Meet Us
Noah Makovsky MD
Dr. Noah Makovsky, or "Dr. Noah" as he is affectionately known by patients, parents, and colleagues, is a native of Denver, Colorado. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in European History, and then returned to Denver to receive his medical degree from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Following medical school, he moved to Los Angeles to complete a three year residency in General Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. After experiencing both the east coast and the west coast, Dr. Noah and his wife decided to move back to Denver to raise their family and to establish Dr. Noah's private practice in pediatrics.
After four years in practice, Dr. Noah's passion for pediatrics led to the formation of Stapleton Pediatrics with medical school friend Dr. Brandon Davison-Tracy. Dr. Noah strongly believes that all children and families are unique, and therefore he always strives to provide individualized patient and family care. He is committed to remaining current with the latest pediatric updates to ensure that he will provide the highest level of pediatric care available today. For his efforts, Dr. Noah has been recognized on multiple occasions by his peers in 5280 Magazine as one of Denver's "Top Docs".
Married and father of three wonderful children, Dr. Noah is constantly humbled by parenthood. His personal experience, combined with his professional experience, allows Dr. Noah the extraordinary privilege to partner with children, parents and the Stapleton Pediatrics team to provide compassionate and comprehensive pediatric care for children of all ages.
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Brandon Davison-Tracy MD
A native of Denver, Dr Brandon Davison-Tracy ("Dr. Brandon") returned home after graduating summa cum laude from Westmont College to complete his medical degree at the University of Colorado. He then completed his pediatric residency at The Children's Hospital in Denver where he was given the Golden Apple teaching award. Dr. Brandon is active as an assistant professor of pediatrics and was the recipient of the young teacher of the year award in 2005. He has served on both the medical board of The Children's Hospital and the board for Camp Waipiyapi (a camp for children with cancer).
His clinical interests include ADD/ADHD, and developmental pediatrics as well as sports, adolescent and tropical medicine.
Dr. Brandon and his wife, Sarah, are the proud parents two wonderful children, Sophia and Micah. You will generally find them either singing and dancing around the kitchen, picking up toys, and playing guitar or reading by the fireplace, or going on "adventure" hikes around the neighborhood. "Pediatricians are always reeducating themselves, on a never-ending quest to find the latest and most beneficial treatments and remedies. But nothing has been more humbling than being a parent. My children are, and will always be, my greatest teachers."
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Amy Nash MD
Dr. Amy Nash ("Dr. Amy") is proud to say she is a native of Colorado, who grew up in Denver. As a child and teenager, she spent her free time dancing at Colorado Ballet and then Cleo Parker Robinson, graduating from Manual High School in 1993. Her college years were enjoyed in Vermont, at Middlebury College, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Modern Dance. After college, she lived in Boston and worked for a national marketing firm, the Jack Morton Company, for two years. During this time, she realized her desire to pursue a career in medicine and attended Tufts University's Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program. She then attended Emory University School of Medicine and was awarded the distinction of being a member of the AOA medical honor society. After too many years away from Colorado, she thankfully returned home in 2005, to complete her residency with the University of Colorado at The Children's Hospital. During her training she took special interest in the areas of sports medicine and primary care, and has been working with Dr. Noah and Dr. Brandon since the summer of 2008. In addition to being a pediatrician, she is a mother, which she recognizes as being her most challenging and rewarding accomplishment to date.
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Bryan Kono MD
Dr. Bryan is thrilled to have joined Stapleton Pediatrics in January of 2011.
Born in Chicago and raised in Santa Cruz, California, Dr. Bryan developed a love of the outdoors growing up near the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra mountains. He attended Occidental College in Los Angeles where he met his wife Tara, a Denver native. After a year of exploring the outdoors in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, the two moved to Illinois where Bryan attended medical school at the University of Chicago. Pediatric residency at Stanford University brought them back near Bryan's home town. At Stanford, Dr. Bryan was on the honor roll for teaching for his work with medical students. In 2007, Bryan and Tara moved back to Tara's hometown of Denver and Bryan began practicing pediatrics. He is also Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
In 2008, Tara and Bryan became the proud foster parents of Selecia and Adalea. They were able to officially adopt their daughters in 2009. One of Dr. Bryan's clinical interests is the care of adopted children. He incorporates this into his work at Stapleton Pediatrics and as a board member of the non-profit agency, Adoption Alliance.
