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Cardiology Faculty
Front Row, L-R: Sara Mackie, Jilayne Smith, D. Dunbar Ivy, Faith Fisher-Halpern, Adel Younoszai, Kendall Hunter, Suzanne Osorio-Lujan. Middle Row, L-R: Amy Stimmler, Karrie Villavicencio, Alison Ballard, Denise Kaufholz, Michael Schaffer, Elizabeth Shaffer, Shelley Miyamoto, Biagio Pietra. Back Row, L-R: Alison Dumond, Jessica Church, Brian Fonseca, Biff Landeck, Jonathan Kaufman, Joseph Kay, Eduardo da Cruz.


D. Dunbar Ivy, MD*
Professor of Pediatrics
Section Head, Cardiology
Selby's Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program

Alison L. Ballard, MSN, CPNP
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Jean L. Cavanaugh, MS, PA-C
Instructor of Pediatrics

Dennis H. Chang, MD
Instructor of Pediatrics

Jessica C. Church, CPNP
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Kathryn K. Collins, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Arrhythmia Center

Eduardo M. da Cruz, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Pediatrician-in-Chief
L. Joseph Butterfield Chair in Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital

Bethany A. Diamond, ND, MESS, RN, CPNP
Instructor of Pediatrics

Alison M. Artico DuMond, BSN, MSN, CPNP-AC
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

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

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

Faith A. Fisher-Halpern, AC-PNP
Instructor of Pediatrics

Brian M. Fonseca, 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

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

Jonathan Kaufman, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Joseph D. Kay, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Bruce Landeck, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Craig J. Lanning, BS***
Senior Professional Research Assistant

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

Shanna R. Meeks, 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
Instructor of Pediatrics

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

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

Timothy Scott, PhD***
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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

Elizabeth M. Shaffer, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Acting Director, Echo Laboratory

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

Jilayne K. Kloote Smith, RN, CPNP-AC
Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

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

Wei Tan, PhD***
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Laura E. Tucker, RN, MS, CPNP
Instructor of Pediatrics

Karrie L. Dyer Villavicencio, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Carolyn E. Vonderheide, RN, CPNP
Clinical Senior Instructor of Pediatrics

Robert R. Wolfe, MD
Professor of Pediatrics

Michael E. Yeager, PhD
Instructor of Pediatrics

Elizabeth Yeung, MD
Instructor of Pediatrics

Adel K. Younoszai, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics


Fellows
Sergio Bartakian, MD (2009-2012)
Jesse A. Davidson, MD (2008-2011)
Kitja Gist, MD (2009-2012)
Joshua A. Kailin, MD (2008-2011)
Anthony C. McCanta, MD (2007-2010)
Thomas J. Moon, MD (2008-2011)
Rupa Narra, MD (2009-2012)
Christopher M. Rausch, MD (2007-2010)
Joshua J. Sticka, MD (2007-2010)


Clinical Staff
Lori Claussen, RN, Clinical Coordinator of Cardiology Clinic
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
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, MS
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
Jen Geppner, RN, BSN
Kathleen Miller-Reed, RN, BSN
Laura E. Tucker, RN, MS, CPNP


Administrative Staff
Michele Boes, Clinical Manager
Shari Borcherding, Staff Assistant and Echo Manager
Linda Brosseau, Staff Assistant
Dawn Christofferson, Systems Administrator
Debbie Coombs, Clinical CIS Coordinator
Kay Cowell, Clinical Manager
Janet Davis, Clinical Director
Sharon Downing, Staff Assistant
Liz Eno, Staff Assistant
Beth Gaffney, VP Clinical/ Support Services
Kristi Gifford, Staff Assistant
Reggie Henry, Lead Patient Services Coordinator of Cath Lab
Charlene Holguin, Lead Patient Services Coordinator of Cardiology Clinic
Desha Mesa, Staff Assistant
Vickie Nelson, Staff Assistant
Renee Patilla, Staff Assistant
Cindi Reid, Staff Assistant
Dawn Schmeck, Business Operations Coordinator
Samuel Schofield, Database Coordinator
Jeanette Starkey, Staff Assistant



*   Pediatric Heart Lung Center Faculty
**   Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes Faculty
***   Center for Bioengineering Faculty




 
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