Horizons Clinical Research Center, LLC
Physicians
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    HCRC selects only highly qualified, experienced and enthusiastic physicians who enjoy learning and practicing
    cutting-edge medicine while adding a new dimension to their experience and knowledge as physicians through
    participation in clinical trials. HCRC is responsible for their training and certification in the Good Clinical Practice
    guidelines developed by the International Conference of Harmonization to assure that they have acquired the
    necessary knowledge to be Principal Investigators.



    Dr. Cara Dawson

    Dr. Dawson completed medical school at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center with multiple honors,
    including AOA.

    She is a board certified Internist who completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at the University
    of Colorado Health Sciences Center in June 2000.

    She served as a Chief Medical Resident at the University of Colorado Health Science Center.  Dr. Dawson has built
    a successful, thriving private practice in Internal Medicine at Rose Medical Center.  She remains an active clinical
    faculty member at UCHSC teaching both residents and medical students.  She also served on the quality
    assurance committee for Rose Medical Center.

    In 2007 Dr. Dawson decided to expand her career by joining Horizons Clinical Research Center as a Principal
    investigator. She has received the training and certification in GCP/ICH provided by the center.

    She enjoys running, tennis, cooking and being with her two children and husband.

    Her enthusiasm, energy, professionalism, ethical values and agreeable personality make her an invaluable
    Principal Investigator.

    To learn about the current enrolling studies in internal medicine see internal medicine studies.





    Dr. Samuel Alexander

    Dr.  Alexander is a board certified gynecologist who completed his internship and residency in obstetrics and
    gynecology at Saint Joseph Hospital in 1982. He completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at the
    University of South Alabama in 1989, and will graduate with a master’s degree in Bioethics from Trinity International
    University in 2007.

    During his professional career he has been a staff member at both Parker Adventist Hospital and at Rose Medical
    Hospital. He has also served as an assistant clinical professor in the department of Obstetrics/Gynecology at the
    University of Colorado Health Science Center.

    Dr. Alexander has lectured at numerous educational presentations to medical students, residents, and practicing
    physicians. Venues have included annual meetings of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Colorado
    Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, Montana Ob/Gyn Society, University of Colorado Health Science Center,
    and grand rounds at various hospitals in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana.

    He has shown interest in advancing his field of medicine through publishing numerous articles in the Journal of
    Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Primatology, and the Journal of Reproductive Medicine among
    others.

    He was President of the Colorado Reproductive Endocrinology Association from 1989 to 2007 and a member of the
    American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fellow Colorado Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, American
    Fertility Society, Christian Medical and Dental Associations, Aurora-Adams County Medical Society and the Society
    of Reproductive Surgeons.

    He has made three trips to Mongolia since 2004 for the purpose of teaching Mongolian obstetricians and
    gynecologists in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. These trips are organized by Medical Education International, an
    organization which sends volunteers from many different specialties to teach other physicians in developing
    countries.

    He decided to retire in 2007 in order to enjoy more time with his family, do volunteer work in Mongolia, and to
    devote time to clinical research. He joined Horizons Clinical Research Center in 2007 as a Principal Investigator. He
    received the training and certification in the GCP/ICH guidelines and he is looking forward to obtaining the
    certification as a Principal Investigator.

    His hobbies include photography, fly-fishing, and training his donkeys. In 2006 his photographs of Mongolian
    culture were shown at B.D.’s Mongolian Barbeque in downtown Denver.

    His professionalism, integrity, ethics, compassion, and enthusiasm, and genuine nice personality make him an
    outstanding physician and Principal Investigator.

    Dr. Theodore Cooper

    Dr. Cooper has been in the private practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology, an attending physician at Rose Medical
    Center, and clinical professor of ObGyn at the University of Colorado Health Science Center since 1975.

    Dr. Cooper did an internship in internal medicine at Kings County Hospital in New York from 1969 to 1970 followed
    by two years of military service. As a medical officer he was stationed at the Colorado River Indian Tribes
    Reservation in Parker, Arizona where he was responsible for obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, trauma, and
    emergency medical services and inpatient/outpatient general medicine.  

    He did his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado Health Science Center between
    1972 and 1975, during which time he was chief resident from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975.

    Dr. Cooper has sat on many professional committees and boards of director, and has held numerous staff
    leadership positions during his career.

    He joined Horizons Clinical Research Center, LLC in 2008 and shortly thereafter received training and certification
    in GCP/ICH guidelines.

    During his free time Dr. Cooper enjoys skiing, biking, travel, birding and photography.

    Dr. Cooper’s extensive experience, professionalism, integrity, kindness, and enthusiasm for his profession and
    clinical research make him an excellent physician and Principal Investigator.

    To learn about the current enrolling studies in gynecology see gynecology studies.





    Dr. David Kerr

    David J.  Kerr, MD has been in the private practice of dermatology at Rose Medical Center since 1977.

    Dr. Kerr did his internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, CO (1973-1974). This was followed by a residency in
    dermatology at the University of Oregon Health Sciences, Portland Oregon (1974-1977).

    During residency Dr. Kerr worked as a part-time emergency room physician as well as a part time clinic physician at
    Multnomah County Hospital in Portland.

    Dr. Kerr has participated in the Health ONE rural support program and has maintained a part time practice in
    Scottsbluff, Nebraska since 1980.

    He is also the Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Columbia Rose Medical Center and he is a member
    of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Colorado Dermatologic Society. Dr Kerr has extensive
    experience in the evaluation and treatments of many skin conditions such as teen-age and adult acne, psoriasis,
    general dermatitis, alopecia, skin cancer, rosacea, rashes, treatment of spider veins - legs and face, and of
    growths such as moles, cysts, skin tags, and warts among others.

    He joined Horizons Clinical Research Center, LLC in 2007 and shortly thereafter received training and certification
    in GCP/ICH guidelines.

    His hobbies include physical fitness, photography, wood-working, and cooking.

    His considerable experience, professionalism, compassion, enthusiasm, ethics, and authentic pleasant personality
    make him an exceptional physician and Principal Investigator.

    To learn about the current enrolling studies in dermatology see dermatology studies.



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