Raised with both eastern and western influences, Dr. Bryan entered medical school with an interest in both conventional and alternative approaches to illness and wellness. His focus is on integrative and holistic care for each family, integrating conventional and complementary therapies when appropriate. Like his colleagues at Stapleton Pediatrics, he strives to take into account the whole person and whole family in his approach to illness and wellness. Dr. Bryan is trained in pediatric hypnosis and teaches kids and adolescents the skill of self-hypnosis to augment the care of a variety of ailments including; migraines, asthma, abdominal pain, anxiety, insomnia, bedwetting, thumb-sucking, compulsions, tics, and Tourette's (to name a few).
He loves pediatrics for its rich diversity of ages and family backgrounds, as well as for the art required in connecting with children at various stages of development, from newborn to adolescent. "I hope to continue to refine that art with the help of my children and my patients."
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Melanie Meyer CHAP
Melanie Meyer is a Colorado native and she received her
BA/BS from the University of Colorado Boulder. She is a
graduate of the three-year Child Health Associate Program,
one of the first and oldest Physician Assistant (PA) programs
in the country. Her training was specific to pediatrics. Over
the past 35 years Melanie has worked in private practices
and was fortunate to have James Strain, M.D. and Wallace
White, M.D. as mentors and employers before joining the
Stapleton Pediatrics team.
Melanie is married to Fritz Meyer, the chief market strategist
for Invesco, and they have two grown children.
In addition to working both full time and part time in private
practices, Melanie has also taught breast feeding classes for
Marianne Neifert, MD., taught parenting classes for PSL and
Lutheran Family Services, and has served as a clinical
preceptor for PA students. Melanie has been involved in
numerous community and school organizations and currently
serves on the board of History Colorado.
"I continue to be energized by the smiles and humor of
children, the challenge of the practice of medicine, and
satisfied to help raise several generations of families."
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Noriko Rothberg CPNP
Noriko Rothberg was born in Kanagawa, Japan and moved to the United States when she was a child. She is bilingual in Japanese and English. Noriko grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Emory University with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing. She worked in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), pediatric oncology unit, and as a traveling pediatric nurse early in her career. From 1999 to 2001, she pursued a Masters in Nursing as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from Georgia State University. She worked as a nurse practitioner in a pediatric oncology clinic prior to settling into primary care at Stapleton Pediatrics. She is especially interested in maternal infant bonding and breastfeeding, especially after having 2 children of her own. She moved to Denver in 2001 and has lived in Stapleton since 2006. You will often see her in the neighborhood commuting to Stapleton Pediatrics on her bicycle or at one of the neighborhood playgrounds with her children. Please feel free to say hi because she would enjoy introducing you to her own family.
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Robyn Smith PA
Robyn Smith is a Colorado native who has resided in the Denver metro area nearly all of her life. Her brief venture outside Colorado was to attend Sterling College in Kansas where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science. While there, Robyn was presented with two academic awards and also volunteered for several community organizations. Upon her return to Colorado, Robyn dedicated herself to the medical field. She served over 100 volunteer hours at North Suburban Medical Center, primarily assisting staff in the Emergency Department. After volunteering untold hours to the University of Colorado Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program, Robyn then set aside her volunteer work in order to complete her education and ultimately graduated with a Master's Degree in Physician Assistant Studies.
Robyn's love of children and her dedication to their well-being drives her enthusiasm to provide exceptional medical care, and keeps alive her desire to continue learning.
Robyn is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian. They are the proud parents of three beautiful girls, Taya, Hallie and Audrey.
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