Claudia Barberio Kunrath, MD

Professional Titles

• Pediatric Intensivist
• Pediatric hospitalist

Recognitions

• 2011 Gary Way Award for Outstanding teaching, Department of Pediatrics/ University of Colorado (2011)
  
• Denver’s Top Docs – Pediatric Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2011)
  
• Denver Top Docs- Pediatric Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2012)
• 5280 Magazine Denver’s Top Docs, 5280 (2014)
• Denver Top Docs- Pediatric Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2015)
• Outstanding Clinician Award, Denver Heatlh Medical Center (2015)
• Denver’s Top Docs – Pediatric Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2016)
• Denver’s Top Docs – Pediatric Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2017)
• Compassionate Care Award, Denver Health Pediatric Department (2017)
• Denver’s Top Docs – Pediatric Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2022)
• Denver Health LIC ( medical students) teacher of the year, School of Medicine University of Colorado (2023)
• Compassionate Care Award, Denver Health Pediatric staff (2023)

Research Interests

Publications

• Elizabeth Ackley MD, Joshua T.B. Williams MD, Claudia Kunrath MD, Matthew Monson DO, Ashley Ignatiuk MD, and James Gaensbauer MD MScPHb. Too Hot to Handle? When Vaporizers Explode. J. Pediatr . May 2018; 196:320e1
• Decreasing PICU and Hospital Leght of Stay for Bronchiolitis by Using a Weaning Algorithm for Patients on Heatead High Flow nasal Canula. Garcia Jacques R, Gaensbauer J, Mohari N, Kunrath C, Okada C, Davis B, Valdez C. 47th Critical Care Congress. January 2018. Santo Antonio, Texas.
• 13. Impact of a Heated High Flow Strategy for Respiratory Support in Children with Bronchiolitis at a Community Hospital. Claudia Kunrath, Carol Okada, Carolyn Valdez, Nivedita Mohari, Roger Garcia, and James Gaensbauer. Pediatric Academic Societies. May 2018. Toronto, Canada.
• Effect of a Pediatric Critical Care Bootcamp on the Knowledge and Confidence of Emergency Medicine Interns. W. Gannon Sungar, Genie Roosevelt, Emily Hopkins, Patricia Hagan, Mauricio Palau, Claudia Kunrath, Kathryn Walsh, Patrick Mahar, Kelly Roswell, Taylor McCormick. CORD Academic Assembly 2019 March 31-April 3, 2019. Seattle, WA
• Management of Pediatric Ebola Virus Disease in a US-Designated Ebola Treatment Center. Claudia Kunrath, MD; Carol Okada, MD; Stephen Small, PharmD; James Gaensbauer, MD. NETEC Conference. June 2019. Denver, Colorado.
• Theodore J. Cieslak, Laura Evans, Mark G. Kortepeter, Amanda Grindle, Lemuel Aigbivbalu, Kate Boulter,Ryan W. Carroll, Sylvia Cumplido, Alison G. Danforth, Cecilia Fry, James Gaensbauer, Janet R. Hume,Amyna Husain, Arlene Kelleher, Christopher J. Kratochvil, Claudia Kunrath, Jill S. Morgan,Michelle M. Schwedhelm, Andi L. Shane, Patricia Tennill, Phoebe H. Yager, and H. Dele Davies Perspectives on the Management of Children in a Biocontainment Unit: Report of the NETEC Pediatric Workgroup. Health Security. 2019;17(1) 11-17.

Professional Memberships

• AAP, MD
• SCCM, MD

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado
• Denver Health Medical Center

Specialty Information

• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Board Certification (2008)
• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2005)

• Critical Care
• Child and Teen Health - Children's Health
• Child and Teen Health - Infant and Toddler Health
• Child and Teen Health - Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
• Child and Teen Health - Teen Health
• Child and Teen Health