Endocrinologist named director of review board

Capell

Warren (Cappy) H. Capell, M.D., of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, has been appointed director of the Colorado Multiple Institution Review Board (COMIRB). He has been interim director since Alison Lakin moved into her position as interim director and later the assistant vice chancellor of Regulatory Compliance.

Capell received his bachelor’s degree from Pomona College ('92) and M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1996.  He completed an Internal Medicine Residency in 1999 at the University of Colorado and completed an Endocrinology Fellowship in 2003. He was appointed instructor and assistant professor at the University of Colorado in 2003 and 2005 respectively in the Division of Endocrinology.

Capell has participated as a COMIRB panel member since 2006 and was appointed co-chair in 2007.  He became interim director of COMIRB in May 2011.  He was awarded a K08 award from NIH in 2005 and has published a number of manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.  His major research area of interest is hypertriglyceridemia patients.