Dr. Monte Uyemura is a board certified family physician who has practiced in Wray since 1996. He graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in 1989, then did his internship at Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Benning, Georgia and finished his family medicine residency at Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Washington. He served four years as a family physician in the army a
t Fort Riley, Kansas and was honorably discharged in 1996 as a major in the United States Army. In 2007, he submitted a proposal to the Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform in Colorado. Dr. Uyemura was disappointed with the final recommendations of the commission and continues to be frustrated with our inability to fix our broken healthcare system. His direct primary care clinic is his attempt to take a step towards fixing the healthcare system for 600 people in this community. His special interests include listening and talking with patients and improving our community. He believes in thoughtful consideration before prescribing any medication. He believes there are times when the best care is to keep his patient comfortable and other times when “a little pain won’t hurt you.” Most of all he believes the science and technology of medical care will continually change and hopefully advance, but the one constant is that everyone should have a family doc to be there as a guide, friend and, on rare occasion, a healer.
