Recognizing Exceptional Care: Children's Colorado Shines in 5280's Top Docs Issue

The remarkable expertise and compassion of our Children's Colorado providers continues to inspire us. This dedication has once again merited their recognition in 5280 Magazine's annual Top Doctors issue, an incredible 30th appearance.

This year, we celebrate 119 of our exceptional doctors who made the list and swept 12 categories, demonstrating our team's expertise across many specialties. We are particularly proud of our cancer research team's groundbreaking work. Their innovation in smart CAR-T cell therapy is a promising, targeted treatment that has shown success with leukemia.

Join us in celebrating our outstanding providers. Their relentless efforts, integral to our mission, make the extraordinary possible. To see their achievements and learn more, view the full list of our Top Docs or access 5280’s online listings. Their daily commitment inspires us all and reaffirms our dedication to providing unparalleled care for our patients and families.

The following Children's Colorado physicians were recognized on 5280's 2023 Top Doctors list:

Adolescent Medicine

• David Kaplan, MD

• Daniel Reirden, MD

• Eric Sigel, MD

• Diane Straub, MD

Allergy and Immunology

• Fred (Dan) Atkins, MD

• Kirstin Carel, MD

• Christine Cho, MD

• Stephen Dreskin, MD

• David Fleischer, MD

• Daniel Searing, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Jennifer Hagman, MD

• Kimberly Kelsay, MD

Clinical Genetics and Genomics

• Shawn McCandless, MD

• Matthew Taylor, MD

• Janet Thomas, MD

Complex General Surgical Oncology

• Richard Schulick, MD

Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology

• Gregory Allen, MD

• Kenny Chan, MD

• Soham Roy, MD

• Patricia Yoon, MD

Dermatology

• Anna Bruckner, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

• Sandra Friedman, MD

• Nicole Tartaglia, MD

Hematology

• Tyler Buckner, MD

Interventional Cardiology

• John Messenger, MD

Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology

• Roger Harned, MD

• Kari Hayes, MD

• Patricia Ladd, MD

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

• Henry Galan, MD

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

• Jim Barry, MD

Nephrology

• Michel Chonchol, MD

Neurological Surgery

• Michael Handler, MD

• Kevin Lillehei, MD

• Corbett Wilkinson, MD

• A. Samy Youssef, MD

Neurology (special qualifications in child neurology)

• Kelly Knupp, MD

• Julie Parsons, MD

• Marcy Yonker, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Leslie Appiah, MD

Ophthalmology

• Richard Davidson, MD

• Michael Erlanger, MD

• Naresh Mandava, MD

• Jeffrey Olson, MD

• Leo Seibold, MD

• Michael Taravella, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

• Sayan De, MD

• Mark Erickson, MD

• Sumeet Garg, MD

• Michelle Wolcott, MD

Otolaryngology

• Mona Abaza, MD

• Stephen Cass, MD

• Todd Kingdom, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

• Bettina Cuneo, MD

• Melanie Everitt, MD

• Dunbar Ivy, MD

• David Miller, MD

• Jane Nydam, MD

• Michael Schaffer, MD

• Elizabeth Yeung, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Cindy Barrett, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Jennifer Barker, MD

• Aristides Maniatis, MD

• Philip Zeitler, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Edwin de Zoeten, MD

• Glenn Furuta, MD

• Edward Hoffenberg, MD

• Nancy Krebs, MD

• Michael Narkewicz, MD

• Ronald Sokol, MD

• Frederick Suchy, MD

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

• Nicholas Foreman, MD

• Lia Gore, MD

• Margaret Macy, MD

• Kelly Maloney, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease

• Marsha Anderson, MD

• Elizabeth McFarland, MD

• Sarah Parker, MD

Pediatric Nephrology

• Bradley Dixon, MD

Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

• Robin Deterding, MD

• Monica Federico, MD

• Scott Sagel, MD

• Carl White, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

• Megan Curran, MD

• Robert Fuhlbrigge, MD

• Jennifer Soep, MD

Pediatric Surgery

• Frederick (Fritz) Karrer, MD

• David Partrick, MD

Pediatric Urology

• Jeffrey Campbell, MD

• Job Chacko, MD

• Nicholas Cost, MD

• Vijaya Vemulakonda, MD

• Duncan Wilcox, MD

Pediatrics

• Sarah Albert, MD

• Mandy Allison, MD

• Larissa Applegate, MD

• Sharisse Arnold Rehring, MD

• Leeanne Coakley, MD

• Brandon Davison-Tracy, MD

• Matthew Dorighi, MD

• Ellen Elias, MD

• Regina English, MD

• Richard Gustafson, MD

• Michelle Jacobson, MD

• Sorenna Kirkegaard, MD

• Deniz Kolozs, MD

• Bryan Kono, MD

• Tamara Kusek, MD

• Noah Makovsky, MD

• Jody Mathie, MD

• Vongpheth McCarthy, MD

• Amy Nash, MD

Plastic Surgery

• Julian Winocour, MD

Plastic Surgery (within the head and neck)

• Andrew Winkler, MD

Pulmonary Disease

• Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD

Surgery

• Jonathan Schoen, MD

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

• Max Mitchell, MD

• John Mitchell, MD

Vascular Surgery

• Mark Nehler, MD

• Jeniann Yi, MD

Children’s Colorado doctors also swept 12 categories, including clinical genetics & genomics; complex general surgical oncology; complex pediatric otolaryngology; developmental-behavioral pediatrics; neurology (special qualifications in child neurology); pediatric critical care; pediatric endocrinology; pediatric gastroenterology; pediatric infectious disease; pediatric nephrology; pediatric rheumatology; and pediatric urology.

The doctors listed are based at Children's Hospital Colorado or have medical staff privileges. Children's Colorado's medical staff includes University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty as well as community-based providers, and we congratulate them all.