Dr. Bodoni grew up in Transylvania, his mother Tongue is Hungarian. He earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine Timisoara, Romania. He trained in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and did his Critical Care Fellowship at Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York. He has extra qualifications in ultrasound bronchoscopy ( EBUS ) and superdimension navigational bronchoscopy ( SuperD ). Dr. Bodoni is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care.

In his time off Dr. Bodoni, loves to travel, discover new places and cultures. He moved to CO from NY, to enjoy the outdoors with his family. He is married, has two teenage children, with whom he likes to ski, bike and hike. He enjoys the challenge of building and setting up his own computers. He is an eager embracer of new technologies.

Dr. Bodoni’s patient care philosophy lays between the American strong patient autonomy and the European weak paternalism. He is very forthright with his patients, he will advice and treat his patients with an open mind, based on an up-to-date, scientifically valid care. He will approach all treatment plans as a team effort between the patient, primary care physician and the network of specialists involved.

Dr. Hay grew up in Dayton, Ohio. She earned a BS in biological engineering from Cornell University. She attended medical school at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. She completed her internal medicine residency as well at The Ohio State University. She completed fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine.

Dr. Kobitary is board-certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Damascus University Medical School. He completed Internal Medicine Residency at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in Illinois and Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. He completed an additional fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology from the University of Iowa. He has experience in advanced bronchoscopic procedures such as stenting and laser therapy for tumor removal.

Dr. Ricafort is originally from Florida, where he completed his undergraduate studies in Neuroscience at the University of Miami. He completed medical school at the University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine, before moving to Dallas, Texas to complete a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis Medical Center/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, before relocating to Denver. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.

Care Philosophy:

“The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head.” – William Osler

Hobbies/Interests:

Dr. Ricafort moved to Colorado for the same reason that many others did before him and many will after him: to be in awe of, inspired by, and renewed by the Great Outdoors. He spends his free time hiking with his dog Bailey, rock climbing, camping, running, swimming, road biking, and competing in triathlons.

Dr. Schwartz completed his B.A. degree with a major in English at the University of Michigan in 1971. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1975. He received his training in Internal Medicine at Michael Reese Medical Center in 1978 and served an additional year as chief medical resident in 1979. Dr. Schwartz completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of California, San Diego in 1982 and came to practice in Denver in that year. He has been the Director of Adult Critical Care at P/SL Medical Center since 2003 and has served as the Chairman of the Quality Medical Committee at P/SL Medical Center since 2009. Over the years, Dr. Schwartz has won several teaching awards. Dr. Schwartz’s interest outside of medicine have been his family, skiing, and road and mountain biking.

Dr. Voelkel moved to Denver when he was 7 years old, from Hamburg Germany. He grew up in Denver, until he went to Cornell University for undergraduate education, and received his B.A. in biology from the school of Arts and Sciences. He returned to Denver, to attend Medical School at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He received his training in Internal Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical School, and then returned to the University of Colorado for his training in Pulmonary and Critical Care. During his time there he received a Ruth-Kirchstein Fellowship F32 Award, and continued to research role of macrophages in lung disease, with his main focus being Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. He attended at the University of Colorado for a further three years before moving to private practice, working part time at National Jewish primarily as a Critical Care Physician. He also attended part-time at Colorado Acute Long Term Hospital, taking care of those with challenging long term pulmonary, and critical illness. He has twice been awarded the Peak Performer’s Award for Critical Care.

He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care
His interests revolve around his family, skiing, snowboarding, Aikido, and languages.
Dr. Voelkel is proficient in German, French, Japanese, and Spanish.