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

Thomas E. Fagan, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Catheterization Lab

Mark A. Farina, MS, PA-C
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Brian M. Fonseca, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Bridget M. Gerner, PNP
Instructor of Pediatrics

Deborah D. Gilbert, CPNP
Instructor of Pediatrics

Robert D. Greensides, MD
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Lisa W. Howley, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Kendall S. Hunter, PhD***
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Jill E. Ibrahim, MD
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

Pei-Ni Jone, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

C. Denise Kaufholz, RN, MSN, CPNP
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Jonathan Kaufman, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Bruce F. Landeck, II, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Sara M. Mackie, PA-C
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Shellie R. Mason, FNP
Instructor of Pediatrics

Anthony C. McCanta, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Shanna R. Meeks, MS, CPNP-AC
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Shelley D. Miyamoto, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Program

Suzanne M. Osorio-Lujan, DVM
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Laura L. Peters, FNP
Instructor of Pediatrics

Biagio A. Pietra, MD**
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Heart Transplantation Program

Christopher M. Rausch, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

D. Martin Runciman, MD
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Jody E. Rutz, RN, PA-C
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Michael S. Schaffer, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Outpatient Operations

James K. Schroeder, MD
Instructor of Pediatrics

Robin Shandas, PhD***
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, CU-Boulder
Director, Cardiovascular Flow and Imaging Research Laboratory
Director, Cardiovascular Device Development Laboratory
Director, Center for Bioengineering

Henry Sondheimer, MD
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics

Chad B. Stewart, MD
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Amy R. Stimmler, RN, CPNP
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Wei Tan, PhD***
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Kendra D. Tiernan, PNP
Instructor of Pediatrics

Uyen T. Truong, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Karrie L. Villavicencio, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Robert R. Wolfe, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Elizabeth Yeung, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Adel K. Younoszai, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Fellows

Richard Boruta, MD
Dale Burkett MD
Kathryn Chatfield, MD, PhD
Benjamin Goot, MD
Amanda Hauck, MD
John Kim, MD
Stephanie Nakano, MD
Jeremy Nicolarsen, MD
Austine Siomos, MD
Bridget Zoeller, MD

Advanced Pediatric Cardiology Fellows

Osamah Aldoss, MD
Michael Di Maria, MD

Children’s Hospital Colorado Heart Institute & Section of Cardiology Leadership

Dave Rogers, Administrator, Heart Institute
Michele Pietras, Director, Critical Care Nursing
Jeanine Gruenwald, Manager, Echocardiography
Heather Shockley, Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab & Pre-Post Unit

Clinical Faculty

Marilyn Day, MS, RD
Jeanine Gruenwald, Lead Cardiac Sonographer
Loreen Gulli, LCSW
Mary Ann Harris, MSW
Lacey Henry, Arrhythmia Coordinator
K. Scott Kirby, Lead Research Cardiac Sonographer
Julianne Koehler, Clinical Coordinator of Education
John Macheras, Cardiac Sonographer
Christine Martinez, BS
Meghan Moffat, MSW
Michelle Olsen, RN, Clinical Coordinator of Cardiology Clinic
Christine Peyton, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Shawn Popylisen, Cardiac Sonographer
Stephanie Seiler, Clinical Coordinator of Cardiac Pre Post Unit
Heather Shockley, Clinical Coordinator of Catheterization Lab
Candice Sigur, Cardiac Sonographer
Lora Stancik, Cardiac Sonographer
Amy Taylor, PhD
Cindy Williams, Cardiac Sonographer

Transplantation Coordinators

Stacey Anderson, MSN, RN, ND
Alison Ballard, MS, CPNP
Carrie Connell, RN, BSN
Bethany Diamond, ND, MESS, RN, CPNP
Dee Dee Gilbert, RN, BSN
Jilayne Kloote Smith, RN, CPNP-AC
Carrie Vonderheide, RN, CPNP

Pulmonary Hypertension Program

Michelle Calderbank, RN, BSN
Aimee Doran, RN, CPNP
Kathleen Miller-Reed, RN, BSN

Administrative Staff

Michele Boes, Clinical Manager
Shari Borcherding, Staff Assistant and Echo Manager
Dawn Christofferson, Systems Administrator
Debbie Coombs, Clinical CIS Coordinator
Sharon Downing, Staff Assistant
Beth Gaffney, VP Clinical/ Support Services
Reggie Henry, Lead Patient Services Coordinator of Cath Lab
Renee Patilla, Staff Assistant
Mike Pease, Systems Administrator
Cindi Reid, Staff Assistant
Nicole Romero, Staff Assistant
Dawn Schmeck, Business Operations Coordinator
Samuel Schofield, Database Coordinator
Jeanette Starkey, Staff Assistant
Angela Townsend, Assistant to Dr. Dunbar Ivy/Pulmonary Hypertension Team