What makes our practice unique?
Our practice is unique in that every child who comes to our office for evaluation will be seen at every visit by one of our two board certified pediatric pulmonologists. We will spend as much time as necessary to adequately asess your child – this tipically means a full one hour appointment for a new patient and a 30 minute visit for a followup.
We provide patient education (typically for asthma) directly to patient/parent by ourselves (it is not provided by a non-physician).
We take pride in keeping down the cost of any visits to our office. You will never incur a “facility fee” as part of your visit. We are happy to provide you with free samples of many of the medications we prescribe, (many of which can be quite expensive) right in our office.
Both of our physicians enjoyed successful careers in academic medicine before deciding they prefer to see patients full time on a daily basis. Therefore they decided to go into private practice, and eventually established their own practice Rocky Mountain Pediatric Pulmonology practice in 2007. However they continue to enjoy teaching medical students and residents, who can often be seen rotating through the practice.
Our two doctors are not only partners in medicine, but also partners in life, as they have been married since 1994. They have three children, all of whom have/have had asthma at some point in their lives. The doctors have obtained invaluable experience managing asthma in their own children.
Both doctors consider themselves very aggressive in their approach to taking care of patients. For example, they aim for perfect control (no symptoms at all) in their patients with asthma. As a result it is rare for one of their patients to require hospitalization once he/she comes under their care. We take great pride in keeping our patients out of the hospital, and avoiding need for urgent MD or ER visits. This aggressive approach is not necessarily widespread, as inpatient wards are often filled with children with asthma during fall and winter, and many require rehospitalization soon after discharge. We also believe educating our patients and their families about their conditions, especially in the case of asthma, is vital to our success in caaring for them.
We are recipients of multiple awards including the Compassionate Doctor Award 2010, and Patients' Choice Award 2010 and 2011. We have been listed among America's Top Pediatricians (2011) and in 5280 Magazine Top Doctors issue as Best Pediatric Pulmonologist (2011).
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