Faculty Directory | CU Obstetrics and Gynecology

Veronica Alaniz, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Leslie Appiah, MD

Professor
Division Chief

Eliza Buyers, MD

Assistant Professor

Frank Chow, MD

Senior Instructor
Medical Director of OB Hospitalists at Children’s Hospital Colorado

Diane Christopher, MD

Assistant Professor
Medical Director, University Women’s Care

Christine Conageski, MD, MSc

Associate Professor
Residency Program Director

Natalie Crump, MS, PA-C

Instructor

Corinne Dix, MD

Assistant Professor
Hospitalist, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Erin Foust, NP

Instructor

Christina Fraser, MD

Senior Instructor

Melanie Fringuello, LCSW

Clinical Instructor

Danielle Frock-Welnak, MD, MPH, MS

Senior Instructor

Karen Hampanda, PhD

Assistant Professor
Associate Director of Research

Lauren Harrington, MD

Assistant Professor

Genevieve Hofmann, NP

Senior Instructor

Carri Holton, NP

Instructor

Tricia Huguelet, MD

Associate Professor
Section Head, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Dominique Jodry, MD

Senior Instructor

Kimberly Larson-Ohlsen, MD

Assistant Professor

Jill Liss, MD

Assistant Professor
Medical Student Clerkship Director
Clinical Content Director for Curriculum Reform

Amy Markese, MD

Assistant Professor
Medical Student Assistant Clerkship Director

Ladean Marshall, NP

Instructor

Kathryn McKenney, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Erin McNulty, MD

Senior Instructor
Hospitalist, Children’s Hospital Colorado

James Mosher, MD

Sr. Clinical Instructor

Amy Nacht, DNP, CNM, MPH, FACNM

Associate Professor

Traci Nivens, MD

Senior Instructor
Hospitalist, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Jessica Pettigrew, CNM

Senior Instructor

Ashley Plummer, DNP, WHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Kristin Powell, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice
OB-GYN Hospitalist Fellowship Director

Emily Rosen, MD

Assistant Professor
Joining our Faculty March 2022

Steve Rotholz, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice
Director of Informatics

Stephen Scott, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Jenny Tam, MD

Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

Beverly Tew, MD, MPH

Senior Instructor
Medical Director of OB Hospitalist Program at Highlands Ranch Hospital

Chesney Thompson, MD

Professor and Vice Chair

Shawna Tonick, MD

Assistant Professor

Kimberly Weikel, MPAS, PA-C

Instructor

Brianne Whitney, MD

Senior Instructor
Hospitalist, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Kristen Wolfe, MD

Senior Instructor
Hospitalist, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Molly Yeoman, CNM

Senior Instructor

Meggan Zsemlye, MD

Professor of Clinical Practice
Medical Director, Labor & Delivery

Alicia Carranza, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Anna Rachel Dickens-Corbett, MD

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Yuko D'Ambrosia, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Corinne Dix, MD

Assistant Professor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Jean Dwinnell, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Whitney Giamberardino, MD

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Ann Granadillo, MD

Senior Instructor
Section Chief
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Allison Herman, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Jennifer Holmes, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Daniel Jacobson, MD

Assistant Professor
Division Chief
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Irene Jaw, WHNP, MSN, RN

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Kristin LeClair, NP

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Stephanie Lee, DNP

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Hal Levy, MD

Assistant Professor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

James Lingle, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Marsha Merry, NP

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Michele McGould, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Drennen Mirtsching, MD

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Alison Patterson, MD

Senior Instructor
Section Chief
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Jennifer Pitotti, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Abby Richards, DO

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Emily Schneider, MD, MS

Assistant Professor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Megan Sheldon, DO

Sr. Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Kelsey Ward, MD

Instructor
Section Chief
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Kimberly Wind, NP

Clinical Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Lisa Wynn, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Cara Clure, MD, MSCS

Assistant Professor

Rebecca Cohen, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Division Chief

