Faculty

Our Faculty

Jay Lemery, MD FACEP FAWM

Section Chief, Professor of Emergency Medicine

Elaine Reno, MD DTM&H

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Todd Miner, ED. D FAWM

Senior Instructor of Emergency Medicine

Martin Musi, MD

Education Director Section of WEM, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

David Young, MD MS FAWM

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Mia Derstine, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Caitlin Rublee, MD MPH

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Climate & Health Program

Terry O'Connor, MD FACEP DIMM

In memoriam

Terry tragically passed away in 2024 in an avalanche. We honor him as a founding faculty of our Climate & Health Program

Meagan Rivers

Section Coordinator

Kellie Schiller

Arctic Program Administrator

Arian Anderson, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Space Medicine, Co-Director MD-MS Program

Rick Cole, MD MPH

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Benjamin Easter, MD MBA

Adjoint Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine
Space Medicine

Liz Edelstein, MD FACEP FAWM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Kurt Eifling, MD, FAWM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Dana Levin, MD MPH

Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Space Medicine

Linda Keyes, MD

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Jacqueline Kiernan, PT DPT

Department of Emergency Medicine Physical Therapy
Wilderness Medicine Instructor

Ben Lantow, RN EMT-P

Department of Emergency Medicine
Registered Nurse

Kjell Lindgren, MD

Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Space Medicine

Justin McLean, MD FAWM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Ryan Paterson, MD, DIMM, DTM&H

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Kristopher Karnauskas, Ph.D.

Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Associate Professor, CU Boulder

Katie Saxon, MD FAWM DIMM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Volker Schöffl, MD, MHBA, FAWM

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Alison Sheets, MD

Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Technical Rescue Advisor for WM Fellowship

Joel Vaughan, EMT-B AWLS

Volunteer Clinical Faculty
EMT-B

Vaughn A. Browne, MD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Barbara Blok, MD FACEP

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency Director, Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine

Michael Yaron, MD

Professor of Emergency Medicine

Ryan Gray, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine

Sergii Iakymov

Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Director – Mars Desert Research Station