Children’s Hospital Colorado Doctors Named to 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors List for Transforming Lives

We are deeply grateful for the remarkable expertise and unwavering commitment of our providers. Every day, they work together to deliver the kind of care that transforms lives. Their dedication, skill, and compassion have earned them recognition once again in 5280 Magazine’s annual Top Doctors issue, marking the 32nd consecutive year our providers have made the list.

This year, we are honored to celebrate 209 of our extraordinary doctors, recognized across 13 categories. From adolescent medicine to vascular surgery, their work reflects the incredible depth and breadth of care that sets our team apart.

Our Female Athlete Program exemplifies this commitment to transformative care. By delivering comprehensive, wraparound support to a historically underserved population, the clinic leads the way in Colorado—and is one of just a few programs of its kind nationwide.

Join us in celebrating the outstanding providers who make transformative care possible, day in and day out. You can view the full list of our 5280 Top Doctors and explore more about this recognition on the 5280 Magazine website.

The following Children's Hospital Colorado physicians were recognized on 5280's 2025 Top Doctors list:

Adolescent Medicine

• Eric Sigel, MD

• Diane Straub, MD

Allergy and Immunology

• Jordan Abbott, MD 

• William Anderson, MD

• Fred (Dan) Atkins, MD

• Kirstin Carel, MD

• Christine Cho, MD

• David Fleischer, MD

• Pia Hauk, MD

• Daniel Searing, MD

Anesthesiology 

• Alan Bielsky, MD

Cardiovascular Disease 

• Joseph Kay, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Jennifer Hagman, MD

• Kimberly Kelsay, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

• Matthew Zipse, MD 

Clinical Genetics

• Peter Baker, MD

• Shawn McCandless, MD

• Matthew Taylor, MD 

• Janet Thomas, MD

Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology

• Gregory Allen, MD

• Soham Roy, MD

• Tammy Wang, MD 

• Patricia Yoon, MD

Dermatology

• Anna Bruckner, MD

• Lori Prok, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

• Abigail Angulo, MD

• Nicole Tartaglia, MD

Hematology

• Tyler Buckner, MD

Internal Medicine

• Victoria Bender, MD

• Mark Kissler, MD

• William Manning, MD

Interventional Cardiology

• John Messenger, MD

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

• Henry Galan, MD

• Terry Harper, MD

• Michael Zaretsky, MD

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

• Jim Barry, MD

• Patricia Hagan, MD

• Thomas Parker, MD 

• Erica Wymore, MD

Nephrology

• Michel Chonchol, MD

Neurological Surgery

• Michael Handler, MD

• Kevin Lillehei, MD

• C. Corbett Wilkinson, MD

• A. Samy Youssef, MD 

Neurology (Special Qualifications in Child Neurology)

• Kelly Knupp, MD

• Andrew White, MD

• Marcy Yonker, MD

Neuroradiology

• Andrew Callen, MD

• David Mirsky, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Leslie Appiah, MD

Ophthalmology

• Michael Chen, MD

• Richard Davidson, MD

• Michael Erlanger, MD

• Darren Gregory, MD

• Eric Hink, MD

• Malik Kahook, MD 

• Naresh Mandava, MD

• Emily McCourt, MD

• Scott Oliver, MD

• Jeffrey Olson, MD

• Michael Puente, MD

• Leo Seibold, MD

• Michael Taravella, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

• Jay Albright, MD

• Sayan De, MD

• Mark Erickson, MD

• Sumeet Garg, MD

• Richard Kang, MD

• CJ Kleck, MD

• Klane K. White, MD

Otolaryngology

• Mona Abaza, MD

• Yuri Agrawal, MD

• Todd Kingdom, MD

• Adam Terella, MD

Pathology

• Mark Lovell, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology 

• Megan Brockel, MD

• Monica Hoagland, MD

• Thomas Majcher, DO

• Thanh Nguyen, MD

• Thomas Notides, MD

• James Thomas, MD

• Leah Webb, MD

• Gina Whitney, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

• Kathryn Collins, MD

• Melanie Everitt, MD

• D. Dunbar Ivy, MD

• David Miller, MD

• Jane Nydam, MD

• Elizabeth Yeung, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Cindy Barrett, MD

