January was a busy month for Colorado Provider Recruitment (CPR), and four rural Colorado communities have a new provider to show for it! Please give these healthcare providers a warm welcome:

1. Oswaldo Grenardo, MD
   Dr. Grenardo graduated from Rose Family Medicine Residency in ’08 and now has his own family medicine practice in Parker, CO. He will now be assisting in serving the primary care needs in Rocky Ford and Ordway in a part time capacity, working at the Rocky Ford Family Health Center and Centennial Family Health Center two times a week. He always has had an interest in serving the needs of rural Colorado and now has made it possible to make it a part of his career as a primary care provider.
2. Ms. Guenevere Lindgren, PA
   Ms. Lindgren will be joining The Pediatric Associates in Montrose as a Physician Assistant. She loves exploring new places and the outdoors, and is very excited to have the western slope of Colorado be her new home. She just completed her MS in the Surgical Physician Assistant program from the Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham and already had a degree and experience in Systems Engineering.
3. Ms. Diana Wright, PA
   Ms. Wright is headed to Rangely District Hospital after completing her Physician Assistant Certification from Red Rocks Community College and her MA from St. Francis University in Medical Science. She has a passion for rural medicine and serving the rural, migrant and underserved populations. She loves the outdoors and has her Wilderness EMT and also speaks Spanish fluently.
4. Gina Nelson, MD – Southeastern Colorado Hospital District in Springfield
   Dr. Nelson completed Medical school here in Colorado at the University of Colorado as well as obtained her PhD in Neuroscience at UC, and is now going to be working at the Southeastern Colorado Hospital District in Springfield. She has 8 yrs of experience as a practicing physician in Pathology and Family Medicine and used to own her own practice in Alabama. She has returned to Colorado after many years to be closer to her family in Arvada and will be filling a large need in the physician workforce shortage that is present in the southeast region of the state.

If your rural or underserved urban facility is in need of a healthcare provider, contact CPR today! 303.832.7493 or cpr@coruralhealth.org.