55th Annual Montrose Fall Clinics

Casey Greene, PhD, is Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where he also serves as Director of the Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine. His work focuses on using machine learning and large health datasets to make medicine more precise and discovery more efficient, with a particular interest in turning AI from promise into practical, trustworthy clinical tools. The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine reaches patients well beyond the Anschutz campus, drawing on UCHealth's statewide footprint to bring genomic medicine and return-of-results to communities across Colorado. He is widely published in machine learning, genomics, and cancer biology, as well as a longtime advocate for open and reproducible science.

Dr. Barry Platnick, MD, FACS is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who specializes in surgical critical care, trauma surgery, and hospice and palliative medicine. He serves as a trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist at Denver Health Medical Center and is the Medical Director for Palliative Care at Boulder Community Health.

He previously served at the Trauma Medical Director and later the director of the surgical intensive care unit for the Ernest E. Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health before pursuing specialized fellowship training in palliative care to bridge the gap between trauma surgery and whole person care for patients with serious life limiting disease.

Anurag Mehta, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, is a physician-scientist and Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Division of Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine. As a preventive cardiologist at the Emory Heart & Vascular Center, his career is defined by a deep specialization in cardiovascular risk stratification, novel biomarkers, and global cardiovascular disease epidemiology.

A prolific scholar, Dr. Mehta has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications in premier, high-impact journals, including Circulation, Journal of American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, Nature Reviews Cardiology and JAMA Cardiology. His extensive body of work has garnered international recognition, with a citation count exceeding 6,500 (h-index 42), underscoring his role as a transformative voice in modern preventive cardiology.

In addition to his research, he holds several high-level leadership and editorial positions that shape national clinical practice and policy. He currently serves on the National Board of Directors for the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). His editorial contributions include serving as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology and as a peer reviewer for the 2026 U.S. Dyslipidemia Management Guidelines. Supported by early-career grants such as the American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, his work has been honored with numerous accolades, including the AHA Lifestyle/Cardiometabolic Health Early Career Investigator Award and the ASPC Young Investigator Award. His forward-looking research agenda integrates precision medicine with clinical care, focusing on the implementation of cardiovascular disease prevention therapies. By bridging the gap between epidemiological discovery and clinical application, Dr. Mehta continues to advance the frontier of cardiovascular disease prevention.

Dr. Anthony Fredericks is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Palliative Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, where he serves as the Associate Program Director for the Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship. Dual board-certified in both specialties, Dr. Fredericks completed his residency training at UCLA before pursuing his fellowship at UNM. He balances his academic roles with community-facing leadership as a federal DMAT disaster physician and as the founding Medical Director of Rio Grande Hospice. He is a passionate educator dedicated to bringing primary palliative care workflows into acute care settings.

Anurag Mehta, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, is a physician-scientist and Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Division of Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine. As a preventive cardiologist at the Emory Heart & Vascular Center, his career is defined by a deep specialization in cardiovascular risk stratification, novel biomarkers, and global cardiovascular disease epidemiology.

A prolific scholar, Dr. Mehta has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications in premier, high-impact journals, including Circulation, Journal of American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, Nature Reviews Cardiology and JAMA Cardiology. His extensive body of work has garnered international recognition, with a citation count exceeding 6,500 (h-index 42), underscoring his role as a transformative voice in modern preventive cardiology.

In addition to his research, he holds several high-level leadership and editorial positions that shape national clinical practice and policy. He currently serves on the National Board of Directors for the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). His editorial contributions include serving as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology and as a peer reviewer for the 2026 U.S. Dyslipidemia Management Guidelines. Supported by early-career grants such as the American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, his work has been honored with numerous accolades, including the AHA Lifestyle/Cardiometabolic Health Early Career Investigator Award and the ASPC Young Investigator Award. His forward-looking research agenda integrates precision medicine with clinical care, focusing on the implementation of cardiovascular disease prevention therapies. By bridging the gap between epidemiological discovery and clinical application, Dr. Mehta continues to advance the frontier of cardiovascular disease prevention.

Casey Greene, PhD, is Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where he also serves as Director of the Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine. His work focuses on using machine learning and large health datasets to make medicine more precise and discovery more efficient, with a particular interest in turning AI from promise into practical, trustworthy clinical tools. The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine reaches patients well beyond the Anschutz campus, drawing on UCHealth's statewide footprint to bring genomic medicine and return-of-results to communities across Colorado. He is widely published in machine learning, genomics, and cancer biology, as well as a longtime advocate for open and reproducible science.

Dr. Barry Platnick, MD, FACS is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who specializes in surgical critical care, trauma surgery, and hospice and palliative medicine. He serves as a trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist at Denver Health Medical Center and is the Medical Director for Palliative Care at Boulder Community Health.

He previously served at the Trauma Medical Director and later the director of the surgical intensive care unit for the Ernest E. Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health before pursuing specialized fellowship training in palliative care to bridge the gap between trauma surgery and whole person care for patients with serious life limiting disease.

Dr. Anthony Fredericks is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Palliative Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, where he serves as the Associate Program Director for the Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship. Dual board-certified in both specialties, Dr. Fredericks completed his residency training at UCLA before pursuing his fellowship at UNM. He balances his academic roles with community-facing leadership as a federal DMAT disaster physician and as the founding Medical Director of Rio Grande Hospice. He is a passionate educator dedicated to bringing primary palliative care workflows into acute care settings.