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Sergio Bartakian, MD

• Fellow Poster Winner, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine, 2011

Kathryn Collins, MD

• Member, SPR, 2009-present

Eduardo M. da Cruz, MD

• Member, Board of Directors, Congenital Domain of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2008-present
• Member, SPR, 2008-present
• Founding Member, World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 2007-present
• Member, Working Group on Interventional Catheterization, AEPC, 2005-present
• Mentor and President, Recommendations and Guidelines Committee for Training in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, APEC, 2005-present
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Association for European Paediatric Cardiology (AEPC), 2004-present
• Board President, Surgeons of Hope, 2011
• Blanket Award for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Children's Hospital Colorado, 2010
• Founder and Chairman, Working Group on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, AEPC, 2004-2010
• Member, European Multidisciplinary Joint Committee for Intensive Care Medicine, 2003-2010
• Member, Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes, 2003-2010
• Member, Accreditation Committee, European Board of Intensive Care, 2003-2010

Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD

• Associate Editor, Congenital Heart Disease, 2005-present
• Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatrics, 1995-present
• Chairman’s Award, AHA, 2011
• Meritorious Achievement Award, 2011 Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young (CVDY), CVDY Annual Dinner, Orlando, 2011
• America’s Top Cardiologists, 2008-2011
• Edna G. Kynett Memorial Lecture, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
• America’s Top Pediatricians, 2010
• Pediatric Council Member, AAP Colorado Chapter, 2007-2010
• Co-Chair, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Healthcare Pillar, AHA, 2006-2010
• Pediatric Editorial Board Member, Obesity Management, 2006-2010
• Best Doctors in America, 2005-2010
• Member, Committee on Nutrition, AAP, 2004-2010

Thomas Fagan, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 2003-present

Kendall Hunter, PhD

• Chang Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Colorado, 2011

D. Dunbar Ivy, MD

• Member, Scientific Leadership Council, Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 2005-present
• Pediatric Faculty Research Mentor, Shunichi Takatsuki, MD, 2010-2012
• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2005-2012
• Board of Trustees, Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 2011
• Editorial Board, Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 2011

Jonathan Kaufman, MD

• Blanket Award for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Children's Hospital Colorado, 2010

Shelley Miyamoto, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2011-2012
• Medical Student Teaching Award: Best Clinical Correlates, CU School of Medicine, 2010

Michael S. Schaffer, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2001-2012
• Career Teaching Scholar Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine, 2010

Robin Shandas, PhD

• T32 Study Section Permanent Member, NHLBI, NIH, 2006-2012

Adel Younoszai, MD

• Member, SPR, 2009-present

Shannon Buckvold, MD

• Century Award, The Children’s Hospital, 2010

Kathryn Collins, MD

• Elected to the SPR, 2009

Eduardo M. da Cruz, MD

• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee of the Association for European Paediatric Cardiology (AEPC), 2004-present
• Member, European Multidisciplinary Joint Committee for Intensive Care Medicine, 2003-present
• Member, Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes, 2003-present
• Member, Accreditation Committee, European Board of Intensive Care, 2003-present
• Founder and Chairman, Working Group on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, AEPC, 2004-2010
• Founding Member, World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 2007-present
• Member, Working Group on Interventional Catheterization, AEPC, 2005-present
• Mentor and President, Recommendations and Guidelines Committee for Training in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, APEC, 2005-present
• Member, SPR, 2008-present
• Editor, Critical Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Patient: Basic Medical and Surgical Concepts, 2009
• Program Organizer and Director, “Teaching Course for Juniors,” European Pediatric Cardiology Trainees, Working Group on Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Freiburg, Germany, 2009
• Program Organizer and Director, “TCH Hearts 2009,” 1st Basic Teaching Course and Workshop on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Denver, 2009
• Program Organizer and Director, First European Conference on Paediatric and Neonatal Cardiac Intensive Care, AEPC and the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, Montreux, Switzerland, 2009

Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD

• Co-Chair, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Healthcare Pillar, AHA, 2006-present
• Member, Committee on Nutrition, AAP, 2004-2010
• Pediatric Council Member, AAP Colorado Chapter, 2007-present
• Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatrics, 1995-present
• Associate Editor, Congenital Heart Disease, 2005-present
• Pediatric Editorial Board Member, Obesity Management, 2006-present

