Our Team

Dr Joshua Portnoy

Dr Joshua Portnoy is a graduate of McGill University’s 5 year combined Undergraduate and Medical School in Montreal, Canada. He subsequently completed a 3 year Internship and Residency Program at McGill University’s Jewish General Hospital where he specialized in Internal Medicine. In 1998, Dr. Portnoy moved to Colorado to pursue a career in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He completed a 3 year Subspecialty Fellowship Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Colorado and National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Dr. Portnoy Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. After Fellowship, Dr. Portnoy completed a Post Doctoral Fellowship at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in the Interstitial Lung Disease Program . Under the mentorship of the Mason Lab at National Jewish, he trained in Molecular Biology working on the role of the Alveolar type II cell in Lung Inflammation and Pulmonary Fibrosis. Dr. Portnoy subsequently joined the Faculty of National Jewish Hospital and worked as a staff physician in the ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease) Division seeing patients from around the country while continuing his Research in Pulmonary Fibrosis. After spending close to 10 years at National Jewish, Dr. Portnoy transitioned to co-found a Pulmonary Critical Care Group and has provided Pulmonary and ICU medical care in Colorado for over 20 years. In 2024, Dr. Portnoy founded CCPS Medicine and currently serves as the Pulmonary Clinic Director. He also serves as the Internal Medicine Director at Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital.

Kody Sanderfer

Kody Sanderfer, AGNP, enjoys caring for adults and the aging adult and feels his greatest accomplishment as a provider comes from building relationships with his patients and helping them achieve their health goals. He is passionate about helping his patients achieve a healthy lifestyle that is grounded in preventive care that is focused on all aspects of health (physical, emotional, mental).
Kody is board-certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners specializing in Adult and Gerontology Primary Care after earning his Master of Science degree in 2014 from Union University in Jackson, TN. His passion for cardiovascular health led him to obtain an additional certification through the American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine as a Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner. After graduating with his Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Lamar University in 2007 in Beaumont, TX, he worked as a registered nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the cardiovascular intensive care unit and electrophysiology lab.

Kody enjoys cycling, hiking, and spending time with his family in his spare time. He is married to his wife of over 25 years, and they have two daughters and a son. Prior to relocating to Colorado from West Tennessee, he and his family spent time in Senegal, West Africa, while working in community health focused on hypertension and diabetes care and management.