Jim Michler lives by an adage from his grandfather – “It’s better to wear out than rust out.” He does not spend a lot of time sitting still, or in one place. He repeats often how blessed he feels to have homes around the world in Steamboat Springs, in Havana Cuba and in a tiny…

Serving as a member of the US Ski Team physician pool is a right-of-passage for sports medicine physicians. It’s a volunteer commitment and requires a doctor to travel for at least a week a year with the team and be on site at training camps and competitions. Many surgeons at SOSI have volunteered for at…

When you visit the new Steamboat Orthopaedic and Spine Institute (SOSI) building in Wildhorse Plaza, take the stairs. There you’ll find a breathtaking, two-story photograph of a ski jumper soaring over downtown Steamboat at night. Highlighting the clinic’s entry stairwell, the photo was commissioned to illustrate some of Steamboat’s best attributes, including passion, athleticism, community,…

We have affectionately dubbed the postgrads working at SOSI, each of whom has aspirations of attending medical school, as the #SOSIclassof2021. Maddie Labor Maddie Labor grew up in Steamboat and then attended Regis University in Denver, where she was in the Honors Program and played on the volleyball team, which made the 2019 Division II…