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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

Jay Lemery MD FACEP FAWM

Section Chief, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Wilderness Medicine Education
Climate Change & Human Health
Remote Medical Direction

Elaine Reno MD DTM&H

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Wilderness Medicine Education
Tropical Medicine & Hygeine

Todd Miner Ed.D FAWM

Senior Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Education Director of Section of WEM

Wilderness Medicine Education
Backcountry Guiding

Chris Davis MD DTM&H

Medical Director of the TEAM Clinic, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Remote Medical Direction
Altitude Medicine
Telemedicine

Breanna McKercher

Administrative Assistant, Section of Wilderness Medicine

Videographer
Graphic Design
Coordinating

Barbara Blok MD FACEP

Associate Residency Director, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Wilderness Medicine Education
Resident Education

Certified by Certifications Here

David Braun, PA-C

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Wilderness Medicine Education, Expedition Medicine, Wilderness Skills

Vaughn A. Browne, MD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine, Chairman of the School of Medicine Admissions Committee

Ultrasound Education
Emergency Medicine

Andrew Clithero DO FAWM

Family Medicine Hospitalist

Family Medicine
Wilderness Medicine
High-Altitude Physiology

Tracy Cushing MD FACEP FAWM

Fellowship Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Wilderness Medicine Education
Epidemiology
Remote Medical Direction

Erin Drasler MD

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Wilderness Medicine Education
Global Health & International EM

Elisabeth Edelstein MD FACEP FAWM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Kristopher Karnauskas Ph.D.

Co-Director, CU Boulder

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Jacqueline Kiernan PT DPT

Emergency Department Physical Therapy

Wilderness Medicine
Physical Therapy

Kjell Lindgren MD

Space Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Telehealth

Justin Mclean, MD, FAWM

Helicopter EMS
Mountain Rescue Operations

Chris McStay MD FACEP FAWM

Chief of Clinical Operations of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine Operations
Endurance Physiology
Wilderness Medicine Education

Martin Musi MD

Collaboration Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Wilderness Medicine External Collaborations
Frostbite
Mountain Medicine

Terry O’Connor MD FACEP DIMM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Blogger-in-Chief
Adventure Medicine
Wilderness Medicine Education

Ryan Paterson MD, DiMM, DTM&H

Volunteer Clinical Faculty, Director of DiMM

Wilderness and Expedition Medicine
International / Global Health Medical Ethics
Tropical Medicine & Hygiene

Katie Saxon MD FAWM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Wilderness Medicine
Low-Resource Environment Practice of Medicine

Prof. Volker Schöffl MD, MHBA, FAWM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Wilderness Medicine Injury and Prevention
Sports Medicine
Global Health

Jennifer Starling MD DTM&H, DiMM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Wilderness Medicine Education
High Altitude Medicine
Travel Medicine

Sarah Terez Malka MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP FAWM

Emergency Medicine Physician

Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Angela Widler MHS PA-C FAWM Candidate

Wilderness Medicine

Michael Yaron MD

Professor of Emergency Medicine

Wilderness Medicine
Pediatric High Altitude Medicine
Expedition Medicine

David Young MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Wilderness Medicine Education
Race Medicine

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