Staffing:

Anesthesiology
Hospital-Based Staff
Peter Fritz, MD
Rita Agarwal, MD
Rafael Campanini, MD
Patty Coughlin, MD
Morris Dressler, MD
Mary Fox-Dubus, MD
Robert Friesen, MD
Peter Fuhr, MD
Desmond Henry, MD, Chair
Geoffrey Lane, MD
Charles Lockhart, MD
Stanley Loftness, MD
Becky Lowery, MD
Tom Majcher, MD
Kay McDivitt, MD
Glenn Merritt, MD
John Morrison, MD
Mark Newton, MD
David Polaner, MD
Vicki Simpson, MD
Kim Weigers, MD

Office Support Staff
Cindy Garone
Valerie Cassidy

Community-Based Staff
Ronald Binding, MD     
Randy Clarke, MD
Patty Coughlin, MD     
Beth Katubig, MD
Alan Klein, MD 
David Ladd, MD
Jeff Mosteller, MD     
Steve Pugh, MD 
Patrick Sheehan, MD
Joseph Strausburg, MD
Andrew Veit, MD
Teresa Youtz, MD 

Fellows
Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD     
Orlando Perez-Franco, MD

Burn Center
Hospital-Based Staff
C. Edward Hartford, MD, Director

Nursing Staff
Shellie Mason, RN, BSN
Maureen Smith, RN, MSN

Administrative Manager
Julie Liston

Research Coordinator/Special Programs Director
Marion E. Doctor, LCSW

Psychologist
Donald Lee, PhD

Burn Technician
Desiree Jimenez, EMT

Other Burn Team Members
Teresa Eberhart, MS, CTRS, CCLS
Heather Gutmacher, RD
Trudy Hackencamp, OTR
Kaycie LaRock, PT
Bethany McDowell, BS, CCLS
Julie Paskewitz, MSW
Bridget Theunissen, RN

Office Support Staff
Lorraine M. Hartman

Cardiac Care Team,
see Multidisciplinary Cardiac Care Team

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Hospital-Based Staff
François Lacour-Gayet, MD, Chairman
David R. Clarke, MD
David N. Campbell, MD
Max B. Mitchell, MD

Fellow
Larry Brinckenhoff, MD

Nursing Staff
Kim Halvorsen, RN
Alicia Inzana, RN
Melony Prince, RN
Kathy Weathers, RN

Nurse Clinician
Esther Carpenter, RN, BSN

Perfusionists
Mike Tornabene
Susan Johnson
Mike Edgecombe

Transplant Coordinators
Denise Carlton, RN
DeeDee Gilbert, RN
Flori Legette, RN
Chris Mashburn, RN, BSN
Darcy Ripe, RN

Research Coordinator
Debbie Bishop

Administrative Assistant
Debbie Clements

Surgery Scheduler
Christy Jennings

Cleft Palate Clinic
Medical Staff
Lawrence Ketch, MD, Medical Director
Gregory C. Allen, MD
Robert Brayden, MD
Meredith Harris, DDS
Chun-Hui Tsai, MD

Nursing Staff
Maureen Smith, RN, MSN

Therapists
Mary Kay Farina, MS,CCC-SLP
Katie Glowacki, LCSW, MSW, MA
Jennifer Ivinson, MA/CCC-A
Debra Paul, OTR
Jeff Steffen, MA, CCC-SLP

Program Administrator
Jamie Idelberg, RDH

Craniofacial Clinic
Neurosurgeon
Ken Rose Winston, MD

Plastic Surgeon
Lawrence L. Ketch, MD

Administrative Support
Lorraine Hartman

Dental Surgery
Hospital-Based Staff
Stephen Wilson, DMD, MA, PhD, Chairman
Thane Crump, DDS
Jill Easton, BDS, MS
Barbara Hymer, DDS

