Key Faculty
| Gregory C. Amberg, PharmD, PhD 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 Regional Medical 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 basking, woodworking, and spending time in the mountains. |
| Rebecca Bade, M.D. Dr. Rebecca Bade is a Colorado native and grew up in Fort Collins. She did her undergraduate training at Colorado School of Mines before attending medical school in Baltimore at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed residency training in internal medicine at the University of Colorado and then was delighted to join the Northern Colorado Hospitalists team in her hometown. Dr. Bade’s professional interests include medical education and curriculum development, clinical reasoning, and hospital quality improvement. In her role as the Health Systems and Community Leadership Trail Director, she hopes to equip students with tools to serve as exemplary leaders throughout the entirety of their medical careers. Outside of work, she loves to spend time with her husband and son, read, and enjoy the beautiful state of Colorado. |
 | Ashley Barash, DO Clinical: Emergency Physicians of the Rockies
Dr. Ashley Barash is an emergency medicine physician practicing in northern Colorado, although originally from Concord, Massachusetts. Dr. Barash received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, and her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Barash has a background in and passion for both public health and medical education. She has a particular interest in helping students supplement their foundational classroom knowledge with practical clinical decision-making tools to promote success in the clinical setting. |
| Kristen Barney, DO 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 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. |
| Jeffrey Chapman, MD Dr. Chapman is a North Dakota native. He attended the University of North Dakota for both undergraduate and medical school. He completed a residency and a research fellowship in emergency medicine at Wright State University. He went on to complete residencies in general surgery at Wright State University, plastic surgery at the University of Wisconsin and a hand and microsurgery fellowship at the University of Minnesota. He practiced in Fargo, North Dakota and then yearning for more sun and warmer weather moved to Fort Collins where he practiced for 12 years. For the past 7 years, he has been the Chief Medical Officer at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. He is excited to help train our future physicians to not only excel clinically but also to remain compassionate patient centered providers. Married for 39 years, he and his wife have 2 grown children, a super mellow rescue dog and enjoy almost everything Colorado. |
 | Adam Chicco, PhD Dr. Chicco is a Professor of Biomedical Sciences, with expertise in cardiorespiratory physiology and metabolism. His laboratory studies how variations in lipid metabolism contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, with a particular interest in the roles of polyunsaturated fatty acids and mitochondria. His research group conducts basic, integrative and translational studies utilizing animal models of human disease, dietary and pharmacological interventions, and genetic gain/loss-of-function approaches to target central regulators of metabolism in health and disease. These studies are complimented by collaborative projects with faculty at CSU and across the country investigating metabolic adaptations to physiological and pathogenic stress in humans, laboratory animals and non-model organisms. |
 | Tod Clapp, PhD 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. |
| Mary Ann DeGroote, MD 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, Chief Residency, and ID Fellowship at the University of Colorado. She has always loved animals and has had a long-standing interest in Infectious Diseases. One of her first jobs as a teenager was cleaning dog and cat kennels at a local veterinarian’s 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 and understand all of medicine and keep up on the ever-changing medical knowledge base to be effective. Mary Ann has appointments at CU Anschutz and CSU and has really enjoyed being part of the new 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 crazed rescue Labrador retriever mixes (like many Coloradoans)! It is a joy to be part of this amazing program. |
| Helen Dunnington, MD Clinical: UCHealth Women's Care Clinic at Peakview
Dr. Helen Dunnington attended medical school at the UTHealth McGovern Medical School in Houston and did residency at the UTHealth McGovern Medical School Memorial Hermann program. She began her practice at Baylor College of Medicine prior to moving to Colorado in 2020 and joining the UCHealth Women's Services group in Northern Colorado. |
| Gregory Feldpausch, DO 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 campus 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. |
 | Jeannie Folan, MD Clinical: Family Medicine Center and Residency Program, UCHealth
Dr. Jeannie Folan grew up in Colorado Springs, then moved away to complete her undergraduate degree at Hamilton College in Upstate New York. She then lives in Peru for 2 years where she worked as a Community Health Volunteer for the Peace Corps. She returned from Peru and moved to Washington, D.C. where she attended medical school at Georgetown University. Wanting to come home to Colorado, she completed her residency at Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency. Following residency, she completed a Faculty Development Fellowship, and now continues as full-time faculty with the Fort Collins Residency program. She continues to have a strong interest in community medicine, with particular interest in women's health and substance use disorders. In her free time, she loves gardening, knitting, and spending time outside with her husband, daughter, and golden retriever. |
 | Megan Gause, MD Dr. Gause completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in health and exercise science. She then completed her medical training at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Spartanburg. Her family medicine residency training was completed at the Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency program, and her fellowship in geriatric medicine was completed at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She serves as a COMPASS Guide for the Fort Collins Regional Medical Campus. In her free time, she enjoys running, spending time with her family, and being outdoors as much as possible in beautiful Colorado! |
| Casey Gries, PhD
