Medical Advisory Committee
There’s a lot of big thinking behind all this fun.
The Roundup River Ranch Medical Advisory Committee is made up of a diverse group of medical professionals whose expertise is instrumental in ensuring that we support the unique needs of our campers. They determine disease groups for our camp to serve, provide input regarding medical policies and procedures, and serve as advocates for Roundup River Ranch in their respective medical facilities.
Medical Advisory Committee
CO-CHAIRS
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Pediatric Cardiology
Children’s Hospital Colorado
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
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
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
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