Our Team
Primary Investigators
Kenneth W Liechty, MD, FACS, FAAP
Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery
Director, Fetal Medicine
Surgeon-in-Chief, Banner Children’s at Diamond Children’s Medical Center
Professor, Surgery
Professor, Pediatrics
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Carlos Zgheib, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Collaborators
Jesse Davidson, MD, MPH/MSPH, University of Colorado
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Cardiology
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Associate Medical Director, Children's Hospital Colorado Research Institute
James Jaggers, MD, University of Colorado
Professor, Surgery-Cardiothoracic
Barton-Elliman Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Medical Director, The Children’s Hospital of Colorado Heart Institute
Section Chief Congenital Heart Surgery UC SOM
Matt Stone, MD, PhD, University of Colorado
Assistant Professor, Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Research Team
Current Team Members
Anisha Apte, MD (July 2022 – Present)
Research Resident
Department of Surgery
George Washington University Hospital, Washington DC
Alyssa Vaughn, MD (July 2021 – Present)
Research Resident
Department of Surgery
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Bailey Lyttle, MD (July 2022 – Present)
Research Resident
Department of Surgery
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Allison Wallbank (May 2019 – Present)
PhD Student
School of Bioengineering
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Stace Skopp, MS
Research Associate
Emma Harrell, MS
Research Associate
Previous Team Members
Stephen Niemiec, MD (July 2019 - July 2021)
Research Resident
The Department of Surgery
The University of California San Diego.
Amanda Louiselle, MD (July 2019 - July 2021)
Research Resident
The Department of Surgery
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.
James Bardill, PhD (January 2020 – Present)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.
Saliha Ahmad, BS (July 2020 – Present)
Masters Student
Boston University
Junyi Hu, MD
Professional research assistant
University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical campus
Shaquia Idlett-Ali (November 2020 – Present)
Research Track Master’s Student
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Junwang Xu, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Tennessee Health Science Center – Memphis
Terry Lefcourt, MS2 (January 2015-January 2018)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine Resident
Maggie Hodges, MD (July 2015-July 2018)
Research Resident
The Department of Surgery
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.
Lindel Dewberry, MD (July 2017-July 2019)
Research Resident
The Department of Surgery
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
International Maternal Fetal Surgical Society 2018 Travel Award
Matched in Pediatric Surgery at The University of Iowa
Sarah Hilton, MD (July 2017-July 2019)
Research Resident
The Department of Surgery
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
International Maternal Fetal Surgical Society 2018 Travel Award
International Maternal Fetal Surgical Society 2018 George Henry Award
American Academy of Pediatrics 2018 Award
Matched in Pediatric Surgery at Emory
Scott Deeney, MD (July 2014-June 2016)
Research Resident
The Department of Surgery
The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.
General Surgery Physician, North Springs Surgical Associate, Centura Health