Graduate Medical Education Contacts

Geoffrey Connors, MD

Geoffrey Connors, MD

ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Associate Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Email: Geoffrey.Connors@cuanschutz.edu

Carol Rumack, MD

Carol M. Rumack, MD, FACR

Distinguished Professor of Radiology & Pediatrics
Associate DIO for Accreditation and Compliance
Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
Email: Carol.Rumack@cuanschutz.edu

Beth Post

Beth Post

Executive Assistant to Dr. Geoffrey Connors & Dr. Carol Rumack
Email: Beth.Post@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.6027

Finance & Administration

Ashley Walter

Ashley Wexler-Walter, MBA

Director, Finance & Administration
Email: Ashley.Wexler-Walter@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.9286

  • Funding
  • Administration
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Institutional Modules for Residents and Faculty

Nancy Mckay

Nancy McKay

Assistant Program Director, Finance & Administration
Email: Nancy.Mckay@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.6028

  • Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable
  • International Medical Graduates/ECFMG
  • Educational Funds

Alisha Lovejoy, MBA

Alisha Lovejoy, MBA

Compliance Manager
Email: Alisha.Lovejoy@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.6029

  • Hospital Invoices
  • MedHub FTE Reporting
  • Resident Charge Sheets
  • Compliance Reporting
  • Program Letters of Agreement (PLA)

Debra Johnson

Debra Johnson

Benefits Program Manager
Emial: Debra.J.Johnson@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.6024

  • Benefits
  • Leaves of Absence
  • Immunizations

Pam Sullivan

Pamela Sullivan

Payroll Coordinator
Email: Pamela.Sullivan@cuanschutz.edu 
Phone: 303.724.6025

  • Payroll
  • Onboarding 
    • New & CTE Lists
  • Exiting Trainees
  • Name Changes

Michelle Byczkiewicz

Business Services Professional
Email: Michelle.Byczkiewicz@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.3348

  • Malpractice Confirmations
  • Training Verifications
  • International Rotations
  • National Residency Match Program (NRMP)
  • Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
  • Certificates
  • Badging

Megan Ormsby

Megan Ormsby

Business Services Program Manager
Email: Megan.Ormsby@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 206.795.8291

  • Finance support and project work
  • Moonlighting and Additional Pay approvals 

Residency Management System (MedHub) Administration

Karen Graves

Karen Graves, MBA

Residency Management Systems Administrator
Email: Karen.Graves@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.5918

  • MedHub Administration and Support
  • Workshops
  • Training Agreements
  • Onboarding Packages

Alexandria Rauf

Alexandria Rauf

Software Support Specialist
Email: Alexandria.Rauf@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.5808

  • MedHub Training and Support
  • Schedule Change Requests
  • Program Contacts
  • Onboarding Documents

 

Accreditation and Compliance

Tamara Echter

Tamara Echter, PhD

Accreditation and Compliance Program Director
Lead Director: Program Director/Program Coordinator Education
Email: Tamara.Echter@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.6033

Departments Responsible for:

  • Emergency Medicine (University Fellowships Only)
  • Medicine-Allergy & Immunology (Adult)
  • Medicine
  • Neurosurgery
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pathology
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Kelly Marafino, MBA

Kelly Marafino, MBA

Accreditation and Compliance Program Manager
Email: Kelly.Marafino@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.9660

Departments Responsible for:

  • Anesthesiology
  • Dermatology
  • Family Medicine
  • Medicine-Cardiology
  • Neurology
  • Otolaryngology
  • Psychiatry
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Surgery – Divisions of Plastic Surgery and Urology

Laura Frost

Laura Frost, C-TAGME

Accreditation and Compliance Program Manager
Email: Laura.Frost@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303.724.6026

Departments Responsible for: 

  • Pediatrics-Allergy & Immunology
  • Pediatrics
  • Radiology
  • Surgery (except Urology and Plastic Surgery)

MaryKate Howland

MaryKate Howland

Academic Services Professional
Email: MaryKate.Howland@cuanschutz.edu

  • New Program Coordinator Orientation
  • Annual Program Evaluations & Dashboards
  • Faculty Evaluation Completion Reports
  • Supervision and Work Hours Surveys

Communications

Joe LaFond

Joe LaFond

GME Communications Coordinator
Email: Joseph.LaFond@cuanschutz.edu

  • Quality & Safety Incentive Program
  • Quality & Safety Academy
  • Intern & Resident Orientation
  • Communications Management
    • Social Media
    • GME Website
    • Newsletters

GME Faculty & Committee Directors

Jacqueline Ward-Gaines, MD

Jacqueline Ward-Gaines, MD

Director of GME Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Email: Jacqueline.wardgaines@cuanschutz.edu

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Nida Awadallah, MD, FAAFP, MACM

GMEC Education Subcommittee Chair
Email: Nida.Awadallah@cuanschutz.edu

Tyler Anstett, DO

Tyler Anstett, DO

Director of GME Quality & Safety
Email: Tyler.Anstett@cuanschutz.edu

  • Quality & Safety incentive Program
  • Quality & Safety Academy

External vendors shall not solicit training program contacts without express permission from the GME Director of Finance &  Administration and Designated Institutional Official.

Graduate Medical Education (SOM)

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

N4223

Aurora, CO 80045


303-724-6031

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