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About Colton Malesovas, MD

Dr. Colton Malesovas is a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Management Specialist now seeing patients at the Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies in Longmont, Lafayette, and Westminster. He provides advanced non-surgical treatments for conditions affecting the spine, nerves, muscles, and joints — helping patients restore function, regain independence, and improve quality of life.

Dr. Malesovas completed his residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado and fellowship training in non-operative spine and interventional pain medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He joins OCR’s Spine Team offering a wide range of interventional options for patients, from teenagers through older adults. His clinical expertise includes the treatment of spine injuries, sports injuries, chronic spine pain, radiculopathy, and sciatica, with a particular interest in neck, mid-back, and low-back pain.

He performs a variety of advanced interventional procedures, including electromyography (EMG), epidural steroid injections (ESI), sacroiliac (SI) joint injections, medial branch block injections, radiofrequency ablations, the Intracept® procedure, and spinal cord stimulator therapy. Dr. Malesovas does not manage long-term opioid medications, instead focusing on evidence-based, minimally invasive approaches to pain relief.

Outside of medicine, he enjoys mountain biking, fly fishing, rafting, and playing recreational league hockey.

A man wearing sunglasses, a cap, and a blue life vest smiles while kayaking through a rocky canyon on a sunny day, holding a paddle over the water.
A man in outdoor gear stands in a shallow, sunlit river next to a black and white dog. Tall trees and greenery fill the background, with sunlight streaming through the forest.
A person wearing a helmet and backpack stands beside a mountain bike on a rocky cliff, overlooking a vast desert landscape with mesas and buttes under a clear blue sky.

Qualifications

  • Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies

Education

  • PM&R Spine Medicine Fellowship | 2024-2025
    • University of California Los Angeles
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency | 2021-2024
    • University of Colorado
  • Internship | 2020-2021
    • Spokane Teaching Health Center Transitional Year Residency
  • Doctor of Medicine | 2016-2020
    • John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Medical School
  • Bachelor of Arts | 2011-2015
    • Whitman College

Resources

Do you have questions about Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatry) or Pain Medicine? PM&R aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. PM&R physicians practice in a variety of clinical settings, including inpatient and outpatient facilities. They have a broad range of knowledge including musculoskeletal, neurological, rheumatological and cardiovascular systems.

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