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Mark E. Anderson, MD

• Director, Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, 2002-present

Edwin Asturias, MD

• Vice Chair, Global Advisory Committee for Vaccine Safety, World Health Organization, 2011

Stephen Berman, MD

• Kempe Foundation Honor, Lifetime contributions to all children, including those vulnerable and maltreated, 2011
• Director, University of Colorado Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health, 2011
• Florence Rena Sabin Award, CU School of Medicine, 2011

Patricia A. Braun, MD, MPH

• Excellence in Curriculum Development Award, Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine, 2011
• Member, Oral Health Advocate Steering Committee, AAP Chapter, 2010-present
• Member, Medical Student Admissions Committee, CU School of Medicine, 2010-present
• Delta Omega Honorary Award, University of Colorado Denver School of Public Health, 2010
• Cavity Free at Three Technical Assistance Team, Caring for Colorado, 2008-2011

Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH

• Invited Speaker, Institute of Medicine: Health Impacts of WIC - Planning a Research Agenda, Washington, D.C., 2010
• Member, SPR, 2011

Ellen Roy Elias, MD

• Favorite Clinical Correlate Award, First and Second-year Medical Students, UCSOM, 2011
• Citation for seven years of service, Committee on Children with Disabilities (COCWD), AAP, 2010
• Member, Autism Subcommittee, AAP, 2010-2011
• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2011-2012

Steven G. Federico, MD

• President, Board of Directors, Colorado Chapter, AAP, 2010-present

Simon J. Hambidge, MD, PhD

• Annual Academic Award, Denver Health Medical Staff, 2010
• Editorial Board, Academic Pediatrics, AAP, 2010-present

Paritosh Kaul, MD

• Member, Academy of Medical Educators, CU School of Medicine, 2010

Allison Kempe, MD, MPH

• Research Award, APS, 2011

Glenda Louch, CPNP, MS

• Senior Instructor with Distinction, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine, 2010

Jody A. Maes, MD

• C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine, 2010
• Career Teaching Scholar Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine, 2010

Paul Melinkovich, MD

• President, Board of Directors, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2008-2010
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Colorado Association for School-Based Healthcare, 2011

Elaine H. Morrato, MPH, DrPH

• Member, Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, FDA, 2009-2012

Sonja B. O'Leary, MD

• Board, Denver Early Childhood Council, 2010-present
• Co-Medical Director, Reach Out and Read Colorado, 2010-present

James E. Shira, MD

• Big Shot of the Year, Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition, 2011

Christopher J. Stille, MD, MPH

• Nominated, Golden Stethoscope Best Role Model Award, CU School of Medicine, 2011

Meghan D. Treitz, MD

• Teaching Scholars Program, CU School of Medicine, 2011-2012
• Young Investigator Award, Program for Primary Care Strategies for the Promotion of Early Literacy and School Readiness, Reach Out and Read, AAP, 2011

Stephen D. Vogler, MD

• Co-Advocate of the Year Award, Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics, 2010
• Medical Director, Reach Out and Read Colorado, 2004-present

Kathryn M. Wells, MD, FAAP

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2010-2012
• Governor's Appointment, Governor's Working Group, Structure of Colorado's Human Services System and the Centralized Call Center for Child Abuse and Neglect Referrals, 2010
• Vice President, Board of Directors, Colorado Chapter, AAP, 2010-present
• Member, Colorado State Foster Parent Association Board of Directors, 2009-present
• Governor's Appointment, Colorado Children's Trust Fund Board, 2010-present
• James E. Strain Community Service Award, Colorado Chapter, AAP, 2011

Shale L. Wong, MD, MSPH

• Health Policy Advisor to First Lady Michelle Obama, 2010
• Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, 2009-2010

Mark E. Anderson, MD

• Director, Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, 2002-present

Stephen Berman, MD

• Course Director, Pediatrics in Disasters Training Course, Children’s Hospital No. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2009

Patricia A. Braun, MD, MPH

• Delta Omega Honorary Award, University of Colorado Denver School of Public Health, 2010
• Cavity Free at Three Technical Assistance Team, Caring for Colorado, 2008-2011

Karen Dodd, MS, PNP

• Barbara Ann Quarantillo Senior Instructor with Distinction Award, 2009

Ellen Roy Elias, MD

• Guest Editor and Author, Special Issue, Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 2009

Steven G. Federico, MD

• President, Board of Directors, Colorado Chapter, AAP, 2010

Kathryn A. Love-Osborne, MD

• Society for Adolescent Medicine Program Planning Committee, 2007-2009

Jody A. Maes, MD

• C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher, Department of Pediatrics, UCSOM, 2009-2010
• Career Teaching Scholars Award, Department of Pediatrics, UCSOM, 2010

Paul Melinkovich, MD

• President, Board of Directors, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2008-present

