Pediatrics at CU School of Medicine is among the best in the nation! World-class pediatric residency program and research facilities. Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado

Laura Brunner, MD

• The Emergency Medicine Award

Heather Wade, MD

• The Jules Amer Award

Cameron Gunville, DO

• The Bruce Garber Award

Sean O'Leary, MD

• The Outstanding Fellow Award

Genie Roosevelt, MD

• The Gary Way Award

Allison Dorbandt, MD

• The C. Henry Kempe Award

Kasey Henderson, MD

• Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching

Jenny Reese, MD

• Special Recognition for Dedication and Service to Recruitment

Resident: Lindsey Burghardt, MD and Intern: Kevin Messacar, MD

• NICU Nurses Award

Adam Green, MD

• Resident Teaching Award from Student for Teacher of the Year

Matt Rustici, MD, Anna-Lisa Munson, MD, Summer Monforte, MD, Michael Di Maria, MD, Nick Gilman, MD, Marcy Mendenhall, MD, Sophia Ghebremicael, MD, and Aline Bernard, MD

• Special Recognition

Leigh Anne Bakel, MD, Carey Campbell, MD, MPH, Scott Canna, MD, Tracy Funk, MD, Adam Green, MD, Christine Jelinek, MD , Ashley Jones, MD, Carrie Jones, MD, Kristi Knuti, MD, Ted Laetsch, MD, Michelle Mills, MD, Sarah Morse, MD, Kirsten Nelson, MD, Emily Showman, MD, Amy Shriver, MD, Jon Silverman, MD, Emily Todd, MD, and Meghan Treitz, MD

• Outstanding Service in Medical Student Teaching

Christopher Baker, MD

• Best Third-Year Fellow Poster Award: Oxidative Stress Decreases the In Vitro Growth Potential of Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells (EPCs) from Preterm Neonates

David Brumbaugh, MD

• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, G.I.

Christina Seng Chao, PhD
Mentor: Lori Sussel, PhD

• Joseph W. St. Geme Medical Student Award

Marc Chester, MD

• Best Second-Year Fellow Poster Award: BAY 58-2667, a Soluble Guanylate Cyclase (sGC) Activator, Causes Potent and Sustained in the Ovine Fetus

Julia Fuzak, MD

• Best First-Year Fellow Poster Award: Characterization of End-Tidal CO2 Waveforms During Effective Endotracheal Intubation, Bag-Valve-Mask, and Laryngeal Mask Airway Ventilation

Lia Gore, MD

• Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Dedication and Service, Residency Recruitment Selection Committee

Danna Gunderson, MD

• The Jules Amer Continuity Practice Award

Beena Kamath, MD

• The L. Joseph and Perry Butterfield Award in Perinatal Pediatrics

Kristi Knuti, MD

• Bruce Garber Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Resident

Ted Laetsch, MD

• Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr., MD, Award for Outstanding Research by a Resident

Michael Mitchell, MD

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Award

Julie Noffsinger, MD

• The Gary Way Award for Outstanding Teaching

Bruce Reddix, MD

• C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher

Erin Ambardekar

• Continuity Practice Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Lalit Bajaj, MD, MPH

• The Gary Way Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Tim Bernard, MD

• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, Critical Care, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005-2006

Amber Bisgard, MD

• Bruce Garber Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Kelley duFord, MD

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Jason Gien, MD

• Best Second-Year Fellow Poster Award: Chronic Intrauterine Pulmonary Hypertension Impairs Angiogenesis and Growth of Ovine Fetal Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells In Vitro, 2006

Christine Jelinek, MD, David Kane, MD, Kristine Knuti, MD, Ingrid Lundgren, MD, Michelle Mills, MD

• Outstanding Service in Medical Student Teaching, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005-2006



Julie Kanter, MD, and Brandy Lu, MD

• Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr., MD, Award for Outstanding Research by a Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006



Amy Keating, MD

• Best Third-Year Fellow Poster Award: The Aberrant Expression of Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinase in Pediatric Astrocytomas, 2006



Deniz Kolozs, MD

• C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006



Claudia Kunrath, MD

• Best First-Year Fellow Poster Award: Evaluation of Adrenal Reserve and Response to Low-Dose Acth (Corticotropin) Stimulation in Critically Ill Children, 2006



Regina M. Reynolds, MD

• The L. Joseph and Perry Butterfield Award in Perinatal Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006



Andrew P. Sirotnak, MD

• Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Dedication and Service, Residency Recruitment Selection Committee, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005-2006



Christopher Baker, MD

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005



Michael Brazleton, MD

• C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005



Ingrid Carlson, MD

• Best First-Year Fellow Poster Award: Retinopathy of Prematurity: Rate of Regression and Complications Following Laser Treatment, 2005



Jesse Davidson, MD, Emily Kevan, MD, Kathryn Lysinger, MD, Carter Wray, MD, and Ann Zeneberg, MD

