Rocky Vista Health Center is a state-of-the-art primary care medical facility located on the campus of Rocky Vista University, Colorado’s newest medical school in the town or Parker. Our physicians are board certified in their specialties and are all experienced clinicians. They each also play a role in educating the next generation of physicians as faculty trainers for the medical school.

What is an Osteopathic Physician or a D.O.?

D.O.'s (osteopathic physicians) are one of the only two groups of physicians who are licensed and qualified for the unlimited practice of medicine and surgery in all 50 states. Doctors of osteopathic medicine, like their colleagues, M.D.'s, or doctors of allopathic medicine, provide professional services to advance the health and well being of patients across this country and around the world.

D.O.'s complete four years of medical school and three to seven years of resident training before entering practice. D.O.'s practice as specialists in all medical disciplines, in educational institutions, in research facilities and in public health institutions.

D.O.'s place an emphasis on wellness and on preventive medicine. Their training and philosophy also teaches them to place an emphasis on the interrelationship between structure and function. By utilizing a patient center style of practice, D.O.'s work with their patients to foster healthy lifestyles that concentrate on preventing illness, not merely treating pathology. Utilizing Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT), D.O.'s support and augment the body's natural ability to heal itself.

The philosophy of osteopathic medicine originated from the teachings of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still more than 100 years ago and is based on the belief that, under optimum conditions, the human body has the amazing ability to heal, and that the health of the individual is related to the body, mind, and spirit