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Michael Yaron, MD

​University of Colorado School of Medicine

Professor of Emergency Medicine

 

Contact information

Anschutz Medical Campus
Leprino Building, Campus Box B215
12401 East 17th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-6777
Michael.Yaron@ucdenver.edu

 
Dr. Yaron’s primary research focuses on high altitude medicine with a particular interest in pediatric responses to altitude exposure.  Additional research and scholarly interests include medical informatics applications in emergency medicine and emergency department systems design, non-invasive patient monitoring and numerous wilderness medicine topics.
Institution
 Degree Year ​Focus
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO B.A. 1978 ​Biology
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO M.D. 1982 ​Doctor of Medicine
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 1983 Emergency Medicine Internship
​Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN ​ ​1985 ​Emergency Medicine Residency
Pre-participation evaluation of children ascending to high altitudes.
​View All PubMed Publications

  • Yaron M. Altitude Illness. In Cabana M, Kind T, Brakeman P, Curran M, Editors. The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 7th edition. 2014 in press.

  • Hoppe JA, Houghland, J, Yaron M, Heard K. Recent opioid prescription history of emergency department patients prescribed opioids. West J Emerg Med. 2013; 14:3:247-252.

 

  • Yaron M, Niermeyer S. Travel to altitude with young children: An approach for clinicians. High Altitude Medicine and Biology. 2008, 9(4):265-269.

 

  • Niermeyer S, Yaron M. Altitude associated illness. In: Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics, 20th ed. 2013 In press.

 

  • Yaron M, Davis C, Paterson R: High altitude medicine. In: Marx J, Hockberger R, Walls R, Editors. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. Philadelphia, Elsevier’s Health Sciences, 8th ed., pp 1928-1940, 2013.
  • ​President's Award for Leadership - For the development and implementation of an electronic medical information system in the emergency department, University of Colorado Hospital, January 2006