Thomas Fagan, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 2003-present

D. Dunbar Ivy, MD

• Member, Scientific Leadership Council, Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 2005-present
• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2005-present

Shelley D. Miyamoto, MD

• Fern Primack "Heart Who Cares" Award, The Children’s Hospital, 2009

Michael S. Schaffer, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2001-present
• Career Teaching Scholars Award, UCSOM, 2010

Robin Shandas, PhD

• T32 Study Section Permanent Member, NHLBI, NIH, 2006-2012
• Pinnacle of Inventorship Award, Technology Transfer Office, UCSOM, 2009

Michael Yeager, PhD

• Actelion Pharma Entelligence Young Investigator Award, 2010

Adel K. Younoszai, MD

• Member, SPR, 2009

Kathryn Collins, MD

• Elected to the SPR, 2009

Eduardo M. da Cruz, MD

• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee of the Association for European Paediatric Cardiology (AEPC), 2004-present
• Member, European Multidisciplinary Joint Committee for Intensive Care Medicine, 2003-present
• Member, Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes, 2003-present
• Member, Accreditation Committee, European Board of Intensive Care, 2003-present
• Founder and Chairman, Working Group on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, AEPC, 2004-2010
• Member, Board of Directors, Congenital Committee (Congenital Domain), European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2008
• Member, Board of Directors, Surgeons of Hope, 2008
• Founding Member, World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 2007-present
• Member, Working Group on Interventional Catheterization, AEPC, 2005-present
• Mentor and President, Recommendations and Guidelines Committee for Training in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, APEC, 2005-present
• Member, Scientific and Advisory Review Committee, TCH Clinical Translational Research Center, Colorado Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), 2008
• Member, SPR, 2008-present
• Editor, Handbook of Pediatric Cardiovascular Drugs, 2007
• Editor, Cuidado del Paciente Crítico Cardiovascular Pediátrico [Care of the Critically-Ill Cardiovascular Pediatric Patient], 2007
• Editor, Critical Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Patient: Basic Medical and Surgical Concepts, 2009
• Program Organizer and Director, Scientific Session, Working Group on Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care: “Current concepts in the management of low cardiac output syndrome,” AEPC 41st Annual Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 2006
• Program Organizer and Director, Scientific Session, Working Group on Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care: “Common issues in the daily management of acute pediatric cardiology patients,” AEPC 42nd Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 2007
• Program Organizer and Director, “The Latin Symposium of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care,” 5th World Congress on Pediatric Critical Care, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007
• Program Organizer and Director (with Duncan Macrae), “Pre-Congress Post-Graduate Course on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care,” 5th World Congress on Pediatric Critical Care, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007
• Program Organizer and Director, “Update on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care,” AEPC 43rd Annual Meeting, Venice, Italy, 2008
• Program Organizer and Director, “Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Intensive Care: Seeking for an Harmonious Interaction,” Common Session of the Working Groups on Congenital Heart Surgery and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, AEPC 43rd Annual Meeting, Venice, Italy, 2008
• Program Organizer and Director, “Teaching Course for Juniors,” European Pediatric Cardiology Trainees, Working Group on Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Freiburg, Germany, 2009
• Program Organizer and Director, “TCH Hearts 2009,” 1st Basic Teaching Course and Workshop on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Denver, 2009
• Program Organizer and Director, First European Conference on Paediatric and Neonatal Cardiac Intensive Care, AEPC and the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, Montreux, Switzerland, 2009

Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD

• Elected to the Hall of Honor, Cincinnati Pediatric Society, 2007
• Chairman, Nominating Committee for Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, AHA, 2006-2008
• Steering Committee Member, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, AHA, 1999-2008
• Co-Chair, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Healthcare Pillar, AHA, 2006-present
• Member, Committee on Nutrition, AAP, 2004-2010
• Pediatric Council Member, AAP Colorado Chapter, 2007-present
• Chairman, Youth Workgroup, Activity and Health Policy Network, American College of Sports Medicine, 2007
• Chairman, Expert Panel on Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Children, NHLBI, NIH, 2006-2008
• Chairman, Workshop on Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome, NICHD, NIH, 2006
• Member, Strategic Planning Working Group, Vascular Diseases and Hypertension, NHLBI, NIH, 2006
• Reviewer, Study Section, Cardiovascular Disease and Sleep Epidemiology, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, 2007-2008
• Reviewer, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) and Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24), NHLBI, NIH, 2007-2008
• Reviewer, Clinical Study Section, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Spring Review, 2007
• Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatrics, 1995-present
• Associate Editor, Congenital Heart Disease, 2005-present
• Pediatric Editorial Board Member, Obesity Management, 2006-present

