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Lawrence Scott Wilner, DO, is board certified in family medicine. He is proud to serve patients at Summit Health and Pain in Denver, Colorado. 

Dr. Wilner loves medicine. Although he has been practicing medicine for more than 25 years, he still attacks each day with the interest and vigor of a freshly graduated physician. He loves his work and his interactions with his patients. 

He feels strongly that decision-making in medicine should be shared by the patient with the doctor and all choices should be adequately explained and reviewed. Dr. Wilner strives to make each visit a memorable experience and ensure each patient feels that all of their complaints have not only been heard but also addressed with a detailed plan agreed upon by all parties. 

Dr. Wilner graduated from medical school in 1991. He has actively practiced medicine since that time, spending most of it in the family practice area, but also has broad exposure to urgent care medicine, emergency medicine, and sports medicine. He has worked extensively with one of the professional teams in Denver and has been the team physician for Ponderosa High School since 1994. He was elected into the Ponderosa High School Hall of Fame recently for his volunteer service over the last quarter of a century.

Dr. Wilner likes to exercise in his free time and play a fair round of golf. He is married and has two amazing boys. 

Dr. Moma Health & Wellness Clinic is an outstanding resource for residents of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the surrounding region. Under the leadership of Sylvienash Moma, DNP, the practice offers top-quality health care services as well as some of the most advanced aesthetic medical spa services currently available. Dr. Moma is passionate about personalized care and takes the time to get to know the men and women who entrust her with their health and wellness. Education has always played a central role in Dr. Moma’s life, culminating in the completion of her Doctorate of Nursing Practice. Services range from comprehensive primary care to medical weight loss, hormone treatment therapy, and treatment for erectile dysfunction. Patients also have access to state-of-the-art hair loss treatment, therapeutic IV hydration therapy, vitamin injections, and skin care. Medical aesthetics options include BotoxⓇ, DysportⓇ, and a range of dermal fillers.

Sue Frady is a Nurse Practitioner and is Certified in Family Practice and Pain Management. Ms. Frady also has specialty training in psychopharmacology. She received her bachelor degrees in biology and nursing as well as her masters degree in nursing at UNC. Sue chose the medical field because she believes it is a dynamic field that continuously improves over time with scientific innovation. She believes in a patient centered philosophy and that all patients and families should be informed partners in their health and well-being. When not working Sue serves as a CASA (court appointed special advocate for kids) and a parent. Free time is spent with her husband, two kids and two dogs enjoying the outdoors while biking, hiking and skiing. She was a professional ballet dancer, with certification with the Royal Academy of Dance and was previously known as her alter ego Anna Phylaxsis, a professional roller derby player.

Soquel (pronounced “So-Kell”) Schafer, PA-C, is a board-certified physician assistant practicing at Colorado Springs Urological Associates, PLLC, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Originally from Northern California, Soquel graduated from the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, California, where she received her undergraduate degree. She then attended Marshall B. Ketchum University in Fullerton, California, where she received her master’s degree in medical science in the physician associate program.

While she finds all areas of urology interesting, she gives special emphasis to female-related urinary complaints, BPH, urinary stone care, and hormonal replacement therapy management. Soquel knows a patient’s time is precious, and she works hard to promote a supportive and positive patient/provider interaction by listening to concerns in their entirety.

Before becoming a physician assistant, Soquel worked as a physical therapy aid, caring for elders with memory loss, and as a behavioral instructor for children with Autism.

When Soquel isn’t working, she loves to backpack, bake (and more importantly, eat) bread, take overland trips in an old Toyota with her family, and has just started to dip her toe into mountain biking (yikes!). She has lived for several years in South America and is fluent in Spanish.

Leslie Semeraro, PA-C, is a board-certified Physician Assistant at Colorado Springs Urological Associates (CSUA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Originally from Illinois, Leslie earned her Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois. Before pursuing graduate education, she gained valuable experience working in a biotechnology research laboratory—specializing in DNA sequencing—as well as in a podiatry practice as a medical assistant. She then went on to complete her Master of Medical Science degree at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Leslie has a clinical interest in general urology and provides care for a wide range of conditions, including urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, kidney stones (urolithiasis), prostate health, and post-operative management. She also brings experience in vascular surgery, further enriching her medical perspective and patient care approach. Committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, Leslie values a personalized approach to meet each patient’s unique needs.

