Columbine Family Practice Medical Staff

Emily Crockett, MD

Dr. Emily Crockett is a Colorado native who grew up in Lakewood and has received all of her education in Colorado. She graduated with highest distinction from Colorado State University (CSU), where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in Spanish. While at CSU, she majored in Biology and conducted laboratory research in agriculture. She earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) in 1990, followed by a year’s clinical experience in dermatology at UCHSC. She completed a transitional internship at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in 1991 and a year’s residency in the pathology program at UCHSC. Dr. Crockett then completed a three-year residency in family practice at Mercy Medical Center.

Her experience in private practice has been in west metro Denver and the foothills. From 1995 to 1996 she served at the Conifer Medical Center, followed by a stint at Health First Physicians in Golden from 1996 to 1997. That year she decided to work at Columbine Family Practice, which has been a southwest Denver presence for a decade.

In addition to her diplomate status with the American Board of Family Practice, Dr. Crockett is certified by the American Heart Association in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She has been active in medical research on radiation damage in patients with mouth and throat cancer.

Dr. Crockett has been involved in numerous honor and service societies, including the Golden Key National Honor Society, the Denver and Colorado medical societies, and the CU Medical Student alumni organization. She has volunteered in the emergency rooms, family practice residency and surgical programs and the intensive care units at St. Anthony’s Hospital and Lutheran Medical Center.  Her interests include swimming, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing and gardening. She lives in Englewood.

Walton Creech, MD

Dr. Walton Creech has had a wide range of medical experience. He received his undergraduate BA and Medical Degrees at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

One of Dr. Creech's interests is in tropical medicine and infectious diseases. He completed his rotating internship at Gorgas Hospital, a combined civilian and military hospital in the Canal Zone of the Republic of Panama. This hospital served as a referral facility for personnel stationed in Panama, South and Central America. Dr. Creech, along with the usual medical training, had the opportunity to gain specialized training at a well-known Tropical Medicine Institute in Panama City.

Dr. Creech also served as an Epidemic Intelligence Officer, a special program at the U.S. Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia which is one of the major organizations in the country for diagnosing, tracking and controlling infectious diseases, as well as other important public health problems. His specific training and duties were in evaluating and assisting in control of neurotropic viral diseases including Polio, Rabies and various types of viral encephalitis found in the U.S. and in some Latin American countries.

After one year in Atlanta he was assigned as the Quarantine Officer for the CDC in Mexico and spent two years in Mexico City. While in Mexico, Dr. Creech was able to pursue his special interest of diagnosing and treating Rabies, a major public health problem in Mexico. He collaborated with the top officials in the Mexican Public Health Service on this and other public health issues, including the first study that identified the primary cause of Travelers Diarrhea. Dr. Creech returned to Atlanta to finish his previous studies and then spent one year at the University of KY Medical Center completing his residency program in neurology.

Dr. Creech joined Dreyer Medical Center, a large multi-specialty clinic in Aurora, Illinois where he served as a family practice physician in the Department of Family Practice for 18 years. While working as a family physician he also served part time in the emergency department at one of the local hospitals for six years and served on the senior medical staff of both of the hospitals in Aurora.

Dr. Creech's wife is from Colorado and because of their combined love of the mountains and the related outdoor activities decided to settle in Evergreen, Colorado and have been residents there for the past eight years. He has worked for two other family practice groups and the Metropolitan Community Provider Network. He has decided to make Columbine Family Practice his home and began his practice on July first, 2011

Dr. Creech enjoys photography, hiking in the mountains and scuba diving.