Member of the Month – March: Dr. Colson Healy

Practice: I work full-time for Intermountain Healthcare at their Sunset Clinic in St. George, Utah. I practice mainly adult primary care and geriatrics. I am also an adjunct professor of primary care at Rocky Vista University in Ivins, UT, teaching clinical skills to 1st year medical students.

Residency: Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, NV

A bit about Dr. Healy: I was born at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT and spent most of my childhood a few miles south of SLC in Cedar Hills. I graduated from Lone Peak High School in 2008, spent time in Mexico on a religious service mission for 2 years, and went on to attend Southern Utah University (SUU), graduating with a degree in Spanish in 2016. I then attended Rocky Vista University as part of the inaugural class at the Southern Utah campus, graduating in 2021. I met my wife at SUU and we have 2 boys, ages 8 and 6. I enjoy vacationing with my family (Legoland for the win), weightlifting, an occasional triathlon, and reading.

What keeps you passionate about family medicine?  The immense gratitude you receive from patients for doing relatively basic things is always surprising and fulfilling. I feel that in medicine we get unique opportunities to serve our fellow humans, which keeps me passionate about family med and medicine in general.

What do you wish you’d known when you graduated from medical school? More about medicine.

Where will we find you on your day off? VASA Fitness

What are you…
reading right now: The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt
watching right now: Severance
listening to right now: The Drive podcast by Peter Attia