Nancy Fang, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Aaron Lazorwitz, MD, MSCS

Assistant Professor
CFP Fellowship Program Director

Jeanelle Sheeder, MSPH, PhD

Professor
Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research

Jill Alldredge, MD

Assistant Professor
Residency Program Coordinator

Jaime Arruda, MD

Associate Professor
Director Robotic Surgery for UCHealth

Lisa Marie Babayan, PA-C

Assistant Professor

Kian Behbakht, MD, MBA

Professor and Emily McClintock Addlesperger Endowed Chair in Ovarian Cancer
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs, Quality and Improvement

Benjamin Bitler, PhD

Associate Professor
Kay L. Dunton Endowed Memorial Professor in Ovarian Cancer Research

Catherine Bouts, PA-C

Instructor

Lindsay Brubaker, MD

Assistant Professor

Bradley Corr, MD

Associate Professor
Director of Clinical Research

John P. Curtin, MD, MBA

Professor
Director of Service for Obstetrics & Gynecology at Denver Health
Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development

Saketh Guntupalli, MD

Professor and Karen M. Jennison Endowed Chair in Gynecologic Oncology
Division Chief
Director, Placenta Accreta Response Team (PART)
Vice Chair Faculty Affairs and Development

Carolyn Lefkowits, MD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor
Colibri Endowed Professor in Ovarian and Gynecologic Cancer Education
Fellowship Director

Nicole Marjon, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Joining us as faculty in Fall 2022

Spyridon Mastroyannis, MD, MSCE

Assistant Professor
Joining us as faculty in August 2022

Marisa Moroney, MD

Assistant Professor
Joining us as faculty in August 2022

Christine Walsh, MD, MS

Professor
Don and Arlene Mohler Johnson Family Endowed Chair in Ovarian Cancer

Linda Barbour, MD, MSPH

Professor

Nicholas Behrendt, MD

Associate Professor

Jennifer Braverman, MD

Assistant Professor

Hannah Elfman, MS, CGC

Instructor

Anna Euser, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Allison Faucett, MD

Assistant Professor

Henry Galan, MD

Professor

Teresa Harper, MD

Associate Professor
Division Chief

Jonathan (Jake) Hirshberg, MD

Assistant Professor

John Hobbins, MD

Professor Emeritus

Jennifer Hodges, MD

Assistant Professor

M. Camille Hoffman, MD, MSc

Associate Professor

K. Joseph Hurt, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Claire Ingram, MPAS, PA-C

Instructor

Amanda Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor

Laura Kennedy, PA-C, MMS, RD

Sr. Instructor

Jenifer R. Kruse, MS, RDN, CDCES, ACSM-CPT

Instructor

Linda Matthews, MD

Visiting Associate Professor

Robert McDuffie, MD

Associate Professor

Kestutis Micke, MS, CGC

Instructor

Shane Reeves, MD

Associate Professor

Manesha (Nash) Putra, MD

Assistant Professor

Julie Scott, MD

Professor

Shannon Son, MD, MSCI

Assistant Professor

Heather Straub, MD

Assistant Professor

Emily Su, MD, MSCI

Professor

Joyce Sung, MD

Associate Professor

Amy Wehbe, MS, RD, CDCES, BC-ADM

Clinical Instructor

Marsha Wheeler, MD

Associate Professor

Michael Zaretsky, MD

Associate Professor

Joshua Johnson, PhD

Assistant Professor

T. Rajendra Kumar, PhD

Professor and Edgar L., Patricia M. Makowski and Family Endowed Chair
Associate Vice Chair of Research

Shona Murray, MD

Associate Professor

Alex J. Polotsky, MD, MS

Professor
Division Chief
Fellowship Director

Cassandra Roeca, MD

Assistant Professor

Nanette F. Santoro, MD

Professor and E. Stewart Taylor Chair

Thomas Jansson, MD, PhD
Florence Crozier Cobb Endowed Professor
Chief, Division of Reproductive Sciences
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of regulation of placental nutrient transporters and the role of placental function in determining fetal growth and long-term health.