• Angela Czaja, MD

• Cameron Gunville, DO

• Brian Jackson, MD

• Claudia Kunrath, MD

• Michele Loi, MD

• Aline Maddux, MD

• Eva Nozik, MD

• Carleen Schneiter, MD

• Erin Stenson, MD

• Christina Sul, MD

• Christine Vohwinkel, MD

• Kathryn Walsh, MD

• Patrick Wilson, MD

Pediatric Dermatology 

• Carla Torres-Zegarra, MD 

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Jennie Buchanan, MD

• Rachel Cafferty, MD

• Marcela (Marcy) Mendenhall, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Jennifer Barker, MD

• Melanie Cree, MD

• Stephanie Hsu, MD

• Aristides Maniatis, MD

• Philip Zeitler, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Dania Brigham, MD

• Edwin De Zoeten, MD

• Glenn Furuta, MD

• Edward Hoffenberg, MD

• Michael Narkewicz, MD

• Ronald Sokol, MD

• Frederick Suchy, MD

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

• Nicholas Foreman, MD

• Lia Gore, MD

• Margaret Macy, MD

• Kelly Maloney, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease

• Jessica Cataldi, MD

• Elizabeth McFarland, MD

• Kevin Messacar, MD

• Sean O'Leary, MD

• Sarah Parker, MD

• Suchitra Rao, MD

• Justin Searns, MD

Pediatric Nephrology

• Bradley Dixon, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology

• Christopher Baker, MD

• Robin Deterding, MD

• Monica Federico, MD

• Scott Sagel, MD

Pediatric Radiology

• Aparna Annam, DO

• Lorna Browne, MD

• Kimberly Dannull, MD

• Roger Harned, MD

• Kari Hayes, MD

• Patricia Ladd, MD

• Mariana Meyers, MD

• Matthew Monson, DO

• Jill Stein, MD

• Jaime Stewart, MD

• Zachary Trenbeath, MD

• Jason Weinman, MD

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

• Anne Stratton, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

• Megan Curran, MD

• Robert Fuhlbrigge, MD

• Jennifer Soep, MD

Pediatric Surgery

• Shannon Acker, MD

• Jose Diaz-Miron, 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

• Emily Albrecht, MD

• Mandy Allison, MD

• Lauren Anderson, MD

• Larissa Applegate, MD

• Sharisse Arnold Rehring, MD

• Marc Avner, MD

• Kathleen Brimsek, MD

• Mark Brittan, MD

• Kimberly Broxterman, MD

• Leeanne Coakley, MD

• Jillian Cotter, MD

• Joseph Craig, MD 

• Brandon Davison-Tracy, MD

• Matthew Dorighi, MD

• Ellen Elias, MD

• Regina English, MD

• Richard Gustafson Jr., MD

• Maya Haasz, MD

• Michelle Jacobson, MD

• Sorenna Kirkegaard, MD

• Deniz Kolozs, MD

• Bryan Kono, MD

• Nancy Krebs, MD

• Tamara Kusek, MD

• Jessica Landry, MD

• Justin Lockwood, MD

• Noah Makovsky, MD

• Jody Mathie, MD

• Vongpheth McCarthy, MD

• Amy Nash, MD

• Kimberly O'Hara, MD

• Spyridon Papadopoulos, MD

• Jenny Reese, MD

• Jean Rex, MD

• David Scudamore, MD

• Leonard (Barry) Seltz, MD

• Kaitlin Widmer, MD

• Jason Zamkoff, MD

• Darren Zimbelman, MD

Plastic Surgery

• Brooke French, MD

• David Mathes, MD

Plastic Surgery (within the head and neck)

• Andrew Winkler, MD

Pulmonary Disease

• Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD

Surgery

• Richard Schulick, MD

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

• John D. Mitchell, MD

• Max Mitchell, MD

Vascular Surgery

• Mark Nehler, MD

• Max Wohlauer, MD 

• Jeniann Yi, MD

The doctors listed are based at Children's 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.