• Outstanding Service in Medical Student Teaching, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2004-2005



Jessica Barron Essary, MD, and Jason Reynolds, MD

• Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr., MD, Award for Outstanding Research by a Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2004-2005



Jonathan Kaufman, MD

• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, Critical Care, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2004-2005



Margaret Lueg, MD

• Resident of the Year Award, Neonatal Care Unit, University of Colorado Hospital, 2004-2005



Margaret Macy, MD

• Continuity Practice Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2004-2005



Carol Okada, MD and Joseph Albietz, MD

• Best Second-Year Fellow Poster Award: Pulmonary Vascular Impedance: Development of New Techniques to Assess Right Ventricular Afterload in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension



Ann Boyer, MD


• The Jules Amer Continuity Practice Award



Audrey C. Brumback, PhD
Mentor: Kevin J. Staley, MD


• Joseph W. St. Geme Medical Student Award



Jesse Davidson, MD, Catherine Ferguson, MD, Cameron Gunville, DO, Jennifer McGuire, MD, and Amy Shriver, MD


• Outstanding Service in Medical Student Teaching



Catherine Ferguson, MD


• Bruce Garber Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Resident



Margaret Ferguson, MD


• C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher



David Fox, MD


• The Gary Way Award for Outstanding Teaching



Jason Gien, MD


• The L. Joseph and Perry Butterfield Award in Perinatal Pediatrics



Mary P. Glodé, MD


• Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Dedication and Service, Residency Recruitment Selection Committee



Jessica Goodman, MD


• Best Third-Year Fellow Poster Award: Phactr 4 is a Tumor Suppressor Gene



Amelia Hopkins, MD


• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, Critical Care



Karen Kelminson, MD


• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Award



Daniel Searing, MD


• Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr., MD, Award for Outstanding Research by a Resident



Roopa Thukaram, MD

• Best First-Year Fellow Poster Award: Signaling Pathways Controlling Gene Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Erin Ambardekar

• Continuity Practice Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Lalit Bajaj, MD, MPH

• The Gary Way Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Tim Bernard, MD

• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, Critical Care, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005-2006

Amber Bisgard, MD

• Bruce Garber Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Kelley duFord, MD

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Jason Gien, MD

• Best Second-Year Fellow Poster Award: Chronic Intrauterine Pulmonary Hypertension Impairs Angiogenesis and Growth of Ovine Fetal Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells In Vitro, 2006

Christine Jelinek, MD, David Kane, MD, Kristine Knuti, MD, Ingrid Lundgren, MD, Michelle Mills, MD

• Outstanding Service in Medical Student Teaching, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005-2006

• Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr., MD, Award for Outstanding Research by a Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Amy Keating, MD

• Best Third-Year Fellow Poster Award: The Aberrant Expression of Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinase in Pediatric Astrocytomas, 2006

Deniz Kolozs, MD

• C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Claudia Kunrath, MD

• Best First-Year Fellow Poster Award: Evaluation of Adrenal Reserve and Response to Low-Dose Acth (Corticotropin) Stimulation in Critically Ill Children, 2006

Regina M. Reynolds, MD

• The L. Joseph and Perry Butterfield Award in Perinatal Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2006

Andrew P. Sirotnak, MD

• Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Dedication and Service, Residency Recruitment Selection Committee, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005-2006

Christopher Baker, MD

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005

Michael Brazleton, MD

• C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005

Ingrid Carlson, MD

• Best First-Year Fellow Poster Award: Retinopathy of Prematurity: Rate of Regression and Complications Following Laser Treatment, 2005

Jesse Davidson, MD, Emily Kevan, MD, Kathryn Lysinger, MD, Carter Wray, MD, and Ann Zeneberg, MD

• Outstanding Service in Medical Student Teaching, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2004-2005

Jessica Barron Essary, MD, and Jason Reynolds, MD

• Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr., MD, Award for Outstanding Research by a Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2004-2005

Jonathan Kaufman, MD

• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, Critical Care, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2004-2005

Margaret Lueg, MD

• Resident of the Year Award, Neonatal Care Unit, University of Colorado Hospital, 2004-2005

Margaret Macy, MD

• Continuity Practice Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2004-2005

Carol Okada, MD

• The Gary Way Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005

Dana Salzberg, MD

• Best Third-Year Fellow Poster Award: Role of Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinase in Pediatric T-Cell ALL, 2005

James E. Shira, MD

• Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005

Stephen Simko, MD

• Intern of the Year Award, Neonatal Care Unit, University of Colorado Hospital, 2004-2005

Jennifer Soep, MD

• Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Dedication and Service as Best Interviewer for the Residency Recruitment Selection Committee, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005

Heather Varnell, MD

• Bruce Garber Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2005

Tien Vu, MD

• Best Second-Year Fellow Poster Award: Traumatic Cervical Spine and Cord Injury in Young Children: Mechanisms and Associated Injuries, 2005