Elaine H. Morrato, DrPH

• Consultant, Risk Communication Advisory Committee, FDA, 2007-present

Mary E. O'Connor, MD, MPH

• Third Place Award, Clinical Research Poster, Day of Celebration, Denver Health, 2009

Sonja B. O'Leary, MD

• Denver Early Childhood Council, 2010-present
• Co-Medical Director, Reach Out and Read Colorado, 2010-present

Steven R. Poole, MD

• John R. Moran Leadership Award, Colorado Trust Foundation, 2009
• Award for Excellence in the Health Care, El Pomar Foundation, 2010
• James E. Strain Community Service Award, Colorado Chapter, AAP, 2009

James Shira, MD

• Lifetime Achievement Award, Colorado Chapter, AAP, 2009

Amy Shriver, MD

• 2010 Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI) Advocacy Training Grant Award, 2010
• AAP Friends of Children Fund Chapter Outreach Grant for Residents, 2009
• Reach Out and Read, Target Community Grant, 2009

Stephen D. Vogler, MD

• Medical Director, Reach Out and Read Colorado, 1997-present

Kathryn M. Wells, MD, FAAP

• Governor's Appointment, Governor's Working Group on the Structure of Colorado's Human Services System and the Centralized Call Center for Child Abuse and Neglect Referrals, 2010
• Vice President, Board of Directors, Colorado Chapter, AAP, 2010
• 2009 Advocate of the Year Award, Colorado CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Board, 2009

Shale L. Wong, MD, MSPH

• Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, 2009-2010

Stephen Berman, MD

• Chair, Helping the Children Task Force, AAP in collaboration with the World Health Organization, 2006
• Ambulatory Pediatric Association’s Advocacy Award, Pediatric Academic Societies, 2007
• The Children’s Hospital Chair in General Pediatrics, 2007
• Author, Getting it Right for Children: Stories of Pediatric Care and Advocacy, 2007
• Career Teaching Scholar Award, Department of Pediatrics, UCSOM, 2008
• Coordinator, Programa de Disastres, Reunion Pediatrica de las Americas, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, 2008
• Speaker, Peruvian Pediatric Society, Lima, Peru, 2008
• Course Director, Pediatrics in Disasters Training Course, Panama City, Panama, 2008
• Course Director, IX Curso Internacional de Pediatria, Hospital Baca Ortiz, Quito, Ecuador, 2008
• Course Director, Pediatrics in Disasters Training Course, Bejing, China, 2008
• Course Director, Pediatrics in Disasters Training Course, Children’s Hospital No. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2009

Ellen Roy Elias, MD

• Executive Committee Member, Section on Children with Disabilities, AAP, 2004-2007
• Editor, 4th edition Developmental/ Behavioral Pediatrics, 2005-2008

David Fox, MD

• Gary Way Award for Outstanding Teaching, Department of Pediatrics, UCSOM, 2007

Mary C. Kohn, MD

• Oustanding Teacher Award, UCSOM Family Medicine Residents, 2007

N. Elaine Lowery, JD, MSPH

• American Immunization Registry Association Board of Directors, 2007

Elaine H. Morrato, DrPH

• Consultant, Risk Communication Advisory Committee, FDA, 2007-present

James Shira, MD

• Lifetime Achievement Award, Colorado Chapter, AAP, 2009

Shale L. Wong, MD, MSPH

• Chancellor’s Diversity Recognition Award, UCSOM, 2007
• Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, 2009-2010

2005-2006

Stephen Berman, MD

• Individual of the Year Award Nominee (member of Task Force for Access to Medical Services for Children on Medicaid), Colorado Lawyers Committee, 2005
• Community Service Award, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, 2005
• Champion for Kids Award, Colorado Children's Campaign, 2005

Ellen R. Elias, MD

• Editor, 4th Edition of the Textbook Developmental/ Behavioral Pediatrics, 2005-2008
• Executive Committee Member, Section on Children with Disabilities, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004-2007
• Invited Speaker: "The Genetics of Autism," Annual AAP National Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC, 2005

Steven R. Poole, MD

• Chair, Board Member and Founder of Section, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Telephone Care, 1997-present
• Legislative Liaison, American Academy of Pediatrics, Colorado Chapter, 2005-present
• Blue Ribbon Policy Council, Colorado State Division of Mental Health, 2005-present

Barton D. Schmitt, MD

• 51st annual Jesse Neal National Business Journalism Award (for an article in Contemporary Pediatrics), 2005

James E. Shira, MD

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

Tamara D. Simon, MD

• Young Investigator Award, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 2005

2003-2004

Stephen Berman, MD

• Special Achievement Award, District VIII, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003
• Child Advocate Award, Summer Scholars Program, 2003

Ellen R. Elias, MD

• Executive Committee Member, Section on Children with Disabilities, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004

Candice E. Johnson, MD, PhD

• Keynote Speaker: "Otitis Media Update," Brazilian Otolaryngology Association, Brazil, 2004

Barton D. Schmitt, MD

• Education Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004

Tamara D. Simon, MD

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