\u201cIt incorporates the entire person, in terms of their values, their goals, their lifestyle, the environment they live in,\u201d said Laub. \u201cPursuing that specialty right away just made the most sense for building close connections with my patients and making the most meaningful difference for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
He completed his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at A.T. Still University of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona. Afterward, he underwent residency in Family Medicine with Osteopathic Recognition at Montana Family Medicine Residency in Montana, according to a news release.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m kind of green. I\u2019m fresh out of residency training for family medicine and freshly accredited with the board,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
During his residency, he pursued an extra fellowship that allowed him to specialize in providing care in frontier locations, he said.<\/p>\n
With that, he participated in hands-on activities like splinting and safely extracting people who might have been injured during some sort of adventure activity, like climbing or biking.<\/p>\n
Laub underscored his focus on preventive medicine as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as I started my medical journey, the common thread is preventive medicine is the best kind of medicine,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course, if you can prevent any health issues or injuries to begin with, you\u2019re kind of setting yourself up for everything you want.\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u2019s originally from Pennsylvania, but vacationed in Colorado growing up. In the early 2000s, his parents bought a condo in Telluride. Plus, his brother recently moved to Rico.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat it came down to for me was wanting to be close to family again after the long medical journey and not wanting to go back to Pennsylvania. And knowing that Colorado is better,\u201d Laub said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially Southwest Colorado,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said he always wanted to be a primary care physician in a rural place and that he couldn\u2019t be happier to be here.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife and I are very excited to not be moving every three years anymore and to actually be able to put down some roots,\u201d said Laub. \u201cWe\u2019re still trying to accept it as a real thing, cause everything that we\u2019ve been experiencing in Cortez in terms of the people and the community and also just how beautiful everything is \u2013 we\u2019re still pinching ourselves to accept that we\u2019ll likely be here for the rest of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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