Family Medicine Physician joins HRRMC clinic in Westcliffe

Board-certified family medicine physician Joel Schaler, M.D., has joined the Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center medical staff at the Custer County Health Center.

A well-known physician in the Arkansas River Valley for more than 20 years, Dr. Schaler previously practiced medicine at First Street Family Health in Salida, retiring from full-time work last year. Schaler will work part-time permanent position, seeing patients by appointment at HRRMC’s Westcliffe-based clinic.

“We are very pleased to continue working with Dr. Schaler and to welcome him to the HRRMC medical staff,” said Bob Morasko, HRRMC CEO. “He is an experienced, well-known physician in our area, and we are looking forward to his practice and dedication to treating patients in the Wet Mountain Valley.”