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ROBERT SAPIEN, M.D., FAAP

Med School: University of New Mexico, School of Medicine
Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County Medical Center, CA.

Interests: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Asthma, Injury Prevention, School Emergency Care and Medical Hypnotherapy

RSapien@salud.unm.edu
505.272.6349

JEFFERY BULLARD-BERENT, M.D.

Med School:  Wayne State University, School of Medicine, MI
Residency:  Pediatric Residency-LAC-USC, Los Angeles, CA

Interests:  I am a Pediatric Emergency doc who has practiced in a variety of settings prior to joining UNM in 2002. I've practiced general pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine in California, Oregon, Nevada, Michigan, and finally New Mexico.  I'm incredibly lucky to really love what I do.  I see it as a privilege to take care of other people's kids, and like to insure that its done right.   Working with residents and medical students keeps me from getting intellectually lazy and forces me to re-evaluate how and why I manage patients in every day.  Currently I am the Medical Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and the Assistant Residency Director.  I am very interested in continuous quality improvement, and medical simulation.   As I watched my wife go thru med school and residency, I became acutely aware of how students and residents are often denigrated and vowed to never fall into that practice.  I was fortunate to find an entire Emergency Medicine Department that has embraced that view.

JBullard-Berent@salud.unm.edu
505.925.4725

KATHERINE GNAUCK, M.D.

Med School: U Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine.TX

Interests: As a physician, I have experience caring for both adult and pediatric patients. I received my M.D. in 1985 from U Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and completed  three years pediatric residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. I have worked the past seventeen years in my sub-specialty of pediatric emergency medicine: fourteen years in St Louis at  university children's hospital   level one trauma centers serving principally intercity children and the past two years at University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Pediatric Children's Hospital serving multi -ethnic Latino, Native American and Anglo populations. I have a M.A. in developmental psychology, 1976, and worked as a care provider for autistic children during the years obtaining this degree. Since early 1990’s I have cared for both adult and pediatric patients during volunteer visits to the Navajo Nation IHS health unit at Kayenta, Arizona.

My experience with Doctors Without Borders /Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) began in 2003 when I spent six months as an MSF-France field doctor in Khartoum, Sudan opening an emergency medical, hygiene and nutrition program for "street neonates" at Mygoma Orphanage. I completed a field project with MSF in Aura, Uganda the fall 2005 assisting in the evaluation of a Prevention of Maternal to the Child Transmission (PMTCT) AIDS project. Back in the US,  I continue to advocate MSF interests locally with outreach lectures to university and community based groups.

International projects in which I am currently involved includes: Working  with interested pediatric residents here at the university to develop a rural model HIV treatment center in Africa.

KGnauck@salud.unm.edu
505.272.6577

J. GRACE PARK, D.O., MPH

Med School: Nova Southeastern University, FL
Residency: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, NY
Fellowship: St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA and Hasbro Children's Hospital, Brown University, RI

Interests: A marker for sepsis, MRSA, vaccinations, international health, diabetes & asthma intervention programs, epidemiology

I recently moved to Albuquerque in 2005 after my fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine and masters in pubic health at Brown University. Love the beauty of Southwest and enjoy being a part of a great group of talented and dedicated physicians. Love working with children inside and outside of the emergency medicine department. As my one of favorite quotes says, "I have a dream", I have followed my dreams all my life and have been fortunate in seeing many of them come true. I hope to help many children to see their dreams come true as well.

GPark@salud.unm.edu
505.272.0425

SARA SKARBEK-BOROWSKA, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DIVISION OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Med School: University of Kentucky
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Fellowship: Hasbro Children's Hospital/Brown University

Interests: International medicine, toxicology, and EMSC

I moved to Albuquerque from the Northeast in 2005, and I love the culture and climate of New Mexico. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my husband and son, cooking, traveling, and exploring New Mexico. I have a particular interest in international medicine and have worked in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador.

SSkarbek@salud.unm.edu
505.272.6024

JULIA WHITEFIELD, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DIVISION OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Med School: Johannes Gutenberg Universitat
Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

Interests:

JWhitefield@salud.unm.edu
505.272.5135

BRYAN UPHAM, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DIVISION OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Med School: University of New Mexico
Residency: University of Utah
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Interests:

BUpham@salud.unm.edu
505.272.2691