Faculty Directory | CU Anschutz Obstetrics and Gynecology

Veronica Alaniz, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Section of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Guluzar Arzu Turan, MD

Instructor
Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Late Effects Research Director

Felicia Bahadue, MD

Assistant Professor
OB-GYN Hospitalist Fellowship Director
Section of OB-GYN Hospitalists
Anschutz Medical Campus

Lauren Bouchard, MD

Assistant Professor

Frank Chow, MD

Senior Instructor
Medical Director
Section of OB-GYN Hospitalists
Children's Hospital Colorado

Diane Christopher, MD

Associate Professor
Medical Director, University Women's Care
Vice Chair of Quality and Clinical Affairs

Caterina DeFazio, MS, PhD

Senior Instructor

Christina Fraser, MD

Senior Instructor

Karen Hampanda, PhD

Associate Professor
Division Director of Research

Lauren Harrington, MD

Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Sexual Medicine Program

Kaley Hasstedt, WHNP

Kaley Hasstedt, MSN, WHNP-BC

Instructor
Section of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Marcy Hoath, DMSc, MPAM, PA-C

Assistant Professor

Genevieve Hofmann, NP

Genevieve Hofmann, DNP, WHNP

Assistant Professor

Tricia Huguelet, MD

Professor
Section Head
Section of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Co-Director, Young Women Bleeding Disorders Program

Anna Jones, MD

Senior Instructor
Section of OB-GYN Hospitalists
Children's Hospital Colorado

Elizabeth Keating, MS, PA-C

Assistant Professor

Jill Liss, MD

Jill Liss, MD, NCMP

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

Cosima Lux, CNM

Assistant Professor

Kathryn McKenney, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Co-Director, PCOS Multi-Disciplinary Program

Erin McNulty, MD

Senior Instructor
Section of OB-GYN Hospitalists
Children's Hospital Colorado

James Mosher, MD

Senior Clinical Instructor

Amy Nacht, DNP, CNM, MPH, FACNM

Associate Professor
Co-Director, Inter-Professional Education Program

Traci Nivens, MD

Senior Instructor
Section of OB-GYN Hospitalists
Children's Hospital Colorado

Megan Orlando, MD

Assistant Professor
Interim Associate Division Chief
Section of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Co-Director, Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Program

Emily Rosen, MD

Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Inter-Professional Education Program

Lauryn Roth, MD

Assistant Professor
Section of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Steve Rotholz, MD

Professor

Felixnando Rubio, Jr, MD, MBA

Senior Instructor

Lauren Sayres, MD

Assistant Professor
Section of OB-GYN Hospitalists
Anschutz Medical Campus

Brianna Schafer, MSN, WHNP-BC

Instructor

Stephen Scott, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Section of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Logan Strasburg, WHNP

Instructor

Jenny Tam, MD

Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Section of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

Beverly Tew, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Section of OB-GYN Hospitalists
Anschutz Medical Campus

Chesney Thompson, MD

Professor and Vice Chair
Interim Division Chief, Community OB-GYN

Kimberly Weikel, MPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor

Gabrielle Whitmore, MD

Assistant Professor
Section of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Co-Director, Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Program

Mark Wilcox, MD

Assistant Professor

Whitney Giamberardino, MD

Camryn Browell, MSN, WHNP

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Alicia Carranza, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Yuko D'Ambrosia, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Whitney Giamberardino, MD

Assistant Professor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Ann Granadillo, MD<

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

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Irene Jaw, WHNP, MSN, RN

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

McKenna Kelly, MD

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Laura Kennedy, PA-C, MMS, RD

Senior Instructor

Andrew Koo, MD

Assistant Professor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Stephanie Lee, DNP

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Brandon Maddy, MD

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

Sarah Peterson, MD, MS

Assistant Professor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Jennifer Pitotti, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Hana Reissner, MD

Senior Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Emily Schneider, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Megan Sheldon, DO

Sr. Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN Highlands Ranch

Jessica Suhowatsky, NP

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Jeanne Sullivan, MD

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN East Denver

Brittany Vaplon, MD

Instructor
CU Medicine OB-GYN South Metro

Kelsey Ward, MD

Assistant Professor
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
CFP Fellowship Program Director

Nancy Fang, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Keisha Indenbaum-Bates

