Faculty

Denver Health Track


Core Faculty

Dr. Melissa Beagle

Melissa Beagle, MD, MPH

Education: University of California, Davis, BS; Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, MD; University of New Mexico, MPH; University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency

Attending Site: Denver Health Medical Center

Preceptor Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Clinic Site: La Casa Quigg Newton Family Health Center

Medical Areas of Interest: Maternal-child health, obstetrics, procedures, public and community health.

Awards, Recognitions, & Appointments: Currently appointed to the Maternal Wellness Preconception Health Advisory Committee through the Colorado Department of Public Health.

Personal Interests: Family and friends, cooking, gardening, photography, reading, travel.

Email: melissa.beagle@dhha.org

Dr. Michael Benavidez

Michael J. Benavidez, MD

Education: University of Notre Dame; St. Louis University School of Medicine, Medical School

Attending Site: Denver Health Medical Center

Precepting Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Clinic Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Medical Areas of Interest: Family medicine, diabetes and refugee health.

Awards, Recognitions & Appointments: 5280 Magazine Top Doc - Family Medicine; University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency Doctor-Patient Relationship Award.

Personal Interests: Spending time with family, college football (especially Notre Dame), traveling, theme parks.

Email: michael.benavidez@dhha.org

Dr. Lauren Bull

Lauren Bull, MD

Education: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, MD; University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency; University of Colorado, Global Health Fellowship

Attending Site: Denver Health Medical Center

Precepting Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Clinic Site: Westwood Family Health Center

Medical Areas of Interest: Global health, refugee/immigrant health, women’s health/OB, underserved medicine, LGBTQ health, and transgender care.

Awards, Recognitions & Appointments: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine

Personal Interests: Hiking, skiing, podcasts, reading, traveling, and rock climbing.

Email: lauren.c.bull@cuanschutz.edu

Dr. Stephanie Gold

Stephanie B. Gold, MD

Education: University of Virginia School of Medicine; University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency; Fellowship in Health Policy, Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center

Attending Site: Denver Health Medical Center

Precepting Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Clinic Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Medical Areas of Interest: Health policy, particularly related to integrated behavioral health and primary care, payment reform, practice transformation; health behavior change, underserved medicine.

Awards, Recognitions & Appointments: Board member, Colorado Academy of Family Physicians; Associate Professor, University of Colorado; Scholar, Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center.

Personal Interests: Yoga, hiking, skiing, reading science fiction/fantasy.

Email: stephanie.gold@cuanschutz.edu

Dr. Harriet Huang

Harriet Huang, MD

Education: Stanford University, BS; University of Michigan Medical School, MD; University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency – Denver Health Track

Attending Site: Denver Health Medical Center

Precepting Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Clinic Site: Westwood Family Health Center, Federico F. Pena Southwest Family Health Center

Medical Areas of Interest: Refugee and immigrant health, LGBTQ health, family planning, addiction medicine.

Personal Interests: Camping, travel, cooking, trying new restaurants, dinosaurs.

Email:  harriet.huang2@dhha.org

Dr. Elizabeth Kvach

Elizabeth Kvach, MD

Education: University of Oklahoma, BA, Women’s Studies; University of York, MA, Post-War Recovery Studies; Yale School of Medicine, MD; University of Wisconsin- Madison Family Medicine Residency, Chief Resident; St. Joseph Family Medicine Program, Maternity Care Fellowship

Attending Site: Denver Health Hospital

Precepting Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Clinic Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Medical Areas of Interest: Women’s health and family planning; LGBT+ health; refugee health; substance use treatment; UCFMR Social Justice Work Group.

Awards, Recognitions & Appointments: Medical Director, Denver Health LGBT Center of Excellence; Associate Professor of Family Medicine; Director of DH Refugee Health Elective; Denver Health Faculty of the Year Award (2016).

Personal Interests: Traveling (and eating while traveling), camping, hiking and snowshoeing with my dogs, cooking, working in my vegetable garden, organizing a feminist book club and political engagement.

Email: elizabeth.kvach@dhha.org

Dr. Charity Lehn

Charity Lehn, MD

Education: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, undergraduate degree and medical schoolNorthwestern Family Medicine Residency – Humboldt Park

Attending Site: Denver Health

Precepting Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Clinic Site: Westwood Family Health Center

Medical Areas of Interest: Maternal child health, underserved care, immigrant health, medical education, procedures, global health.

Personal Interests: Running, hiking, backpacking, skiing, cooking and eating.

Email: charity.lehn@dhha.org

Dr. Daniel White

Daniel White, MD

Education: University of Tennessee Knoxville, BA in Philosophy; University of North Carolina School of Medicine, MD; University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency-Denver Health Track

Attending Site: Lowry Family Health Center, Denver Health Medical Center

Precepting Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Clinic Site: Lowry Family Health Center

Medical Areas of Interest: Inpatient family medicine, refugee and immigrant health, tropical medicine, viral hepatitis, addiction medicine.

Awards, Recognitions & Appointments: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine; Director, Adult Family Medicine Service; Completed University of Colorado Junior Faculty Development Fellowship in Inpatient Family Medicine, Leadership, and Refugee Health in 2017.

Personal Interests: Hiking and outdoor endeavors, small home improvement projects, zymurgy, LOTR and mostly my family. (I have a toddler and an infant, so really no time for any of the other interests outside of work).

Email: daniel.white2@dhha.org


Affiliate Faculty

Morris Askenazi, MD

Sr. Instructor

La Casa Quigg Newton Family Health Center – Medical Director

 

Stephanie Augustine, MD

Sr. Instructor

Montbello Family Health Center

 

Kurt Cook, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Westwood Family Health Center

 

Diedre Dietz, MD

Park Hill Family Health Center – Medical Director

 

Benjamin Feijoo, MD

Assistant Professor

Federico F. Pena Southwest Family Health Center

 

Daniel Holligan, MD

Assistant Professor

Montbello Family Health Center

 

Joedy Hulings, MD

Sr. Instructor

Park Hill Family Health Center

 

Robert Keeley, MD

Primary Care Center

 

Amber Koch-Laking, MD

Assistant Professor

Westwood Family Health Center – Medical Director

 

Daniel Kortsch, MD

Associate Professor

Lowry Family Health Center

 

Lucy Loomis, MD

 

Mia Lynch, MD

Instructor

Primary Care Center

 

Michelle Mang, MD

Sr. Instructor

Federico F. Pena Southwest Family Health Center

 

Kelly McMullen, MD

Assistant Professor

Lowry Family Health Center

 

Josina O’Connell, MD

Assistant Professor

Montbello Family Health Center

 

George Olsen, MD

Assistant Professor

Park Hill Family Health Center

 

Shalvi Patel, MD

Instructor

La Casa Quigg Newton Family Health Center

 

Lara Penny, MD

Assistant Professor

Montbello Family Health Center

 

Susana Peralta, DO, BA

Assistant Professor

Montbello Family Health Center

 

Haley Ringwood, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Westside Pediatric/Teen Clinic

 

Roberto Silva, MD

Assistant Professor

Park Hill Family Health Center

 

Alicia Wong, MD, MA, MPH

Assistant Professor

Primary Care Center

 

Jessica Wongward, DO

Assistant Professor

Federico F. Pena Southwest Family Health Center

 

Moon Yoon, MD

Assistant Professor

La Casa Quigg Newton Family Health Center

 

Rebekkah Zak, DO

Assistant Professor

La Casa Quigg Newton Family Health Center

 

Jessica Zha, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Lowry Family Health Center

Family Medicine (SOM)

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