Faculty

The ACGME-accredited University of Colorado School Of Medicine / National Jewish Health Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Chairman of Pediatrics at National Jewish Health:

Pam Zeitlin, MD, MPhil, PhD is the Silverstein Chair in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Zeitlin’s main area of expertise is in translational research in cystic fibrosis with a focus on chloride channels, protein chaperones, F508del pathophysiology and protein rescue in CF. She also has a role in pediatric asthma research. She has conducted investigator- initiated trials of 4-phenylbutyrate as a corrector in CF, anti-inflammatories in CF, Adeno-associated Viral gene therapy in CF, and many others. Dr. Zeitlin held the IND for 4-phenylbutyrate for CF and holds the INDs for digitoxin and glycerolphenylbutyrate in CF. She also is a basic science investigator working in the area of chloride channels, proteomics, and protein trafficking. Her laboratory is a translational environment where graduate students, clinical fellows, postdoctoral fellows and faculty can work collaboratively to advance our fundamental knowledge about CF airways disease.  

Head of the Allergy/Immunology Division in the Department of Pediatrics at National Jewish Health:

Donald Leung, MD, PhD is the Head of the Allergy/Immunology Division and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Leung is a renowned authority in mechanisms of allergic disease. He has numerous NIH R01 grants, serves as the Co-Director of the NIH-funded General Clinical Research Center at the University of Colorado Denver and National Jewish Health, and he is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the premier journal in the field. Dr. Leung supervises fellows during their Day Program assignment. He also provides fellows with lectures, rounds and conference discussions, and provides research mentorship.
 

Program Leadership

Program Director: Bruce J. (BJ) Lanser, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Dr. Lanser brings his experience as Pediatric Chief Resident to the program leadership. His special interests are in food allergy, FPIES and eosinophilic esophagitis. He provides direct patient care supervision in the Pediatric Allergy Continuity Clinic and in the Pediatric Day Program. Dr. Lanser has a strong interest in the education of trainees and oversees the Denver Allergy Rounds curriculum and the weekly Pediatric Lecture series, while serving on the Training Program Committee.

Additional faculty in the Pediatrics Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program:

Mark Boguniewicz, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He is a renowned expert in atopic dermatitis. He provides direct patient care supervision in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Continuity Clinic and Pediatric Day Program. Dr. Boguniewicz has served as a fellow research mentor.

Donna Bratton, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. She is an authority on inflammatory mechanisms of airways disease. She provides fellows with lectures, rounds and conference discussions, and provides research mentorship.

Divya Chauhan, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. She provides direct patient care supervision in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Clinic and in the Highlands Ranch/Adult Pediatric Allergy and Immunolgy Clinic.

Ronina Covar, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology. She has special interests in asthma and steroid response, and serves as the Director of the Severe Asthma Clinic Program. She supervises fellows in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Continuity Clinic and the Pediatric Day Program.  Dr. Covar has served as a fellow research mentor.

Nathan Rabinovitch, MD, MPH is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology. His research interests are on the role of environmental exposures in the school-age asthmatic child. He supervises fellows in the Pediatric Day Program and the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Continuity Clinic.

Carah B. Santos, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology and is also Clinical Faculty in the Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. She provides direct patient care supervision in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Clinic and in the Highlands Ranch/Adult Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Clinic. Dr. Santos also serves on the Training Program Committee and provides fellow mentorship.

Other Faculty for the Fellowship Program

Other faculty members at National Jewish Health, while not necessarily key faculty for the program, provide significant contributions to the education of our fellows, typically as lecturer, consultants, discussants in conferences and seminars, and research resources. They include the following faculty members:

Rafeul Alam, MD, PhD*

Bruce Bender, PhD

Stephen Dreskin, MD, PhD (Opens in a new window)

Ronald Harbeck, PhD

Flavia Hoyte, MD*

Rohit Katial, MD*

Lisa Meltzer, PhD

Harold S. Nelson, MD*

Kanao Otsu, MD, MPH*

J. Tod Olin, MD

David W.H. Riches, PhD

Jenny Stitt, MD

Eileen Wang, MD, MPH*

Todd Kingdom, MD

Corrie Dunnik, MD (Opens in a new window)