Our Faculty
Suzanne Brandenburg, MD, FACP
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Director Interprofessional Education
Professor, Department of Medicine, CUSOM
Clinical: Anschutz Medical Campus Internal Medicine Clinic
Dr. Suzanne Brandenburg grew up in Buffalo, New York. She followed her family to Colorado after college and completed medical school and residency training at the University of Colorado. She became a faculty member right out of residency and has been a clinician educator at the University of Colorado for her entire career. She is currently leading the CU SOM at CSU start-up. She also oversees interprofessional education on the Anschutz Medical Campus and previously served as Director of the Medicine Residency Program and as Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine. She enjoys teaching, mentoring and building programs, and feels privileged to care for patients as a general internist. Outside of medicine, she spends much of her time with family – her husband of over 30 years, her son and his fiancée, her parents and lots of in-laws. She likes to cook, eat, read and travel.
Christie Reimer, MD
Assistant Dean, Fort Collins Branch
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, CUSOM
Clinical: Snow Mesa Internal Medicine, UCHealth Medical Group
Dr. Christie Reimer grew up in South Dakota where she graduated from Augustana College and the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. She completed her residency and was a chief resident at the University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita, and finished a fellowship in primary care faculty development at Michigan State University. She was on faculty and worked in graduate medical education at KU and then the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine before moving to Colorado in 2008. She has been actively involved in leadership at UCHealth and in the American College of Physicians, and thus values participation of physicians (and students) in leadership roles in our communities on behalf of our patients. Prior to the branch campus opening in Fort Collins, Dr. Reimer really missed daily interactions with learners so she was thrilled to play a role in building the program on the CSU campus. She is an ambulatory general internal medicine physician, providing primary care for adults within UCHealth. Her free time is spent with her two children and partner, and they love to travel, cook, bike, paddleboard, and spend time together.
Gregory C. Amberg, PharmD, PhD
Professor, CSU Department of Biomedical Sciences
MS1 (Plains) & Basic Sciences Curriculum
Director, CUSOM Fort Collins Branch
Dr. Gregory Amberg was born in Columbus, Ohio, and raised in Temple City, California. Subsequently, he resided in Idaho, Nevada, Washington, and Colorado. He completed his BS in Biology (University of California Riverside/Idaho State Univ.), PharmD (Idaho State Univ. College of Pharmacy), PhD (Cell & Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology; Univ. of Nevada Reno), and Postdoctoral Fellowship (Cardiovascular Physiology & Pathophysiology; Univ. of Washington).
His involvement in teaching at the CU SOM at CSU Branch Campus stems from a long-standing interest in promoting and integrating the basic biomedical sciences within modern medical education curricula.
His teaching areas of interest include Physiology, Pharmacology, Cell & Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Pharmacotherapeutics. His research areas of interest include using electrophysiology and advanced imaging to study localized calcium and oxidant signaling mechanism in smooth muscle cells, neuroendocrine cells, and neurons. Greg’s non-academic interests include listening to music, cooking and baking, woodworking, and spending time in the mountains.
Ellen Aster, PhD
CU School of Medicine at CSU Education Specialist
Ellen was born and raised in New Mexico. She attended Clark Honors College at University of Oregon (B.S. Geological Sciences); University of Oregon (M.S. Geological Sciences); Oregon State University (Ph.D. Science Education).
Ellen enjoys working with educators to identify and implement meaningful learning experiences for students, particularly those in the science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) disciplines. She is passionate about cultivating welcoming and rewarding learning experiences that build off students’ funds of knowledge and speak to students’ learning interests and professional goals. She considers it a great gift to collaborate with the excellent faculty, staff, and administrators at CU-SOM Fort Collins Branch around science education initiatives and research. Ellen likes to kayak, hike, and road bike across the mountain west with her partner, Grant, and their two tuxedo cats, Philip and Oswald.
Karen Chacko, MD
Director of Admissions Fort Collins Branch Campus
Professor, Department of Medicine
Associate Dean for Clinical Outreach, CUSOM
Clinical: Anschutz Medical Campus Internal Medicine Clinic
Dr. Karen Chacko grew up in the San Francisco Bay area before moving to San Diego for both undergraduate and medical school. She first moved to Colorado in 1996 to start her internship and residency in the Primary Care internal medicine program in Denver, Colorado. She stayed on for a year of chief residency, and then joined faculty immediately upon graduation, knowing that she wanted to continue in both academics and to work with learners throughout her career. She started working with the internal medicine residency program shortly after joining faculty, and she served as the program director for the Primary Care internal medicine residency program for over 15 years as well as being the senior associate program director for the Internal Medicine residency program for over 10 years.
