About Us

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Welcome to CU Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

The Section of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine is a university-based enterprise to promote research, best practice, education, and outreach to promote health and wellness in extreme or austere environments. Our work includes attention to the greater policy issues of environmental change in health, and we are committed toward advancing the conversation based upon the best scientific evidence to improve discourse and understanding. Our constituents are the community and students of the health sciences in all levels, including seasoned medical practitioners seeking to augment their skill sets. We have robust collaborations with different organizations in order to bring forth diversity of experiences and perspectives in our mission to advance the field of wilderness and environmental medicine. Our goal is to have the most comprehensive program of its kind in the world, setting the standard of excellence in scholarship in our field.

Faculty

David Braun, PA-C

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Wilderness Medicine Education, Expedition Medicine, Wilderness Skills

Kristopher Karnauskas Ph.D.

Co-Director, CU Boulder

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Volker Schöffel MD, MHBA

Postal Address: Mailstop C301, Academic Office One 12631 E. 17th Ave, L15-1515 Aurora, CO 80045 Phone: 303-724-0127 Email: emedwilderness@ucdenver.edu Dr. Volker Schöffel

Justin Mclean, MD, FAWM

Postal Address: Academic Office One, Mailstop C301 12631 E. 17th Ave, L15-1515 Aurora, CO 80045 Phone: 303-724-0127 Email: emedwilderness@ucdenver.edu Dr. Justin McLean Dr. Justin McLean completed his emergency medicine residency at Denver Health Medical Center after finishing medical school at Jefferson Medical College. Dr McLean works clinically for Flight For Life Colorado and St Anthony [...]