Dr. Gries is originally from Storm Lake, IA and received his B.S. in Biology from the University of Sioux Falls. He earned his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Pathology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, then did a postdoc and became faculty at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Gries joined the faculty at CSU in Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, and the CUSOM Fort Collins Campus in the fall of 2021. His teaching and research interests are in bacterial pathogenesis and innate immunity, and his laboratory is focused on the molecular mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation and medical implant-associated infections. Dr. Gries enjoys spending his free time hiking, biking, skiing, and otherwise exploring Colorado with his wife and two daughters. |
.jpg?sfvrsn=dd380fbb_0) | Barbara Hager, MD Dr. Barbara Hager grew up in Texas and went to medical school at the University of Texas - Houston (now UTHealth McGovern Medical School). She completed neurology residency at George Washington University, followed by Clinical Neurophysiology - Epilepsy fellowship at the University of Chicago. She has been practicing neurology in the Northern Colorado region since then. Dr. Hager enjoys the enthusiasm of medical students and hopes to show them that neurology doesn't have to be scary. When not working, she spends time with her husband, 2 kids, dog and cat as well as biking and baking. |
 | Ilana Kafer, MD Clinical: UCHealth University of Colorado
Dr. Ilana Kafer is originally from Hartford, Connecticut and attended undergraduate college at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a year of research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City before earning her medical degree at New York Medical College. Dr. Kafer trained at Northwell Health for her Internship and Radiology residency. She completed a Body Imaging Fellowship at New York University with a special focus on MRI. After working as a teaching Radiologist at Northwell Health for two years, Dr. Kafer moved to Colorado and joined CU as an Assistant Professor in the Abdominal Imaging section. She is excited to lend her knowledge and expertise to students as they learn hands-on, clinically relevant diagnostic radiology skills that will prove useful throughout their medical career. When she is not teaching medical students and residents, she is enjoying all that Colorado has to offer with her three boys and husband, who is a practicing physician also in Fort Collins. |
 | Nicole Kelp, PhD Dr. Nicole Kelp was born and raised in Boise, Idaho. She attended Washington State University where she earned a B.S. in Biochemistry, a B.S. in Genetics and Cell Biology, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biosciences with a research focus on progesterone signaling in female reproductive pathologies. She 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 regional medical campus and build an interdisciplinary research lab focused on science communication education and health communication. At the CUSOM, Fort Collins Regional Medical Campus, Dr. Kelp is the Chair of the Medical Science Content Directors, helping integrate the medical sciences with clinical sciences and health and society content longitudinally throughout the four-year curriculum. At the Fort Collins Regional Medical Campus, Dr. Kelp also contributes to directing Foundational Principles, Hematologic and Lymphatic Systems, Endocrine and Metabolic Systems, and Reproductive System and Life Cycle courses. She is also the pathology content director longitudinally. She is passionate about helping students learn and apply information practically. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking and biking with her son in Colorado's beautiful natural areas and practicing yoga. |
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| Ben Leon, MD 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. |
| Shivanshu Madan, MD 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. |
 | Ellison (Ellie) McNutt, PhD Ellison (Ellie) McNutt is a comparative anatomist and functional morphologist. She spent the last two years as an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Sciences at Ohio State University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine teaching gross anatomy and related fields to first- and second-year medical students. She earned her Masters in biological anthropology from Boston University and her PhD in the same at Dartmouth College, within their Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, and Society Program. Driving her interest in anatomy and functional morphology is a desire to understand how animals move through, interact with, and are changed by the world around them. She is particularly interested in understanding the origin and evolution of the human lineage. Her research program utilizes multiple approaches to understand and reconstruct locomotor behavior in extinct ape and human ancestors. Her fieldwork primarily takes place in Southern and Eastern Africa. |
 | Caren Millard, MD Clinical: UCHealth Greeley
Dr. Caren Millard is a Colorado native. She received her BS and MS in Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. She attended medical school at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and completed residency training at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. She works at the UCHealth Greeley Hospital as a general, acute care and trauma surgeon. Her practice spans the scope of true general surgery, with specific clinical interest in thyroid and parathyroid disease and a focus on compassionate, patient-centered care. Outside of medicine, Dr. Millard enjoys anything outside: travel, reading, and spending time with her family and Bengal cats. |
| Lauren Miltenberg, MD 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. |
| Hermann Moreno, MD 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 Campus 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 hi s wife and two adult children. In his “alone time” he is interested in soccer, audiobooks and travel. |
| William Moss, DO, FASA 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-FCC. His free time is spent golfing, skiing, hiking, mountain biking, and traveling with his family. |
| Tara M. Nordgren, PhD 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. |
 | Rochelle Palmiscno, MD Dr. Palmiscno was born and raised in Grand Forks, ND. She completed her undergraduate degree and medical school at the University of North Dakota and then attended residency at North Colorado Family Medicine in Greeley, CO. Dr. Palmiscno loves creating learning opportunities for students and providing the time and space for them to develop their clinical skills. She is a family medicine and lifestyle medicine board certified provider and is excited to share this knowledge with students and allow them to strengthen their skills in preventive care. She enjoys cooking, yoga, and exploring new places with her family in their campervan. |
| Claire Pederson, MD 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. |