Keisha Indenbaum-Bates, FNP-C

Instructor

Jeanelle Sheeder, MSPH, PhD

Professor
Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research

Lauren Thaxton, MD, MBA, MSBS

Associate Professor

Leilah Zahedi-Spung, MD

Assistant Professor

Jill Alldredge, MD

Associate Professor
Assistant Residency Program Director, Gynecologic Oncology
Associate Program Director, Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship

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

Benjamin Bitler, PhD

Associate Professor
D. Thomas and Kay L. Dunton Endowed Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research

Catherine Bouts, PA-C

Instructor

Lindsay Brubaker, MD

Assistant Professor
LeBert-Suess Family Endowed Professorship in Ovarian Cancer Research
Associate Program Director, Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship

Christine Conageski, MD, MSc

Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
Director, Lower Genital Tract Diseases Program

Bradley Corr, MD

Associate Professor
Katie Taylor Memorial Endowed Chair in Gynecologic Oncology
Director of Clinical Research

Joseph DeMari, MD

Assistant Professor

Saketh Guntupalli, MD

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

Carolyn Lefkowits, MD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor
Vice-Chair of Education
Colibri Endowed Professor in Ovarian and Gynecologic Cancer Education
Fellowship Director

Nicole Marjon, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

S. Alex Mastroyannis, MD, MSCE

Assistant Professor

Marisa Moroney, MD

Assistant Professor

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

Melissa Chu Lam, MD

Assistant Professor

Hannah Elfman, MS, CGC

Instructor

Anna Euser, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice

Allison Faucett, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice

Joyce Fu, MD

Associate Professor

Henry Galan, MD

Professor

Odessa Hamidi, MD

Assistant Professor

Teresa Harper, MD

Professor of Clinical Practice
Division Chief

Jonathan (Jake) Hirshberg, MD

Assistant Professor

John Hobbins, MD

Professor Emeritus

M. Camille Hoffman, MD, MSc

Professor

K. Joseph Hurt, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Claire Ingram, MPAS, PA-C

Instructor

Amanda Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor

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

Instructor

James Liu, MD

Assistant Professor

Linda Matthews, MD

Assistant Professor

Kate McMeekin, WHNP, PMHNP

Senior Instructor

Lauren Miller, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Jay Moore, MS, CGC

Instructor

Manesha (Nash) Putra, MD

Assistant Professor

Shane Reeves, MD

Professor

Bahram Salmanian, MD

Assistant Professor

Lauren Sayres, MD

Assistant Professor

Julie Scott, MD

Professor

Shannon Son, MD, MSCI

Assistant Professor

Heather Straub, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Practice

Emily Su, MD, MSCI

Professor

Leilah Zahedi-Spung, MD

Assistant Professor

Michael Zaretsky, MD

Professor

Amy Lee Harris, MD

Clinical Instructor

Joshua Johnson, PhD

Associate Professor

Rajendra Kumar, PhD

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
Associate Program Director, REI Fellowship

Nanette F. Santoro, MD

E. Stewart Taylor Endowed Professor

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
D. Thomas and Kay L. Dunton Endowed Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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

Andrew Bradford, PhD
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
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.

Natalie Davidson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: My lab utilizes cutting-edge machine learning techniques to disentangle the molecular and clinical features of ovarian cancer and to identify drivers of tumor progression and treatment response.

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
Associate 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.

Rowan Karvas, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: The study of the early development of placental villi.

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 A. Lorca, PhD
Assistant Professor
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.

Jayne Martin Carli, PhD, CLC
Assistant Professor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: Mechanisms underlying mammary function in humans.

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
E. Stewart Taylor Endowed Professor
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
Assistant Professor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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

Elizabeth Woodruff, PhD, MA
Instructor
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research interests: In vivo modeling and preclinical experimental design, management, and analysis.

Bayley Clarke, MD

Assistant Professor

Kathleen A. Connell, MD

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

Marsha K. Guess, MD, MS

Professor
Fellowship Director

Yolanda Hinton, PA-C

Instructor

Julie LaCombe, MD

Associate Professor

Lisa Najera, WHNP-BC

Instructor

Kelsey Pfau, PA-C

Instructor

Lauren G. Rascoff, MD

Associate Professor
Assistant Residency Program Director

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