Provider Credential: MD

Certification American Board of Obstetrics / Gynecology

Dr. Richard E. Torkelson was born and raised in Lusk, Wyoming. After attending the University of Wyoming, he entered medical school at the University of Colorado in 1967. Upon completion of his internship at San Bernardino County Hospital in California in 1972, he returned to Colorado and attended the University of Colorado Medical Center for his orthopedic residency program, graduating in 1976. In 1977, he began his orthopedic surgery practice in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He and his wife Dorothy have a son, a daughter and six grandchildren. He has served as Chief of Staff and chairman of the Department of Surgery…

Medical School Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1990 Internship Transitional, St. Luke’s Hospital, Wisconsin, 1991 Residency Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia, 1994 Certifications Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology

Certification American Board of Pediatrics