October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and pink is popping up all over. Our local firefighters are pink our local beer (Crazy Mountain Brewery) is pink and our local salons and spas are really pink. Throughout the month of October... Read More
Dr. Barry Hammaker | General Surgery WHETHER IN A WAR ZONE OR nestled safely in the mountains Dr. Barry Hammaker puts family first. It was Hammaker's own father who initially sparked his interest in being a doctor. My dad was sick... Read More
It's that time again flu season. Influenza (flu) is a serious contagious disease that affects thousands of people each year. One of the best ways to prevent contracting the flu is to get the flu vaccine. Unfortunately each year many... Read More
One man's treasure is another man's trash so the saying goes. Not that the X-ray machine was really trash it had helped countless patients over the years. But as Vail Valley Medical Center upgraded the machine to newer digital... Read More
How many career-changing events can you have in one year? Four and counting if you are professional golf star Brandt Snedeker. Snedeker had hip surgery at the Steadman Clinic in November of 2011 won a PGA tournament 90 days later at... Read More
Dr. Peter J. Millett orthopedic shoulder surgeon and director of shoulder surgery for The Steadman Clinic in Vail Colorado was recently awarded the Castle Connolly Top Doctors award. This prestigious honor is the result of a lengthy... Read More
Ask a bunch of local doctors about starting the hospital and youget stories. Like the time a guy shot himself in the heart with a nail gun.Or when a father accidentally shot his son in the head. (We'll giveaway the ending: The kid was... Read More
VVMC has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation innuclear medicine as the result of a recent review by the AmericanCollege of Radiology (ACR). Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicalimaging that uses small amounts of... Read More
The Steadman Clinic an orthopedic clinic with facilitieslocated in Vail and Frisco has hired Dr. Michael Cassat to joinits specialized team of physicians. Cassat brings a family medicineand primary care sports medicine background to the... Read More
Moving on up isn't always so comfortable. High-altitude livingcan bring about physical stresses and it's important to assistyour body in adjusting to mountain elevations. Pam Westfall is a registered nurse at Vail Valley MedicalCenter.... Read More