Karen currently holds roles as the Associate Dean of Clinical Outreach as well as the Medical Director of Digital Health for the School of Medicine faculty at the Anschutz Medical Campus in addition to being the Director of Admissions for the CU SOM at CSU Medical Branch Campus. Her greatest joys in her career include caring for her patients (many of whom she has had for over 20 years) and working with learners at any stage with a focus on career mentorship and personal development.
Most importantly, Karen is the mother to two wonderful teenage girls and wife to her husband who hails from Montana originally. She enjoys exercising, with a particular addiction to Peloton most recently, cooking, spending time with family, traveling and card games.
Mary Ann De Groote, MD
CUSOM at CSU Liaison
Infectious Disease Consultant, Western Infectious Disease Consultants and Boulder Community Health
Consultant Medical Affairs, Crestone Pharma, Inc.
Dr. Mary Ann De Groote was born on a U.S. Air Force Base in Germany but grew up in Iowa. After Medical School at the University of Iowa, she moved to Colorado for Internship in 1988 and has been here ever since. She completed not only her internship, but residency and fellowship at the University of Colorado. She has always loved animals and had an interest in Infectious Diseases (ID). One of her first jobs as a teenager was cleaning dog and cat kennels at a local veterinarian office, and when they offered her a chance to come out of the slop and help search for hookworm eggs in the fecal flotation test she was “hooked” on ID. She initially thought that a career as a DVM was the right path, but ultimately veered toward human medicine. She has had a rewarding career as a longtime practicing Infectious Disease physician in the local Denver/Boulder area. She loves microbiology and the challenging and interesting cases. An ID doctor needs to know the whole person and keep up on ever changing medical knowledge to be effective. Mary Ann has appointments at CU Anschutz and CSU and is really enjoying being part of the new branch campus and helping it mature into a wonderful place to learn and grow the next generation of physicians. Outside of work, she enjoys biking, hiking, and spending time with her husband and two rescue Labrador retrievers.
Marcela Henao-Tamayo, MD, PhD
CYM(ASCP) CMDirector, CSU-Flow Cytometry Core Facility
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology Assistant Professor, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology
Teaching Faculty, CU School of Medicine at CSU
Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Fort Collins Branch
Dr. Marcela Henao received her Medical Degree from the University of Antioquia, Colombia. After finishing medical school, she joined a research group investigating human genetic characteristics that could predispose tuberculosis (TB) disease. After that initial contact with basic research on a devastating global disease, she was determined to pursue a career in the field of research. Thus, Dr. Henao obtained a Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences, emphasizing TB human research. During that time in Colombia, she met professors from Colorado State University and came to CSU as a visiting scientist. She was later awarded a Ph.D. by this institution, where she studied the cellular immune response to M. tuberculosis infection in mice and guinea pigs. Her lab currently focuses on SARS-CoV-2 and TB vaccine research in animal models. Dr. Henao's husband is also a researcher at CSU. They have two children and travel to Colombia every year to visit family.
Amy Reppert, MD
Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Director
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, CUSOM
Clinical: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Poudre Valley Hospital, UCHealth Medical Group
Dr. Reppert earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Denver and her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She then completed her residency at the University of Colorado Boulder. She chose to enter the field of medicine to help people in their time of need and specifically, she chose surgery so that she could make an immediate impact with her patients. She embraces a patient-first philosophy, seeking to understand each patient’s medical/surgical problem from their perspective while using her medical/surgical knowledge to find a solution to return them to optimal health. She finds great joy in treating each patient as she would want her own loved ones to be treated. As the LIC Director at the CUSOM Fort Collins Branch, she strives to expose students to the best possible clinical experiences and education which also emphasizes a patient-focused approach. In her free time, Dr. Reppert loves being outside and being active, running, hiking, and spending time with her husband, young daughter and two dogs. With her family at the center of her world, she and her husband have enjoyed settling in Colorado close to extended family.
