
Darren Zimbelman, MD
