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Leadership and Directors

Welcome to the Essentials Core Website. Whether you are a perspective student or a new student in our program, please feel free to contact us with your questions or comments. Our office hours are from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

Curriculum staff contact information:

 

Robin Michaels, PhD 
Assistant Dean of Essentials Core Curriculum


Dr. Michaels oversees the first two years of medical curriculum and chairs the Essentials Core Block Directors Committee.  After receiving her PhD in Anatomy and Neurobiology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, she did her postdoctoral work at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  She’s been on faculty in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine since 2000.  She teaches in the Phase I Human Body block and Co-directs the Phase II Digestive, Endocrine and Metabolic Systems block.  As a part of her service, she teaches in the Mini Med School, directs a summer internship program for K12 teachers, serves as a mentor and coach in the President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative and is a member of the Academy of Medical Educators.

 

 

Phase I – Suzanne Waffle
e-mail Suzanne.waffle@ucdenver.edu
phone 303/724-2070
fax 303/724-1629 		Phase II – Ellen Valentine
e-mail Ellen.Valentine@ucdenver.edu
phone 303/724-2069
fax 303/724-1629

 

Block Director email  Phone 

Human Body

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
Mike Carry, PhD

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology		 Mike.carry@ucdenver.edu

303-724-2411

CLINICAL CO-DIRECTOR
Steven Britt, MD
Departments of Cell and Developmental Biology & Ophthalmology		 Steve.britt@ucdenver.edu 303-724-3441

Molecules to Medicine

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
Robert Low, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology		 Robert.low@ucdenver.edu 303-724-4307
CLINICAL CO-DIRECTOR
Matthew Taylor, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine		 Matthew.taylor@ucdenver.edu 303-724-1400

Blood and Lymph

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
Jill Slansky, PhD
Department of Immunology 		 Jill.slansky@ucdenver.edu 303-398-1887
CLINICAL CO-DIRECTOR
Tim Garrington, MD
Department of Pediatrics		 Timothy.garrington@tchden.org 720-777-8365

Disease and Defense

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
Ron Gill, PhD
Department of Microbiology		 Ron.gill@ucdenver.edu 303-724-4230
CLINICAL CO-DIRECTOR
Bruce McCollister, MD
Department of Medicine		 Bruce.McCollister@UCDenver.edu 303-724-4216 

Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Renal Systems

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
Rock Levinson, PhD
Department of Physiology and Molecular Biophysics		 Rock.levinson@ucdenver.edu 303-724-1544
CLINICAL CO-DIRECTOR
Larry Horwitz, MD
Department of Medicine		 lawrence.horwitz@ucdenver.edu  303-724-2089 

Nervous System

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
Tom French, PhD
Department of Pharmacology		 Thomas.french@ucdenver.edu 303-724-3387 
CLINICAL CO-DIRECTOR
Steve Ojemann, MD
Department of Neurosurgery		 steven.ojemann@ucdenver.edu 303 724-2285

Digestive, Endocrine and Metabolic Systems

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
Robin Michaels, PhD
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology		 Robin.michaels@ucdenver.edu 303-724-3402
CLINICAL CO-DIRECTORS
Dan Bessesen, MD
Department of Medicine		 daniel.bessesen@ucdenver.edu  303 266-4361  
Virginia Sarapura, MD
Department of Medicine		 Virginia.sarapura@ucdenver.edu 303 724-3931

Life Cycle

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
Andy Bradford, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology		 Andy.bradford@ucdenver.edu 303-724-3507
CLINICAL CO-DIRECTOR
Sonya Erickson, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology		 sonya.erickson@ucdenver.edu 303 724-2038 

Infectious Disease

    
BASIC SCIENCE CO-DIRECTOR
David Barton, PhD
Department of Microbiology		 david.barton@ucdenver.edu 303 724-4215 
CLINICAL CO-DIRECTOR
Ed Janoff, MD
Department of Medicine		 edward.janoff@ucdenver.edu  303-315-7233

Foundations Of Doctoring

    
DIRECTOR
Wendy Madigosky, MD, MSPH
Department of Family Medicine		 Wendy.Madigosky@ucdenver.edu 303 724-6420 

Mentored Scholarly Activity Program

    
DIRECTOR
Allan Prochazka, MD
Department of Medicine		 Allan.Prochazka@ucdenver.edu  303 393-2839

Thread Directors

    
Medicine and Society Director:
Mark Earnest, MD
Department of Medicine		 Mark.Earnest@ucdenver.edu 303 372-2248 
Ethics/Humanities/Professionalism Director:
Jackie Glover, PhD
Center for Bioethics and Humanities		 Jackie.Glover@ucdenver.edu  303 724-3992 
Culturally Effective Medicine Director:
Paritosh Kaul, MD
Department of Pediatrics		 Paritosh.kaul@ucdenver.edu 720-777-6131 
Evidence-based Medicine and Medical Informatics Interim Director:
Marsha Anderson, MD
Department of Pediatrics		 Marsha.Anderson@childrenscolorado.org 303-724-7730

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