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Faculty Research and Scholarship Interests

Vice Chair for Research: Adit Ginde, MD, MPH (Adit.Ginde@cuanschutz.edu)
Associate Vice Chair for Research: Bethany Kwan, PhD, MSPH (Bethany.Kwan@cuanschutz.edu)

*Faculty member open to new mentees (i.e., MSA students or Fellows)

Faculty MemberResearch Interests
Greg Adams, DO, MBA
Gregory.K.Adams@cuanschutz.edu
  • Clinical operations
  • Clinical decision support
  • Quality and patient safety
Arian Anderson, MD
Arian.Anderson@cuanschutz.edu
  • Human Health and Performance in Spaceflight
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Austere and Low Resource Medicine
  • Environmental Medicine

Vik Bebarta, MD*
Vikhyat.Bebarta@cuanschutz.edu

Marian (Emmy) Betz, MD, MPH*
Marian.Betz@cuanschutz.edu

Smitha Bhaumik, MD, MPH*
Smitha.Bhaumik@cuanschutz.edu
  • Neurologic emergencies
  • Imaging utilization in the ED
  • ED discharge and care integration
  • Global Health
  • *Scoping reviews
  • *Survey based research
  • *Retrospective chart reviews
  • *Qualitative research
Corey Bills, MD, MPH*
Corey.Bills@cuanschutz.edu
  • Global Health
  • Access and Quality Metrics
  • Social emergency medicine and care for vulnerable populations and refugees
  • Global epidemiology of emergencies
  • *Observational studies on global emergencies and access to emergency care

Barbara Blok, MD
Barbara.Blok@cuanschutz.edu

  • Medical education
  • Evaluation

Kelly Bookman, MD
Kelly.Bookman@cuanschutz.edu

  • Electronic health record/clinical informatics
  • Ethics and professionalism
  • Operations/Administration
Cody Brevik, MD, MA
Cody.Brevik@cuanschutz.edu
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Non-technical Skills
  • APP Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Simulation and AI

Joseph Brown, MD, FACEP*
Joseph.R.Brown@cuanschutz.edu

 

  • Medical education 
  • Ultrasound 
  • Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks and Regional anesthesia/analgesia 
  • Airway management

Vaughn A. Browne, MD, PhD*
Vaughn.Browne@cuanschutz.edu

  • Ultrasound
  • High altitude medicine and physiology
  • Pregnancy at high altitude
  • Medical education
  • Wilderness Medicine

Dickson Cheung, MD, MBA, MPH
Dickson.Cheung@cuanschutz.edu

  • Digital Health Innovation/Telemedicine
  • Quality and safety
  • ED Operations
  • Global Health
Edward Cetaruk, MD
Edward.Cetaruck@cuanschutz.edu
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Chemical/Biological/Nuclear/Radiological Weapons
  • Wilderness Medicine
  • Disaster Medicine

