University of Colorado School of Medicine and CU Medicine continue to lead Denver's medical landscape, with 295 providers recognized in 5280 Magazine's prestigious Top Doctors list for 2024
This year's compilation showcases the cream of Denver's medical community, featuring hundreds of exceptional doctors across 70+ specialties. The selection process, rooted in peer recognition, asks Denver-area physicians to nominate colleagues they would
trust with their own or their family's care.
Key Highlights:
- 295 CU Medicine physicians honored as Denver's best doctors
- Recognition spans 67 medical specialties
- Peer-nominated list reflects trust within Denver's medical community
For patients seeking the best doctor in Denver, this list serves as a valuable resource. It underscores CU Medicine's commitment to excellence in healthcare, solidifying its position as a leader among Denver doctors.
CU Medicine Top Doctors for 2024 include:
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 Sigel, MD
Diane Straub, MD, MPH
Allergy & Immunology
Jordan Abbott, MD
William Anderson, MD
Fred (Dan) Atkins, MD
Mark Boguniewicz, MD
Kirsten Carel, MD
Jason Catanzaro, MD, MS
Christine Cho, MD
Stephen Dreskin, MD, PhD
Cullen Dutmer, MD
David Fleischer, MD
Pia Hauk, MD
Flavia Hoyte, MD
Katial Rohit, MD
Kanao Otsu, MD
Daniel Searing, MD
Anesthesiology
Sarah Alber, MD
Alan Bielsky, MD
Ana Fernandez-Bustamante, MD, PhD, FASA
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
Kimberly Kelsay, MD
Christian Thurstone, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Paul Varosy, MD
Matthew Zipse, MD
Clinical Genetics & Genomics
Shawn McCandless, MD
Matthew Taylor, MD, PhD
Janet Thomas, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Jon Vogel, MD
Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology
Gregory Allen, MD
Soham Roy, MD, FAAP, FACS
Patricia Yoon, MD
Dermatology
Mariah Brown, MD
Anna Bruckner, MD
Cory Dunnick, MD
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Sandra 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
Daniel Bessesen, MD
Bryan Haugen, MD
Michael 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 K. Guess, MD, MS
Gastroenterology
Steven Edmundowicz, MD
Raj Shah, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Daniel 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 and 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
Robert Doolan, MD
Philip Fung, MD, BA
Martina King, MD
Henry Kramer, MD
Jean Kutner, MD, MPH/MSPH
Rita Lee, MD
Philip Mehler, MD
Richard Penaloza, MD
Scott Saunders, MD
Rehaan Shaffle, 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
Patricia Hagan, MD
Thomas Parker, MD
Nephrology
Judith Blaine, MD, PhD
Michel Chonchol, MD
Neurological Surgery
Michael Handler, MD
Kevin Lillehei, MD
Corbett Wilkinson, MD
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
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
Pathology
Dara Aisner, MD, PhD
Mary Berg, MD
Carlyne Cool, MD
Bette DeMasters, MD
Steve Groshong, MD
Ann Thor, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Tom Majcher, DO
Thomas Notides, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Kathryn Collins, MD
Melanie Everitt, MD
D. Dunbar Ivy, MD
Jane Nydam, MD
Elizabeth Yeung, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Cindy Barrett, MD
Cameron Gunville, DO
Claudia 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
Nicholas Foreman, MD
Lia Gore, MD
Margaret Macy, MD
Kelly Maloney, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Elizabeth McFarland, MD
Sarah Parker, MD
Suchitra Rao, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Bradley Dixson, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
Robin Deterding, MD
Monica Federico, MD
Scott Sagel, MD, PhD
Pediatric Rheumatology
Megan Curran, MD
Robert Fuhlbrigge, MD, PhD
Jennifer Soep, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Fritz Karrer, MD
David Patrick, MD
Pediatric Urology
Jeffrey Campbell, MD
Nicholas Cost, MD
Vijaya Vemulakonda, MD
Duncan 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
Kathryn Love-Osborne, MD
David Zalkin, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Rachel Brakke-Holman, MD
Jonathan Finnoff, DO, FACSM
Scott Laker, MD
Joseph Rosenthal, MD, MPH
Plastic Surgery
Julian Winocour, MD, FACS
Plastic Surgery (Within the Head and Neck)
Adam Terella, MD
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
Abigail Lara, MD
Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD
Lisa Maier, MD
Barry Make, MD
Milene Saavedra, MD
Elaine Schwartz, MD
Joshua Soloman, MD
Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD, MSCS
Ellen Volker, MD
Michael Wechsler, MD
Radiation Oncology
Brian Kavanagh, MD, MPH
Rachel Rabinovitch, MD
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Alex Polotsky, MD
Cassandra Roeca, MD
Nanette Santoro, MD
Rheumatology
Kevin Deane, MD
Stuart Kassan, MD
Joann Zell, MD
Sports Medicine
Martin Boublik, MD
Sourav Poddar, MD
Deborah Saint-Phard, MD
Surgery
Gretchen Ahrendt, MD
Steven Ahrendt, MD
Robert McIntyre, MD
Ernest 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
Max Mitchell, MD
John Mitchell, MD
Urology
Ty Higuchi, MD, PhD
Paul Maroni, MD
Randall Meacham, MD
Vascular Surgery
Mark Nehler, MD
Max Wohlauer, MD
Jeniann Yi, MD