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

Edythe Albano, MD

• Excellence in Quality and Patient Safety Award, Children’s Hospital Colorado Medical Staff, 2011
• Five Star Excellence Award, PRC, 2011

Brian Branchford, MD

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

Jorge DiPaola, MD

• President, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society, 2011-2012
• Member, Promoting Diversity Committee, American Society of Hematology, 2010-present
• Chair, Program Committee, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, 2011-2012
• Postle Family Chair, Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders, 2008-present
• Best Doctors in America, 2011-2012
• Dr. DiPaola's lab found a new gene for a rare disease: “Mutations in NBEAL2, encoding a BEACH protein, cause gray platelet syndrome,” Nature Genetics, 2011
• Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), 2011-2012
• Co-Chair, Von Willebrand Factor Subcommittee, International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, 2011
• External Advisor, University of Iowa Child Health Research Center, 2011
• Member, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Study Section, NHLBI, NIH, 2011
• Member, Oversight Committee, Clinical Research Training Institute, American Society of Hematology, 2012
• Frank A. Oski Lectureship, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2013 Meeting, 2013

Roger H. Giller, MD

• Executive Committee Member-at-Large, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Consortium, 2010-present
• Best Doctors in America, 1998-present
• Board Member, Brent Eley Foundation, 2003-present

Neil A. Goldenberg, MD, PhD

• Pediatric Panelist, Antithrombotic Therapy Guidelines, 9th Edition, American College of Chest Physicians, 2010
• Member, Writing Group, American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Management of Iliofemoral DVT, Massive/Submassive PE, and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, 2010
• Member, Writing Group, Pediatric Thromboembolism Outcomes, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Scientific and Standardization Committee, Perinatal/Pediatric Subcommittee, 2010
• Chair, Writing Group, Pediatric Post-Thrombotic Syndrome, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Scientific and Standardization Committee, Perinatal/Pediatric Subcommittee, 2010
• Co-Chair, Antithrombotic Trials Leadership and Steering Committee (ATLAS) Group, 2010

Lia Gore, MD

• Co-Founder and Co-Director, Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics Investigators' Consortium, 2002-present
• Member, Executive Committee on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Children's Oncology Group, 2005-present
• Best Doctors in America, 2005-present

Douglas K. Graham, MD, PhD

• Clinical Investigator Award, Damon Runyon Research Foundation, 2010
• Member, Molecular and Cellular Hematology Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, 2011

Brian S. Greffe, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2002-2012

Taru Hays, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2005-2012

Stephen P. Hunger, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 2008-present
• Guide to America's Top Physicians, 2009-present
• Guide to America's Top Oncologists, 2009-present
• Visiting Professor, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, 2010
• Visiting Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York, 2011
• Visiting Professor, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011
• Editorial Board, PDQ, Pediatric Treatment, 2010-present

Rachelle Nuss, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 2009- present

Bernice Pasut, PNP

• Barbara Ann Quarantillo Senior Instructor with Distinction Award, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine, 2010

Christopher C. Silliman, MD, PhD

• Editorial Board, Blood, 2011
• Review Board, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2011

Michael Wang, MD

• Member, SPR, 2010-present

Jorge DiPaola, MD

• Postle Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders, 2008-present
• Member, NIH Study Section, Hemostasis and Thrombosis, NHLBI, 2009
• Member, State of the Science Pediatric Subcommittee on Hemostasis and Thrombosis, NHLBI, 2009
• Best Doctors in America, 2009-present

Roger H. Giller, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 1998-present
• Board Member, Brent Eley Foundation, 2003-present

Neil A. Goldenberg, MD, PhD

• Chair of Steering Committee, ECLECTIC – International Clinical Trial in Peripheral Arterial Disease, 2008-2009
• Chair of Steering Committee, DaVINCI – National Clinical Trial in Pediatric Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism, 2008-2009
• Member, American College of Chest Physcians 9th Guideline on Antithrombotic Therapy in Neonates and Children, 2009
• Member, Writing Group, American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Iliofemoral DVT and Massive/Submassive PE, 2009