Richard “Todd” Clark, MD
Todd.Clark@cuanschutz.edu

  • Quality Improvement
  • ED Operations
Chris Davis, MD*
Chris.Davis@cuanschutz.edu
  • High altitude medicine/hypoxia
  • Adenosine pathways in acclimatization
  • Wilderness medicine
  • Telemedicine/virtual health
Mia Derstine, MD*
Amelia.Derstine@cuanschutz.edu
  • Wilderness medicine
  • Altitude medicine 
  • Women at altitude 
  • Plant toxicology
Julia Dixon, MD, MPH
Julia.Dixon@cuanschutz.edu
Michael A. Duerson, MD
Michael.Duerson@cuanschutz.edu
  • Prehospital care including airway management
  • Prehospital provider education
Alex Ebinger, MD
Alexander.Ebinger@cuanschutz.edu
  • Sports medicine
  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound
  • Medical education
Andra Farcas, MD*
Andra.Farcas@cuanschutz.edu
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in EMS
  • International EMS
  • EMS Systems and Quality Improvement
  • Community paramedicine
  • Prehospital stroke care
  • EMS education
Col. Kathleen Flarity, DNP, PhD, CEN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN
Kathleen.Flarity@cuanschutz.edu
  • Combat and deployment-related research
  • Compassion fatigue resiliency interventions
  • Innovations, material solutions, and knowledge products of high impact to the warfighter
  • Psychological Health
Loren “Keith” French, MD
Loren.French@cuanschutz.edu
  • Medical Toxicology
Todd Getz, PhD
Todd.Getz@cuanschutz.edu
Adit Ginde, MD, MPH*
Adit.Ginde@cuanschutz.edu
  • ATLAS Research Program
  • Early acute/critical care interventions--airway, trauma, respiratory failure/infection, sepsisClinical trials
  • Observational/real-world effectivenessSecondary analyses of existing large datasets
Liz Goldberg, MD, ScM*
Elizabeth.Goldberg@cuanschutz.edu
  • Fall prevention
  • Geriatric emergency medicine
  • Medication safety/deprescribing
  • Digital health (wearables, apps, sensors)
  • *Fall prevention trial in the emergency department
  • *Wearable studies relevant to sleep in physicians
  • *Chatbot work to link people to follow-up
Foster Goss, DO, MMSc*
Foster.Goss@cuanschutz.edu
  • Clinical Decision Support/Epic
  • Patient Narratives
  • Transitions in Care
  • Natural Language Processing/Machine Learning/AI
  • Patient Safety/Quality
  • Clinical Informatics Lab
Todd A. Guth MD, MHPE*
Todd.Guth@cuanschutz.edu
  • Clinical Skills Assessment
  • Team Communications and Leadership Skills
  • Teaching and Assessing Clinical Reasoning
Ben Hatten, MD, MPH
Benjamin.Hatten@cuanschutz.edu
  • Multicenter toxicology collaborative research
  • Epidemiology of toxicology
  • Clinical polices/guideline development
  • Systematic Reviews
Michael Heffler, MD
Michael.Heffler@cuanschutz.edu
  • Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks
  • Point-of-care ultrasound workflow design and process improvement
  • Point-of-care ultrasound education
Jean W Hoffman, MD MS FACE
Jean.Hoffman@cuanschutz.edu
  • ED Operations
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • Burn Care
Jason Hoppe, DO
Jason.Hoppe@cuanschutz.edu  
  • Clinical decision support 
  • Pragmatic trials 
  • Implementation science 
  • Prescription opioid safety 
  • Prescription drug monitoring programs 
  • Treatment of opioid use disorder
  • Opioid Research Program
Chris Hoyte, MD, MBA*
Chris.Hoyte@cuanschutz.edu
  • Toxicology of athletic performance enhancing drugs
  • Toxicologic exposure epidemiology
  • Poisoning care delivery administration
  • Drugs of abuse and misuse
Julie M Kafka, PhD, PMH
Julie.Kafka@cuanschutz.edu
  • Domestic violence
  • Firearm violence
  • Machine learning and natural language processing
Bonnie Kaplan, MD
Bonnie.Kaplan@cuanschutz.edu
  • Medical education
  • Gender difference in education
  • Medical student mentoring
  • Remediation
  • Innovative Curriculum Design
Ryan Keenan, MD, CAQ-SM
Ryan.Keenan@cuanschutz.edu 
  • Sports Medicine 
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Procedural Approach 
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
Bethany M. Kwan, PhD, MSPH *
Bethany.Kwan@cuanschutz.edu
