Koch Robert, MD

Thanks to a couple of accidents, I’ve spent way too much time at the Boulder Medical Center orthopedics office during the past couple of years. I mean, nobody wants to visit a surgeon on a regular basis, unless there’s some kind of soap operatic attraction going on, or you have Munchausen’s Syndrome… but I digress.
Dr. Koch repaired two separate body parts. One repair required wiring a bone back together; the other was a soft tissue repair. I’ve had excellent results from both surgeries. I have experienced Dr. Koch as someone who is very precise, thorough, and detail-​oriented. I definitely value these traits in anyone who cuts me open and puts stuff back together. I also repeatedly heard «he’s good» when I shared my experience with various PTs and medical professionals around town. Therefore, I can say that I have experienced him to have a good reputation.
The physician’s assistants and nurses at this office are also really nice and knowledgeable. I feel like I’m in capable hands here.
The downsides are twofold. One, if you’ve ever been inside the Boulder Medical Center (or Boulder Community Hospital, for that matter), you’ve probably noticed that the setting is more reminiscent of «Trapper John, M.D.» than «Grey’s Anatomy,» That is to say, it’s something of an ’80’s flashback. (Hey, who needs that gleaming Avista BS in Boulder, anyway?)
The surgery center at the BMC is the same way, so much so that I actually double-​checked if they had updated equipment when they checked me in. (They do seem to have that.) They get the job done, just don’t expect anything shiny or fancy is all I’m saying.
The other thing is that BMC sees about a million patients a day and everyone runs pretty late all the time. So I’ve spent a fair amount of time quietly trying to figure out what happened to all the other people in the waiting room while the staff was running late. Creepily, the orthopedics waiting room sort of merges with the one for Urgent Care, so you’re always left wondering whether you’ll walk out of there with more than you bargained for.
My net assessment is this. If you’re the kind of patient who requires modern facilities and a sense of spaciousness in your medical office, or tons of hand-​holding from your surgeon, then you might feel finicky here. If you want the job done well, and don’t expect too many bells and whistles/​are nostalgic for the 1980s, BMC could be your place.