Primary Office Location

UCDHSC - Section of Neonatology
13121 E. 17th Avenue, ED 2 South
Room 4304, MS8402
Aurora, CO 80045-2535
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Ph: 303-724-2834
Fax: 720-777-2323

Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Education:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Medicine, 1979

Fellowship:
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Neonatal/Perinatal Med - Ped, 1984

Areas of Interest

Professional Memberships and Societies
American Academy of Pediatrics Colorado Chapter - Chair: International Pediatrics Committee (1992 – 2001)
American Academy of Pediatrics - District VIII Section on Perinatal Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics - Section on Perinatal Pediatrics, Section on International Child Health, Section on Breastfeeding
Global Health Council - Member
American Pediatric Society - Member
Society for Pediatric Research - Member
Sociedad Iberoamericana de Neonatolog?a (SIBEN) - Member
Wilderness Medical Society - Member
International Society for Mountain Medicine - Member
American Public Health Association/Colorado Public Health Association - Member

Special Recognition by the People’s Republic of China Ministry of Health for contributions to the China Neonatal Resuscitation Program
  Awarding Body: People’s Republic of China Ministry of Health
  Date: 1/1/2010

Award of Excellence for Innovations by Associations that Advance America to Helping Babies Breathe
  Awarding Body: American Society for Association Executives
  Date: 1/1/2010

Member
  Awarding Body: Delta Omega National Honorary Society in Public Health
  Date: 1/1/2010

Ray Helfer Award for Innovation in Pediatric Research
  Awarding Body: Academic Pediatric Association
  Date: 1/1/2010

The Michael S. Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education Lectureship
  Awarding Body: Society for Simulation in Healthcare
  Date: 1/1/2010

E. H. Christopherson Lectureship in International Child Health
  Awarding Body: American Academy of Pediatrics
  Date: 1/1/2009

First Place
  Awarding Body: 2001 American Medical Writer’s Association (AMWA) Medical Book Awards Competition awarded to the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 4th edition (editorial board)
  Date: 1/1/2001

Special Recognition
  Awarding Body: Lasso Tobacco Colorado
  Date: 1/1/1996

Children's Choics Nominee
  Awarding Body: Children's Choice
  Date: 1/1/1989

"November Noel" fellowship in neonatology
  Awarding Body: American Lung Association
  Date: 1/1/1982

Member
  Awarding Body: Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
  Date: 1/1/1900

Outstanding Woman in Medicine
  Awarding Body: American Medical Women's Association Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  Date: 1/1/1979

Member
  Awarding Body: Iota Sigma Pi (honor society for women in Chemistry)
  Date: 1/1/1900

Member
  Awarding Body: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  Date: 1/1/1900

Member
  Awarding Body: Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
  Date: 1/1/1900

Outstanding Woman Student and "Top Ten" Outstanding Student
  Awarding Body: Butler University
  Date: 1/1/1975

Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude with highest honors in Zoology
  Awarding Body: Butler University
  Date: 1/1/1975

Dr. Robert H. Egbert Scholarship (pre-medical)
  Awarding Body: Butler University
  Date: 1/1/1972

National Merit Scholar
  Awarding Body: Butler University
  Date: 1/1/1971

Co-director of Maternal Child Health Programs - School of Medicine
  First Year: 2011
  Department: Pediatrics
  Areas Of Interest: University of Colorado Center for Global Health

Professor - School of Medicine
  First Year: 2011
  Department: Pediatrics
  Areas Of Interest: Department of Epidemiology

Professor - Graduate School
  First Year: 2007
  Department: Pediatrics
  Areas Of Interest: Clinical Sciences

Professor of Pediatrics - School of Medicine
  First Year: 2003
  Department: Pediatrics

Research

Perinatal Origins of Chronic Mountain Sickness
  Sponsor: NIH Fogarty International Center 1 RO3 TW007957-01A2
  Amount: $120,960
  Begins: 1/1/2009