Anuja J. Riles, MD, MEd
Director of Health & Society Pillar
Co-Director of COMPASS Program
Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, CUSOM
Clinical: Pediatric Hospitalist, Banner Health Physicians Colorado
Dr. Anuja Riles was born and raised in the Bay Area, California. She attended UCLA for her undergraduate degrees in Biology and Education. From there, Dr. Riles went on to the University of Michigan Medical School, where she met her husband. Upon graduation, they moved to Boston where she earned a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and completed her residency in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital. After a brief stint in San Francisco, Dr. Riles and her family moved to Colorado in 2017. Currently, she is a pediatric hospitalist in the Banner Health System. Dr. Riles has always had a strong interest in curriculum development and assessment and medical student mentorship and has been thrilled with the opportunity to be a part of the FC Branch Campus of the University of Colorado. Anuja is the proud mother of her two children, Emma and Leo. Her interests include running, skiing with her family, working hard to earn the title of “foodie”, and rooting for the University of Michigan football team.
Marta Rowh, MD, PhD
Advanced Sciences Course Director
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Clinical: Northern Colorado Emergency Physicians
Katie Rutledge, MD
Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, CUSOM
Co-Director Clinical SkillsClinical: Family Medicine Center and Residency Program, UCHealth
Dr. Rutledge was born and raised in Colorado Springs. She pursued her Undergraduate degree at Colorado College and then attended Medical School at the University of Colorado. She completed her residency at Fort Collins Family Residency in family medicine and continues to be full time faculty at the same residency program. Being able to actively practice medicine and teach helps her engage in the full spectrum of family medicine that she is passionate about. Dr. Rutledge believes that the future of the health care system depends on excellent care provided in a patient-centered way, and she loves sharing her enthusiasm for both the art and the science of medicine with future healthcare clinicians.
In her spare time, she is often found with her family skiing, biking or just enjoying the outdoors. She is also an avid quilter.
Tim Scheel, DO
Co-Director Clinical Skills
Senior Clinical Instructor and Research Mentor, Department of Emergency Medicine, CUSOM
Clinical: Northern Colorado Emergency Physicians
Dr. Scheel attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for his undergraduate degree and then Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school. He completed residency at Lakeland Health Emergency Medicine and a fellowship at Denver Health. Assisting with point of care ultrasound curriculum is one of his responsibilities at CUSOM at CSU.
Jennifer Smith, MBA
Program Director - Fort Collins Branch Campus
Ms. Smith was born and raised in Tampa,
Florida and attended college at Saint Leo University where she obtained her undergraduate
degree in psychology and master’s in business administration. She
has spent the last 30 years in the medical operations arena and worked
with many amazing clinicians along the way. She is excited to take the
experience and knowledge she has gained in the medical community and apply it
to her role as program director for the new Fort Collins Branch. Having been in
hospitals and medical clinics for 30 years, she hopes to bring a different
perspective to the students on medical operations and how they intersect
in care delivery.
She and her husband have been married for 30 years and have been blessed to see different parts of the world in their younger years while he was in the Army. She likes to brag about their three children, Christian, Kaylyn and Devin, and RAVE about their three grandchildren, Savana, Brixxyn and Will. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading and constantly planning fun trips and adventures with her grandkids.
Brad Stern, MD
CO-Director of COMPASS Program
Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CUSOM
Clinical: Women’s Clinic of Northern Colorado
Dr. Stern was raised in Memphis, TN. In 1997, he graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center and went on to complete his residency in 2001. He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He worked as an OB/GYN physician for eight years after his residency and then moved to Fort Collins, where he was able to take advantage of all of the things that Colorado has to offer. Dr. Stern believes in providing comprehensive women’s health care that involves patients as the key decision makers in their healthcare choices. He enjoys the diversity of care that he is able to provide women during their lives. During his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and doing lots of outdoor activities.
Michael Brinker, PsyD
Teaching Faculty, CU School of Medicine at CSU
Dr. Michael Brinker was born and raised in the Twin Cities. He completed his doctoral degree from the University of Denver, with a specialty in clinical neuropsychology. Following this, he finished his internship in Hamilton, Ontario, before completing a two-year post-doctoral residency in Boise, Idaho. Following a few years in Boise, he and his wife moved back to Fort Collins to set up a permanent home. In his clinical role, he provides neuropsychological evaluations to children, adolescents, and young adults, and works with medically complex patients to help assess the neurodevelopment impact of these conditions. Dr. Brinker also has specific interests working with medically complex patients, including genetic conditions, seizures, oncology, and traumatic brain injury. He began teaching in an adjunct capacity at Boise State University and is currently an assistant professor in the PhD counseling program at CSU and the director of the graduate school training clinic. Dr. Brinker enjoys helping students develop their early clinical skills and facilitating early career growth. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, dogs, and young son, training for triathlons, and building things around the house.
