Career Advising in Family Medicine

Family Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education - Core Advisors

Heather Brougham, DO

Professional Interests: Women’s health, contraceptive procedures, mental health, obesity medicine.

Advising Expertise: Experience in academic and community medicine, former chief resident involved in match list preparation.

Mark Deutchman, MD 

Professional Expertise: Oral health, practicing in ambulatory and hospital settings including maternity care, ultrasonography, and clinical procedures.

Advising Expertise: Colorado programs and rurally focused residencies.

Melissa Johnson, MD, DOCS Coach 

Professional Interests: Medical student education, outpatient family medicine (all ages), women's health (IUDs, Nexplanon placement, colposcopy), office-based procedures (shoulder and knee injections), and minor skin procedures.

Advising Expertise: 4th-year applications, self-discovery and specialty selection, work-life balance, interview preparation.

Seth Kramer, DO, MPH

Professional Interests:  Metabolic disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity Medicine, Nutrition, Public Health and Preventative Medicine of all ages, Office-Based procedures (Shoulder/Knee injections), HCV treatment, PrEP

Advising Expertise:  4th year application & interviewing process, community health, supporting those finding their place and specialty selection.

Kari Mader, MD MPH

Professional Interests: Women’s health including obstetrics, refugee & immigrant healthcare, community-based research and organizing for achieving health equity, innovative care for underserved populations, team-based care, leadership training.

Advising Expertise: Supporting students in finding their "place" in any specialty, 4th year application & interviewing process, Colorado & southeast programs and academic programs with innovative curricula.

David Mendez, MD

Professional interests: health equity and diversity, medical education, addiction medicine, behavioral health, public health.

Advising expertise: interview preparation, work-life balance, self-reflection.

George Olsen, MD

Professional Interests:  OB and Maternity Care, Medication Assisted Treatment for Substance Use, Medical Education, Primary Care for Underserved Populations.

Advising Interests:  Interview preparation, Finding the Right Specialty, Making a Rank List, 4th Year Acting Internships.

Cleveland Piggott, MD MPH

Professional Interests: Health equity and social justice, behavioral health, academic medicine, leadership development, public health, and achieving the quadruple aim.

Advising Expertise: Colorado residency programs and those in the South East, connections to colleagues who have trained at many family medicine programs around the country.

Roberto Silva, MD 

Professional Expertise: Community health center (CHC) medicine, medical education, maternity care, office-based procedures.

Advising Expertise: Students who are undecided about residency choice, community health center/federally qualified health center residencies, rural medicine & residencies.

Jill Vanwyk, MD

Professional Interests: Behavioral health in primary care, cognitive behavioral therapy, group visits, adolescent health, office procedures (injections, contraceptive procedures, nail matrixectomy, skin biopsy).

Advising expertise:  Programs in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest.