In July 2010 a group of red-robed monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery unpacked their cymbals and longhorns on the grass in front of Ophir Town Hall and blessed the whole valley with their eerie chanting and music. Last year, they returned to create an intricate sand mandala as part of the Telluride Institute‘s Compassion…
We’ve all had moments of vertigo when peering over a run in Black Iron Bowl. But if you’re consistently feeling dizzy, there may be more at stake. Telluride Medical Center Emergency Room Physician Paul Koelliker, MD, explains vertigo, the signs, and when to seek help. Dr. Paul Koelliker was an Emergency Physician at San Juan…
For most in Telluride, getting on the mountain is the priority throughout the winter. Yet, everyone has a few obstacles—work schedules, kids, or work schedules and kids. So, sometimes just getting to the lift is the result of a perfectly executed strategy. In my house, we have three go-to strategies: the switch, the free agent…
“Bubbles & Botox” party Monday, 2/27, 4 – 6 p.m. supports Telluride AIDS Benefit Menus at The Peaks Resort & Spa have always been very very inviting, but recent additions have upped the temptations. I am not, however, talking about food. The subject on the table is the menu of services at the hotel’s new…
Dr. Koelliker, Medical Director of Emergency Services at the Telluride Medical Center, explains why a stroke or heart attack is really a brain attack and the tell-tale signs of an emergency. Watch the video and then for more info visit www.stroke.org. BIO: Dr. Diana Koelliker was Medical Director for Aircare Aeromedical Transport for four years…
Eric Johnson is a board-certified family nurse practitioner, who has worked at the Telluride Medical Center since 1997. During his tenure, he provided emergency and primary care. These days, however, Eric is focused on the upcoming Gary Wright Memorial Skin Cancer Screening Clinic. That event takes place Saturday, February 25, 9 – 12 p.m. at…
Aesthetic skin care for life at 8,750 feet, now at the Telluride Medical Center Seeking to reverse the effects of sun damage and aging? Make a beeline for the Telluride Medical Center. Mountain Skin Care at the Telluride Medical Center offers two popular methods for smoothing out wrinkles and looking younger: Botox and Juvéderm. “Our…
By Jesse James McTigue Moab, Utah is full of some of the most mind-boggling spectacles and seeming impossibilities. Flowers bloom among the arid, desert landscape; rock-towers spiral skyward; and delicate arches perforate smooth rock formations. Every October, in the middle of all of this natural wonderment, an even more mind-boggling spectacle occurs – the 24…
by Diana Koelliker, MD Croup is an upper respiratory illness caused by a virus. The virus affects the tissue around the level of the vocal cords and causes swelling, which can lead to noisy breathing and a bark-like cough. It is typically seen in children ages 6 months to 5 years, although it is occasionally…
The annual health fair at the Telluride Medical Center takes place Saurday, October 8, 2011, between the hours of 8-11 AM. Listen to the conversation between Sasha Cucciniello and Primary Care manager, Eric C. Johnson, MS, CFNP-BC, in which they discuss the services provided during the Health Fair. During his tenure at the Medical…