Meet The Team
Roberto Silva, MD
Co-Director DFM UME; Rural LIC Director; Assistant Director SOM Rural Program
Professional Interest: Rural medicine; care of underserved populations.
Advising Expertise: Students who are undecided about residency choice, community health center/federally qualified health center residencies, rural medicine and residencies.
Email: roberto.silva@cuanschutz.edu
Roberto Silva, MD
Brandy Deffenbacher, MD, FAAFP
Director of Developing Our Clinical Skills (DOCS), Family Medicine Clinical Content Director, Director AMC LIC Integration
Professional Interest: Faculty development - teaching teachers how to teach, provide feedback, direct observation, and curriculum development.
Advising Expertise: Improving academic medicine and medical education.
Email: brandy.deffenbacher@cuanschutz.edu
Brandy Deffenbacher, MD, FAAFP
Mark Deutchman, MD
Director School of Medicine Rural Program; Associate Dean for Rural Health; Patrick and Kathleen Thompson Endowed Chair for Rural Family Medicine
Professional Interest: Full-scope family medicine, rural family medicine, rural workforce development, oral health, practicing in ambulatory and hospital settings including maternity care, ultrasonography, and clinical procedures.
Advising Expertise: Colorado programs and rurally focused residencies. Defining and refining research options, choosing a career based on personal interests and aptitudes, personal financial management.
Email: mark.deutchman@cuanschutz.edu
Mark Deutchman, MD
Heather Brougham, DO
DFM UME Core Advisor
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.
Email: heather.brougham@cuanschutz.edu
Heather Brougham, DO
Melissa Johnson, MD, DOCS Coach
DFM UME Core Advisor; Director Physicians as Educators Course; DOCS Coach
Professional Interest: Medical student education, outpatient family medicine (all ages), women's health (IUD's, Nexplanon placement), 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.
Email: melissa.n.johnson@cuanschutz.edu
Melissa Johnson, MD
Erik (Seth) Kramer, DO, MPH
DFM UME Core Advisor
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.
Email: erik.kramer@cuanschutz.edu
Erik (Seth) Kramer, DO, MPH
Kari Mader, MD, MPH
DFM UME Core Advisor; Director of Clinical and Education Innovation, Aurora Community Health Commons; Chief Operations Officer, DAWN Clinic
Professional Interest: Women's health including obstetrics, immigrant health, community-based research and organizing for achieving health equity, innovative care for underserved populations, team-based care, and leadership training.
Advising Expertise: Supporting students in finding their "place" in any specialty, 4th year application and interviewing process, Colorado programs, Southeast programs, and academic programs with innovative curricula.
Email: kari.mader@cuanschutz.edu
Kari Mader, MD, MPH
David Mendez, MD
DFM UME Core Advisor; FMIG Faculty Liaison
Professional interests: health equity and diversity, medical education, addiction medicine, behavioral health, public health.
Advising expertise: interview preparation, work-life balance, self-reflection.
Email: david.mendez@cuanschutz.edu
David Mendez, MD
Janet Meredith, MBA
Director of Committed to Community Program, 2040 Partners for Health
Clinical/Academic Interest: Community engagement and community engagement research.
Advising Expertise: Community engagement opportunities.
Email: janet@janetmeredith.com
George Olsen, MD
DFM UME Core Advisor; Director of FM Acting-Internships and Electives
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.
Email: george.olsen@cuanschutz.edu
George Olsen, MD
Cleveland Piggott, MD, MPH
DFM UME Core Advisor; Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion for the DFM
Professional Interest: Health equity and social justice, behavioral health integration, academic medicine, advocacy, leadership development, public health, and achieving the quadruple aim.
Advising Expertise: Colorado residency programs and those in the Southeast, connections to colleagues who have trained at many large family medicine programs around the country, and couples matching.
Email: cleveland.piggott@cuanschutz.edu
Cleveland Piggott, MD, MPH
Jill VanWyk, MD
DFM UME Core Advisor; Director of FM Advising
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.
Email: jill.vanwyk@cuanschutz.edu
Jill VanWyk, MD
