Meet The Doctor
Hunger blocker
New technology’s tiny electrical pulses signal weight loss for Sky Ridge patients
Meet warzone doctor, now civilian orthopedic surgeon: Dr. Eric Porritt
Dr. Porritt brings a rare background to the NSMC orthopedic department. After serving in the Army National Guard in college, he took an active-duty scholarship for medical school. He was then stationed in Germany for three years, where he treated trauma patients at a major military medical center....
Meet the Doctor: William Grande, MD
Board-certified, fellowship-trained interventional and endovascular radiologist at RIA Endovascular in Denver
Radiology Treatment Good News for Liver Cancer Patients
Cancer seems to have a way of deeply invading the lives of those stricken by the disease. And often, the treatments aren’t much friendlier to patients. But some recent advances in cancer treatment are helping, including some effective, minimally invasive cancer procedures performed today at Sky...
Meet the Doctor: Charles Mateskon, MD & Medical Director of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology is the medical specialty involving the treatment of cancer with ionizing radiation (also called radiotherapy or radiation therapy). Charles Mateskon, MD, is the Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at Sky Ridge Medical Center.
A Long History. A Bright Future. Advanced Pediatric Associates grows with its families.
For Dr. Bradley Kurtz, a bit of nostalgia surrounds Advanced Pediatric Associates’ most recent expansion. As he looks forward to seeing patients at the practice’s newest office in Denver’s Stapleton community, he will be carrying on tradition and going home.
Dr. David Hahn and the Taylor Spatial Frame
Years ago, even the best of orthopedic surgeons couldn’t lengthen someone’s leg or fix a crooked bone, leaving patients disabled or sometimes requiring amputation. Today, P/SL’s Dr. David Hahn does both, sometimes at the same time, with the use of an advanced “fixator” called a Taylor...
IN THE DTC, A ONE-OF-A-KIND RADIATION TREATMENT CENTER
Ellen Muench had a bucket list for post-retirement in 2013, but the former flight attendant had to postpone it while she underwent treatment for breast cancer. Her diagnosis wasn’t enough of a blow, though; it came within two days of her husband, David’s, diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Thyroid disorders: neck gland can wreak havoc
Most people brush the signs off as normal aging: gaining weight; losing energy; repeatedly searching the house for the keys. But in many cases, particularly in women past age 50, a small, butterfly-shaped gland that polices metabolism causes the chaos.
Local surgeon sports arsenal of age-fighting eye and facial techniques
In the battle against aging, some invaders are more easily warded off than others: Flabby arms? Double the pushups. Pooching belly? Lay off the brownies. But when those inevitable signs of time strike the face, devising counterattacks becomes a bigger challenge, often requiring the big guns.