Our 2024 Colorado Springs Top Docs Shine Together

Our Colorado Springs doctors provide the best care for kids every day. The work they do radiates throughout the community. That’s why it’s no surprise that many of them have, once again, been recognized in the Top Docs edition of Colorado Springs Magazine.

Each year, the publication asks El Paso County Medical Society members to vote for their peers. This year, 23 of our doctors made the list, sweeping seven categories, including Family Medicine, Sports Medicine; Neurological Surgery, Adult and Pediatric; Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery; Pediatric Gastroenterology; Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery; Pediatric Surgery; and Pediatric Urology.

Congratulations to these doctors for this recognition and for their daily work together to build brighter, happier lives for kids in southern Colorado.

About Colorado Springs' top doctors

The Top Docs listed in the annual Colorado Springs Magazine list are identified by a survey of doctors who are members of the El Paso County Medical Society, asking who they would recommend if they or a family member needed care. The following Children's Hospital Colorado physicians were recognized in the 2024 Colorado Springs Top Doctors list.

Anesthesiology

• Daniel Balch, MD

General Surgery

• Keyan Riley, MD

Hematopathology

• Shadia Alam, MD

Ophthalmology

• Matthew Chang, MD

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

• Rebecca Facy, DDS, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery

• Ky Kobayashi, MD
• Jeffry Watson, MD

Otolaryngology

• Robert Keller, MD

Pathology 

• Ross Barner, MD 
• Nathan Johnston, DO

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• A. John Yazdi, MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

• Krista Greenan, MD
• Thomas Ridder, MD

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

• Travis Murray, MD

Pediatric Surgery

• John Bealer, MD

Pediatric Urology

• Brian Caldwell, MD

Pediatrics

• Kerri Bagnall, MD
• Shabnum Matthews-Vu, MD
• Erica Mulder, MD

Plastic Surgery

• Frederic Deleyiannis, MD
• Nancy Wong, MD

Sports Family Medicine

• Nicholas Piantanida, MD

Trauma and Critical Care Surgery 

• Thomas Schroeppel, MD