She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is an active member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Outside of work, she enjoys reading, gardening, and exploring Colorado with her husband.

J. Abram McBride, MD, is a board-certified urologist and men’s health specialist with fellowship training in microsurgery, male reproductive medicine, and infertility. He currently provides comprehensive men’s care at his private practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Dr. McBride is a proud native of Virginia who served in the Virginia Army National Guard, including overseas for Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.

Between his army tours, Dr. McBride graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and then received his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk. During his time at EVMS, he was awarded membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism Honor Societies.

Throughout his urology residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Dr. McBride learned advanced techniques in robotic, endoscopic, male prosthetic, and reconstructive surgery. He then completed a fellowship in microsurgery, male reproductive medicine, and infertility at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where he trained with a world-renowned specialist in male reproductive medicine, Dr. Larry Lipshultz.

After his own experience with infertility, Dr. McBride developed a strong passion for improving men’s health, especially problems related to sexual function and male infertility. Patients of his private practice receive holistic care for conditions such as erectile dysfunction, low testosterone, Peyronie’s disease, and all aspects of male sexual dysfunction.

As a highly experienced microsurgeon, Dr. McBride performs penile implant procedures, vasectomy reversals, varicocele repair, and prosthetic urological procedures. He employs the da Vinci® robotic system and performs endoscopic surgery when possible.

Dr. McBride maintains active membership in numerous professional organizations, including the American Urological Association, Sexual Medicine Society of North America, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and Society for Male Reproduction and Urology.

To learn more about the services available from J. Abram McBride, MD, or to schedule an appointment, call the office or use the convenient online booking feature.

Dominique Swain, PA-C, is an experienced, board-certified Physician Assistant at CSUA: Union in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She grew up in Michigan and completed her undergraduate education at Central Michigan University, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences. She then went on to receive her Master of Health Sciences and Physician Assistant degree from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.

Dominique began working in urology soon after graduation and thoroughly enjoys this field of medicine. Prior to joining CSUA: Union, she worked in a urology practice in the Greater Denver Area. She is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is currently a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the American Urological Association, the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, and the Rocky Mountain Urological Society.

Dominique is experienced in all areas of urology and has specialized expertise in men’s health. She provides personalized care, tailored to each patient. Dominique values the trust patients place in her and takes time to stay up to date on the best practices in urology, helping to provide the highest level of patient care.

In her free time, Dominique enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, and enjoying the beautiful Colorado outdoors.

Summit Health and Pain provides comprehensive health care and pain management services in Colorado with locations in Denver, Colorado Springs, La Junta, and Pueblo. Our practice's highly skilled and compassionate providers offer outstanding care by developing strong relationships with our patients and fulfilling their needs using a multidisciplinary approach.

While our team specializes in primary care with an emphasis on interventional pain management for patients suffering from chronic pain, neuropathy, migraines, and other conditions, our primary care services are also an integral part of our philosophy.

Our primary care services include treatment and management of a wide variety of conditions including diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid disorders, asthma, high cholesterol, and COPD.

Our primary care preventative medicine services include wellness exams for patients 7 and older and immunizations for patients 18 and older. We are able to provide resources to parents of children aged 7-18 on where to obtain the appropriate vaccinations for your child.

Summit Health and Pain’s providers also understand the importance of optimal mental health and are experienced in treating depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other mental health conditions.

Find out more about the exceptional services available at Summit Health and Pain and schedule a consultation by calling the nearest office or booking online.

We offer rapid testing and expert acute care for flu, strep, COVID-19, and other infectious diseases. We can often perform this testing for both existing and new patients with same or next-day appointments for your convenience.

We are one of the few practices in Southern Colorado who continually accept new patients with both commercial and public insurances such as Medicare, Medicaid, and HealthFirst Colorado.

For additional patient convenience, we will soon have a private lab – housed in our Colorado Springs location – which will ensure coverage of in-house lab tests, and pharmacy services are currently available in the same building as our Denver location.

Summit Health and Pain provides comprehensive health care and pain management services in Colorado with locations in Denver, Colorado Springs, La Junta, and Pueblo. Our practice's highly skilled and compassionate providers offer outstanding care by developing strong relationships with our patients and fulfilling their needs using a multidisciplinary approach.

