If you're Dr. Tom Hackett swimming the English Channel is the second most fun you can have in the dark. It really was a dark and stormy night when Hackett orthopaedic surgeon with the Steadman Clinic swam 34 miles across... Read More
Dr. Robert F. LaPrade orthopedic knee surgeon with The Steadman Clinic in Vail Colorado recently contributed to U.S. News and World Report's educational medical feature on the use and trend concerning evidence-based medicine.
The Vail Breast Cancer Awareness Group (VBCAG) is pleased to announce the creation of the GAP Fund - $50000 has been donated to the Sonnenalp Breast Diagnostic Imaging Center at the Shaw Regional Cancer Center for those who need... Read More
When a high school football player died of sudden cardiac death it shook a community. When an Olympic favorite in volleyball died in the same tragic way it shook a world. Every year 2000 people under the age of 25 die from sudden... Read More
When Dr. Scott Schneider a radiation oncologist in VancouverWashington was faced with a complicated breast cancer case lastyear he presented the case to a specialist on the other side ofthe country - without ever leaving his office.... Read More
While waiting at the Vail Valley Medical Center consider popping out into town and enjoying some of the things that help define Vail. As far as hospitals go Vail Valley Medical Center is a pretty nice place to wait. The... Read More
Dear Editor: I am weathering bittersweet waves of memories of a place I mustleave now. For the past seven months I have been in a place thatfeels like heaven. The vistas from my windows have sometimes beenmajestic... Read More
The Orthopaedic Education Foundation of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society recently awarded Dr. Thomas O. Clanton orthopaedic surgeon and Director of Foot and Ankle Sports Medicine for the Steadman Clinic in Vail CO a... Read More
Dr. LaPrade was presented with the first ever "Outstanding Fellowship Teaching Award" presented by the 2011-2012 Steadman Clinic fellows at their graduation dinner on July 28 2012.
For some people having surgery in a place other than a hospitalmight sound like a strange idea. But that's the intention behindAmbulatory Surgery Centers. Owned by the Vail Valley Medical Centerand local surgeons Vail Valley Surgery... Read More