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 | Jania Ramos, MD Dr. Ramos was born in Cuba and moved to the US when she was 10 years old. She completed her undergraduate and medical training at Duke University. She completed residency at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver where she worked closely with medical students and family medicine residents, sparking her interest in education. Outside of work, she enjoys climbing, hiking, dancing, and playing board games with friends. |
| Anuja J. Riles, MD, MEd 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 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 Dr. Rowh grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and finished her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in Biochemistry and Chinese Studies. She fell in love with bench research and basic immunology during thesis work on HIV vaccine design at Harvard. She then joined the CDC as an Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) fellow and was deployed to Singapore during the SARS outbreak of 2003. Dr. Rowh trained at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a medical degree and a doctorate in immunology. Dr. Rowh completed her residency at Temple University Hospital in north Philadelphia and is a board-certified emergency physician. Dr. Rowh teaches for the same reason she entered medicine – to improve health inequities in the United States and internationally. She is the director of the Advanced Sciences Curriculum (ASC) during the 3rd year and teaches Global Health and Underserved Populations (GHUP). To attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment, Dr. Rowh is the co-director of the One Health Trail and will be the director of an elective in Applied Epidemiology and Public Health. She has lived and worked on five continents, earning a Master of Public Health from the University of Edinburgh. She teaches Health Systems, Policy and Management at the Colorado School of Public Health at CSU. At home, Dr. Rowh attempts to raise three productive and opinionated members of society, wrangles two rescue mutts, and has spent way too many nights staying up late in conversation with her husband. |
| Katie Rutledge, MD Dr. Rutledge 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 as full-time faculty at the Fort Collins program. Being able to actively practice medicine and engaged in teaching helps her maintain 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. She is passionate about primary care, health equity, and diversity and inclusion in medical education. |
| Tim Scheel, DO
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 Spectrum Health – Lakeland in Emergency Medicine and an ultrasound fellowship at Denver Health. Assisting with point of care ultrasound curriculum is one of his responsibilities at CUSOM at CSU. |
 | Emily Scott, MD, MPH Clinical: Northern Colorado VA
Dr. Emily Scott grew up in Wenatchee, Washington and attended Washington State University for undergraduate, then the University of Washington for medical school. She came to Colorado for internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado. She is a primary care physician at the Northern Colorado VA. She loves working with underserved communities, especially people experiencing homelessness. She is excited about medical education, including teaching clinical reasoning and integrating social determinants of health and communication skills into clinical education. Outside of work, Emily enjoys mountain biking, cross country skiing, printmaking, and reading about animals. Most of all, she loves hanging out with her partner and daughter. |
| Matthew Shirazi, MD, MS
Dr. Shirazi attended medical school at CU Anschutz, and completed psychiatry residency and C-L Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine fellowship also at CU Anschutz. He began his clinical career at UCHealth in the North region, providing consultation psychiatric care in an inpatient medical setting at Medical Center of the Rockies and the UCHealth Greeley hospital. He continues to enjoy this work and maintaining close ties to the University through teaching and administration work. |
| Eytan Shtull-Leber, M.D. MSCR Dr. Shtull-Leber grew up in Ann Arbor, MI, where he also attended the University of Michigan for college, medical school, and for a master's degree in clinical research. He moved to Phoenix with his wife where he completed a residency in emergency medicine at Maricopa Medical Center, and a fellowship in medical education through the University of Arizona - Phoenix. During his training, Tani has also worked to become a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. Dr. Shtull-Leber joined the CUSOM faculty in 2022 as the Clinical Content Director for the Plains year at the Fort Collins Campus. His primary teaching interests include teaching clinical reasoning using case-based small-group discussions. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, skiing, traveling, and spending time with his wife, son, and dog. |
 | Brad Stern, MD
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 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 outdoor activities. |
 | Zach Throckmorton, PhD 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. Professor 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, Professor 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. Professor 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. |
 | Brittany Weber, MD Dr. Weber attended Kansas City University of Medicine followed by completion of her pediatric residency at Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn. She began her career as a pediatric hospitalist for 2 years, and then transitioned into her hybrid role of pediatric hospitalist and a clinic pediatrician with UCHealth, which she currently continues to do. |
| Erin Willits, MD Dr. Erin Willits is an Allergy and Immunology physician in northern Colorado. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Colorado State University before attending medical school at the University of Washington. She did her residency training in Pediatrics and fellowship training in Allergy and Immunology at Mayo Clinic. With a background in pediatrics, Dr. Willits has a special interest in Food Allergy prevention and treatment and appreciates the opportunity to develop relationships with patients as their allergies change over time. Dr. Willits enjoys working with medical students and appreciates the enthusiasm they bring to the clinic and the classroom. She considers it a privilege to contribute to the education of our future doctors. |
 | Jeffrey Wilusz, PhD 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 microbial things that surround us - from ascaris to Zika virus - 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, and Editor-in-Chief of the RNA review journal WIREs-RNA. He tries to keep fit by being walked by his 120 lb. German Shepherd. |
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