Denver, CO – October 4, 2010
One hundred and thirteen of the Rocky Mountain Region’s top hospital-based providers were
recognized for their work at the 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium
(RMHMS) held in the Four Seasons Ballroom at the Colorado Convention Center on October 4, 2010.
The Peak Performers Awards recognized clinical excellence among hospitalists, subspecialists,
nurses, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Online voting was made
available to over 100,000 providers who were asked to vote for their colleagues that embodied the
characteristics of “team-based care, professionalism and clinical excellence.” “The goal of the Peak
Performers Awards,” explained Dr. Jeff Glasheen, RMHMS Course Director, “is to recognize
excellence among those who work primarily in the hospital setting and do so much to enhance and
ensure that quality care is delivered in the Rockies.” Peak Performers were honored in front of over
650 colleagues during a special ceremony at the RMHMS.
The following providers were recognized (* indicates two-time winner):
Aspen Valley Hospital:
Mike Goralka, MD
Hospital Medicine
Boulder Community Hospital:
Daus Mahnke, MD
Hunter Smith, MD
Gastroenterology
Hospital Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center:
Kathryn Beauchamp, MD
Andrew Bjork, PharmD*
Eugene Chu, MD*
Michael Doody, PharmD
Ivor Douglas, MD
Zita Fenner, RN*
Maria Frank, MD
Jason Goodman, PA-C
Kellie Horn, RN
Jeffrey Johnson, MD*
Kathleen Lester, RN*
Fredrick Masoudi, MD
Steven Morgan, MD
Gilbert Pineda, MD
Connie Price, MD
Jan Smith, RN
Neurosurgery
Hospital Pharmacy
Hospital Medicine
Hospital Pharmacy
Intensive Care Medicine
Med-Surg Nursing
Hospital Medicine
Hospital-Based Physician Assistant
ICU Nursing
General Surgery
Med-Surg Nursing
Cardiology
Orthopedics
Emergency Medicine
Infectious Diseases
ICU Nursing
Good Samaritan Medical Center:
Andras Bodoni, MD*
Intensive Care Medicine
James Thompson, MD
Emergency Medicine
Littleton Adventist Hospital:
Jonathan Apfelbaum, MD*
Lewis Oster, MD
Megan Smercheck, RN
Longmont United Hospital:
Emergency Medicine
Orthopedics
Med-Surg Nursing
Kevin Berg, MD
General Surgery
Lutheran Medical Center:
Raechel O’Kelley, MD
Anne Torkelson, NP*
Hospital Medicine
Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner
Medical Center of Aurora:
Mark Fitzgerald, MD
Michelle Proctor-Torres, RN
Anthony Scriver, PharmD
Orthopedics
Med-Surg Nursing
Hospital Pharmacy
North Suburban Medical Center:
Norman Fujita, MD*
Infectious Diseases
Northern Colorado Medical Center:
John Hurst, MD
Emergency Medicine
Julie Roth-Carter, RN
ICU Nursing
Jeffrey Siegel, MD
Neurology
Natalie Yount, PharmD
Hospital Pharmacy
Parker Adventist Hospital:
Joan Eldridge, MD*
Kate Hodgin, MD
Margie Kubowicz, MD
Cardiology
Intensive Care Medicine
Hospital Medicine
Porter Adventist Hospital:
Piper Rudel, NP*
Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner
Poudre Valley Hospitals:
Timothy Allen, MD
Rebecca Dunphy, MD
Christine Lum Lung, MD
Suzanne Misoni, RN
Jacob Liao Ong, MD
Kenneth Patrick, DO
Charmaine Reghitto, MD
Neurology
Gastroenterology
Hospital Medicine
ICU Nursing
Infectious Diseases
Emergency Medicine
Hospital Medicine
Presbyterian/St Luke’s:
Raymond Blum, MD*
Thomas Crisman, MD
Jeffrey Frank, MD*
Stephen Johnson, MD
Michele Kilbourne, RN*
Edie Lindeburg, NP
Joan Oregeldinger, RPh
Ted Parks, MD*
Monica Schlatter, NP
Jeffrey Schwartz, MD
Julie Stewart, RN
Matthew Terra, MD
Infectious Diseases
Cardiology
Gastroenterology
Neurosurgery
ICU Nursing
Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner
Hospital Pharmacy
Orthopedics
Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner
Intensive Care Medicine
Med-Surg Nursing
Infectious Diseases
Thomas Trouillot, MD
Gastroenterology
Rose Medical Center:
Kenneth Greenberg, DO
Andrew Ziller, MD
Infectious Diseases
Emergency Medicine
Sky Ridge Medical Center:
Jen Camper, RN
William Choi, MD
Jeanne Fleagle, CNS
Jonathan Harte, MD
Craig Loucks, MD
Barry Molk, MD*
David Valdez, MD
Med-Surg Nursing
Neurosurgery
Hospital-Based CNS
Infectious Diseases
Orthopedics
Cardiology
Hospital Medicine
St Anthony Hospitals:
Mana Amir, MD
Janet Dionne, RN
Elijah Farquhar, RN
Crystal Gustafson, RN
Jeffrey Sippel, MD*
Intensive Care Medicine
Med-Surg Nursing
ICU Nursing
ICU Nursing
Intensive Care Medicine
St Joseph Hospital:
William Bentley, MD
Georgia Calivas, RN
Norman Kwong, PharmD
Laurent Lewkowicz, MD
Clara Restrepo, MD
Phillip Steininger, DO
Neurology
Med-Surg Nursing
Hospital Pharmacy
Cardiology
Intensive Care Medicine
Hospital Medicine
St Mary Corwin:
Robert Drake, MD
Stephen Girard, MD
Hospital Medicine
General Surgery
Swedish Medical Center:
Chris Fanale, MD
Richard Tillquist, MD
John Woodward, MD
Neurology
General Surgery
Orthopedics
University of Colorado Hospital:
Jean Abbott, MD
Emergency Medicine
Tracey Anderson, NP*
Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner
Shannon Barone, RN
Med-Surg Nursing
Michelle Barron, MD*
Infectious Diseases
Kerry Brega, MD*
Neurosurgery
Todd Bull, MD*
Intensive Care Medicine
Dora Cheung, PharmD*
Hospital Pharmacy
Ethan Cumbler, MD*
Hospital Medicine
Gregory Everson, MD
Gastroenterology
Kristin Furfari, MD
Hospital Medicine
Jeffrey Glasheen, MD*
Alex Graves, NP*
Lawrence Hergott, MD
William Jones, MD*
Ike Kim, PharmD
Kevin Lillehei, MD
Robert McIntyre, MD*
Gregory Misky, MD
Robert Neumann, MD*
Kristen Nordenholz, MD
Laura Rosenthal, ACNP*
Lindsay Schmidt, RN
Mark Yoder, RN
Jeanie Youngwerth, MD
Hospital Medicine
Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner
Cardiology
Neurology
Hospital Pharmacy
Neurosurgery
General Surgery
Hospital Medicine
Intensive Care Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner
Med-Surg Nursing
ICU Nursing
Hospital Medicine
Valley View Hospital:
Randall Ross, MD
Alan Saliman, MD
General Surgery
Hospital Medicine
Veterans Affairs Medical Center:
Mel Anderson, MD
Hospital Medicine
Stacey Rice, PharmD
Hospital Pharmacy
Gregory Schwartz, MD
Cardiology
All honorees were awarded a certificate commemorating their achievement. Voting for the 2011
Peak Performers Awards will commence in early summer and winners will be announced at the 9th
Annual Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium in Denver, CO.