Our Team
Faculty
UCHealth Faculty
Clay Cothren Burlew MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care and TACS Fellowships, Director, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
Michael Cripps MD, MSCS, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
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.jpg?sfvrsn=7f6a5dbb_4 "Cameron Gibson, MD, FACS")
.jpg?sfvrsn=3c2e14bb_4 "Kristy L. Hawley, MD, MPH")
.jpg?sfvrsn=d56ee8bb_3 "Aaron Marshall, MD")
Robert McIntyre Jr MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
Vice Chair of Finance
.jpg?sfvrsn=cd3f5abb_4 "Shane McNevin, MD")
Christopher Raeburn MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Assistant Residency Director
Gregory V Stiegmann MD, FACS
Professor Emeritus
Catherine Garrison Velopulos MD, MHS, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director of Research, Vice Director, Surgical Outcomes & Applied Research (SOAR), Director, At-Risk Intervention & Mentoring Program
Jon Vogel MD, FACS, FASCRS
Professor of Surgery
Section Head, Colorectal Surgery Program
Arek Wiktor MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Medical Director, University of Colorado Burn Center
Denver Health Faculty
Ryan A Lawless MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Trauma Medical Director, Ernest E. Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health
Ernest "Gene" E Moore MD
Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Trauma and Critical Care Research
.jpg?sfvrsn=2055daba_4 "Alex Morton, MD")
.jpg?sfvrsn=3a5bdaba_4 "Fred Pieracci, MD, MPH")
.jpg?sfvrsn=555daba_4 "Barry Platnick, MD")
.jpg?sfvrsn=6851daba_4 "Daniel VanDerPloeg, MD")
VA Faculty
John T Moore MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Christopher Raeburn MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Assistant Residency Director
Thomas Robinson MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Surgery, Denver Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Krzysztof Wikiel MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Research Faculty
Mitchell Jay Cohen MD
Professor of Surgery
Associate Vice Chair of Basic & Translational Research
.jpg?sfvrsn=206a60ba_4 "Marguerite Kelher, MS")
Elizabeth J Kovacs PhD
Professor of Surgery, Director, Burn Research
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery
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Advanced Practice Providers
Zachary Asher MHS, PA-C
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Co-Director of Faculty Health & Engagement for APPs
.jpg?sfvrsn=c4dd45ba_4 "Brittany Blass, PA-C")
.jpg?sfvrsn=416a60ba_6 "Madison Hexter, PA-C")
.jpg?sfvrsn=5426b5ba_4 "Jeffrey N. Huber, PA-C")
.jpg?sfvrsn=28c97ba_4 "Joseph Jacaruso, NP")
Joseph Jacaruso ACNPC-AG
Instructor
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Amber D Kohler NP-C
Instructor
Nurse Practitioner; Lead APP, Burn Surgery
.jpg?sfvrsn=f13ffaba_4 "Kate Laramie, MHS, PA-C")
.jpg?sfvrsn=79ced0ba_4 "Frankie Macri, PA-C")
.jpg?sfvrsn=5fe596ba_6 "Jodi Sagastume, PA-C")
.jpg?sfvrsn=34b1aeba_4 "Jennifer Stalilonis, PA-C")
.jpg?sfvrsn=9991beba_4 "Maggie Thompson, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC")
.jpg?sfvrsn=8f11b9ba_4 "Eric Zarzeczny, AGACNP-BC")
Administrative Staff
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Marta O'Grady OD, FAAO
Division Administrative Director
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Alicia Baker
Patient Affairs Coordinator
.jpg?sfvrsn=a13edbb_3 "Corie E. Campbell")
Corie E Campbell
Operations Program Coordinator
Laurinda Campbell
Patient Affairs Coordinator - Drs. Albuja-Cruz, McIntyre, and Raeburn
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Bayli Hendrix
Program Coordinator
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Patrick Hom
Program Administrator
Trish Knox
Patient Affairs Coordinator - Drs. Birnbaum and Montero
Tanya Obernyer
Patient Affairs Coordinator - Dr. Vogel
.jpg?sfvrsn=3d13edbb_3 "Simeon Petrov")
Simeon Petrov
Administrative Assistant III
Renee Pullara MA, MBA
Executive Assistant Manager
.jpg?sfvrsn=b57530bb_4 "Alystra K. Stodghill")
Alystra K Stodghill
Patient Affairs Coordinator I
Sandra Wiseley-Carr
Research Staff
(Also see Research Faculty under the "Faculty" tab of this directory.)
Holly J Hulsebus MPH
Graduate Student
Kevin M Najarro MS
Senior Professional Research Assistant
.jpg?sfvrsn=bb8466ba_4 "Preston Stafford")
Preston Stafford MS
Senior Professional Research Assistant
Richard Tobin PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
.jpg?sfvrsn=9ffd44ba_4 "Travis Walrath, PhD")
Travis M Walrath PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow