University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Name Department Honor or Award Carol Ahern, MD, Assistant Anesthesiology Invited Panelist for Mentoring Workshop: Advances in Inflammatory Bowel diseases CCFA Clinical & Research Professor conference Bryan Ahlgren, MD, Anesthesiology U Make a Difference, award recognizing exemplary team approach to patient care Assistant Professor Alan Bielsky, MD, Associate Anesthesiology Teacher of the Year-Fellows; received Teaching Award from Anesthesia Residency; Named Top Doc in 5280 Magazine Professor Adria Boucharel, MD, Anesthesiology Safety Award Assistant Professor Jason Brainard, MD, Anesthesiology University of Colorado Hospital Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety Award Assistant Professor Uwe Christians, MD, PhD, Anesthesiology C.E. Pippenger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, International Association of Professor Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology; Election to Editor-in-Chief, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Randall Clark, MD, Associate Anesthesiology National Award, Meritorious Commitment by a Physician, American Association of Anesthesiologist Assistants; Best Professor Doctors in America Award, 2003 - present. Tobias Eckle, MD, PhD, Anesthesiology Election to AUA (Association of University Anesthesiologists ) Active membership; Invited Review Article: Clinical Professor Concepts in Anesthesiology; Featured Article; Invited speaker and session moderator at Shock Conference 2015; Selected oral presentation: ‘Light therapy at the interface of circadian proteins and lung disease, ATS Meeting 2015; Editorial Board International Archives of Case Reports in Clinical Medicine; Editorial Board International Journal of Anesthesiology & Research; Invited Guest Editor, Curr Pharm Des, ‘Special Edition’ on Health Impact and Management of a Disrupted Circadian Rhythm and Sleep in Critical Illnesses. Patrick Fernandez, MD, Anesthesiology Golden Stethoscope Award Best Subspecialty Preceptor Foundations of Doctoring Curriculum Assistant Professor Ana Bustamante-Fernandez, Anesthesiology Nominated and accepted as member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) MD, Associate Professor Christopher Ciarallo, MD, Anesthesiology elected by the American Board of Anesthesiology to be a Part 2 (Oral) Board Examiner; Received 5280 Top Doctor Assistant Professor Award (Pediatric Anesthesiology); Received Best Doctors Award (Pediatric Specialist, Anesthesiology) Robert Friesen, MD, Anesthesiology Honorary membership, Association of Pediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland Professor Patrick Guffey, MD, Professor Anesthesiology American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize Selected to accept this award on behalf of the medical staff of Children’s Colorado for my work in improving the quality of care our patients receive at Children’s Colorado Joy Hawkins, MD, Professor Anesthesiology Nominated for the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) to be awarded in 2016; Denver "Top Doctor" in 5280 magazine; Appointed Chairman, Board of Directors and Interim President and CEO of FAER University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Adrian Hendrickse, MD, Anesthesiology PGCMedEd, Inducted into the University of Colorado SOM Academy of Medical Educators Associate Professor Thomas Majcher, MD, Anesthesiology United States Air Force Meritorious Service Award. This decoration was established by Executive Order 11448 on Jan. Associate Professor 16, 1969. This award was established as the counterpart of the Bronze Star Medal for the recognition of meritorious noncombatant service. Criteria The Meritorious Service Medal may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who distinguishes themselves by either outstanding achievement or meritorious service to the United States. Mercedes Mandel, MD, Anesthesiology Distinguished Visiting Professor Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan; American Men and Women of Science Professor Tessa Mandler, MD, Anesthesiology Outstanding teacher of the year award from anesthesiology residents Assistant Professor Scott Markowitz, MD, Anesthesiology Silver Beaver, Boy Scouts of America Associate Professor Jose Melendez, MD, Associate Anesthesiology Best Doctors in America Professor Glenn Merritt, MD, Associate Anesthesiology Distinguished Alumni, S.U.N.Y. College at Oneonta Professor Erik Nelson, MD, Assistant Anesthesiology Anesthesiologists Assistant Graduation Ceremony 2015- Recognized for Excellence