  • Dissemination and implementation science
  • Pragmatic research
  • Social determinants of health and health equity
  • Mental & behavioral health
  • Community and stakeholder engagement
  • *Emergency medicine operations and implementation, brain cancer and diabetes community engagement, Dissemination and Implementation Science
Robert Lam, MD
Robert.lam@cuanschutz.edu
  • Improving Physician Well-being and Professional Fulfillment 
  • Utilizing Peer Support to Improve Safety and Quality and Organizational Culture
  • Enhancing Communication to Improve Patient and Clinician Experiences
Jacob Lebin, MD*
Jacob.Lebin@cuanschutz.edu 
  • Alcohol Use Disorder
  • Alcohol Withdrawal 
  • Clinical Decision 
  • Support Opioid Research Program
  • *EHR analysis describing patients with AUD/AWS 
Jay Lemery, MD, FACEP, FAWM
John.Lemery@cuanschutz.edu
  • Wilderness medicine
  • Climate change and human health
  • Polar medicine
  • Space medicine
Anne Libby, PhD*
Anne.Libby@cuanschutz.edu
  • Patient valuation of health care
  • Gender differences in leadership/team communication
  • Professional development, leadership and mentoring
Daniel Lindberg, MD
Daniel.Lindberg@cuanschutz.edu
Charlie Little, DO
Charles.Little@cuanschutz.edu
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Emergency Response
  • Alternate Care Facilities
  • Austere Care
Steven Lowenstein, MD, MPH*
Steven.Lowenstein@cuanschutz.edu
  • Injury epidemiology and public health
  • Survey research
  • Medical student education and mentorship
  • Diversity, equity, inclusion and advocacy
  • The humanities in medical education
Katherine Mayer, MD
Katherine.Mayer@cuanschutz.edu
  • Critical Care
  • Post-cardiac arrest care
  • Palliative care
Matt Mendes, MD
Matthew.Mendes@cuanschutz.edu
  • Telehealth
  • Observation Care
  • Airway
  • EMS
Sarah Michael, DO, MS*
Sarah.Michael@cuanschutz.edu
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Research 
  • Human Performance Training and Assessment 
  • Nontechnical Skills
  • Faculty Development
  • *Intersections of team performance, nontechnical skills, and cognitive load among US Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Teams; Analysis of team leaders' visual attention, leadership, and decision making during resuscitations
Danielle Miller, MD, MEd*
Danielle.T.Miller@cuanschutz.edu
  • Technology in assessment of human performance
  • Patient care dashboards in competency and assessment
  • Disparities in medical education assessment
Mike Mitchell, MD, MBA
Michael.Mitchell@cuanschutz.edu
  • Telemedicine/Virtual Health 
  • ED Operations and Administration 
  • Quality and Safety
Kyle C. Molina, PharmD
Kyle.Molina@cuanschutz.edu
  • Real-world Antimicrobial Evaluation
  • Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modeling
  • COVID-19 
  • Emergency Preparedness
Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, MD, PhD, MSCS
Nee-Kofi.Mould-Millman@cuanschutz.edu
Martin Musi, MD*
Martin.Musi@cuanschutz.edu
  • Hypothermia
  • Frostbite
  • Search & Rescue
  • Expedition Medicine
Kristen Nordenholz, MD, MSc
Kristen.Nordenholz@cuanschutz.edu
  • Venous thromboembolism
  • Anti-coagulation
  • Clinical algorithms
  • Provider wellness
Lesley Osborn, MD
Lesley.Osborn@cuanschutz.edu
  • Prehospital trauma resuscitation (whole blood)
  • Improving prehospital systems of care (STEMI, stroke, trauma)
  • Military medicine
Michael Overbeck, MD
Michael.Overbeck@cuanschutz.edu
  • Asynchronous medical education
  • Emergency cardiology
Alex Quinones, MD
Alexander.Quinones@cuanschutz.edu
  • Medical education
  • Observation care
  • Quality improvement
Elaine Reno, MD*
Elaine.Reno@cuanschutz.edu
  • Wilderness Medicine
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Wilderness Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
Daniel Resnick-Ault, MD*
Daniel.Resnick-Ault@cuanschutz.edu
  • ED Operations
  • Human factors and team performance
  • Airway management
  • Disparities in emergency care
Anne Ritter, DrPH, MPH
Anne.Ritter@cuanschutz.edu
Maddie Ross, MD, MPH*
Madeline.e.Ross@cuanschutz.edu
  • Global Health (emergency care systems strengthening in LMICs, education & capacity building, disaster preparedness & response in resource-limited settings)
  • Refugee, Immigrant, & Migrant Health
  • Social Emergency Medicine
  • Transitions in Care
  • *Care coordination/transitions of care for vulnerable populations in the ED, quality of care for non-English speaking persons in the ED, community first aid response in LMICs, disaster preparedness & response projects for an international NGO, intersections of climate change and emergency care in LMICs
Caitlin Rublee, MD, MPH*
Caitlin.Rublee@cuanschutz.edu
  • Climate justice
  • Health policy
  • Emergency preparedness for vulnerable populations
  • Low carbon and climate-resilient health systems
Jessica Ryder, MD*
Jessica.Ryder@cuanschutz.edu
  • Disaster Medicine and Community Preparedness
  • Mass Casualty Incident Response
  • Preparedness Inclusive of Vulnerable Populations
  • Humanitarian Health
  • International Disaster Response
  • *International training packages to build disaster response capacity abroad
  • *AHLS course dissemination across ASPR Region 8
  • *Development of an Alternate Care Facility for surge capacity in the setting of overseas conflict
Matthew Salzberg, MD*
Matthew.Salzberg@cuanschutz.edu
  • Administration fellowship
  • ED operations
  • Process improvement
Branden Skarpiak, MD, DTM&H*
Branden.Skarpiak@cuanschutz.edu
  • Global Health
  • Emergency care system and education development for LMICs
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Tropical Infectious Disease
Elan Small, MD
Elan.Small@cuanschutz.edu
  • High altitude illness and physiology
  • Acute mountain sickness precision risk stratification
  • Acute mountain sickness chemoprophylaxis 
  • Cold medicine and physiology
Ian H. Stanley, PhD*
Ian.Stanley@cuanschutz.edu
  • Suicide prevention
    • Firearms
    • Service members and veterans
  • PTSD prevention
  • Pre-hospital providers’ psychological health
Heather Tolle, PhD
Heather.Tolle@cuanschutz.edu
  • Substance use disorder
  • Justice-involved persons
  • Evaluation and Assessment
Ryan Tucker, MD, FAEMUS*
Ryan.Tucker@cuanschutz.edu
  • Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks
  • Ultrasound Guided Procedures
  • Ultrasound Quality Improvement
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
Marianne Wallis, MD*
Marianne.Wallis@cuanschutz.edu
  • ARDS
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • Obstetric emergencies and critical care
  • *Aortic dissection research
  • *Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå research
Jacqueline Ward-Gaines, MD
Jacqueline.WardGaines@cuanschutz.edu
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Health Equity
  • Emergency Management
Jennifer Wiler, MD, MBA
Jennifer.Wiler@cuanschutz.edu
  • Payment and health policy
  • Clinical operations
  • Quality/patient safety
Juliana Wilson, DO, MPH*
Juliana.Wilson@cuanschutz.edu
  • UME medical education
  • POCUS
  • Critical Care
  • Curriculum Development and Assessment
  • *Any of the interest above
Julie Winkle, MD
Julie.Winkle@cuanschutz.edu
  • Critical Care
  • EM/Critical Care Collaboration
  • Palliative Care
Angela Wright, MD
Angela.Wright@cuanschutz.edu
  • Prehospital Care
  • Palliative care in the Prehospital Realm
  • EMS Systems and Quality Improvement
Christina Yannetsos, MD*
Christina.Yannetsos@cuanschutz.edu
  • Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Intimate Partner Violence
  • Reproductive Health
  • Concussion, Sports Medicine
  • Advocacy
David Young, MD, MS, MS*
David.S.Young@cuanschutz.edu
  • Wilderness medicine
  • Race medicine
  • Disaster relief
Richard Zane, MD*
Richard.Zane@cuanschutz.edu
  • Disaster preparedness
  • ED operations
  • EM health policy
Matthew Zuckerman, MD
Matthew.Zuckerman@cuanschutz.edu
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Pharmacology Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Technology in Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå

 

Director of Research: Jason Haukoos, MD, MSc (Jason.Haukoos@dhha.org)
Associate Director of Research: Stacy Trent, MD, MPH (Stacy.Trent@dhha.org)
Research Projects Manger: Emily Caruso (Emily.Caruso@dhha.org)

* Faculty member open to mentoring a resident in research
Project with active grant funding

Faculty MemberResearch InterestsOngoing Projects
Austin Jones, MD* 
austin.joseph@denverem.org
  • Emergency department infectious disease screening
  • Linkage to care and health services
  • Emergency department implementation science
  • Discordance in HIV risk perception among patients screened for HIV in the ED
  • Patient and Staff acceptance of HIV in the ED
  • ED-based syphilis screening
Amanda Toney, MD*
amanda.toney@dhha.org
  • Pediatric Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • Prehospital Lung POCUS
  • Pediatric Residency POCUS Curriculum Evaluation
  • Nurse-performed Bladder Volume Assessment Prior to Bladder Catheterization
Andres Camacho, MD+
andres.camacho@dhha.org
  • EMS
  • Harm reduction
  • Trauma
  • Health equity
  • CAVALIER (randomized controlled trial of calcium in trauma
  • RENDOR (prospective eval of prehospital narcan use)
  • Language barriers in prehospital care (mixed method study on prehospital patients with ploe)
  • ODT olanzapine use by paramedics
Aaron Eberhardt, MD
aaron.eberhardt@dhha.org
  • EMS
  • Quality improvement
  • Case review
 
Anna Engeln, MD
anna.engeln@dhha.org
  • Legislative Advocacy
  • Bedside Clinical Teaching
  • Resident Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
 
Benjamin Li, MD MSc*+
benjamin.li@dhha.org
  • Community violence intervention and prevention
  • Firearm injury prevention
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Evaluating the implementation of a mental health screening tool in a hospital-based violence intervention program
  • Characterizing community violence victimizations
  • Role of artificial intelligence in community violence intervention and prevention
Brad Shy, MD
bradley.shy@dhha.org
  • Clinical Operations
  • Patient Experience Disparities
  • AI use & attitudes in Emergency Medicine
  • Integration of ED operations/ED finances best practices in educational curricula
 
David Richards, MD+
david.richards@dhha.org
  • Trauma
  • Resident Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Global Health
  • Language Barriers
  • Trauma in Resource Limited Settings
Fred Milgrim, MD
fred.milgrim@denverem.org
  • Ultrasound related research including regional anesthesia and transesphageal echo in particular
  • Multi-institutional NURVE block registry research
  • Initiating the fetal heart rate study
  • Biliary POCUS
Genie Roosevelt, MD+
genie.roosevelt@dhha.org
  • Medical education
  • Transition to Residency courses for medical students
  • Pediatrics
 
Grace Lambert, MD
grace.lambert@denverem.org
  • Medical Student Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Validity Evaluation of the electronic Standardized Letter of Evaluation (eSLOE) 
Jacob Nacht, MD+
jacob.nacht2@dhha.org
  • EMS
  • No Notice Event/Disaster Planning
  • Sexual Assault Awareness/Prevention
  • Wilderness Medicine
  • Leave Behind Naloxone
  • Pedi Part
  • CAVALIER
Jason Haukoos, MD, MSc*+
Jason.Haukoos@dhha.org
  • Infectious Diseases Prevention (HIV/HCV)
  • Social Emergency Medicine
  • Substance Misuse
  • Trauma Systems
  • Critical Care
  • Research Methodology /Applied Statistics and Modeling
  • Epidemiology
 
Jennie Buchanan, MD*+
jennie.buchanan@denverem.org
  • Graduate Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Adulterants
  • Sexual Assault Care
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Real-world Examination of Naloxone for Drug Overdose Reversal (RENDOR)
  • Predicting Medical Consequences of Novel Fentanyl Analog Overdose Using ToxIC
Jennifer Whitfield, MD MPH*
jennifer.whitfield@denverem.org
  • Refugee and Immigrant Health
  • Health Equity
  • Social Emergency Medicine
 
Kathleen Joseph, MD*+
kathleen.joseph@denverem.org
  • Social emergency medicine
  • Patients experiencing homelessness
  • Trauma informed care
  • Addiction medicine
  • Emergency Department Based Linkage to Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness
  • ED Hepatitis C Screening among Patients Experiencing Homelessness
  • Core Competencies in Trauma Informed Care
Kerri Mason, MD
kerri.mason@dhha.org
  • Palliative care
  • End of life care
  • Medical Aid in Dying medication prescription change recommendation
Lance Ray, PharmD
lance.ray@dhha.org
  • Dysrhythmias
  • Resuscitation
  • Infectious disease
  • Anything medication related
  • 4 current medication-related research projects
Lara Rappaport, MD+
lara.rappaport@dhha.org
  • EMS
  • Pediatrics
  • Medication Errors
  • Pedi-Part Trial 
Leah Warner, MD MPH
leah.warner@denverem.org
  • Population health
  • Health related social needs
 
Maria Moreira, MD*
maria.moreira@dhha.org
  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Wound Management
  • Trauma
  • Communication and Leadership
  • Simulation
  • Faculty Development
  • Wellbeing
  • Procedural competency project
  • OB simulation project
  • Wellbeing Scorecard project
  • GI bleed simulation model project
  • Trauma informed care core competencies
Marissa Wolfe, MD
marissa.wolfe@dhha.org
  • Quality and Safety
  • Incentives in medicine
  • Sexual assault care
  • STI prophylaxis
 
Molly Thiessen, MD MSc*
molly.thiessen@dhha.org
  • Language
  • Social determinants of health
  • Qualitative research
  • Clinical policies
  • Language in the emergency department
  • Hepatitis C screening and language in the ED
  • Language representation in clinical trials
Nhu-Nguyen Le, MD*
nhunguyen.le@dhha.org
  • Point-of-care ultrasound
  • Medical education 
  • Impact of AI on novices learning femoral nerve blocks 
Patrick Joynt, MD
patrick.joynt@dhha.org
  • Adolescent OUD
  • Pediatric emergency medicine education
  • Adolescent mental health screening
  • Retrospective chart review study of adolescent buprenorphine inductions
Shea Gilliam, MD
sheaffer.gilliam@dhha.org
  • EMS
  • Cardiac arrest
 
Spencer Tomberg, MD*
spencer.tomberg@denverem.org
  • Clinical process improvement
  • Impact of treatment guidelines on orthopedic injury care time
  • Impact of helmet use in skiing on brain injuries
  • Reviews of acute injury treatment
  • Medical provider mental performance
Stacy Trent, MD*+
stacy.trent@dhha.org
  • Airway Management
  • Variation in Care, Guideline Adherence, Quality Improvement, Health Disparities
    Sepsis
  • Sex differences in acute coronary syndromes
  • Airway management and sex differences in ACS
Stephen Wolf, MD*
Stephen.Wolf@dhha.org
  • Clinical Policies/Guidelines
  • Leadership Competencies and Curriculums
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Venous Thromboembolism
  • Chest Trauma
  • Blast Injuries
 
Taylor McCormick, MD MSc*+
taylormccormick@gmail.com
  • Pediatric trauma
  • Pediatric airway management
  • Social EM in the pediatric ED
  • Pediatric emergency medicine education
  • The PediPART trial
  • Pediatric trauma triage studies
W. Gannon Sungar, DO*
gannon.sungar@denverem.org
  • Graduate Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Program Administration
  • Health Equity
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
  • Curriculum Design
  • Knowledge Translation
 
Renee King, MD*
renee.king@dhha.org
  • Equity
  • Access
  • Global health and community engagement
  • Academic medicine preparation for medical students and residents
  • Pipeline programs
  • Inclusive Access to healthcare recruitment
Matthew Riscinti, MD*
matthew.riscinti@denverem.org
  • Artificial Intelligence in Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Austere/Wilderness/Space Environments
  • Venous Excess on Ultrasound/Fluid Tolerance using Doppler Ultrasound
  • Multi-institutional NURVE block registry research
  • Initiating the fetal heart rate study
  • Biliary POCUS
  • Skin and soft tissue POCUS in street medicine
  • VEXUS

 


Directors of Research: Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD, MPH, and Halden Scott, MD, MSCS
Clinical Research Manager: Gonzalo Lerner, MS
Research Coordinators: Alec Edid, Jenna Jordan, Carl Elston

All emails are first.last@childrenscolorado.org

Faculty MemberResearch Interests
Anna Abrams
Assistant Professor
  • Intersection of law enforcement and emergency care
  • Police presence in the ED
  • Health disparities
Kathleen Adelgais
Professor
  • EMS/Prehospital care
  • Multisystem trauma
  • Sedation and analgesia
Anne Adema
Assistant Professor
 
Lilliam Ambroggio
Associate Professor, Director of Research
  • Pneumonia, Biomarkers
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
Lalit Bajaj
Professor
Director, Clinical Effectiveness
Chief Quality Officer
  • QI/Clinical Effectiveness
  • Bronchiolitis
Julia Brant
Assistant Professor
 
Cortney Braund
Assistant Professor
Medical Director (Anschutz)
  • Simulation
Rachel Cafferty
Assistant Professor
  • Suicide Screening and Mental Health
  • Adolescent Health
Kevin Carney
Associate Professor
Associate Chief Medical Officer
  • Quality improvement
Shannon Flood
Assistant Professor
  • Simulation
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
Julia Freeman
Associate Professor
  • Bronchiolitis
Joe Grubenhoff
Associate Professor
  • Diagnostic Error
  • Concussion
Maya Haasz
Assistant Professor
  • Firearm safety
  • Advocacy
Jon Higgins
Assistant Professor
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Quality Improvement
Neva Howard
Associate Professor
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
Bernadette Johnson
Associate Professor
Director of Clinical Operations
  • Clinical operations
  • Emergency department patient flow
  • Patient management in surge situations
Kristin Kim
Assistant Professor
  • Disaster Medicine
  • Prehospital care
Andrew Krack
Assistant Professor
 
Sam Lam
(hiu.lam@)
Professor
  • Point-of-care Ultrasound
Patrick Mahar
Associate Professor
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
Maria Mandt
Associate Professor
Medical Director, Transport/EMS
  • Prehospital care
Nidhya Navanandan
Assistant Professor
  • Asthma
Jon Osborn
Assistant Professor
Director of Ultrasound
  • Point-of-care Ultrasound
Arleta Rewers
Professor
  • Acute complications of diabetes
Mark Roback
Professor
Section Head
  • Procedural sedation
Laura Rochford
Instructor
 
Kelley Roswell
Associate Professor
Director, Med Student Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
Sarah Schmidt
Assistant Professor
  • Medical Informatics
  • Quality Improvement
Sandra P. Spencer
Associate Professor
  • Quality improvement
  • Pediatric Clinical Guidelines
  • Career development
  • Quality improvement writing
Halden Scott
Associate Professor, Director of Research, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Sepsis
Melisa Tanverdi
Assistant Professor
  • Pediatric Asthma
  • Post-Emergency Department Asthma Recovery
  • Digital Health Tools
Irina Topoz
Associate Professor
Director of Quality Improvement
  • Quality Improvement
  • Pathway Implementation 
  • Lean/Six Sigma
Tien Vu
Associate Professor
Director, PEM Fellowship
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
Sam Wang
(george.wang@)
Associate Professor
  • Medical toxicology
Joe Wathen
Associate Professor
Director, Mass Casualty
  • Procedural sedation and analgesia
  • Disaster Medicine
Alexandria (Ali) Wiersma
Assistant Professor
Medical Director (North)
  • Quality Improvement
  • Pain/Sedation
  • Operations
Jason Woods
Assistant Professor
Assoc. Director, PEM Fellowship
  • Medical Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå
  • Dissemination
* Faculty member likely to have active research projects
+ Project with active grant funding
Faculty Member Research Interest
Lauren Abbate, MD*+
Lauren.Abbate@cuanschutz.edu 
VA Eastern Âé¶¹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Health Care System
  • Geriatrics
Richard Klasco, MD
Richard.Klasco@cuanschutz.edu
UCHeatlth ED Highlands Ranch
  • Public advocacy
  • Medical communication

Emergency Medicine (SOM)

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