Dr. Walts is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He is the Medical Director of Horizon Laboratories, Greeley Medical Clinic Laboratory (MCR), Greeley Oncology Laboratory (MCR), Greeley Emergency and Surgery Center laboratory (UCH) and Physician Director of Summit Pathology Outreach Services. He is the Medical Director of the Garth Englund Blood Donor Centers at Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies. In addition, he is the Medical Director of transfusion services at McKee Medical Center, Medical Center of the Rockies and Poudre Valley Hospital. He has special interest and expertise in general surgical pathology, gastrointestinal pathology and transfusion medicine. Dr. Walts is a member of several national pathology organizations and has published articles in peer reviewed journals on topics in breast pathology and cervical pathology.
Dr. Walts grew up in northern Colorado and earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. He completed medical school at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. His Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency was performed at the National Capital Consortium, a joint residency program between Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center. Dr. Walts left the army as a Lieutenant Colonel, after serving at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA, and Evans Army Community Hospital at Fort Carson, CO, where he was chief of the Pathology Department.