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.
About Us
Welcome to CU Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Jay Lemery MD FACEP FAWM
Wilderness Medicine Education
Climate Change & Human Health
Remote Medical Direction
Elaine Reno MD DTM&H
Wilderness Medicine Education
Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Todd Miner Ed.D FAWM
Wilderness Medicine Education
Backcountry Guiding
Martin Musi MD
Wilderness Medicine External Collaborations
Frostbite
Mountain Medicine
Chris Davis MD DTM&H
Remote Medical Direction
Altitude Medicine
Telemedicine
Breanna McKercher
Graphic Design
Coordinating
Barbara Blok MD FACEP
Wilderness Medicine Education
Resident Education
David Braun, PA-C
Wilderness Medicine Education, Expedition Medicine, Wilderness Skills
Vaughn A. Browne, MD, Ph.D.
Ultrasound Education
Emergency Medicine
Andrew Clithero DO FAWM
Family Medicine
Wilderness Medicine
High-Altitude Physiology
Rick Cole MD MPH
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Aerospace Medicine
Ultrasound
Isolated, Confined, and Extreme Environments
William K. Cornwell III MD FAHA
Assistant Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
Sports Cardiology
Altitude Training
Altitude and Environmental Medicine
Tracy Cushing MD FACEP FAWM
Wilderness Medicine Education
Epidemiology
Remote Medical Direction
Erin Drasler MD
Wilderness Medicine Education
Global Health & International EM
Benjamin Easter MD MBA
Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine
Aerospace Medicine
Remote Medical Direction
Isolated, Confined, and Extreme Environments
Kurt Eifling MD FAWM
Medical Director of the Institute for Field Research
Jacqueline Kiernan PT DPT
Wilderness Medicine
Physical Therapy
Benjamin Lantow RN EMT-P
Wilderness Medicine
Search and Rescue
Dana Levin MD MPH
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Aerospace Medicine
Hyperbaric Medicine
Isolated, Confined, and Extreme Environments
Chris McStay MD FAWM FACEP
Emergency Medicine Operations
Endurance Physiology
Wilderness Medicine Education
Nick Nolen WEMT Paramedic
Clinical Quality Manager
EMS Division Chief
Terry O’Connor MD FACEP DIMM
Blogger-in-Chief
Adventure Medicine
Wilderness Medicine Education
Ryan Paterson MD, DiMM, DTM&H
Wilderness and Expedition Medicine
International / Global Health Medical Ethics
Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Katie Saxon MD FAWM DiMM
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Wilderness Medicine
Low-Resource Environment Practice of Medicine
Prof. Volker Schöffl MD, MHBA, FAWM
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
Jon Steller MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Space Medicine
Reproductive Health
S. Terez Malka MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP FAWM
Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Michael Yaron MD
Wilderness Medicine
Pediatric High Altitude Medicine
Expedition Medicine
David Young MD MS FAWM
Wilderness Medicine Education
Race Medicine