Local Faculty
 

Bo Kim, MSN, CPNP-AC
Instructor Fellow in Critical Care Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine Advanced 
Practice Provider Fellow Children’s Hospital Colorado

K. Ron-Li Liaw, MD
Cannon Y. & Lyndia Harvey Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Chair, Pediatric Mental Health Institute
Mental Health In-Chief, Children’s Hospital Colorado Visiting Professor, Vice Chair, Diversity 
Equity & Inclusion Director, Division of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Department of Psychiatry, 
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Nicole Newman, MPAS, PA-C
Instructor Fellow
University of Colorado School of Medicine Advanced Practice Provider
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Justin Searns, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Sections of Hospital Medicine & Infectious Diseases

Claire Smith, MPAS, PA-C
Instructor Fellow
University of Colorado School of Medicine Advanced Practice Provider
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Lizzie Vigil, MSN, CPNP-AC
Instructor Fellow
University of Colorado School of Medicine Advanced Practice Provider
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Jason Zamkoff, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Co-Medical Director, Advanced Practice Provider Inpatient Fellowship
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Guest Faculty

Jorge A. Gutierrez, MD
Assistant Physician in Chief
Maternal Child Services
Kaiser Permanente- Eastbay

Prerna Kumar, MD
Clinic Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
Jim and Trudy Maloof St. Jude Midwest Affiliate

Tom Shimatake, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Intensive Care Nursery
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
University of California San Francisco