Lia Gore, MD

• Co-Founder and Co-Director, Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics Investigators Consortium, 2002-present
• Co-Chair, Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Committee, 2005-2008
• Member, Executive Committee on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Children's Oncology Group, 2005-present
• Best Doctors in America, 2005-present

Douglas K. Graham, MD, PhD

• Research Scholar Award, American Cancer Society, 2008-2009

Brian S. Greffe, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2002-present

Taru Hays, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2005-present

Stephen P. Hunger, MD

• Ergen Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer, 2007-present
• Chairman, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2007-present
• Best Doctors in America, 2008-present
• Guide to America's Top Physicians, 2009-present
• Guide to America's Top Oncologists, 2009-present
• International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Award for Best Basic Science Abstract Presentation, 2009
• Editorial Board, Leukemia Research, 2009
• Editorial Board, Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 2009
• Editorial Board, PDQ, Pediatric Treatment, 2010

Rachelle Nuss, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 2009-present

Michael Wang, MD

• Elected to SPR, 2010

Edythe A. Albano, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 2008

Deborah A. DeRyckere, PhD

• New Inventor of the Year, Technology Transfer Office, UCD, 2007

Jorge DiPaola, MD

• Postle Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders, 2008-present

Robert L. Garcea, MD

• Inventor of the Year, Technology Transfer Office, UCD, 2006

Roger H. Giller, MD

• Best Doctors in America, 1998-present
• Board Member, Brent Eley Foundation, 2003-present
• Outstanding Service Award, TCH Medical Staff, 2006

Neil A. Goldenberg, MD, PhD

• Bayer Early Career Investigator Award, 2006-2008
• Chair of Steering Committee, ECLECTIC – International Clinical Trial in Peripheral Arterial Disease, 2008-2009
• Chair of Steering Committee, DaVINCI – National Clinical Trial in Pediatric Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism, 2008-2009
• Advisor, National Hemophilia Foundation Baxter Fellowship Training Award Program, 2008
• Member, Brain Committee, NHLBI Conference on Clinical Research Priorities in Sickle Cell Disease, 2008

Lia Gore, MD

• Co-Founder and Co-Director, Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics Investigators Consortium, 2002-present
• Co-Chair, Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Committee, 2005-2008
• Member, Program Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2005-2008
• Member, Executive Committee on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Children's Oncology Group, 2005-present
• Distinguished Visiting Professor, Alberta Children's Hospital and the University of Calgary, Ontario, Canada, 2006
• Physician of the Year, Rocky Mountain Chapter of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, 2007
• Best Doctors in America, 2005-present
• America’s Best Oncologists, 2007
• New Inventor of the Year, Technology Transfer Office, UCD, 2007
• America's Top Oncologists, 2008

Douglas K. Graham, MD, PhD

• Damon Runyon-Novartis Clinical Investigator Award, 2007
• Research Scholar Award, American Cancer Society, 2008-2009
• Ad Hoc Member, Study Section on Hematopoiesis, NIH, 2008
• New Inventor of the Year, Technology Transfer Office, UCD, 2006
• Children’s Oncology Group Young Investigator Award, 2006
• Colorado Bioscience Discovery Award, 2007

Brian S. Greffe, MD

• Champions in Healthcare Award for Best Outreach Program (The Butterfly Program), Denver Business Journal, 2007
• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2002-present
• Award of Courage, Porter/Hospice Foundation, 2006

Taru Hays, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2005-present

Molly Hemenway, ND, RN, AC/CPNP

• First recipient of the J. Patrick Barnes Research Grant, 2008

Stephen P. Hunger, MD

• Ergen Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer, 2007-present
• Chairman, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Committee, Children’s Oncology Group, 2007-present
• Best Doctors in America, 2002-present

Amy K. Keating, MD

• Career Development Award, St. Baldrick’s Foundation, 2008
• Professional Development Award, TCH Research Institute, 2008
• Ruth L. Kirshstein National Research Service Award, 2004-2006
• Pediatric Academic Societies Young Investigator Award, 2006
• Outstanding Fellow Research Award, UCD, 2006

Jennifer R. Madden, RN, MSN, CPNP

• DAISY (Disease Attacking the Immune System) Award for extraordinary nursing at TCH, 2006

