Dr. Erika Woodyard, Dr. Scott Rollins, & Dr. Lynda Walters

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Dr. Scott Rollins and Dr. Erika Woodyard graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and finished their residency training in Family Practice at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. The doctors opened their practice in Collbran in 1994 and since then have managed a full service family practice clinic and provided 24 hr / day emergency on-call coverage.

Both physicians live here in the Plateau Valley and especially enjoy the outdoors, camping, fishing, skiing and hiking. They are shooting and hunting enthusiasts and are active in karate.

Erika is originally from Lawrence, Kansas. She, her husband Lance and daughter Emma, enjoy irrigating and raising hay on their ranch and Erika is a devoted gardener.

Scott hails from the Ozark mountains of Missouri. As a kid he grew up tagging along with his father, a veterinarian, and acquired an interest in science and medicine. Scott is also an avid musician playing guitar and piano with several local groups. His wife, Michele, a teacher, and two boys Wyatt and Max, also love living in the Plateau Valley.

In 2004 Dr. Rollins was chosen for “Colorado Family Physician of the Year”. This prestigious award is given annually to only one of over 1800 family physicians. The recipient is chosen by the Board of the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Selection is based on expertise and commitment to family medicine. Dr. Rollins gives credit to his strong partnership, outstanding clinic staff, family, and the support of the Plateau Valley community for their role in helping earn this honor.

Family Practice is a specialty in which doctors are trained to deal with almost anything a patient needs, treating all patients of all ages from newborn children to the elderly. They specialize in wellness physicals (annual checkups) where the objective is to identify diseases or risk factors that are best caught and treated early. They also treat all manner of medical illnesses such as altitude illness, acute infections, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and skin disorders.

Both doctors are Board Certified in Family Practice which requires the accumulation of 300 hours of continuing medical education every 6 years and then passing the rigorous “board” exam. This title insures your doctor has continued to learn and keep up to date with the many changes in modern medicine.

They have also been certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support. With these certifications and years of experience managing trauma and acute heart conditions our physicians are able to provide exceptional emergent care - a necessity in a rural practice.

Both doctors have extensive background in Occupational Medicine, caring for work related injuries, and are certified as “preferred providers” with Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workman’s compensation insurance company. Dr. Woodyard continues to work at St. Mary’s Occupational Health Clinic, while Dr. Rollins teaches several days each month at St Mary’s Family Practice program in Grand Junction. They both serve as medical directors for Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado in Plateau Valley and DeBeque.

In 2008, Dr. Lynda Walters joined the doctors at Plateau Valley Medical Clinic in working at both clinics and sharing after-hours calls. Dr. Walters received her Bachelors in biology from the University of Colorado in 1986 and her Doctor of Medicine , from the University of Colorado Health Science Center in 1992. She did her Family Practice Residency at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, where she was just a year behind Dr. Woodyard and Dr. Rollins.

Following graduation, Dr. Walters worked as a Family Practice physician at La Plata Family Medicine in Durango and at the Two Rivers Family Practice in Grand Junction. She then went to the Emergency Department at Community Hospital in Grand Junction. The next nine months were spent in emergency medicine and general practice with Docs Who Care/Heart to Heart International.

From that point on, Dr. Walters has been an Environmental Health Clinician a the VA Hospital as well as a clinician at the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program at the Saccomanno Research Institute in Grand Junction.

It has long been a hope of Dr. Walters to practice medicine in the community in which she lived. When the opportunity to work at the Mesa Clinic arose, she “seized the opportunity.” She will continue to work one day a week at the Saccamanno Research Institute.