Community-Based Staff
Richard B. Abrams, DDS
Timothy W. Adams, DDS
Steven B. Aragon, MD
Randall Asher, DDS
Elizabeth S. Barr, DDS
Nelle Barr, DMD
Mitzi M. Becker, DDS
Mark D. Berman, DDS
Robert A. Boraz, DDS
Lisa Carlson Marks, DDS
Irwin M. Cohen, DMD
Edward Christensen, DDS
Jill A. Decker, DDS
Tobias M. Derloshon, DDS
Lisa M Fox, DDS
Meredith A. Harris, MD
David J. Hayutin, DDS
Kemie D. Houston, DDS
Keaton Howe, DDS
Autumn G. Hurd, DDS
Darby Hammond, DDS
Kathryn K. Kaelin, DMD
Kimberly A. Kretsch, DDS
John D. Landgren, DDS
Lucinda Lewis, DDS
Ira Moyer, DDS
Beth Nielson, DDS
James Norwood, DDS
Ronald H. Resnick, DMD
John M. Rubenstrunk, DDS
John R. Sexton, DDS
Nancy T. Simons, DDS
Brad Smith, DDS
Scott Smith, DDS
Lisa J. Stimmel, DDS
John Tannyhill, DDS, MD
Allen H. Vean, DMD
Andrew B. Weisenfeld, DDS
Anne R. Wilson, DDS
Jesse Witkoff, DDS
Tamara B. Worthen, DDS
Jeffrey O. Young, DDS

Dental Assistants
Joana Alvarado
Shawna French
Kara Harm
Lyette Hines
Khaled Jadid
Nancy Jamehgar
Anna Marie Martinez
Megan Sanchez
Amanda Segura

Support/Clerical Staff
Cristina Azzam
Janine Costantini
Andrea Heaton
Tammy Kimbrel
Angela King
Program Manager
Letici Piria
Ana Saucedo
Mary Shields
Gearald Thomas

Center for Gait and Movement Analysis
Medical Staff
Frank Chang, MD, Medical Director
Dennis Matthews, MD

Administrative Director
James Carollo, PhD, PE

Physical Therapist
Bobbi Reidner, PT

Kinesiologist
Nancy Denniston, MS

Staff Assistant
Amy Anderson

Gynecology, Adolescent
Staff
William Schlaff, MD
Stephen Scott, MD

Heart Transplantation,
see Transplantation, Heart

Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute
Medical Director
Kathryn D. Emery, MD

Administrative Director
Theresa Rapstine, RN, BSN

Child Passenger Safety Coordinator
Susan Yates

Health Education Coordinator
Megan Browning

Liver and Kidney Transplantation,
see Transplantation, Liver and Kidney

Multidisciplinary Cardiac Care Team
Hospital-Based Medical Staff
François Lacour-Gayet, MD, Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery
David R. Clarke, MD
David Campbell, MD
Max Mitchell, MD
Mark Boucek, MD
K. Chen Chan, MD
Curt DeGroff, MD
Jill Ibrahim, MD
Dunbar Ivy, MD
Linda Pauliks, MD
Bill Pietra, MD
Michael Schaffer, MD
Henry Sondheimer, MD, Acting Chair, Cardiology
Lilliam Valdez-Cruz, MD
Robert Wolfe, MD
Angela Yetman, MD

Physician Assistants
Jean Lascor, PA-C
Mark Farina, PA-C

Nursing Leadership
Darcy Ripe, RN

Office/Clinic Supervisor
Barb Carrillo

Neurosurgery
Hospital-Based Surgeons
Ken Rose Winston, MD, Chairman
Michael H. Handler, MD
Lori A. McBride, MD

University/Community-Based Surgeons
Issam Awad, MD
Robert Breeze, MD
Glenn Kindt, MD
Kevin Lillehei, MD
John Nichols, MD
Steven Ojemann, MD
Peter Witt, MD

Nursing Staff
Patti Batchelder, RN, MSN, PNP
Tammy Cayou, RN, MSN, PNP
Jane Freeman, RN, MSN, CPNP

Office/Clinic Support Staff
Jenny Smidt
Tina Guerrero
Sandy Jackson
Catherine Martinez
Lauren Tanklefsky

Ophthalmology
Hospital-Based Staff
J. Bronwyn Bateman, MD, Chair
Arlene Drack, MD
Caroline Shea, MD

Community-Based Staff
Jon M. Braverman, MD
George A. Chaitkin, MD
Justin Cohen, MD
Richard Davidson, MD
Diana Desantis, MD
Marilyn Dougherty, MD
Vikram Durairaj, MD
Allan Eisenbaum, MD
Robert Fante, MD
S. Lance Forstot, MD
Thomas Gardner, MD
Darren Gregory, MD
Sarah Groessl, MD
Douglas Holmes, MD
Kenneth Hovland, MD
David Johnson, MD
Kenneth Kauvar, MD
Holly Kent,MD
Robert King, MD
David Kleinman, MD
Patricia Kuster, MD
Naresh Mandava, MD
Michael May, MD
Raymond Nagashima, MD
Stephen Petty, MD
Lisa Philpott, MD
Jerry Popham, MD
Chester Roe, MD
Lee Schelonla, MD
Daniel Sharp, MD
Michael Taravella, MD
Ronald Wise, MD