Kian Behbakht, MD
Professor and Emily McClintock Addlesperger Endowed Chair in Ovarian Cancer
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs, Quality and Improvement
Divisions of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Sciences

Research interests: Clinical, translational, and basic science approaches to finding novel treatments for ovarian cancer.

Benjamin Bitler, PhD
Associate Professor
Kay L. Dunton Endowed Memorial Professor in Ovarian Cancer Research
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Ovarian cancer, Wnt signaling, and epigenetics.

Andrew Bradford, PhD
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean, Essentials Curriculum
Divisions of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Hormone/growth factor signaling and cancer.

Kathleen A. Connell, MD
Associate Professor and Division Chief
Divisions of Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery & Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the remodeling of the connective tissue and smooth muscle of the pelvic floor support structures.

K. Joseph Hurt, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Preterm Labor Research Laboratory
Divisions of Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Molecular mechanisms of pregnancy and parturition, Obesity and parturition, Gasotransmitters in repro physiology, and Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase.

Joshua Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Divisions of Reproductive Sciences & Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Dr. Johnson's research program focuses on the control of oocyte number inside the ovary, primarily in mammals, but also in the fruit fly model organism.

Fredrick Rosario Joseph, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: The role of mechanistic target of rapamcyin signaling in placental amino acid and folate transport.

T. Rajendra Kumar, PhD
Professor and Edgar L., Patricia M. Makowski and Family Endowed Chair
Associate Vice Chair of Research
Divisions of Reproductive Sciences & Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: All aspects of gonadotropin biology, including gonadotrope development and tumorigenesis, mechanisms of pituitary gonadotropin subunit gene expression and post-transcriptional regulation, gonadotropin biosynthesis with a focus on age-dependent glycosylation, gonadotropin secretion and action with one focus on somatic cell development and regulation in the gonads and the other on osteoclasts in the bone.

Ramón Lorca, PhD
Instructor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Aims to elucidate the effect of hypoxia and high altitude on myometrial arteries from pregnant women.

James McManaman, PhD
Professor
Director, Graduate Program in Integrative Physiology
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: How cells store, metabolize, and traffic lipids at the molecular, structural, cellular, and organ system levels.

Jenifer Monks, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: How milk-secreting cells deliver nutrients to the neonate.

Lorna Moore, PhD
Professor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Physiological mechanisms underlying the normal maternal physiological responses to pregnancy and the pregnancy complications of fetal growth restrictions and preeclampsia.

Alex J. Polotsky, MD, MS
Professor and Division Chief
Fellowship Director
Divisions of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility & Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Defining essential characteristics of FSH-ovarian interactions using a multi-disciplinary approach.

Theresa Powell, PhD
Professor
Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Molecular mechanisms regulating ion and macronutrient transport in the human placenta and changes in placental function.

Nanette F. Santoro, MD
Professor and E. Stewart Taylor Chair
Divisions of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility & Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Examining the role of hormone therapy and alternative treatments in menopausal women's health, how obesity in women interferes with fertility and reproductive hormone production, examining how girls develop regular menstrual cycles as they go through puberty, and premature ovarian failure.

Emily J. Su, MD, MSCI
Professor
Divisions of Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Fetal growth restriction, molecular mechanisms underlying abnormal placental blood flow and function.

Zachary Levi Watson, PhD
Instructor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Ovarian cancer, epigenetics, therapy resistance, tumor microenvironment, tumor-adipocyte interaction, immune evasion.

Kathleen A. Connell, MD

Associate Professor
Division Chief
William B. Goddard, MD, Endowed Professor in Urogynecology

Marsha K. Guess, MD, MS

Associate Professor
Fellowship Director

Lisa Najera, WHNP-BC

Instructor

Kelsey Pfau, PA-C

Instructor

Lauren G. Rascoff, MD

Assistant Professor
Residency Program Coordinator

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