Pathways Hospice recently named Dr. Nathaniel Chappelle as medical director for the organization. Dr. Chappelle replaces Dr. Michael Towbin, who was the medical director for more than 8 years.
Dr. Chappelle has spent most of his career providing medical care to an underserved population in rural areas of Colorado. He has provided broad scope family medicine, with a focus on inpatient, outpatient, long-term care and emergency medicine for Docs Who Care in various locations across rural Colorado, with Haxtun Health in Haxtun and Salud Health Clinic in Trinidad. Most recently, he was a family medicine physician with Sunrise Community Health in Loveland.
“Dr. Chappelle has extensive experience working with patients and their families as they navigate end-of-life services in both rural and urban medical care settings. He is compassionate and skilled at ensuring each patient is provided with the greatest opportunity to fully live each day while navigating end of life care.,” says Evan Hyatt, president. “We are very excited to welcome Dr. Chappelle to the care team at Pathways Hospice.”
Dr. Chappelle received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora. He did his post-graduate residency training at University of Minnesota Duluth Family Medicine in Duluth, Minn.