Fellow
Deborah Costakos, MD

Nursing Staff
Eric Escobedo, LPN

Administrative Manager
Stephanie Beling

Clinic Office Supervisor
Linda Allen

Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital-Based Staff
Robert E. Eilert, MD, Chairman
Frank M. Chang, MD
Mark A. Erickson, MD
Gaia Georgopoulos, MD
Gerard L. Glancy, MD
Ernest Sink, MD
K. Brooke Pengel, MD

Community-Based Staff
Amit Agarwala, MD
John Barker, MD
Laurel Benson, MD
Eric Britton, MD
James Britton, MD
Courtney Brown, MD
Carlton Clinkscales, MD
Edward Conlon, MD
Donald Corenman, MD
David Hahn, MD
Charles Hamlin, MD
Phillip Heyman, MD
Eric Jamrich, MD
Michael Janssen, DO
Anant Kumar, MD
Fraser Leversedge, MD
Thomas Lowe, MD
Steven Morgan, MD
Michael O’Brien, MD
John Odom, MD
Lewis Oster, MD
Joe Ozaki, MD
Robert Rokicki, MD
Jeffrey Sabin, MD
Kulvinder Sachar, MD
Richard Thomas, MD
Cathleen Van Buskirk, MD
InSok Yi, MD

Fellows
Daniel Farrell, MD
Laurel Saliman, MD

Physician Assistants
Brian L. Perry, MS, PA-PED
Ilene Nova, PA-C

Nursing Staff
Shelley Dell’Orfano, ND, PNP
Elise Benefield, RN
Cheryl Chamberlain, RN
Molly Cohen, RN
Jackie Klas, RN

Orthopaedic Technicians
Jason Crabtree
Dave Henning
Paul Florio
Larry Freeman
Nakisha Roberson

Administrative Manager
Cathy Keegan

Office/Clinic Support Staff
Donna Avila
Scott Astley
Sheila Christian-Giles
Megan Cochran
Jo Anne Cusick
Julia Davis
Roni Edwards
Jaime Gallus
Helen Garnes
Anna Good
Taffee Henderson
Beth Lee
Elcira Lovato
Molly Massey
Liz Meier
Cheree Stafford
Gloria Valdez
Barb Zanini

Otolaryngology
Hospital-Based Staff
Kenny H. Chan, MD, Chairman
Gregory C. Allen, MD
Norman R. Friedman, MD
Peggy E. Kelley, MD
Sylvan E. Stool, MD

Community-Based Staff
Mona Abaza, MD
Stepne Aragon, MD
Dennis Barcz, MD
Peggy Battalora, MD
Stephen Batuello, MD
Phyllis Bergeron, MD
Jonathan Blacker, MD
Lorna Brass, MD
Stephen Cass, MD
Khalid Chowdhury, MD
Richard Cundy, MD
Arthur Dichard, MD
Barbara Esses, MD
Robert Feehs, MD
Robert Fieman, MD
Lawrence Gordon, MD
Mario Imola, MD
Bruce Jafek, MD
James Jaskunas, MD
Herman Jenkins, MD
David Kelsall, MD
Denis Lanier, MD
Tyler Lewark, MD
Rodney Lusk, MD
Gary McDonald, MD
David Nosan, MD
Nigel Pashley, MD
Cameron Shaw, MD
Maysayoshi Takashima, MD
Sharon Tomaski, MD
Michael Tralla, MD

Nursing Staff
Mary Carol Cryer, RN

Administrative Manager
Stephanie Beling

Clinic Supervisor
Linda Allen

Pain Consultation Service
Interim Medical Director, Acute Pain Service
David Polaner, MD

Medical Director, Chronic Pain Clinic
Glenn Merritt, MD

Clinical Director
Roxie Foster, PhD, RN, FAAN

Coordinator, Chronic Pain Clinic
Julie Wahlstrom, ND, MS, PNP

Office Support
Valerie Cassidy

Pediatric Surgery
Hospital-Based Surgeons
Frederick M. Karrer, MD, Chairman
Denis D. Bensard, MD
Joseph S. Janik, MD
David A. Partrick, MD

Community-Based Surgeons
John F. Bealer, MD
Jack H.T. Chang, MD
Steven S. Rothenberg, MD