D. Dunbar Ivy, MD

• Fern Primack “Heart Who Cares” Award, Little Hearts Luncheon Committee/ TCH Foundation, 2008
• Member, Scientific Leadership Council, Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 2005-present
• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2005-present

Jonathan Kaufman, MD

• Outstanding Young Investigator Cardiology Award, CHOP, 2007

Michael S. Schaffer, MD

• TCH Outstanding Service Award, 2008
• Pacemaker Award, AHA, 2007
• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2001-present

Robin Shandas, PhD

• Inducted into the Pinnacles of Inventorship, Technology Transfer Office, UCSOM, 2008
• Inventor of the Year, Technology Transfer Office, UCSOM, 2006-2007
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCSOM, 2006-2007
• Outstanding Research Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Boulder, 2008
• Chairman, Minority T32 Study Section, National Institute of Technology Management, NIH, 2008
• T32 Study Section Permanent Member, NHLBI, NIH, 2006-2012

Wei Tan, PhD

• Young Investigator Award, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 2008
• Research Institute Scholar Development Award, TCH, 2007
• Junior Faculty Development Award, UCSOM, 2006

Adel K. Younoszai, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 2004-2006
• Pediatric Echo Bowl Co-Champion, American Society of Echocardiography, 16th Annual Scientific Sessions, 2004, 2006
• Cleveland Magazine’s Top Doctors, 2006
• Member, SPR, 2009

2005-2006

Mark M. Boucek, MD

• Chair, Pediatric Committee, American Society of Transplantation, 2004-2005
• Associate Director for Pediatric Transplantation, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2003-present
• Executive Board Member, Pediatric Heart Failure Society, 2000-present
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2001-2005
• America's Best Doctors, 1995-2005

D. Dunbar Ivy, MD

• Scientific Leadership Council of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 2005-present
• Selby's Chair in Pediatric Cardiology, 2003-present
• "Top Doctors in Denver," 5280 Magazine, 2005

Michael S. Schaffer, MD

• 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver, 2003-2005

Elizabeth M. Shaffer, MD

• Reviewer for the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories, 1999-2005

Robin Shandas, PhD

• Invitation to Whitaker Leadership Summit in Bioengineering Education, 2005
• Outstanding Graduate Educator, College of Engineering, University of Colorado, 2005

Henry M. Sondheimer, MD

• 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver, 2003-2005
• Associate Dean for Admissions, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2002-present

Angela T. Yetman, MD

• Core Member, Medical/Scientific Committee for the Development of Revised Guidelines for Exercise Testing in the Pediatric Age Group, American Heart Association, 2002-present

2003-2004

Mark M. Boucek, MD

• Associate Director for Pediatric Transplantation, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2003-present
• Chair, Pediatric Committee, American Society of Transplantation, 2004-2005
• Executive Board Member, Pediatric Heart Failure Society, 2000-present
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2001-2004

D. Dunbar Ivy, MD

• Scientific Leadership Council of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 2004-present
• Selby's Chair in Pediatric Cardiology, 2003-present

Michael S. Schaffer, MD

• 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver, 2003-2004
• Fern Primack Heart Who Cares Award, Little Hearts Luncheon Committee/ The Children's Hospital Foundation, 2004

Elizabeth M. Shaffer, MD

• Reviewer for the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories, 1999-2004

Robin Shandas, PhD

• Nightingale Award, Best Paper Published in Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2003

Henry M. Sondheimer, MD

• Outstanding Service Award, The Children's Hospital Medical Staff, 2004
• 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver, 2003-2004

Angela T. Yetman, MD

• Core Member, Medical/Scientific Committee for the Development of Revised Guidelines for Exercise Testing in the Pediatric Age Group, American Heart Association, 2002-present