While our team specializes in primary care with an emphasis on interventional pain management for patients suffering from chronic pain, neuropathy, migraines, and other conditions, our primary care services are also an integral part of our philosophy.

Our primary care services include treatment and management of a wide variety of conditions including diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid disorders, asthma, high cholesterol, and COPD.

Our primary care preventative medicine services include wellness exams for patients 7 and older and immunizations for patients 18 and older. We are able to provide resources to parents of children aged 7-18 on where to obtain the appropriate vaccinations for your child.

Summit Health and Pain’s providers also understand the importance of optimal mental health and are experienced in treating depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other mental health conditions.

Find out more about the exceptional services available at Summit Health and Pain and schedule a consultation by calling the nearest office or booking online.

We offer rapid testing and expert acute care for flu, strep, COVID-19, and other infectious diseases. We can often perform this testing for both existing and new patients with same or next-day appointments for your convenience.

We are one of the few practices in Southern Colorado who continually accept new patients with both commercial and public insurances such as Medicare, Medicaid, and HealthFirst Colorado.

For additional patient convenience, we will soon have a private lab – housed in our Colorado Springs location – which will ensure coverage of in-house lab tests, and pharmacy services are currently available in the same building as our Denver location.

Kara Bresson, PA-C, focuses on providing high-quality care that is tailored to meet the needs of each individual patient. She is passionate about women’s urinary health and specializes in treating and managing overactive bladder, incontinence, and recurrent infections. She also manages a variety of other urological concerns including kidney stones, prostate health, and sexual function.

Kara is originally from South Dakota, where she completed her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Sioux Falls. She then went on to complete her Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies at the University of South Dakota.  During her time in PA school, she developed a strong interest in urology and was able to train with one of the top urology surgeons in South Dakota.

In her spare time, Kara enjoys hiking, volleyball, reading, spending time with family and friends, and exploring the beautiful state she calls home.

Education

University of Sioux Falls
Bachelors, Science

University of South Dakota
Masters Degree, Physician Assistant

Leslie Semeraro, PA-C, is a board-certified Physician Assistant at Colorado Springs Urological Associates (CSUA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Originally from Illinois, Leslie earned her Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois. Before pursuing graduate education, she gained valuable experience working in a biotechnology research laboratory—specializing in DNA sequencing—as well as in a podiatry practice as a medical assistant. She then went on to complete her Master of Medical Science degree at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Leslie has a clinical interest in general urology and provides care for a wide range of conditions, including urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, kidney stones (urolithiasis), prostate health, and post-operative management. She also brings experience in vascular surgery, further enriching her medical perspective and patient care approach. Committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, Leslie values a personalized approach to meet each patient’s unique needs.

She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is an active member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Outside of work, she enjoys reading, gardening, and exploring Colorado with her husband.

David R Zimmermann, is Colorado Recovery Solutions Chief Operating Officer (COO). He leads the Operations Team at Colorado Recovery Solutions in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to assist patients improve their mental health, provide alternatives to treatment resistant conditions, and give patients a different and more holistic pathway to life-changing treatments.

David graduated from the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He also has two Associates Degrees in General Studies from Pikes Peak State College and in Applied Science for Allied Health / Practical Nursing from the Community College of the Air Force.  He is also a Veteran that served as an active-duty Air Force Medic in several different assignments. His specialties were Family Health as an Aerospace Medical Technician and Flight Medicine as a Flight and Operational Medical Technician. He worked closely in face-to-face patient care, clinical operations, headquarters medical management working groups and as a proficient first-responder out-in-the-field. He has also worked as an Emergency Medical Technician, Fire Fighter, Security and Parking Operations for different companies. His next goal is to get his Masters in Nursing with a specialty focus in Psychiatry.

His love for family, friends, nature, faith, science and his subjective life experiences have also inspired him to pursue a career in Advanced Clinical Psychiatry. He deeply relates to those suffering from all forms of mental health conditions and portrays a compassionate and empathetic care to finding a long-lasting or permanent healing.

He is a fluent Bilingual Spanish speaker, who is very proud to come from Central America. His other passion in the medical realm is to assist those that only speak Spanish or that speak very little English, to understand the full scope of their conditions and plan of care. As an immigrant himself, he personally witnessed the lack of resources and dire need in our immigrant communities, and wants to make an impact in where those services and resources are needed the most.