Tod Clapp, PhD
Teaching Faculty, CU School of Medicine at CSU
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, CSU
Dr. Tod Clapp grew up in Colorado, then attended Colorado State University where he earned a BS in Biology, MS in Anatomy, and PhD in Neuroscience. At CSU, Dr. Clapp is the director of the professional master’s degree program in the department of Biomedical Sciences and director of the Human Anatomy program. He has been teaching anatomy and neuroanatomy for over 15 years and is passionate about helping students to develop their critical thinking skills. His lab is currently focused on the development and use of virtual reality for data visualization.
Nicole Kelp, PhD
Teaching Faculty, CU School of Medicine at CSU
Assistant Professor in Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, CSU
At the FCB campus, Dr. Kelp is the Course Director for Foundational Principles, Hematologic and Lymphatic Systems, Endocrine and Metabolic Systems, and Reproductive System and Life Cycle. She will also be teaching much of the content in biochemistry and genetics as well as some physiology and pathology.
For the AMC campus, she is serving as the Interim Chair of the Medical Science Content Directors, helping integrate the medical sciences along with clinical sciences and health & society content longitudinally throughout the new four-year curriculum.
Dr. Nicole Kelp was born and raised in Boise, Idaho. She attended Washington State University, where she earned a BS in Biochemistry, a BS in Genetics and Cell Biology, and a PhD in Molecular Biosciences with a research focus on progesterone signaling in female reproductive physiology and pathologies. She then stayed at Washington State as instructional faculty teaching microbiology, genetics, and science communication; as an instructor, she developed her current research focus in science education, particularly science communication education. She came to CSU in July 2020 to help develop the new medical branch campus and build an interdisciplinary research lab. She is passionate about connecting the basic sciences to people’s lives, whether that is helping students learn complex scientific concepts, applying scientific research to improve patient care, or communicating about science with diverse audiences. One of her goals is to empower medical students to be lifelong learners, and that begins in the classroom with questions and discussions that help all involved learn more. She enjoys hiking and biking with her family in Colorado’s beautiful natural areas.
Tara M. Nordgren, PhD
Teaching Faculty, CU School of Medicine at CSU
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, CSU
Dr. Tara Nordgren is broadly trained in lung toxicology, immunology, lipid signaling, and environmental health. She has a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in Virginia and performed her doctoral and postdoctoral training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her research interests involve identifying how environmental dust exposures impact inflammation, injury, and repair in the lung. Ongoing research includes investigating the potentials of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid-derived lipid mediators in resolving lung inflammation associated with agricultural dust exposures. Dr. Nordgren is passionate about teaching and mentorship, and she has been actively involved in various aspects of medical education throughout her career. Outside of work, Dr. Nordgren enjoys hiking and camping with her family and friends, reading dystopian and fantasy novels, and trying out new recipes.
Elizabeth Ryan, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, CSU
Teaching Faculty, CU School of Medicine at CSU
Dr. Ryan was born in Rochester, NY. She is the first U.S. born/generation in her family that immigrated from Kerala, India in the early 1970’s. She attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio where she earned her BS in Biology/BS Environmental Science. She then went on to University of Rochester School of Medicine and earned her MS/PhD in Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Medicine. Postdoctoral fellowship was completed at the National Cancer Institute, James P. Wilmont Cancer Center in Rochester, NY with focus on cancer control and prevention. She brings real-life, research and historical experience to the classroom and enjoys the sharing of ideas in teaching/training. “I have genuinely enjoyed interactive learning across the spectrum of basic and clinical dimensions of human health and disease, and particularly opportunities for integrating dimensions of environmental-ecological importance,” she said. She and her husband (Tim) moved to Fort Collins in 2007, and they have three beautiful daughters. After serving in the Peace Corps Volunteers in Nepal, she has worked in different environmental health sectors prior to focused graduate research in biomedical sciences. “I now have a clinical and translational focused research program with local Coloradoans at risk for chronic diseases across the lifespan and carry out research with global health dimensions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia,” she said. She enjoys nearly all outdoor activities in every season (e.g. paddle boarding, snowboarding, backpacking, biking) and loves cooking, exploring international food cultures and seeking out yoga practices that integrate multiple styles.
