Vail Health Ushers in a New Structure for Breast Care With Surgeon Dr. Stephanie Miller

In June, Vail Health welcomed its newest breast surgeon, Dr. Stephanie Miller. Miller will work part-time at the practice, splitting her time between Vail and the Denver area. Miller is stepping into the role following some changes with Vail Health’s breast care center, which falls under Vail Health Clinics.

Vail Health CEO Will Cook said that the patient volume was not at a level that made sense to keep a breast surgeon full-time and that having a new model would be more feasible.

Currently, the future of the breast program also includes a potential expansion in Dillon. Sally Welsh, Vail Health’s director of public relations, said there has been interest in growing the breast program at Vail Health’s Dillon Health Center, but that it will come down to what’s needed in that community and understanding what the volume would be.

Looking ahead, Dr. Miller said that “the community can feel very confident that what is currently available is going to continue to be available to them.” Still, she said that she and Vail Health see this transition as an opportunity to grow and develop the program “to meet the community’s needs as best as possible.”

Since starting in early June, Miller has been “nothing but impressed” by the program at Shaw Cancer Center and Vail Health. “It’s like if I could have imagined a program, Vail and the Shaw program has so many components of that already,” Miller said. “It’s really collaborative, and the community is very collaborative, and it really is patient-centric in what they’re trying to do.”

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