Denver Health Physicians Named 2026 Top Doctors

Denver Health is proud to celebrate the physicians recognized as 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors for 2026. 

This honor reflects the exceptional care, expertise and dedication our doctors bring to the Denver community every day. Our patients benefit from care teams who share the same commitment to excellence, and we are grateful to our employed and affiliated doctors for their unwavering hard work. 

Congratulations to all our Top Doctors and thank you for helping make Denver Health Colorado's most trusted healthcare provider.

• Eric Aaltonen, MD, interventional and diagnostic radiology physician
• Mariam Ahmad, MD, ophthalmology physician
• Timothy H. Amass, MD, pulmonology physician
• Philip R. Andreoli, DO, hospitalist physician
• Morris M. Askenazi, MD, senior medical director, family medicine – La Casa family practice
• Stephanie R. Augustine, MD, senior medical director, family medicine – Montbello family practice
• Melissa Beagle, MD, family medicine obstetrics physician
• Kian Behbakht, MD, gynecologic oncology physician
• Robert W. Belknap, MD, chair, Public Health Institute
• Lisa Bennett, MD, vascular surgery physician
• Kathryn Berman, MD, internal medicine physician
• Michael L. Blei, MD, physiatry physical med and rehabilitation physician
• Alia R. Broman, MD, pediatric critical care medicine physician
• Jennie A. Buchanan, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Shalini Chahal, MD, anatomic and clinical pathology physician
• Mark H. Chandler, MD, chair, anesthesiology
• Michael C. Chen, MD, division chief of ophthalmology
• Elizabeth K. Dee, MD, chief, diagnostic radiology
• Stephen E. Dreyer, MD, interventional radiology physician
• Aaron M. Eberhardt, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Anna K. Engeln, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Steven G. Federico, MD, chief government and external community relations officer
• Monica J. Federico, MD, pediatric pulmonology physician
• Kelly Ferraro, MD, hospice and palliative medicine physician
• Philip H. Fung, MD, medical director, international physicians program
• Elizabeth J. Gillespie, MD, hospitalist physician
• Bridget Graney, MD, pulmonary disease physician
• Sasha M. Gubser, MD, pediatric urgent care physician
• Saketh Guntupalli, MD, gynecologic oncology physician
• Patricia M. Hagan, MD, pediatrics neonatal and perinatal medicine physician
• Michael E. Hanley, MD, associate director of physician services
• Ty T. Higuchi, MD, urology physician
• Joel Hirsh, MD, rheumatology physician
• Jeffrey P. Hollis, MD, hospitalist physician
• Katherine M. Hurlbut, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Janetta L. Iwanicki, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Timothy C. Jenkins, MD, infectious disease physician
• Sung Jeon, MD, neurology physician
• Teresa Jones, MD, surgery physician
• Nicole Joseph, MD, internal medicine physician
• Patrick Joynt, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Alma Juels, MD, anesthesiology physician
• Mark T. Kearns, MD, pulmonology general physician
• Brian Keech, MD, pediatric anesthesiology physician
• Renee A. King, MD, MPH, emergency medicine physician
• Julie M. Knoeckel, MD, hospitalist physician
• Daniel U. Kortsch, MD, associate chief AI and digital health officer
• Claudia Laura Kunrath, MD, pediatric critical care medicine physician
• Elizabeth Kvach, MD, family medicine physician
• Kristie Ladegard, MD, child and adolescent psychiatry physician
• Eric J. Lavonas, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Benjamin H. Li, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Kaleigh E. Lindholm, MD, anatomic and clinical pathology physician
• Cassana Littler, MD, pediatrics physician
• Jeremy A. Long, MD, medical director, internal medicine