in Clinical education and Director Professor of Task Training and Simulation Education Anthony Oliva, MD, Assistant Anesthesiology Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, UCD Anesthesiology Residency Program; Unsung Hero Award, UCD Professor Anesthesiology Residency Program; Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award,UCD Anesthesiology Assistant Program James Orfila, PhD, Instructor Anesthesiology Best of American Heart Association Specialty Conference Award: Neurophysiological Responses of Recovery in Pediatric Mice Compared to Adult Mice with Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia" Melissa Peterson, MD, Anesthesiology Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology 2015 Young Turks Nominee and Recipient; Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Assistant Professor leadership growth initiative -- Designed to identify, mentor, and cultivate young faculty who demonstrate potential for future leadership roles within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology and the field of Pediatric Anesthesia David Polaner, MD, Professor Anesthesiology Graduation with distinction, 2nd place (out of 190) for the Capstone project, Harvard Medical School Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program; Best Doctors in America (since 2003); Visiting Professor, Hospital for Special Surgery (Cornell), NY; Section Editor and Editorial Board, Pediatric Anesthesia; vice-Chairman, ASA Abstract Review Subcommittee on Pediatric Anesthesia; invited lecturer, 34th Congress of the European Society of Regional Anesthesia Nidia Quillinan, PhD, Anesthesiology ISCBFM Young Investigator travel bursar; Mentoring in Neuroscience Diversity Scholar Assistant Professor Natalie Serkova, PhD, Anesthesiology Magna Cum Laude for the Best Pre-Clinical Breast Cancer MRI study at the Annual ISMRM meeting; Magna Cum Associate Professor Laude for the best pre-clinical renal MRI study at the Annual ISMRM Meeting (Toronto, Canada) Laurie Steward, MD, Anesthesiology Provider of the Month Assistant Professor University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Mark Twite, MD, Associate Anesthesiology 5280 Top Doc Professor Matthew Victor, MD, Anesthesiology Outstanding Didactic Instructor Award Assistant Professor Paul Wischmeyer, MD, Anesthesiology Abstract of Distinction at 2016 ASPEN Meeting: RE-ENERGIZE Pilot Trial Outcomes; Abstract of Distinction at 2016 Professor ASPEN Meeting: ICU Microbiome Project; Named Associate Editor- Clinical Nutrition; Finalist of VARS award of ASPEN Meeting, Top Abstract at Meeting- Senior Author Cristina Wood, MD, Assistant Anesthesiology Five Star Excellence Award: CHC Maternal Fetal Unit Children’s Hospital Colorado Professor Hongyu Xue, PhD, Assistant Anesthesiology Being listed in 70th Platinum Anniversary Edition Who's Who in America® Marquis Who's Who Professor Name Department Honor or Award David Bentley, PhD, Biochemistry Keynote Speaker, Interact 2015 Munich; Invited Speaker and Session Chair, ASBMB, Boston, April 2015 Professor and Molecular Genetics Richard Davis, PhD, Biochemistry Invited Speaker Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminths 2015; Invited Speaker Ciliate Molecular Biology Meeting Professor and Molecular 2015; Invited Speaker Society of Developmental Biology Meeting 2015; Invited Speaker Shanghai Veterinary Research Genetics Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2015 James DeGregori, PhD, Biochemistry NCI Review Panel Member, RAS Program (IMAT RFA CA14-314); Invited Speaker, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Professor and Molecular Harvard University Medical School, January 2015; Invited Speaker, (Grand Rounds, McMullin Oncology Lecture Genetics Series), Penrose Cancer Center, Colorado Springs, CO, March 2015; Invited Speaker, (Grand Rounds, McMullin Oncology Lecture Series), Penrose Cancer Center, Colorado Springs, CO, March 2015 Kirk Hansen, PhD, Associate Biochemistry Invited Speaker, Solving Organ Shortage, Lung Regeneration & Replacement Summit La Jolla, CA 2015; Invited Professor and Molecular Speaker, ISPPP 35th Symposium and Exhibit on the Separation and Characterization of Biologically Important Genetics Molecules 2015 Jay Hesselberth, PhD, Biochemistry Associate Editor, G3 (Genes, Genomes and Genetics); American Cancer Society Grant Review Panel (RMC section, Assistant Professor and Molecular member) Genetics Robert Hodges, PhD, Biochemistry Member of the Scientific Committee of 35th International Symposium and Exhibit on the Separation and Professor and Molecular