Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is made up of nine elected Directors who are members of the IPA. Four of the Board members will represent primary care; one pediatrician and three family practice or internal medicine practicing as a primary care physician. Five of the Board members will represent the specialists; one director will be a hospital-based procedural specialist; one director will represent the non-procedural specialties; and, three directors will represent the procedural surgical specialties.
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Gregory C. Reicks, D.O., FAAFP - President
Dr. Reicks graduated from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1985. He completed a rotating internship at Humana hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida followed by a Family Practice Residency at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville Florida. He and his family then moved to Grand Junction CO where he joined Foresight Family Physicians and has practiced general family medicine for the last 21 years. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice. |
Brad Baldwin, D.O.
Dr. Baldwin practices General Surgery at Surgical Associates of Western Colorado. He received his medical training and internship at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO, and his residency at Des Moines General Hospital in General Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy in Des Moines, IA. He served as Chief of Surgery at Galena Stauss Hospital in Galena, IL, and Southwest Health Center in Platteville, WI, and was a staff surgeon at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, IA.
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Charles Breaux Jr., M.D.
Dr. Breaux arrived in Grand Junction in 1996 and became part of the St Mary’s Pediatric Specialty Clinic in September of 1997. He is board certified in both Critical Care Surgery and Pediatric Surgery. Dr Breaux has been involved in numerous committees with the MCPIPA including; Physicians’ Incentive & Engagement (PIE) Committee and Quality Value Outcomes Committee (QVOC); as well as, serving on the boards of the Mesa County Medical Society and the Colorado Medical Society.
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Joe Cruz, M.D., PhD.
Dr. Cruz is Board Certified in Radiology and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Neuroradiology. He also
performs interventional procedures including angiography, vertebroplasty and
spinal injections. Dr. Cruz completed his M.D. and PhD. at the University of Virgina, a Diagnostic Radiology Residency and Neuroradiology Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He practices at Western Colorado Radiologic Associates in Grand Junction. |
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David Dirks, M.D. - Secretary / Treasurer
Dr. Dirks has practiced family medicine in Grand Junction since 1978 when he joined Family Physicians of Western Colorado. He has worked in the full arena of family medicine, including obstetrical, pediatrics, prevention medicine and geriatrics. After graduating from Princeton University, Dr. Dirks attended medical school at the University of Colorado, and completed his residency at University of Utah McKay Dee Hospital. |
Mark Hancock, M.D.
Dr. Hancock is board certified in both internal medicine and medical oncology. He joined St. Mary's Medical Group serving as the medical director of the Regional Cancer Center in 2008. He previously practiced medical oncology in Denver and Englewood, Colorado, and in Missoula, Montana. Dr. Hancock is an active member of the Mesa County Medical Society and a delagate of the Colorado Medical Society. |
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Steven J. Heil, M.D.
Board certified orthopaedist, Dr. Heil specializes in general
orthopaedic surgery care. He completed medical school, General Surgery Internship, and orthopeadic surgery residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center, followed by an Orthopaedic Trama Fellowship at Case Western Reserve University. He is devoted to the diagnosis, treatment,
rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal
system. Dr. Heil has been with Rocky Mountain Orthopaedic Associates since 1996. |
Paul Sturges, M.D.
Dr. Sturges joined Family Physicians of Western Colorado in 2005. Prior to that, he practiced family medicine in California for 15 years before returning to his home state of Colorado. His specialty is preventative and adult medicine. Dr. Sturges graduated from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, and attended medical school and completed his residency at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California. |
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Patrice Whistler, M.D. - Vice President
Dr. Whistler joined Western Colorado Pediatric Associates in 1993. For five years prior to that she was Medical Director overseeing several programs for the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. Patrice Whistler, MD attended the University of Kansas, and Tulane University in New Orleans. Her medical school training was completed at Tulane University School of Medicine; and her residency program at Tulane University Hospital & Clinic. |
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