STUART ACKLEY M.D., F.A.C.S graduated from Baylor College of Medicine and completed his Residency in General Surgery at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in 1988. He is licensed by the Colorado State Board and certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the Mesa County Medical Society, Colorado Medical Society, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Ackley has been practicing in Grand Junction since 1992.
CRAIG ANDERSEN M.D. graduated from Harvard University School of Medicine and completed his Residency in General Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1996. He is licensed by the Colorado State Board and certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the Mesa County Medical Society and the Colorado Medical Society. Dr. Andersen has been practicing in Grand Junction since 1996.
MICHAEL BRADSHAW M.D. graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine and completed his Residency in General Surgery at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in 1974, where he also completed a Residency in Radiology in 1976. He is licensed by the Colorado State Board and certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the Mesa County Medical Society and the Colorado Medical Society. Dr. Bradshaw has been practicing in Colorado since 1992 and in Grand Junction since 2002.
JOEL SCHAEFER M.D., F.A.C.S graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and completed his Residency in General Surgery at the University of Florida, Jacksonville in 2002. He is licensed by the Colorado State Board and certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the Mesa County Medical Society and the Colorado Medical Society. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Schaefer has been practicing in Grand Junction since 2002. Contact Dr. Schaefer
JOYCE SEKHARAN M.D., F.A.C.S graduated from the Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine and completed her Residency in General Surgery at the University of Florida, Jacksonville in 2002. Her most recent practice was in Newport News, VA. She is licensed by the Colorado State Board and certified by the American Board of Surgery. She is a member of the Mesa County Medical Society and the Colorado Medical Society. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Sekharan has been practicing in Grand Junction since 2003.
JIM HANOSH M.D., F.A.C.S went to medical school at Creighton University. He completed a Residency in General Surgery at Kansas University School of Medicine in Witchata Kansas in 1991 and a Fellowship in Trauma and Critical Care at the University of  New Mexico in 1993.  He is board certified in Gerneral Surgery and Critical Care. He is a member of the Mesa County Medical Society, the Colorado Medical Society and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Hanosh has been practicing in Western Colorado since 1997.
TEYEN SHIAO M.D. graduated from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and completed his Residency in General Surgery at Indiana University in 2008.  He is licensed by the Colorado State Board and is eligible for the American Board of Surgery.  Dr. Shiao has been practicing in Grand Junction since 2008.
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STEPHEN AXTHELM M.D. graduated from the University of Utah Medical School and completed his Residency in General Surgery at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center in 1980. He is licensed by the Colorado State Board and certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the Mesa County Medical Society, the Colorado Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Axthelm had been practicing in Grand Junction since 1981 and retired in 2007.
ARLINE BURNELL M.D., F.A.C.S graduated from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and completed her Residency in General Surgery at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver in 1994. She is licensed by the Colorado State Board and certified by the American Board of Surgery. She is a member of the Mesa County Medical Society, Colorado Medical Society, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr Burnell left the parctice in 2008.

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