Zach Throckmorton, PhD
Medical Human Anatomy Director and Teaching Faculty
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Originally from mid-Michigan, Professor Throckmorton earned his BS in Anthropology-Zoology from the University of Michigan, MS in Human Biology from the University of Indianapolis, and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin. He is a paleoanthropologist, a scientist who studies the fossil record of human evolution. Prof. Throckmorton is a member of the international team that discovered and described an extinct species of human, Homo naledi. This ongoing work is facilitated by the University of the Witwatersrand’s Evolutionary Studies Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he is a research associate. More broadly, Prof. Throckmorton is interested in anatomical variation and comparative anatomy. As an educator, his philosophy is simple: “students do not care what you know until you know they care,” a reflection of the critical roles his own mentors had in his training. Prof. Throckmorton’s personal interests include domestic travel (47 states down, three to go), hiking national and state parks, playing video games, and reading about nature.
Jeffrey Wilusz, PhD
Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, CSU
Medical Microbiology Teaching Faculty and Research Mentor
Jeff Wilusz is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Colorado State University. He was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. He attended Rutgers University for his BS, Duke University for his PhD, and Princeton for postdoctoral training. He has a special interest in RNA molecular biology and virology. He is passionate about the molecular and microbial things that surround us and wants each and every student to fully achieve what they are capable of achieving.
When not rooting for the Rockies, Broncos, or Duke University sports teams, his research interests focus on the interface between viruses and the RNA biology of the infected cell. He is an elected fellow of the AAAS, Honorary Lifetime Member of the American Society for Virology, Editor-in-Chief of the RNA review journal WIREs-RNA, Associate Dept Head for Research, and keeps fit by being walked by his 120lb German Shepherd.
Kristen Barney, DO
Anesthesia Education Liaison
Clinical Instructor, Department of Anesthesia, CUSOM
Clinical: Northern Colorado Anesthesia Professionals
Dr. Barney attended medical school at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and did her residency at the CU Health Sciences Center Hospital. She began her tenure at the Northern Colorado Anesthesia Professionals in 2019.
Bernard Birnbaum, MD
Family Medicine Education Liaison,
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, CUSOM
Clinical: Family Medicine Center and Residency Program, UCHealth
Dr. Bernard “Bernie” Birnbaum, who is originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and completed a family medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then worked for four years in Chinle, Arizona, with the Indian Health Service in a remote area of the Navajo reservation. In addition to practicing full-spectrum family medicine, he worked in a school-based adolescent health clinic and served as the Chief of the Department of Family Medicine. His special interests include adolescent health and pregnancy, community medicine, public health/primary care integration, quality improvement processes and the care of the underserved. He moved to Fort Collins in 2006 to join the Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency and has been the Associate Director since 2014. He was publicly elected to the board of the Health District of Northern Larimer County from 2008-2016, and he currently serves as the President of the Board of Health for the Health Department of Larimer County. Bernie is thrilled to be the Family Medicine Liaison to the Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum. Bernie is the proud father of two amazing children, Matan and Ariel, and says he’s lucky to be married to Rachel Feldman, MD, a general internist who works for Kaiser Permanente in Loveland, CO.
Luke Day, MD
Emergency Medicine Education Liaison
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, CUSOM
Clinical: Northern Colorado Emergency Physicians
Dr. Day received his medical degree from Albany Medical College. He then completed his residency at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. His area of specialty is emergency medicine.
Gregory Feldpausch, DO
Hospitalist Education Liaison
Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, CUSOM
Clinical Northern Colorado Hospitalists
Dr. Greg Feldpausch grew up in Michigan and attended Michigan State University for undergrad. He then attended Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine where he met his wife, Rebecca. After an internship year, he completed his Air Force HPSP commitment as a flight surgeon in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the 30th Airlift Squadron deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan during this time. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. Returning to the Front Range was always in his plan, as his wife and her family grew up in Windsor, Colorado, and his family, including his parents and his brother's family, have made Colorado their home. As a member of the Northern Colorado Hospitalists, he reinstituted and grew the group’s journal club. When the University of Colorado decided to create a branch in Fort Collins, he naturally wanted to expand his educational interests to developing the Hospitalized Adult Curriculum here in Fort Collins. He spends his time outside of work with his wife and two boys exploring Colorado and the surrounding west.