Characterization of Biologically Important Molecules (ISPPP 2015) 2015 Genetics Aaron Johnson, PhD, Biochemistry Cu Denver Graduate School NIH Best Program Faculty Sponsor Award; Invited speaker, Department of chemistry, Assistant Professor and Molecular University of Colorado Denver Genetics University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Jeffrey Kieft, PhD, Professor Biochemistry Speaker/Session Co-Chair: Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD; Speaker: Howard Hughes Medical and Molecular Institute Science Meeting, HHMI Headquarters, Chevy Chase, MD; Invited Speaker, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Genetics Invited Speaker, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Invited Speaker, SUNY Albany and the RNA Institute and the Hudson Valley RNA Club, Albany NY; Invited Speaker, Columbia University, New York, NY; Invited Speaker, “Riboclub” annual meeting, Sherbrooke, Canada; Invited Speaker, Annual meeting of the Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines (GRASP), Montreal, Canada; Invited Speaker, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Served on “Habilitation” defense panel for Quentin Vicens, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Session Chair at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD Changwei Liu, PhD, Biochemistry Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biological Chemistry; Invited Speaker, Cure SMA Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Associate Professor and Molecular 2015 Genetics David Pollock, PhD, Professor Biochemistry A.C. Wilson Keynote Speaker and Conference Organizer for "Mechanisms of Protein Evolution III: Orgins, Denver and Molecular 2015; Invited Speaker, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), Evolutionary Cell Biology Program, Santa Genetics Barbara CA 2015; Invited Speaker, Workshop on Analysis and Annotation of DNA Repeats and Dark Matter in Eukaryotic Genomes,Tours France 2015; Invited Speaker, University of Texas Arlington, Department of Biology, Arlington, TX 2015 Robert Sclafani, PhD, Biochemistry Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology; Cancer League of Colorado Scientific Advisory Board Professor and Molecular Genetics James Sikela, PhD, Professor Biochemistry Editor and domain leader for Genomics and Genetics Sections, Matrix of Comparative Anthropogeny (MOCA) and Molecular Resource, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), University of California, San Diego; Genetics Member, Alcohol Center for Translational Genetics Program Advisory Committee, Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Emeryville, CA; Member, Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) for the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) NIAAA Consortium; Workshop on “Human Evolutionary Genomics”, Organizer and Speaker, Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, January 2015; Member, editorial board for Human Genetics Rui Zhao, PhD, Associate Biochemistry Invited Speaker, University of Louisville; Invited Speaker, Purdue University; Invited Speaker, Indiana University; Professor and Molecular Invited Speaker, Baylor College of Medicine Genetics Name Department Honor or Award Thomas Finger, PhD, Cell and Allen Distinguished Microscopy Lecture, W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University, Professor Developmental Raleigh, NC; Elected as President of Association for Chemoreception Sciences to serve 2017-18 Biology Dany Gaillard, PhD, Cell and University of Colorado Health Sciences Library’s Open Access Fund Award Instructor Developmental Biology Lisa Lee, PhD, Associate Cell and Chancellor's Teaching Award; Appointed to Academy of Medical Educators Professor Developmental Biology Danielle Royer, PhD, Cell and Appointed to Academy of Medical Educators Assistant Professor Developmental Biology University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Maureen Stabio, PhD, Cell and Selected as a Young Faculty Scholar for the Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars (MINDS), NIH Assistant Professor Developmental Early Career Institute Biology Name Department Honor or Award Anna Bruckner, MD, Dermatology 5280 Top Docs (Pediatric Dermatology) Associate Professor Joseph Morelli, MD, Dermatology 5280 Top Docs (Pediatric Dermatology) Professor David Norris, MD, Professor Dermatology Honorary Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology, Dohi Lecturer, Japanese Dermatologic Association and Chairman Tamra Terzian, PhD, Dermatology Session moderator “Advances in Diagnostics: Imaging and Genomics”, 2015 Pan-American Pigment Cell Society Assistant Professor Annual Meeting Name Department Honor or Award Katie Bakes, MD, Associate Emergency Denver Public Schools Career Connect Partner of the Year Award Professor Medicine Vikhyat Bebarta, MD, Emergency Meritorious Service Medal, meritorious achievement at the Office of Surgeon General, AFMSA Professor Medicine Marian Betz, MD, Associate Emergency 2016 Young Investigator Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, LA Professor Medicine Kerryann Broderick, MD, Emergency American Association of Women Emergency Physicians Mentorship Award; The Vincent J. Markovchick Program Professor Medicine Director's Award from the Emergency Medicine Residency; Colorado ACEP John Marx Education Award Vaughn Browne, MD, Emergency Jeff Druck Legacy Teachign Award by the 4th year residents Associate Professor Medicine Jennie Buchanan, MD, Emergency Outstanding Residency Teacher Faculty Award from the Emergency Medicine Residency Associate Professor Medicine Richard Byyny, MD, Emergency The Stephen V. Cantrill Master Teacher Award from the Emergency Medicine Residency Associate Professor Medicine Roberta Capp, MD, Assistant Emergency Aspen Scholar; Vilcek Prize; America's Great Immigrant Award Professor Medicine Christopher Colwell, MD, Emergency Colorado ACEP Meritorious Service Award; The Peter Rosen Leadership Award from the Emergency Medicine Professor Medicine Residency Tracy Cushing, MD, Assistant Emergency Golden Stethoscope for Best Emergency Medicine Preceptor, Foundations in Doctoring, University of Colorado School Professor Medicine of Medicine Jeffrey Druck, MD, Associate Emergency Chase Faculty Service Award Professor Medicine Todd Guth, MD, Assistant Emergency Awarded the 2015-2016 Outstanding Clinical Science Educator for the University of Colorado School of Medicine Professor Medicine elected by the student body and graduating class of 2016; Accepted as a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Kennon Heard, MD, Professor Emergency 5280 Magazine "Top Doctor" of 2015 Medicine Benjamin Honigman, MD, Emergency Appointed Associate Editor of High Altitude Medicine and Biology Professor Medicine Renee King, MD, Assistant Emergency Academy of Medical Educators Rymer Grant recipient Professor Medicine Resa Lewiss, MD, Associate Emergency 2015 AWAEM Mid-Career Outstanding Faculty Award; 2016 AEUS of SAEM Emergency Ultrasound Education Award Professor Medicine Daniel Lindberg, MD, Emergency Senior Reviewer, Annals of Emrgency Medicine, 2016; Golden Stethoscope nominee for 2016 Foundations of Medicine Associate Professor Medicine Course Steven Lowenstein, MD, Emergency 2015 Best Attending Lecturer Award presented by the Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine; 2016 Best Professor Medicine Attending Lecturer Award resented by the residents, Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine; 2015 Kris Wenzel Award Colorado, Foundations of Doctoring Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine; School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Clerkship Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, presented by the Emergency Care Clinical Block Directors Christopher McStay, MD, Emergency Denver Business Journal 40 under 40 Associate Professor Medicine Maria Moreira, MD Emergency Selected for membership into the Academy of Medical Educators Medicine Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, Emergency Carnegie Africa Diaspora Program Fellow MD, Assistant Professor Medicine Kristen Nordenholz, MD, Emergency International Advisory Board Roche Diagnostics; Assistant Director of Quality for the Department of Emergency Associate Professor Medicine Medicine; Faculty for the Excellence in Communication Curriculum Michael Overbeck, MD, Emergency Clinical Pathologic Correlates Semi Final Competition, Best Faculty Discussant; The Stephen V. Cantrill, MD, Master Assistant Professor Medicine Teacher Award, for excellence in, and committement to, Resident Education in Emergency Medicine. Bestowed by The Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine; The Jeffrey Druck Legacy Teaching Award. Bestowed by Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine Class of 2015; Clinical Pathologic Correlates Final Competition. Finalist. Stacy Trent, MD, Assistant Emergency AAWEP Rising Star Award Professor Medicine Jennifer Wiler, MD, Associate Emergency 2016 AWEM/SAEM Mid Career Leadership Award Professor Medicine Richard Zane, MD, Professor Emergency Recognized as an AMA Women's Physicians Section (WPS) Inspirational Physician and Chair Medicine Matthew Zuckerman, MD, Emergency Academic Life in Emergency Medicine and AAEM Digital Scholarship and Social Media Fellow Assistant Professor Medicine Name Department Honor or Award Katherine Anderson, MD, Family Awarded Golden Stethoscope award, UCD SOM, 2016 Assistant Professor Medicine Nida Awadalah, MD, Family Promoted to Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Brian S. Bacak, MD, FAAFP, Family Inducted into the Academy of Medical Educators, 2016 Associate Professor Medicine Elizabeth A. Bayliss, MD, Family Promoted to Professor MSPH, Associate Professor Medicine Debra Bislip, MD, FAAFP, Family Promoted to Associate professor; Awarded DFM Clinician of the year; Awarded CAFP PCMH’s Lone Tree Primary Associate Professor Medicine Care practice of the year Kathryn Boyd-Trull, MD, Family UC Denver Who's Who 2016 Honorable Mention; University of Colorado Family Medicine Faculty of the ear Award Senior Instructor Medicine 2015-2016; University of Colorado Family Medicine Teacher of the year 2014-2015 Shandra Brown Levey, PhD, Family Recognized as the Department of Family Medicine’s Rising Star of the Year in Research. Invited speaker, chairperson Assistant Professor Medicine for the 5th Annual Summit on Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Models. Jeffrey J. Cain MD, Associate Family Massachusetts Medical Society’s keynote: "the Physician as Patient, lessons from the other end of the stethoscope." Professor Medicine Board Member, Amputee Coalition of America-Chair Advocacy Committee; received the Outstanding Workmanship Award, Experimental Aircraft Association, Airventure, Oshkosh WI Ned Calonge, MD, MPH, Family Invited keynote: “The Challenges of Communicating Overdiagnosis”, National Cancer Institute, 2015; and University Associate Professor Medicine of Oxford Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference; appointed to two IOM Committees and one Action Collaborative Jennifer K. Carroll MD, Family Elected to Family Medicine for America's Health Research Core Tactic Team; Advisory Faculty, Board of Directors for MPH, Associate Professor Medicine North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG); Invited speaker at University of Missouri, Arizona State University; Starfield Summit and PCORI Physician Roundtable Colleen Conry, MD, Professor Family Member, Board of Directors of American Board of Family Medicine; Member, Board of Directors of Annals of Family Medicine Medicine; and 5280 Magazine Top Doc 2015. University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Perry Dickinson, MD, Family Selected as Core Faculty, Professionals Accelerating Clinical and Educational Redesign (PACER) national faculty Professor Medicine development project sponsored by the Josiah Macy Foundation and the three national primary care boards; Chair, Colorado State Innovation Model Practice Transformation and System Design Workgroup; Member, Colorado State Innovation Model Steering Committee; and Member, Research Core Team, Family Medicine for America’s Health. Keynote and invited speaker at: Dickinson WP, Wamboldt FS. Putting Health Back into Health Care: Family Systems Lessons Learned in the Trenches. American Family Therapy Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO (2016); Dickinson WP. Froude C, Enns D. Caring for Patients with Somatization. Integrated Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative. Grand Junction, CO (2016); Dickinson WP, Cook T. Mood Disorders. Integrated Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative. Grand Junction, CO (2016); Dickinson WP. Changes in Practice, Changes in Payment: What is Coming and How Can My Practice Survive It? 63rd Family Medicine Review. Estes Park, CO (2016); Khan A, Leroy L, Dickinson P. Innovations in Primary Care Teams. Starfield Summit: Advancing Primary Care Research, Policy, and Patient Care. Washington, DC (2016); Dickinson WP. Teamwork – A Crucial Element of Advanced Primary Care. Professionals Accelerating Clinical and Educational Redesign (PACER). Denver, CO (2016); Dickinson WP. Collaboration across Primary Care in the New Care Environment. Primary Care Grand Rounds. Mobile, AL (2016); Dickinson WP. Developing the Skills for the Future. University of South Alabama Family Medicine Residency Conference. Mobile, AL (2016); Dickinson WP, Gottsman A. Practice Transformation in Colorado. American Academy of Family Physicians Ideas Summit. Denver, CO (2015); Dickinson WP. Practice Improvement and Transformation in Colorado. Shared Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices & Partners (SNOCAP) Annual Convocation. Golden, CO (2015). Michele M. Doucette, PhD, Family Promoted to Associate Professor Associate Professor Medicine Emma Gilchrist, MPH, PRA Family Promoted to Instructor Medicine Larry Green, MD, Professor Family Re-elected member, American Board of Medical Specialties Board of Directors; elected to American Board of Medical Medicine Specialties Executive Committee; re-elected Chair, American Board of Family Medicine Foundation Board of Directors Jennifer Hellier, PhD, Family Recognized by the U.S. Army Medical Recruiting Brigade for pre-health pipeline activities. Participant, 2016 U.S. Assistant Professor Medicine Army All American Bowl Army Medical Experience Bonnie T. Jortberg, PhD, Family Awarded the 2015 NAPCRG Pearls Award, Annual Conference (The Fit Family Challenge: A Primary Care-Based RDN, CDE, Assistant Medicine Pediatric Obesity Program). Professor Shannon Langner, MD, Family Accepted into Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership (RIHEL Assistant Professor Medicine Corey Lyon, DO, FAAFP, Family Elected to the CAFP Board of Directors; Editor in Chief for the Family Physician Inquiries Network’s PURLs Assistant Professor Medicine publications; Invited speaker, BC3 Learning Collaborative “Up your Scope; Getting the Most Out of Your Medical Assistants,” HealthTeamWorks, Denver, CO (2016); Colorado Family Medicine Residency PCMH Collaborative “Update Your Status to Engaged: How to Engage Your Staff During a Time of Transformation” (2016) Wendy Madigosky MD Family Awarded the 10th Annual Faculty Professionalism Award by the SOM, College of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, MSPH, Associate Professor Medicine Physical Therapy Program, Child Health Associate/PA programs, School of Dental Medicine and the Anesthesiologist Assistant Program. Linda C. Montgomery, MD, Family Named team leader for U of Colorado's Professionals Accelerating Clinical and Educational Redesign (PACER). FAAFP, Associate Professor Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments Donald E. Nease, Jr., MD, Family Named Conference Co-Chair, North American Primary Care Research Group’s Practice Based Research Network Associate Professor Medicine Annual Conference; elected to a second two year term as President, International Balint Federation (balintinternational.com). Laura Pickler, MD, MPH, Family Keynote speaker, Baylor/Texas Children’s National Transition Conference 2015. Associate Professor Medicine David W. Price, MD, FAAFP, Family Keynote and Invited Presentations include: “Improving Collaboration between QI & Education Teams.” Alliance for FACEHP, Professor Medicine Continuing Education in the Health Professions Webinar, 2016; “Aligning Quality Improvement with Physician Certification,” Ottawa Conference 2016, Perth, Australia, 2016; “The Continuing Evolution of Maintenance of Certification,” American Association of Allergy and Immunology Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2016; “Leveraging ABMS MOC: Enhancing Quality for Physicians, Educators and Academic Medical Centers.” Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2015; “What are the Implications of Implementation Science for Medical Education?” Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Virtual Journal Club, 2015; “The Current State of Internal Medicine Recertification: Evolving From the Chaos”. 58th Annual Raymond M. Kay, MD Internal Medicine Symposium (Kaiser Permanente Southern California), 2015; “MOC Research: Member Board Community Needs and Priorities.” American Board of Medical Specialties Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2015. Gerald Pulver, PhD, MPH, Family Promoted to Research Assistant Professor. Research Senior Instructor, Medicine Judith C. Shlay, MD, MSPH, Family Promoted to Interim Director, Denver Public Health (2016); Invited presenter: Insights and Innovation in Improving Professor Medicine Health, Center for Research in Implementation Science (CRISP) Seminar Series, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. “The effects of combining text messaging with the Teen Outreach Program (TOP®) to impact teen sexual health behavior.” (2015) John Spittler, MD, Assistant Family Received DFM "Rising Clinician of the Year" award; Invited speaker, UCH Family Medicine Review Course, 2015 Professor Medicine (Shoulder/Knee Exam, Sports Physicals); Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society Fall Symposium, 2015 (Sports Physicals); and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Fellows' Research Conference, 