Marilyn J. Manco-Johnson, MD

• Published a landmark paper in The New England Journal of Medicine: “Prophylaxis versus Episodic Treatment to Prevent Joint Disease in Boys with Severe Hemophilia,” 2007
• Researcher of the Year, National Hemophilia Foundation, 2007
• Chair, American Society of Hematology Pediatric Education Symposium, 2008
• Chair, NIH Consensus Subcommittee on Management of von Willebrand’s Disease, 2004-2007
• Member, Surgeon General’s Workshop on Deep Vein Thrombosis, 2006
• Member, NHLBI Strategic Plan, NIH, 2006
• Symposium Presentations, International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis and Japanese Society of Hematology, 2007
• Symposium Presentations, International Society of Hematology, 2006 and 2008

Rachelle Nuss, MD

• Charles C. Shepard Award for the Best Manuscript in the Category of Prevention and Control, CDC, 2007
• Best Doctors in America, 2007

Christopher Porter, MD

• Paul Calabresi Award in Clinical/Translational Oncology Research Award, 2008
• Brent Eley and Brian Hicks Research Award, 2006

Christopher C. Silliman, MD, PhD

• Inducted into the National Blood Foundation Hall of Fame, 2007

2005-2006

Robert L. Garcea, MD

• Inventor of the Year Award, University of Colorado Denver, 2006
• Grand Challenges in Global Health Award, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2005
• Chairperson/Co-Organizer, EMBO Workshop on "The Structural Basis of Papovarirus Biology," Siena, Italy, 2005
• Member, Editorial Boards, Journal of Virology and Virology, 2005
• Maurice Hilleman Lecturer, American Society of Virology General Meeting, 2005

Roger H. Giller, MD

• Outstanding Service Award, The Children's Hospital Medical Staff, 2006

John H. Githens, MD

• Distinguished Service Award, University of Colorado, 2005

Douglas K. Graham, MD, PhD

• New Inventor of the Year Award, University of Colorado Denver, 2006
• Young Investigator Award, Children’s Oncology Group, 2006
• Technology Transfer Proof of Concept Award, University of Colorado Denver, 2005
• V Foundation for Cancer Research Scholar, 2003-2005
  

Brian S. Greffe, MD

• "Top Doctors in Denver," 5280 Magazine, 2003-2005

Taru Hays, MD

• "Top Doctors in Denver," 5280 Magazine, 2005

2003-2004

Edythe A. Albano, MD

• "Top Doctors in Denver," 5280 Magazine, 2003-2004
• Family Centered Care Award, Family Centered Care Committee, The Children's Hospital, 2004

Robert L. Garcea, MD

• Member, International Scientific Committee, Symposium on Human Papillomavirus: Vaccines and Immunotherapies, Cambridge, UK, 2003
• Chair, Second International Workshop on the Structural Biology of Small DNA Tumor Viruses, Siena, Italy, 2003
• Member, International Scientific Committee, The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology DNA Tumour Virus Meeting, Trieste, Italy, 2003

Roger H. Giller, MD

• Invited Lecturer: "Controversies in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation," American Society of Clinical Oncology, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004

Douglas K. Graham, MD, PhD

• V Foundation for Cancer Research Scholar, 2003-2005

Brian S. Greffe, MD

• "Top Doctors in Denver," 5280 Magazine, 2003-2004
• Outstanding Service Award, The Children's Hospital Medical Staff, 2004
• The Gary Way Award for Outstanding Teaching, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 2004

Christopher Silliman, MD, PhD

• Invited Speaker: "The Epidemiology and Patient Predisposition to Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury," Network for the Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives 5th Annual Conference, Athens, Greece, 2004
• Invited Speaker: "The Canadian Consensus Conference on Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury," Toronto, Canada, 2004
• Invited Speaker: "Keynote Debate Jurgen Bux: TRALI: The Two-Event Model," 8th European Conference on Platelet and Granulocyte Immunobiology, Rust, Austria, 2004
• Keynote Debate with Mark A. Popovsky, MD, Sanquin Wetenschapsdag and NVB Symposium Transfusiegeneeskunde: "Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury: The Two-Event Model, DeReehorst te Ede," The Netherlands, 2004