He loves caring for others and treating everyone with respect, dignity, humility and confidence. He is very happy to be leading the Operations Team at CRS and to harvest a community of empathetic professionals that are spearheading the way in our modern Mental Health Crisis with edge-cutting treatments and techniques.

Jennie Barker, FNP-C, is a board-certified family nurse practitioner at Gorman Medical, PC, in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek, Colorado.

Jennie earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. After graduating, she worked as a registered nurse on a vascular medical surgical floor in Columbus, Ohio.

Jennie moved to Colorado in 2019 and worked in a cardiothoracic vascular stepdown floor at UC Health in Colorado Springs, before returning to school for her master’s degree. She earned her Master of Science in nursing from University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and graduated as a family nurse practitioner.

At Gorman Medical, PC, Jennie provides holistic care for the whole family and sees patients of all ages. She specializes in primary care working closely with her patients to help them manage their physical and mental well-being to achieve their best health.

Charles Ripp, MD, is a physician at Gorman Medical, PC, in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek, Colorado. He is board-certified in anesthesiology, pain management, and family medicine and brings more than 40 years of experience to the practice.

Dr. Ripp earned his medical degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed his family practice residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and his anesthesiology residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Along with his residencies, Dr. Ripp has participated in additional pain management courses, including the Spinal Injection Society curriculum and the World Academy of Pain Medicine ultrasound curriculum.

At Gorman Medical, PC, Dr. Ripp specializes in interventional pain management. He offers a variety of in-office pain solutions and holds hospital privileges at Centura Health’s Penrose-St. Francis Health Services and UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs.

Dr. Ripp is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), and the Colorado Society of Anesthesiology, among other professional organizations.

Dr. Elise Musolf is a dual board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and board-certified Doctor of Chiropractic. She has more than 27 years of experience in healthcare and sees patients at Gorman Medical, PC, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

Elise earned her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. She worked as a chiropractor for over 20 years before returning to school for her nursing degree. 

Elise attended The Institute of Healthcare Professions in West Palm Beach, FL, where she received her RN degree. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University in Millcreek, Utah. She received a Master of Science in Nursing with an emphasis on Family Practice from Herzing University in Wisconsin. 

Today, Elise is practicing as a Nurse practitioner focusing on interventional pain management, offering personalized care for various acute and chronic health conditions. She can provide conservative non-surgical approaches to pain relief that include medication management, manipulation, dry needling, physiotherapy, trigger point treatment, and joint injections. She also offers comprehensive Primary Health care to early adolescents, teens, and adults.

 

 

 

David R Zimmermann, is Colorado Recovery Solutions Chief Operating Officer (COO). He leads the Operations Team at Colorado Recovery Solutions in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to assist patients improve their mental health, provide alternatives to treatment resistant conditions, and give patients a different and more holistic pathway to life-changing treatments.

David graduated from the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He also has two Associates Degrees in General Studies from Pikes Peak State College and in Applied Science for Allied Health / Practical Nursing from the Community College of the Air Force.  He is also a Veteran that served as an active-duty Air Force Medic in several different assignments. His specialties were Family Health as an Aerospace Medical Technician and Flight Medicine as a Flight and Operational Medical Technician. He worked closely in face-to-face patient care, clinical operations, headquarters medical management working groups and as a proficient first-responder out-in-the-field. He has also worked as an Emergency Medical Technician, Fire Fighter, Security and Parking Operations for different companies. His next goal is to get his Masters in Nursing with a specialty focus in Psychiatry.

His love for family, friends, nature, faith, science and his subjective life experiences have also inspired him to pursue a career in Advanced Clinical Psychiatry. He deeply relates to those suffering from all forms of mental health conditions and portrays a compassionate and empathetic care to finding a long-lasting or permanent healing.

He is a fluent Bilingual Spanish speaker, who is very proud to come from Central America. His other passion in the medical realm is to assist those that only speak Spanish or that speak very little English, to understand the full scope of their conditions and plan of care. As an immigrant himself, he personally witnessed the lack of resources and dire need in our immigrant communities, and wants to make an impact in where those services and resources are needed the most.

He loves caring for others and treating everyone with respect, dignity, humility and confidence. He is very happy to be leading the Operations Team at CRS and to harvest a community of empathetic professionals that are spearheading the way in our modern Mental Health Crisis with edge-cutting treatments and techniques.