2015. Amy Tanner Tubay, MD, Family Awarded 2015-16 Brian S. Bacak Faculty of the Year Award, Rose Family Medicine. FAAFP, Assistant Professor Medicine Kent Voorhees, MD, Professor Family Recognized as a Best Doctors in America, 2015-2016. of Clinical Practice in Family Medicine Medicine Name Department Honor or Award University of Colorado School of Medicine 2016 Department Awards and Accomplishments John Cambier, PhD, Immunology Editor in Chief, Immunologic Reviews, Reviewer on Study Section for Lupus Research Alliance, Keynote Speaker, Distinguished Professor and and University of Toronto, Annual Summer Retreat, Invited Speaker, Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes Chair Microbiology Annual Meeting, Florida, Wayne State/Henry Ford Immunology Focus Group, Detroit Michigan, Symposium; New Perspectives: Addressing the Asthma and Allergy Epidemic, Paris France, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Luminy France, Immunology Seminar Series, COM, U. of Manitoba, AMSMIC 2016 Annual Meeting, Guatemala, John Hopkins SOM, Immunology Forum, Baltimore Maryland, U. of Massachusetts SOM, Wooster, Massachusetts, Speaker and Session Chair, FASEB Conference on Immunoreceptors, Snowmass, Colorado Lauren Gapin, PhD, ProfessorImmunology Reviewer, ZRG1 Imm-U (90) Immune Mechanism and Vaccine Development Special Emphasis Panel (SEP), NIH, Ad and hoc reviewer, MRC, U, Section Editor, Journal of Immunology, Editorial Board, Scientific Reports Microbiology Jordan Jacobelli, PhD, Immunology Member of AAI, received an Early Career Faculty Travel Award for the AAI Immunology meeting for 2015 and 2016 Professor and Microbiology John Kappler, PhD, Professor Immunology Invited speaker University of Rochester, Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes Annual Meeting, David and Parker Symposium at OHSU; FOCIS 2016 Boston; Vanderbilt University Microbiology Laurel Lenz, PhD, Professor Immunology Promotion to Professor, Dean’s Mentoring Award University of Colorado-Denver Graduate School, Faculty Mentor of and the Year Award. Compact for Faculty Diversity, Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Associate Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology Microbial Immunology, Associate Editor, ImmunoHorizons, NIH/NIAID Program Project Grant review study sections, National Science Center, Krakow Poland, Wellcome Trust, Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, NIGMS SCORE grant review panel, NIH/NIAID ZRG1 IDM-M “Topics in Infectious Diseases” Study Section, Member, NIH/NIAID HIBP study section Pippa Marrack, PhD, Immunology Awarded: Membership in the Women’s Hall of Fame, USA Professor and Member: Committee to write “A Vision and Pathway for NIH” to advise the next US President Microbiology Invited Speaker: Michael Bevan Retirement Symposium, U Washington, U. Rochester, Symposium Frankfurt Germany, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U. of New Mexico, Washington State U, U of Ohio, U Pennsylvania Rebecca O'Brien, PhD, Immunology Faculty of 1000 Section Head, Immunity to Infections, F1000 Research Advisory Panel Member, NIH Study Section Professor and Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 F07-T20L, Ad Hoc member, NIH Study Section Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 IMM- Microbiology T81A, Ad Hoc member Roberta Pelanda, PhD, Immunology Received tenure; Invited speaker, American Transplant Congress 2015, Philadelphia, PA Professor and Microbiology Dohun Pyeon, PhD, Associate Immunology Promotion to Associate Professor, Project Leader, Colorado Head and Neck Cancer SPORE Program, Invited Speaker, Professor and Cancer Research Program, Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD, DNA Tumor Virus Conference, Trieste, Italy, Institute for Microbiology Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, DNA Tumor Virus Conference, Montreal Canada, Department of Biology, Indiana University Jill Slansky, PhD, Professor Immunology Received schlorship to attend “Statistical Methods for Functional Genomics” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories and Ad hoc NIH Study Section member for Omnibus ZCA1 SRB-D(01) (July 2015) Microbiology Transplantation Tolerance and Tumor Immunology Study Section (June 2016) Linda vanDyk, PhD, Immunology NCI study section AOIC member (AIDs, Opportunistic Infections and Cancer) Associate Professor and Vice and Invited lectures at the University of Arkansas Microbiology Department and the University of Pittsburgh Microbiology Chair Microbiology and Immunology Department Name Department Honor or Award