• Eryn A. Lonnquist, MD, neurology physician
• Kathryn A. Love-Osborne, MD, pediatrics general physician
• Jennifer R. Lyden, MD, hospitalist physician
• Diana L. Mancini, MD, division chief hospitalist
• Scott E. Mann, MD, associate chair, specialty surgery
• Kerri L. Mason, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Cyril Mauffrey, MD, chair, orthopedics
• Taylor N. McCormick, MD, associate chair, pediatrics emergency medicine
• Anuj Mehta, MD, pulmonary disease physician
• Arturo R. Montano, MD, division chief, neurocritical care
• Manuel R. Montano, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Maria E. Moreira, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Anna M. Munoa, MD, internal medicine physician
• Anna-Lisa Munson, MD, pediatrics general physician
• Allison Nitsch, MD, internal medicine physician
• Noelle M. Northcutt, MD, hospitalist physician
• Mary C. O'Keefe, MD, anatomic and clinical pathology physician
• Sonja C. O'Leary, MD, chair, general pediatrics
• Lauren Oberle, MD, family medicine physician
• George J. Olsen, MD, family medicine physician
• Anuradha S. Paranjape, MD, chair, department of medicine
• Shalvi S. Patel, MD, family medicine physician
• Ryan Paterson, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Lara M. Penny, MD, chair, family medicine
• Fredric M. Pieracci, MD, chair, surgery
• Cason S. Pierce, MD, hospitalist physician
• Morgan M. Pinkston, MD, associate chair, emergency medicine
• Bala Ramanan, MD, vascular surgery physician
• Lara D. Rappaport, MD, pediatrics emergency medicine physician
• Lauren Rhoades, MD, family medicine physician
• David B. Richards, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Sarah Roark, MD, pulmonary disease physician
• Danielle Roberts, MD, pediatrics physician
• Kristine (Kristi) Rodrigues, MD, pediatrics physician
• Genie E. Roosevelt, MD, pediatrics emergency medicine physician
• Yasmin A. Sacro, MD, associate medical director, internal medicine
• Sonia Okuyama Sasaki, MD, medical oncology physician
• Bradley L. Schuster, MD, ophthalmology physician
• Daniel A. Searing, MD, pediatrics physician
• Rehaan K. Shaffie, MD, hospitalist physician
• Hilary S. Sillik, MD, anatomic and clinical pathology physician
• Meryl Singer, MD, plastic surgery physician
• Stephen C. Stacey Jr., MD, orthopedic surgery physician
• Brian L. Stauffer, MD, division chief, noninvasive cardiology
• Sarah A. Stella, MD, hospitalist physician
• Jennifer Stichman, MD, rheumatology physician
• William G. Sungar, DO, emergency medicine physician
• Scott T. Sutton, MD, internal medicine physician
• Dale Terasaki, MD, addiction medicine physician
• Adam M. Terella, MD, otolaryngology physician
• Ashesh Thaker, MD, neuroradiology physician
• Molly E. Thiessen, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Sany M. Thomas, MD, bariatric surgery physician
• Christian C. Thurstone, MD, chair, behavioral health
• Amanda G. Toney, MD, pediatrics emergency medicine physician
• Stacy A. Trent, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Megan J. Turner, MD, neonatal-perinatal medicine physician
• Daniel VanDerPloeg, MD, surgery physician
• Luis A. Verduzco, MD, anesthesiology physician - critical care
• Sarah Wachtel, MD, hospitalist physician
• Kathryn A. Walsh, MD, pediatric critical care medicine physician
• Leah S. Warner, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Andrew M. White, MD, PhD, pediatrics neurology physician
• Jennifer J. Whitfield, MD, emergency medicine physician
• Michael L. Wilson, MD, chair, pathology
• Chelsea Wolf, MD, psychiatry physician
• Stephen J. Wolf, MD, chair, emergency medicine
• Corrine Wong, MD, plastic surgery physician
• Robin Yasui, MD, internal medicine physician
• Daniel D. Yeh, MD, surgery physician
• Moon Y. Yoon, MD, family medicine physician
• Heather L. Young, MD, infectious disease physician