Medical Advisory Committee

Alison Artico DuMond, CPNP-AC    
Fetal and Complex Congenital
Heart Disease Coordinator    
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Lalit Bajaj, MD
Associate Professor
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Mindy Banks, MD    
Pediatric/ Adult Nephrologist    
Rocky Mountain Hospital for
Children at P/SL

Emily Barr, CPNP, CNM PNP,
CHIP
Senior Study Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Carla Barrentine, MSW, CCLS  
Manager, Therapeutic Recreation/Child Life Department    
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Terri Bisio, NP    
Transplant Coordinator    
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Marita Bledsoe, MD    
Medical Director
Roundup River Ranch

Juri Bisio, RN
Transplant Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Nicklaus Brandehoff, MD
Emergency Physician/Medical Toxicologist
Multiple Affiliations

Mark Brown, MD
Associate Director, The Breathing Institute
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Michele Chetham, MD    
Pediatric CME Coordinator, CarePoint
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children P/SL

Dave Cohen, MD
Retired ENT surgeon, Former member of JHACO

Jake Cripe, MD
Medical Director PICU
Children’s Hospital Colorado Springs

Donna Curtis, MD
Clinical Medical Director Transplant ID, Fellowship Dir, Associate Professor
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Jeff Darst, MD  
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Amanda Degner, PNP
Clinical Trials and Research nurse
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Edwin DeZoeten, MD    
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Laura Dorneman RN, BSN, CPHON
Pediatric Oncology Nurse    
Dorernbecher Children’s Hospital

Trish Eells, CPNP
Associate Director of Asthma Programs for Southern Colorado
Children’s Hospital Briargate Clinic

Monique Germone, PhD, BCBA
Clinical Psychologist & Assistant Professor
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Elizabeth Gibson, PNP        
Pediatric Hematology
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Lia Gore, MD, FAAP
Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/
Bone Marrow Transplant
Children’s Hospital Colorado 

Michael Handler, MD    
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery;
Seebaum-McMurray Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Katie Hannigan, RN, BSN
Nursing Director
Roundup River Ranch

Molly Hemenway, RN, PNP ND, MS, AC-PNP   
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Beth Hasse, RN BSN
Spina Bifida Program Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Karen Hill, RN, PNP    
Pediatric Cardiology 
Rocky Mountain Hospital for
Children at P/SL

Edward Hoffenberg, MD    
Director, Pediatric Inflammatory
Bowel Disease Program    
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Ruth Johnson, JD
President & CEO
Roundup River Ranch

Meena Julapalli, MD    
Pediatric Dermatologist 

Sarah Kelly, Psy.D
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Jill Keyes, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine   
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Kelly Knupp, MD    
Co-Director,
Clinical Epilepsy Program   
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Juliane Lee, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiologist 

Deb Liptzin, MD
Pediatric Pulmonologist 
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Arthur Liu, MD    
Radiation Oncologist
Anschutz Cancer Pavilion    
University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center

Edward Liu, MD    
Pediatric Gastroentrology
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Kelly Maloney, MD
Clinical Director, Leukemia Program
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Dennis Matthews, MD    
Director of Pediatric
Rehabilitation Medicine    
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Lisa Meltzer, PhD    
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics    
National Jewish Health

Jerrod Milton RpH    
VP, Operations     
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Mike Narkewicz, MD    
Medical Director: Pediatric Liver Center and Liver Transplantation    
Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Rachell Nuss, MD    
Director of Sickle Cell Program   Colorado Sickle Cell Treatment and Research Center

Suzanne Paul, NP
FNP, CHIP Clinic  
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Nathan Rabinovitch, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics – Pulmonology  
National Jewish Health

Bridget Raleigh, NP  
Associate Medical Director, Asthma Program   
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Bethany Rippe, CCLS  
Roundup River Ranch Liaison Children’s Hospital Colorado

Adam Rosenberg, MD    
Professor of Pediatrics  
Director, University of Colorado Pediatric Residency Program    
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Bon Ross, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Rocky Mountain Hospital for
Children at P/SL

Scott Sagel, MD  
Assistant Professor, Pulmonology   
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Ron Sokol MD    
Chief, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition    
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Liz Solan, MD    
Emergency Room Physician
Children’s Hospital Colorado 

Chelsey Stillman, PA-C
Pediatric Neurology
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Shikha Sundaram, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Julie Sullivan, JD 
Board Chair  
Roundup River Ranch 

Julie Zimbelman, MD    
Hematology /Oncology    
Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Honorary Member
Alison Knapp
Roundup River Ranch Founder