Climbing Higher: Children’s Hospital Colorado Doctors Named Top Doctors

Our Colorado Springs doctors are at the peak of pediatric care. Their skill, dedication and compassion set the standard for what exceptional care looks like. That's why it's no surprise that many of them have, once again, been recognized in the Top Doctors edition of Colorado Springs Magazine.

Each year, the publication asks doctors to vote for their peers. This year, 51 of our doctors made the list, sweeping 27 categories.

Congratulations to these doctors for this recognition and for the work they do. Together, they continue to climb to new heights, raising the bar for pediatric care for families across southern Colorado.

About Colorado Springs' top doctors

The Top Doctors listed in the annual Colorado Springs Magazine list are identified through a survey of doctors, asking who they would recommend if they or a family member needed care. The following physicians from Children's Hospital Colorado were recognized in the 2025 Colorado Springs Top Doctors list.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

• Krystal Ozanick, MD

General Surgery

• Keyan Riley, MD

Hematopathology

• Cristina McLaughlin, MD

Neonatology

• Robert Kiley, MD
• Mary Laird, MD

Ophthalmology

• Ronald Pelton, MD
• Scott Smetana, MD

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

• Rebecca Facy, DDS

Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery

• Jeffry Watson, MD

Pathology 

• Ross Barner, MD 
• Nathan Johnston, DO

Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

• Allison Hicks, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology

• Daniel Balch, MD
• Katie Reding, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

• Gregory Brames, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Michael Wittkamp, MD
• Sarah Young, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Christopher Cavagnaro, MD
• Michael DiStefano, MD
• Katherine Huston, MD
• Joseph Kelly, MD
• David Listman, MD
• Sarah Mellion, MD
• Paul Szefler, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Sarah Bartz, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Christine Waasdorp Hurtado, MD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

• Todd Brubaker, DO
• Meenu Sharma, DO
• Molly Slate, DO

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

• Michael Bozzella, DO

Pediatric Internal Medicine

• Adam Robinson, DO

Pediatric Neurology

• Mario Coleman, MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

• Thomas Ridder, MD
• Derek Samples, MD

Pediatric Oncology & Hematology

• Lisa Reaves, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

• Dave Lee, MD
• Ellen Miller, MD

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

• Brian Shaw, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology

• Allison Dobbie, MD

Pediatric Palliative Care

• Brooke Geyer, DO

Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

• Wendy Pierce, MD

Pediatric Pulmonary Diseases

• Christina Papantonakis, MD

Pediatric Pulmonary Diseases, Sleep Medicine

• Antoinette Burns, DO

Pediatric Rheumatology

• Joel Shirley, DO

Pediatric Surgery

• John Bealer, MD

Pediatric Urology

• Brian Caldwell, MD

Pediatrics

• Kerri Bagnall, MD
• Shabnum Matthews-Vu, MD
• Erica Mulder, MD

Plastic Surgery

• Frederic Deleyiannis, MD

Trauma and Critical Care Surgery 

• Thomas Schroeppel, MD