Kaitlin Heisel, MD
Surgery Education Liaison
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, CUSOM
Clinical: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Poudre Valley Hospital, UCHealth Medical Group
Dr. Kaitlin Heisel grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado. She attended the University of Colorado – Boulder for undergraduate and then proceeded to the Medical College of Wisconsin for medical school. She did her internship and general surgery residency at Baylor University Medical Center. She returned to Fort Collins after residency in 2012. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is an Acute Care and Trauma Surgeon at Poudre Valley Hospital. She spends her free time with her husband and their dogs.
Ben Leon, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, CUSOM, Preceptorship Director, Plains Year
Dr. Leon was born and raised in Loveland, Colorado. He completed his undergraduate degree at Wake Forrest University and then attended both medical school and residency at the University of Colorado.
Dr. Leon enjoys working with students and helping them integrate medical knowledge with clinical care. He is also interested in medical school curriculum development with a focus on clinical reasoning.
He is married with one child and two dogs. He enjoys traveling and spending time outdoors including hiking and paddle boarding.
Shivanshu Madan, MD
Cardiologist
Advanced Sciences Clinical Liaison, Cardiology
Dr. Madan earned his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and then his Doctor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He completed his residency at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Fellowships at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. His areas of specialty include cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and peripheral vascular disease. Dr. Madan serves several communities in Northern Colorado, as well as Wyoming and Nebraska. He strives to provide compassionate, high-quality care to each of his patients by staying committed to advancing his medical knowledge and procedural skills so he may continue to offer cutting-edge, state-of-the-art care while maintaining confidence and comfort throughout the process. He highly values listening to his patients and empowering them to adopt healthy lifestyle changes in order to prevent heart and vascular problems. Dr. Madan is thrilled to be involved with medical education and to assist medical students as they develop into the next generation of outstanding and compassionate physicians. He enjoys weightlifting, table tennis, sports, podcasts, and learning about history.
Lauren Miltenberg, MD
Pediatric Education Liaison
Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, CUSOM
Clinical: Youth Clinic of Northern Colorado
Dr. Lauren Miltenberg earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from Yale University. She completed medical school and pediatric residency in her home state at the University of Missouri–Columbia. Dr. Miltenberg is board certified in pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a Senior Clinical Instructor with the University of Colorado School of Medicine and has served as the pediatric liaison for the LIC component of the CU SOM at CSU branch campus. Having trained at a medical school focused on PBL, she is also interested in the evolution of TBL and the medical school curriculum. Dr. Miltenberg is also working with the first-year students at the branch campus to share clinical insights within their cased based learning environment. Dr. Miltenberg and her husband, Matt, have three elementary aged kids. They enjoy hiking, biking, skiing, reading and traveling together. Her clinical interests include the management of asthma, caring for the premature infant, and supporting the mental health of children with non-pharmacologic approaches when appropriate.
Augusto Miravalle, MD
Neurology Education Liaison
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology, CUSOM
Clinical: Advanced Neurology of Colorado
Dr. Miravalle is an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Colorado. He provides care to patients at Advanced Neurology of Colorado. He is a board-certified neurologist who sub-specializes in Multiple Sclerosis. Dr. Miravalle received his Medical Degree from the University of La Plata, Argentina. He completed his Neurology Residency training at Loyola University, Chicago where he served as Chief Resident of Education. He subsequently completed a Neuroimmunology Fellowship at Harvard University in Boston and a Fellowship in Medical Education at the University of Rochester, New York. Dr. Miravalle is the recipient of the 2012 American Neurological Association Medical Education Fellowship Award, 2015 American Academy of Neurology Research in Education Award, and 2015 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Faculty Education Innovation Award. Dr. Miravalle has been involved in both clinical and science-based research in the field of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology. He is a member of many professional societies and advisory boards. He is frequently invited as speaker at national and international meetings. He has published numerous scientific articles and serves as a consultant to various scientific organizations.
