Ketamine Investigatory Review Panel Members

Dr. France is a pediatrician and public health physician and has served as Chief Medical Officer for the state since February 2020. He worked for 25 years for the Colorado Permanente Medical Group, the physicians of Kaiser Permanente Colorado (KPCO) in a number of roles: as the Executive Director for Sales & Marketing, as the Director of Prevention & Population Health, as a clinical researcher, and as a pediatrician.

Dr. Eby is a practicing emergency medicine physician and serves as an EMS Medical Director for several hospitals and fire departments in the Denver metro area. He has spent his professional career working in and advancing emergency medical services in Colorado. He served on the Colorado Medical Board, CDPHE’s State Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Advisory Council and Emergency Medical Practice Advisory Council, and is an active member of the Denver Metro EMS Medical Directors’ group. Dr. Eby has 42 years of experience in EMS and is a former paramedic. 

Dr. Iwanicki is a medical toxicologist, chief scientific officer of research, and associate medical director at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, which is a department within Denver Health Medical Center (DHMC). She is an attending physician in emergency medicine and medical toxicology as well as an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Dr. Verduzco is a staff anesthesiologist at Denver Health Medical Center and  Medical Director of the Pre-operative and Post-anesthesia Care Unit. He is also an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.  Dr. Verduzco serves on the Denver Health trauma guidelines committee and is a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Training fellow.

Dr. Brooks is a practicing family medicine and addiction medicine physician.  She currently serves as the Chief of Addiction Medicine for SummitStone Health Partners in Fort Collins, Colorado and as the Assistant Medical Director for the North Colorado Health Alliance in Greeley, Colorado.  She has devoted much of her career to working with the safety net and rural communities in northern Colorado. In addition, Dr. Brooks serves on the Colorado Medical Board.

Dr. Stephens is the Chief of Trauma Anesthesiology at the Memorial Hermann Red Duke Trauma Institute in Houston, Texas. He is also an Associate  Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine at the McGovern Medical School where he serves as an advanced trauma life support instructor. He is board-certified in both Anesthesiology and Emergency Medical Services. Dr. Stephens is the medical director for a volunteer fire department in Houston. Dr. Stephens is also a former paramedic.

Dr. Bourn is a Senior Quality Consultant for ESO Solutions, a health data company that links EMS, fire, registry and hospital data to improve community health and safety.  He is a contributor to published peer-reviewed research regarding care in the prehospital setting. Dr. Bourn has served as an EMS educator, and developed an extensive curriculum for EMS providers. He is also a nurse and paramedic.

Dr. Jones is an attending emergency medicine physician at the VA Eastern Colorado Health System and at the Colorado Permanente Medical Group. She is also a Physician Chart Reviewer for Healthgrades.