Crystal Owens, M.D.

Chief Medical Director

Dr. Owens grew up in Georgia in a family of preachers and teachers who instilled in her the desire to serve others. She received her B.A. in Chemistry from the University of West Georgia and subsequently attended Loma Linda University School of Medicine where she received her M.D. Training at Loma Linda focusing on treating patients as whole people with spiritual, emotional, and physical needs.

Heidi Marlin, M.D.

Associate Medical Director

Dr. Marlin has worked with HopeWest in the Delta and Montrose areas since 2011. She is certified as a Hospice Medical Director and board-certified in Family Medicine. Prior to her career in hospice and palliative medicine, she practiced full-spectrum family medicine from 2008-2012.

Darrin Green, M.D.

Physician

Dr. Green joined HopeWest in October 2022 at our Montrose location. Prior to joining HopeWest, Dr. Green provided care at the Montrose Veterans clinic for two years, was part of the Cedar Point Health Family Medicine Clinic in Montrose for three years, and in private practice in Montrose for 14 years as well as providing inpatient care at Montrose Regional Health until 2020.

Vicky Mathwig, M.D.

Physician

HopeWest is pleased to introduce Dr. Vicky Mathwig, MD, as a hospice and palliative medicine physician. Dr. Mathwig comes to HopeWest with a wealth of experience as an exceptional physician, board-certified in Family Medicine. While working for the past eight years as a primary care physician, Dr. Mathwig has witnessed the powerful impact of the HopeWest team in the lives of her patients and their families.

Laura Harrison, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Laura Harrison has been a nurse since 1980 and completed her nurse practitioner degree from the University of Colorado in 2007. She also completed a Palliative Care Fellowship program in Los Angeles, California, in 2008. She has worked with HopeWest intermittently since 2004 and we were happy to have her return to work with us full-time again in February 2021. She is from Southern California and loves living in Grand Junction because of all the amazing hiking and cycling opportunities. She is also a proud grandmother.

Casey Peiffer, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Casey Peiffer started working for HopeWest in 2017 as an RN. She has practiced nursing in the community setting, quality department and at the Ferris Care Center before becoming a Nurse Practitioner. In 2021, she graduated from Walden University with a Master of Science as a certified Family Nurse Practitioner. In her free time, she loves spending time with her family in the mountains, four-wheeling, boating, camping and crafting.

Megan K. Huemoller, NP

Nurse Practioner

Megan K. Huemoller, MSN, FNP-C has worked in hospice and palliative care, as well as primary care, home care, and inpatient care for over a decade.  She spent four years working with Centura Health as a Nurse Practitioner on the palliative care team, serving patients and families throughout the Front Range in both homes and care facilities. She has a passion for serving communities through hospice and palliative care services.

Laura Devor, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Laura Devor was born and raised in Montrose and started working for HopeWest in April of 2021. She graduated from Vanderbilt University with her MSN in 2008. With her, Laura brings a large amount of experience in patient care and a love for the Montrose community.

Kirsten Wiegert, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Kirsten Wiegert is a board-certified Adult and Gerontologic Nurse Practitioner who joined HopeWest in 2022 after providing primary care in the Grand Valley since 2016. She brings a broad nursing knowledge and experience with her and is grateful for the opportunity to continue to provide patient-specific and compassionate care for patients. She received her undergraduate and graduate nursing education from Kaplan University. Her clinical interests include frailty, aging in place, and medical care of marginalized groups.

In her free time, she can be found with her husband, children and grandchildren, with pets, in the mountains, gardening, or being creative.

Ashley Whitney, NP

Nurse Practitioner 

Ashley Whitney, MSN, AGNP-C, has worked in Hospice and Palliative Care and other health areas for more than a decade. She spent seven years at The Denver Hospice in various roles as an Attending Provider at the hospice inpatient care center, for a team that served patients in their homes and facilities, and as an NP on the palliative care team.

Carol Fowler, M.D.

Physician

Dr. Carol Fowler received her undergraduate degree in anthropology from Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, and her medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado. She completed her family practice residency at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado where she has resided with her family since 1985.

Caroline Dorman, M.D.

Physician

Dr. Dorman started working with HopeWest in 2017. She has special interests in hospice, palliative medicine, rural and frontier medicine. She graduated as a doctor from the Oregon Health Science University School of Medicine in 1996 and completed Family Medicine Residency at St. Mary’s here in Grand Junction in 1999.

Erin Arthur, M.D.

Physician

Dr. Arthur is a family medicine physician in rural Plateau Valley and works with HopeWest to serve hospice patients in that area. She went to medical school at the University of Colorado, graduating in 2008, and trained in Family Medicine Residency in Anchorage, Alaska, from 2008-2011.