Fellow
Richard Hendrickson, MD

Nursing Staff
Randi Price, PNP
Stephanie Skirka, RN
Carol Williams, RN

Administrative Manager
Julie Liston

Resident Training Program Coordinator
Deanna Spaulding

Office Staff
Lori Bachmann
Patty Gilmore
Patti McFate

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Hospital-Based Surgeons
Lawrence L. Ketch, MD, Chairman
Joyesh Raj, MD
David Schnur, MD

Community-Based Surgeons
Richard Albin, MD
William Brown, MD
David Charles, MD
Thomas Fawell, MD
Stacey Folk, MD
Cecilia Franco-Webb, MD
Michael J. Gordon, MD
Stephen Goldstein, MD
Linda Huang, MD
Christopher K. Law, MD
Brad McDowell, MD
Berry Morton, MD
Steve Peterson, MD

Fellows
Kelly Gallego, MD
Erica Anderson, MD

Nursing Staff
Maureen Smith, RN, MSN

Administrative Manager
Julie Liston

Office Support Staff
Lorraine M. Hartman

Rocky Mountain Pediatric Sleep Disorders Program
Medical Director
Norm Friedman, MD

Otolaryngologist and Sleep Consultant
Barton Schmitt, MD

Specialist, Childhood Behavioral Sleep Disorders
Jeff Wagner, MD

Pulmonologists
Theresa Krupski, BS, RRT, RPSGT
Cloy Vaneman, RRT
Carole Kline, CPNP
Kathy Simore, RRT, RPSGT
Esther Delatorre-Maes, CRT
Christine Schiller, CRT
Crystal Beckel, RRT
Lisa Peterson, CRT

Sleep Lab,
see Rocky Mountain Pediatric Sleep Disorders Program

Surgeon-in-Chief’s Office
Surgeon-in-Chief
David R. Clarke, MD

Administrator
Elias Neujhar

Office Support
Jennifer Knapp

Marketing/Physician Relations
Suzan Rickert

Surgical Services
Medical Director
Desmond Henry, MD

Nursing Leadership
Nanci Royal, RN, Nursing Director
Linda Powers, RN, Nursing Operations

Director, Sterile Processing
Rose Seavey, RN

Administrative Staff
Waldon Lynch, Administrative Business Manager
Janet Buttrick, RN, Information Services Coordinator

Office Support Staff
Andrea Copeland

Transplantation, Heart
Staff
Biagio (Bill) Pietra, MD
Mark Boucek, MD
David Campbell, MD
Max Mitchell, MD
Henry Sondheimer, MD

Transplant Coordinators
Chris Mashburn, RN
Flori Legette, RN
DeeDee Gilbert,RN
Denise Carlton, RN
Darcy Ripe, RN

EKG Lab/Data Manager
Erin Kunz

EKG Lab Techs
Cristine Martinez
Cari McCarthy

Transplantation, Liver and Kidney
Transplant Surgeons
Frederick M. Karrer, MD
Peter Furness, MD
Igal Kam, MD
Michael Wachs, MD
Tom Bak, MD
Martin A. Koyle, MD

Hepatologists
Ron Sokol, MD
Michael Narkewicz, MD
Judith O’Connor, MD
Cara Mack, MD

Nephrologists
Gary Lum, MD
Doug Ford, MD

Transplant Coordinators
Kathy Orban-Eller, RN, MS
Diane Dovel, RN
Annette McCoy, RN

Renal Nurse
Terry Bisio, RN
Liver Center Coordinator
Marjanne Claassen, RN, MS

Dietitian
Rose Woloschuk, RD

Social Workers
Laini Wartell, MSW
Julie Paskewitz, MSW

Administrative Manager
Julie Liston

Office Support Staff
Gesile Foucher

Trauma Center
Director
Denis D. Bensard, MD

Associate Director
F. Keith Battan, MD

Fellow
Richard Hendrickson, MD

Trauma Nurse Coordinator
Peggy Kean Ray, RN, MPH

Trauma Nurse Registrars
Lucinda Giblin, RN
Ramona Zimbeck, RN

Office Support Staff
Jeanne N. Kippen
Julia Davis

Urology
Hospital-Based Staff
Martin A. Koyle, MD, FAAP, FACS, Chairman
Peter D. Furness, MD, FAAP

Community-Based Staff
Richard Augsperger, MD
Bruce Blyth, MD
Stanley Galansky, MD

Nursing Staff
Jodi Wild, RN, MS, CPNP
MiChelle Passamaneck-Parrett, RN, MS, CPNP
Susan Spengler, RN

Administrative Manager
Melissa Risley

Office Support
Victoria Bennett
Annalisa Spense
Lucy Trujillo
Denise Ponder