Dr. Thomas O. Clanton orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon with The Steadman Clinic in Vail CO and researcher at The Steadman Philippon Research Institute was recently listed as one of the "Top 23 Foot and Ankle Surgeons in the United... Read More
The following article was published in the Vail Daily onWednesday May 23 2012. VVMC brought 12 representatives fromvarious areas of the hospital to the disaster drill to learn whattheir roles would be in case of a major... Read More
You can't start too early when it comes to teaching kids about the importance of using sunscreen. This month a team from the Shaw Regional Cancer is performing sun-safety programs for 1000 area preschoolers kindergartners and... Read More
When Vail-Summit Orthopaedics EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)PJ Bevan had a young male patient recently request a pink cast tohonor his mom a breast cancer survivor he was touched to say theleast. It also sparked an idea. "I... Read More
In the U.S. an estimated 250 million pounds of unusedmedications are improperly disposed of each year. These drugs canbe abused by teens accidentally digested by infants and pets andend up in our landfills and waste water... Read More
Vail Valley Medical Center is pleased to announce the opening ofthe new Patient Resource Center - Kimberly's Corner. The newcenter named in honor Kimberly Linn McDonald was created to serveas a place of respite and resource for... Read More
Thanks Patti Sills for the following editorial in the Vail Daily on April 10 2012. It's important for patients to be active in deciding where to get their care and we are very proud that Vail Valley Medical Center is so... Read More
Hot flash! Bone density! Hormones! The changes in estrogenlevels in women going through menopause have interested doctors andpatients for nearly a century. Synthetic estrogen was developed inthe 1920s and by the mid-1930s it was being... Read More
Hot flash! Bone density! Hormones! The changes in estrogenlevels in women going through menopause have interested doctors andpatients for nearly a century. Synthetic estrogen was developed inthe 1920s and by the mid-1930s it was being... Read More
On March 3 our community rallied around Pink Vail. There wereover 700 registered participants skiing and snowboarding on apinkified Vail Mountain many donning their best pinkcostumes. But the day was much more than just an... Read More