On September 19, Estes Park Health brought ophthalmology services backmost to the infirmary with the hiring of Dr. Sarah Dech.
Dech and her husband, Patrick, enjoying the Colorado mountains. (Dr. Sarah Dech/Courtesy photo)At 9 months pregnant, Dech is anxious to springiness commencement to her and her husband, Patrick’s, archetypal child, but she is besides excited to commencement her vocation and ophthalmology signifier astatine Estes Park Health.
When asked astir wherefore she chose ophthalmology for her specialty, she gave a large grin arsenic she recalled her aboriginal years successful aesculapian school.
“In my archetypal twelvemonth of aesculapian school, Dr. [Paul] Weber gave the champion oculus lectures,” said Dech. “He cared astir his patients and was truthful kind.”
Dech elaborated that Weber was truly the biggest crushed wherefore she chose to beryllium an oculus doc but determination were different milestones successful her decision.
An avid hiker, Dech was excited astir her acme of 14,065-foot Mt. Bierstadt. (Dr. Sarah Dech/Courtesy photo)“In my 2nd year, I saw a lecture by Dr. [Geoffrey] Tabin from the University of Utah,” said Dech. “He would spell connected these escapade trips successful places similar the Himalayas. He loved outdoor escapade and would spell connected epic trips but besides helped radical successful these distant regions.”
Dech’s statement of Tabin didn’t truly pass the consciousness of interaction this doc has had successful the ocular sciences and his consciousness of adventure. A Harvard Medical School graduate, Tabin is the co-founder of the Himalayan Cataract Project, has been named the “unsung hero” by the Dalai Lama for enactment to eradicate unnecessary satellite blindness and prolong ophthalmic wellness attraction successful the processing world, and is the 4th idiosyncratic to ascent the 7 summits, the highest constituent connected each continent.
Dech spoke with awe astir however Tabin recovered a mode to harvester a emotion for adventure, the outdoors, travel, and ophthalmic wellness care.
By her 3rd year, Dech was hooked connected ophthalmology and rotated into the specialty.
“I emotion giving radical prime of life, not conscionable quantity of life,” said Dech. “That’s wherefore I chose this specialty. People person specified a large prime of beingness aft cataract surgery.”
In summation to cataract surgery, Dech besides performs surgeries for lid lesions, cysts and styes, arsenic good arsenic glaucoma laser country and secondary cataract laser surgery.
“Estes Park is simply a cleanable spot to be,” said Dech. “There is specified a request for ophthalmology up present due to the fact that of the property radical successful town.”
Dech, a autochthonal of Grosse Pointe, Mich., completed her undergraduate grade astatine the University of Michigan, and inactive passionately roots for the Michigan Wolverines during assemblage shot season. She obtained her aesculapian grade astatine Ohio State University College of Medicine and past finished her residency astatine Tufts University School of Medicine successful Boston.
After her residency, Dech worked astatine Front Range Eye Physicians successful Longmont earlier accepting the presumption astatine Estes Park Health that was vacated erstwhile Dr. Michael Prochoda retired successful 2021.
“I came to Estes Park due to the fact that I wanted to commencement my ain clinic,” said Dech. “Everyone present was precise benignant and it is specified a beauteous spot to be. I program to found a beardown signifier wherever I tin truly get to cognize my patients.”
Dech’s goals see becoming an progressive subordinate successful the Estes Park community, thatch radical however to recognize their diseases and diagnoses, and assistance patients with preventative attraction to debar imperishable oculus damage, specified arsenic those with diabetes.
In summation to dedicating clip for enactment and family, she likes to hike.
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