Hermann Moreno, MD
Psychiatry Education Liaison
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, CUSOM
Clinical: UCHealth Behavior Health
Dr. Hermann Moreno grew up in Mexico City. At age 19, he moved to New Jersey where he attended Drew University. He obtained his medical degree and his training in Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He also met his wife and had his two children in the City of Brotherly Love. He began working with medical students as a resident in psychiatry. As an attending at Albert Einstein Medical Center he enjoyed supervising students and residents. His ties to the West led him to move to Wyoming, where he still lives. He has worked for Mountain Crest/Poudre Valley Hospital (now part of UCHealth) for more than 18 years. He has been supervising CUSOM students since 2005. When the Fort Collins Branch of CUSOM opened, he was fortunate to receive an invitation from Dr. Reimer to join as the Psychiatry Liaison. He enjoys spending his free time with his wife and two adult children. In his “alone time” he is interested in soccer, audiobooks and travel.
William Moss, DO, FASA
Anesthesia Education Liaison
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesia, CUSOM
Clinical: Anesthesiologist, Northern Colorado Anesthesia Professionals
Dr. William E. Moss, "Woody", grew up in Texas enjoying Friday Night Lights. He received his BA from The Colorado College and his MA from Southern Methodist University in Biology. After working a couple years in a clinical research firm in Dallas, he decided to attend the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, earning his Doctor of Osteopathy. He then completed his anesthesiology residency at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Moss has been in private practice in northern Colorado for over 16 years specializing in cardiac, trauma, and regional anesthesia. He has been involved in medical student education for just as long and is looking forward to building the educational program for the CUSOM-FCB. His free time is spent golfing, skiing, hiking, mountain biking, and traveling with his family.
Cathy Ow, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine CUSOM
Internal Medicine Education Liaison
Preceptorship Co-Director
Dr. Cathy Ow was born in Kennett, MO, and, because she was the daughter of an Air Force officer, attended 13 different schools before graduating from Punahou HS in Honolulu, Hawaii. She calls Hawaii her home state. She obtained her undergraduate degree from UCLA where she was the Army ROTC battalion commander, then attended Duke Medical School and finally UCLA for IM residency where she met her husband, Roger Ashmore.
She served in the U.S. Army and ran the IM clinic at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center while her husband was a cardiology fellow at CU. They started private practice in Honolulu, Hawaii, where they had their twins, Sam and Sarah, and moved to Fort Collins in 1995 where she started her solo practice, Poudre Valley Internists. The practice grew to six physicians who joined University of Colorado Health in 2005. Her daughter, Sarah, is completing her OBGYN residency and son, Sam, is a teacher in NYC. Dr. Ow has always loved being involved with medical education with the Family Medicine residency in Fort Collins and now with the CU SOM Fort Collins Branch campus. She has said, “I want to spend time educating the next generation of physicians who will be taking care of me.” She is a very rusty classical pianist, avid golfer and gardener, and is devoted to her family.
Claire Pederson, MD
Surgery Education Liaison
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, CUSOM
Clinical: UCHealth Surgical Clinical
Dr. Pederson received her undergraduate degree from Colorado State University. She attended the University of Washington Medical School, and completed her residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center and a fellowship at the University of Utah Hospital. Her specialties include critical care medicine and surgery. Areas of clinical interest include trauma care, sepsis/shock, rural surgery, and acute care surgery, and an area of research interest for patients is rural trauma care.
Jennifer Stockburger, MD
OB/Gyn Education Liaison
Clinical Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CUSOM
Clinical: Womens
Clinic of Northern Colorado
Dr. Stockburger was raised in Evansville, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington with a Bachelor of Science and a love for college basketball. She completed medical school and residency training at Washington University in St. Louis, where she met her husband, a Colorado native. From the beginning of her medical training, she knew she wanted to pursue a career in women’s health. She worked in contraceptive research and became passionate about empowering women through their own healthcare decisions. She appreciates that ObGyn providers have the unique privilege of caring for women throughout their lives and helping them build their families. She is passionate about contraception, comprehensive obstetric care, minimally-invasive gynecologic surgery, and teaching the next generation of physicians. The Women’s Clinic of Northern Colorado has allowed her to pursue all of these interests while serving the women of northern Colorado and the surrounding areas. Outside of work, she enjoys trail running, cycling, skiing, and gardening. She loves spending time with her husband, their twins Ben and Sophie, and two Australian shepherds.
When people are in the position of having to teach others, they're going to take a closer look at how they're practicing. It just creates an environment for optimal, gold-standard health care. And this community deserves that.
Priya Wolff, Class of 2025
School of Medicine
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
Campus Box C290
Aurora, CO 80045
303.724.5375
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