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TRAUMA AND BURN CENTERS
Neurosurgery Child Protection Team
Our Pediatric Neurosurgery Program offers
integrated, comprehensive care for all types of
disorders affecting the nervous system and skull,
including traumatic injury, epilepsy, hydrocephalus,
brain tumors and facial and skull deformities. Our
fellowship-trained and board-certified pediatric
neurosurgeons offer more than 50 years of
combined experience and focus solely on the care of
children with neurosurgical problems. Our Child Protection Team provides comprehensive medical evaluations in our weekly
outpatient clinic and through inpatient and emergency department consultations. We
offer the only hospital-based multidisciplinary child abuse program in Colorado, proudly
meeting the designation criteria of the Children’s Hospital Association as a Child Abuse
Center of Excellence. Our physicians were among the first in the country — and among the
only in Colorado — to be board-certified in Child Abuse Pediatrics by the American Board
of Pediatrics.
Pediatric neurosurgeons
Brent O’Neill, MD
Trauma Liaison
Michael Handler, MD
Todd Hankinson, MD
Charles Corbett Wilkinson, MD
Allyson Alexander, MD
Otolaryngology
As one of the largest groups of fellowship-trained
pediatric otolaryngologists in the western U.S., our 8
pediatric ENT specialists offer 125 y ears of combined
post-fellowship pediatric experience, seeing more
than 18,000 patients annually.
Pediatric otolaryngology surgeons
Peggy Kelley, MD
Trauma Liaison
Gregory C. Allen, MD
Kenny H. Chan, MD
Norman R. Friedman, MD
Jeremy Prager, MD
Melissa Scholes, MD
Sven-Olrik Streubel, MD
Patricia J. Yoon, MD
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Family and child evaluation for suspected maltreatment includes family support
and education. We offer best-practice care and treatment in a sensitive and family-
centered manner.
Child physical abuse remains the #1 cause of trauma
related death at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Mechanism of injury for trauma
related deaths at Children’s Colorado
33% Abuse
29% Motor vehicle crashes
17% Pedestrian
8% Snow skiing
4% Firearm
4% Bicycle-related
4% Penetrating
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