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Current Residents and Resident Bios

Primary Care Residents 2012 - 13

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Joel Jorgenson, MD, is an intern in the primary care track. Originally from Nebraska, he completed medical school at Northwestern in Chicago. The University of Colorado primary care track was appealing because of the focus on creating great outpatient physicians. Already he has observed that the entire faculty and staff are genuinely excited about primary care and work tirelessly to help the residents achieve their goals. The program is unique in that the residents have their own dedicated primary care curriculum and a schedule that allows them to spend less time on the wards and more time working in the community. The icing on the cake is that the program is situated in the great city of Denver. When not at work Joel has been exploring the city's many parks and enjoying biking on the beautiful Cherry Creek Trail. When winter hits, he plans on spending the majority of his free time on his snowboard in the mountains.

​ Joel Jorgenson, MD - Primary Care Resident

​Mara Terras, MD

​Mara Terras, MD is a second year resident. Originally from Chicago, IL, where she attended the University of Illinois College of Medicine, she couldn’t be happier with her decision to move out West to join the primary care track at the University of Colorado. The faculty, staff, and residents possess an unwavering commitment to improving the health of their community and providing each primary care graduate with the clinical experience, social awareness, and medical knowledge to accomplish their individual goals. She is truly grateful for the opportunity to train alongside such intelligent, inspiring, and fun people. In her free time she has been taking advantage of the close proximity of the Rockies and exploring the great variety of microbreweries, restaurants, and music venues around Denver.


​Meredith Niess, MD MPH, is in her third year in the primary care track. She came from Chapel Hill, NC (Go Heels!) where she completed the combined MD MPH program at UNC. She chose the University of Colorado primary care track because she felt the program benefited from the rare combination of internal medicine academic rigor, along with appropriate emphasis on the outpatient setting and the high prevalence chronic diseases plaguing the US population. The residents at CU also showed an impressive balance of passion for medicine, and interesting, active lives beyond their work. The 300 days of sunshine, spectacular Rocky Mountains, and close proximity of her brother and family also helped. Since arriving in Colorado she has taken advantage of the new scenery by hiking or playing ultimate frisbee every (off) weekend, and just starting to explore the many great restaurants and outdoor spaces in the Denver area.

 ​Meredith Niess, MD MPH

Michael Albrecht, University of Kansas

Austin Baeth, University of Iowa

Camille Chan, Emory

Robin Chand, University of Washington

Kelly Evans, University of South Dakota

A. Meaghan Hayes, University of California San Diego

Mailee Hess, University of Washington

Joel Jorgenson, Northwestern

Steven Mack, Tulane

Alia Moore, University of Nevada School of Medicine

Alyssa Nash, University of Colorado

Renna Short, University of Washington

Allison Wolfe, Wake Forest

Bradley Changstrom, University of Colorado

Melissa Cline, University of Washington

Jill Gersh, New York Medical College

Mary Guese, University of Colorado

Lindsay Hoffman, University of Washington

Joseph Johnson, Drexel

Austin Lammers, Oregon Health and Sciences University

Pai Liu, UNC - Chapel Hill

Daphne Lo - Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Edward Murphy, Oregon Health and Sciences University

Leah Swanson, University of Colorado

Mara Terras, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine

Mim Ari, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Sarah Earle, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Hannah Hall, University of Washington School of Medicine

Kevin Harada, University of Washington School of Medicine

Megan Key, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Eric Martin, Texas Tech University School of Medicine

Kathryn McCaffrey, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Meredith Niess, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SOM

Susan Rudinsky, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Tierney Sparks, University of Colorado School of Medicine