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CU OB-GYN Faculty Directory

Veronica Alaniz, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Leslie Appiah, MD

Visiting Associate Professor
Division Chief
 

Eliza Buyers, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Frank Chow, MD

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

Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
 

Ritchie Delara, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Corinne Dix, MD

Assistant Professor
Hospitalist, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
 

Melissa Dunn, MD

Clinical Instructor
Hospitalist, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
 

Erin Foust, NP

Instructor
 

Christina Fraser, MD

Sr. Instructor
 

Karen Hampanda, PhD

Assistant Professor
Associate Director of Research

Margo Harrison, MD

Assistant Professor
Director of Research
 

Genevieve Hofmann, NP

Senior Instructor
 

Carri Holton, NP

Instructor
 

Leena Horner, MD

Instructor
Hospitalist, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
 

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
 

Erin McNulty, MD

Senior Instructor
Hospitalist, Children’s Hospital Colorado
 

James Mosher, MD

Sr. Clinical Instructor
 

Amy Nacht, CNM, MPH, MSN

Assistant Professor
 

Traci Nivens, MD

Instructor
Hospitalist, Children’s Hospital Colorado
 

Jessica Pettigrew, CNM

Senior Instructor
 

Kristin Powell, MD

Assistant Professor
OB-GYN Hospitalist Fellowship Director
 

Megan Ross, MD

Instructor
 

Steve Rotholz, MD

Assistant Professor
Director of Informatics
 

Stephen Scott, MD

Associate Professor
 

Chesney Thompson, MD

Professor and Vice Chair
 

Shawna Tonick, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Brianne Whitney, MD

Instructor
Hospitalist, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
 

Molly Yeoman, CNM

Sr. Instructor
 

Meggan Zsemlye, MD

Professor of Clinical Practice
Medical Director, Labor & Delivery
 

Alicia Carranza, MD

Senior Instructor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Anna Rachel Dickens-Corbett, MD

Instructor
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Yuko D'Ambrosia, MD

Senior Instructor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Corinne Dix, MD

Assistant Professor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Jean Dwinnell, MD

Senior Instructor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Whitney Giamberardino, MD

Instructor
5280 OB-GYN
 

Ann Granadillo, MD

Senior Instructor
Section Chief
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Allison Herman, MD

Senior Instructor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Jennifer Holmes, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice
5280 OB-GYN
 

Daniel Jacobson, MD

Assistant Professor
Division Chief
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Irene Jaw, WHNP, MSN, RN

Instructor
5280 OB-GYN
 

Kristin LeClair, NP

Instructor
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Stephanie Lee, DNP

Instructor
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Hal Levy, MD

Assistant Professor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

James Lingle, MD

Senior Instructor
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Marsha Merry, NP

Senior Instructor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Michele McGould, MD

Senior Instructor
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Alison Patterson, MD

Senior Instructor
Section Chief
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Jennifer Pitotti, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Abby Richards, DO

Senior Instructor
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Emily Schneider, MD, MS

Assistant Professor
Rocky Mountain OB-GYN
 

Kelsey Ward, MD

Instructor
5280 OB-GYN
 

Kimberly Wind, NP

Clinical Instructor
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Lisa Wynn, MD

Senior Instructor
South Metro OB-GYN
 

Rebecca Cohen, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
 

Aaron Lazorwitz, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Jeanelle Sheeder, MSPH, PhD

Professor
Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research

Stephanie Teal, MD, MPH

Professor
Division Chief
 

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

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

Catherine Bouts, PA-C

Instructor
 

Lindsay Brubaker, MD

Assistant Professor

Bradley Corr, MD

Assistant Professor
Director of Clinical Research
 

John P. Curtin, MD, MBA

Visiting Professor
Director of Service for Obstetrics & Gynecology at Denver Health
 

Saketh Guntupalli, MD

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

Carolyn Lefkowits, MD, MPH, MS

Assistant Professor
Fellowship Director
 

Christine Walsh, MD, MS

Professor
Don and Arlene Mohler Johnson Family Endowed Chair in Ovarian Cancer
Joining us January 2021
 

Linda Barbour, MD, MSPH

Professor
 

Nicholas Behrendt, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Jennifer Bienemann, NP

Senior Instructor
 

Jennifer Braverman, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Hannah Elfman, MS, CGC

Instructor
 

Anna Euser, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
 

Allison Faucett, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Linda Fonseca, MD

Visiting Associate Professor
 

Henry Galan, MD

Professor
 

Teresa Harper, MD

Associate Professor
Division Chief
 

John Hobbins, MD

Professor Emeritus
 

Jennifer Hodges, MD

Assistant Professor
 

M. Camille Hoffman, MD, MSc

Associate Professor
 

K. Joseph Hurt, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
 

Amanda Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Robert McDuffie, MD

Associate Professor
 

Kestutis Micke, MS, CGC

Instructor
 

Shane Reeves, MD

Associate Professor
 

Julie Scott, MD

Associate Professor
 

Heather Straub, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Emily Su, MD, MSCI

Associate 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
 

Lynn Blyth, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Fertility Psychologists
 

Edward Illions, 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
 

Joan Manheimer, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Fertility Psychologists
 

Shona Murray, MD

Associate Professor
 

Liesl Nel-Themaat, PhD, HCLD, ABB

Assistant Professor
IVF Laboratory Director
 

Alex J. Polotsky, MD, MS

Professor
Division Chief
Fellowship Director
 

Cassandra Roeca, MD

Joining our Faculty in August 2020

Nanette F. Santoro, MD

Professor and E. Stewart Taylor Chair
 

 

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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.


 

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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.


 

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Benjamin Bitler, PhD
​Assistant Professor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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


 

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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.



 

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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.


 

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K. Joseph Hurt, MD, PhD
​​​​​​​​Assistant 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.


 

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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.


 

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Fredrick Rosario Joseph, PhD
Instructor
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.


 

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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.


 

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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.


 

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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.


 

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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.


 

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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.


 

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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.


 

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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.


 

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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.


 

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Emily J. Su, MD, MSCI
​​​​​​​​Associate 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.


 

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Owen Vaughan, PhD
​​​​​​​​Instructor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: My research concerns the endocrine regulation of placental and fetal metabolism, and the developmental programming of cardiometabolic disease. In particular, my work focuses on the role of the placenta in mediating the effects of environmental factors like maternal nutrition, stress, obesity and hypoxia on intrauterine development. I am currently studying the role of fetal circulating microRNAs in the developmental origins of heart disease.


 

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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
 

Marsha K. Guess, MD, MS

Associate Professor
Fellowship Director
 

Ginger Lemberger, MSN, RN, FNP-C

Instructor
 

Lauren G. Rascoff, MD

Assistant Professor
Residency Program Coordinator
 

Joselle Speirs, PA-C

Instructor
 

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