David L. Gaspar, M.D.

Director, Predoctoral Education and the Family Medicine Clerkship

Research, academic, or clinical interests: The Patient-Centered clinical method. Drug information systems, drug utilization, the effects of pharmaceutical marketing, and rational drug therapy instruction, curriculum design, predoctoral education. 

Personal interests: Tennis, bridge, collecting wine, WII history.

David completed medical school and his Family Medicine residency at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. That makes him Canadian, eh? He and his family moved from London, Ontario to Detroit in August of 1992 and he was a faculty member at Wayne State University until June 1999. In 1994 he completed a Faculty Development Fellowship at Michigan State University. He is presently Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado. His wife, Laurie, is Chair of Radiation Oncology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

He and Laurie have two sons. Fraser (not Frazier) plays defense in the beer leagues but had played competitive hockey all his life and was a member of the University of Colorado ACHA Division III Hockey National Championship team in 2005. As Don Cherry says " Tough like a real Canadian." Preston is the best tennis player in the family. He played #1 Singles for Grosse Pointe South in Michigan, every year of high school, helping his team to top 5 finishes all four years.  He was selected as member of the Michigan High Schools Class A 1st team All-State squad in 1997, 1998 and 1999. He was a semi-finalist at #1 singles at the state championships in 1998. Since graduating from the University of Michigan Undergraduate Business School in 2005, he has worked in the entertainment industry and is currently Promotions Manager at Avalon in L.A. Murray is our miniature dachshund and Charlie is our Chihuahua. We adopted Charlie from the Chihuahua rescue in Denver recently and he has become one of our family.

Cynthia Villanueva, M.S.

Program Assistant

Cindy, as her friends call her, has numerous years of experience in higher education and has lived all over the country and overseas. Her father and husband were both in the military so she had the wonderful opportunity to live in and experience many different cultures. She graduated from Chapman University with a BSBA and a MS in HRM. Cindy has three grown children, two grand-daughters, and two lovable dogs.

Cindy is involved with medical students at all 4 years of their Predoctoral education. She coordinates with preceptors and sites across Colorado for the required Phase III Primary Care Block Rural & Community Care Clerkship rotation and assists with the Family Medicine electives in Phases I, II, and IV. Cindy also assists with the Family Medicine Interest Group, the Nutrition and Preventive Health Student Interest Group, and the Stout Street Clinic Steering Committee.

Cindy is also the current Chair of the National Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Predoctoral Academic Coordinators Group.

If you have any questions about Family Medicine or about the Department of Family Medicine in general please email Cindy.

Inis Jane Bardella, M.D., FAAFP

Predoctoral Education and Family Medicine Faculty

Inis is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine, an Associate Director of the Center for Global Health at the University of Colorado and a Co-Director of the Family Medicine Mentored Scholarly Activity.  She is active in teaching medical students in the Rural and Community Care/Adult Ambulatory Care block, and in mentoring medical students throughout all four years of medical school.  Since 1996 Dr. Bardella’s academic focuses have been medical school curriculum development and evaluation, and faculty development and evaluation.  She works globally on the development of Family Medicine and medical education in the developing world.  Dr. Bardella provides clinical care at the A. F. Williams Family Medicine Center and on the Anschutz Inpatient Family Medicine Service.

Bonnie T. Jortberg, MS, RD, CDE

Education Specialist, Predoctoral Education

Bonnie is the Education Specialist for Predoctoral Education in the Department of Family Medicine.  Bonnie has been at UCDHSC since 1995, starting in the Department of Preventive Medicine as one of the study coordinators for the Diabetes Prevention Program.  She then moved to the Center for Human Nutrition where she was the Program Director for the Colorado Weigh, a community-based weight management program.  She is also a faculty member of the American Dietetic Association and has lectured around the country about obesity prevention and treatment.  Bonnie will be assisting the DFM by working on grant objectives, advising students and supporting preceptor education.

Bonnie lives in Boulder with her husband, two daughters, two dogs and a cat.  In her spare time, she is an avid runner and cross-country skier

Affiliated Faculty

Mark Deutchman, MD

Allegra Melillo, MD