Medical Sciences
Our new curriculum moves away from traditional medical education, with two years of basic sciences followed by two years of clinical training. Instead, the medical sciences are interleaved throughout the pre-clerkship phase, the clerkship phase, and the post-clerkship phase in order to help reinforce for our students the integral connection between the medical and clinical sciences.
There are nine medical science content areas in the Trek curriculum: gross anatomy, embryology, histology, radiology, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology, immunology, biochemistry, cell biology, and genetics. These run longitudinally through the curriculum.
Content Directors for Anschutz Medical Campus Students
Katherine Frasca, MD
Microbiology
Katherine.Frasca@cuanschutz.edu
Aimee Bernard, PhD
Immunology
Immunology & Microbiology
Aimee.Bernard@cuanschutz.edu
Nicole Draper, MD
Pathology
Nicole.Draper@cuanschutz.edu
Danielle Royer, PhD
Anatomy
Cell and Developmental Biology
Danielle.Royer@cuanschutz.edu
Tom French, PhD
Pharmacology
Thomas.French@cuanschutz.edu
Jessica Duis, MD
Biochemistry and Genetics
Jessica.Duis@cuanschutz.edu
Matt Zuckerman, MD
Pharmacology
Emergency Medicine-Medical Toxicology and Pharmacology
Matthew.Zuckerman@cuanschutz.edu
Ilana Kafer, MD
Radiology
Ilana.Kafer@cuanschutz.edu
James Korf
Radiology
James.korf@cuanschutz.edu.
Arun Kannappan
Physiology
Arun.Kannappan@cuanschutz.edu
Lisa Lee
Histology and Embryology
Lisa.L.Llee@cuanschutz.edu)
Content Directors for Fort Collins Branch Students
Greg Amberg, PharmD, PhD
Physiology, Pharmacology
Gregory.Amberg@colostate.edu
Marcela Henao-Tamayo, MD, PhD
Immunology
Marcela.Henao_tamayo@colostate.edu
Ilana Kafer
Radiology
Ilana.Kafer@cuanschutz.edu
Nicole Kelp, PhD
Biochemistry; Pathology
Nicole.Kelp@colostate.edu
Tara Nordgren, PhD
Genetics
Tara.Nordgren@cuanschutz.edu
Elizabeth Ryan, PhD
Immunology
E.P.Ryan@colostate.edu
Zach Throckmorton, PhD
Anatomy; Histology; Embryology,
Zach.Throckmorton@colostate.edu
Jeff Wilusz, PhD
Microbiology
Jeffrey.Wilusz@colostate.edu
Mission statement
Students will learn the principles of diverse scientific disciplines – from anatomy to microbiology to pharmacology – in the context of organ system-based courses and in concert with clinical training. This facilitates students’ ability to apply scientific knowledge to patient cases in the classroom and the clinic.