Gloria Beim, M.D.

Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon

Specialist in Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy

Dr. Gloria Beim, MD is a sports medicine specialist and orthopaedic surgeon in Colorado.

She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and completed her residency at Columbia/New York Orthopaedic Hospital. She was then fellowship trained in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh under the renowned sports medicine pioneer, Dr. Freddie Fu. She was the first woman ever accepted into the program.

Dr. Beim moved to Crested Butte, Colorado in 1996. Soon thereafter, she founded Alpine Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, which has locations in Crested Butte, Gunnison, and Telluride. In 2006, she opened Alpine Surgery Center in Gunnison, CO as well.

From the Pittsburgh Ballet and University football team, to the Winter X Games and US Ski and Snowboard Teams, Dr. Beim has been working with professional teams and providing medical direction at elite athletic events around the world for the past 25 years.

Dr. Beim began working with the United States Olympic Committee in 2002. In 2004, she attended her first Olympic Games where she was a physician for Team USA in Athens. She served in this same role at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where she was also Venue Medical Director.

Dr. Beim was Chief Medical Officer for the 2005 Summer World University Games in Turkey, the 2011 Pan-Am Games in Mexico, the 2012 BMX World Championships in England, the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, the 2015 ParaPan Games in Toronto, the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, and the 2018 Paralympics in PyeongChang. She also traveled the world with USA Cycling, for whom she was Team Physician for 15 years.

In recent years, Dr. Beim served as Team Physician at the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo, as well as the 2022 Paralympics in Beijing. She is also Head Team Physician for both the US National Wheelchair Basketball Association and Western Colorado University’s NCAA Sports program.

Dr. Beim has delivered hundreds of lectures and is well-published in medical journals with a focus on athletic injuries. She authored The Female Athletes Body Book; has been featured on 9News, NBC News, Fox News, The Today Show, and Dateline NBC; and was the commencement speaker for Western Colorado University in 2019.

Dr. Beim lives in Crested Butte, CO with her husband Erik, children Skylar and Jakob, and two Jack Russells. When not in the OR or out enjoying the Colorado mountains, Dr. Beim can be found oil painting, learning the local language for the next Olympic Games, or making balloon animals at a charity event.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University of California at San Diego
Orthopaedic Residency, New York Orthopaedic Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Center for Sports Medicine

Publicity/Publications

The (Crested Butte) Doctor Is In Dr. Gloria Beim Helps Paralympic Athletes Put Best Foot Forward
Dr. Gloria Beim An Olympian of an Orthopedist
Dr. Beim featured on The Today Show
The Female Athletes Body Book; How to prevent and treat sports injuries in women and girls
Gloria Beim, M.D. and Ruth Winter, M.S. Published by McGraw Hill books, April, 2003
www.femaleathletesbodybook.com
Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries
Beim, GM. Chapter in Journal of Athletic Training, Volume 35, Number 3, July-September, 2000
Recognition and Treatment of Refractory Posterior Capsular Contracture of the Shoulder
Beim GM, Ticker, Jonathan B, Warner, Jon J.P., Chapter in Arthroscopy, The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, pp. 27-34, February, 2000
Sports Injuries in Women
Beim GM. Women’s Health, Orthopaedic Edition, February, 1999
Posterior Instability of the Shoulder
Beim, GM, Warner JJP. Chapter in Clinical Orthopaedics. Ed. Craig, 1999, pp. 192-202.
Combined Bankart and HAGL Lesion Associated with Anterior Shoulder Instability
Beim GM, Warner JJP. The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, December, 1997
Injuries to the Acromioclavicular Joint in the Throwing Athlete
Beim GM, Warner JJP. Chapter in Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine, Spring - 1997
EMG Study of Abdominal Exercises
Beim GM, Giraldo J, Pincinero D, Fu FH. Journal of Sports Rehab, February, 1997 Classification and Treatment of DJD of the Knee
Beim GM, Fu FH. Orthopaedic Special Edition, Vol. 2(1):31-34, February, 1996
Recognition and Treatment of Refractory Posterior Capsular Contracture of the Shoulder
Beim GM, Ticker J, Warner JJP. Orthopaedic Transaction, Fall 1996
Issues of the Female Athlete
Beim GM, Stone D. The Orthopaedic Clinics of North America 26(3), 443-451, July, 1995
Current Concepts of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Beim GM, Fu F. Indian Arthroscopy Association, July, 1995
The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Femur Fractures with External Fixation
Higgs GB, Jelsma RD, Beim GM, Roye DP. Orthopaedic Transactions, Fall - 1994
Classics in Conventional Radiography of the Foot
Macauly, Beim GM, Sartoris D. Journal of Foot Surgery, 31(5):519-26, Sept-October, 1992
Intramedullary Plugs in Cemented Hip Arthroplasty
Beim GM, Lavernia C, Convery FR. Orthopaedic Transactions, Fall 1989; Journal Indian Arthroscopy of Arthroplasty, Vol. 4, Number 2:139, June, 1989

Hospital Affiliations

Gunnison Valley Hospital · Gunnison, Colorado
Active Staff
Gunnison Valley Hospital · Gunnison, Colorado
Chief of Medical Staff, 2014-2016
Alpine Surgery Center, LLC · Gunnison, Colorado
Active Staff, President, Medical Director

Team Physician Coverage

Head Team Physician for Team USA at the 2022 Paralympics in Beijing, China
Head Team Physician for Team USA at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan
Team Physician, USA Men’s Alpine Ski Team, 2019 Alpine Ski World Cup – Slovenia
Team Physician, USA Freestyle Ski Team, 2019 Winter X Games – Aspen, CO
Chief Medical Officer, 2018 Winter Paralympic Games – PyeongChang, South Korea
Head Team Physician, USA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball (2018 – present)
Head Team Physician, NCAA Western State Colorado University Sports Program (2017 -present)
Chief Medical Officer, 2016 Summer Paralympic Games – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue Medical Director, 2016 Regional Wrestling Championships – Gunnison, CO
Team Physician, 2015 USSA Freestyle Ski Team World Cup – Beijing, China
Chief Medical Officer, 2015 ParaPan American Games – Toronto, Canada
Team Physician, 2015 USSA Freestyle Ski Team World Cup – Park City, UT
Official Medical Provider, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (2014 – present)
Chief Medical Officer, 2014 Olympic Games – Sochi, Russia
Venue Medical Director, 2012 Olympic Games – London, England
Chief Medical Officer, 2012 BMX World Championships – Birmingham, England
Chief Medical Officer, 2011 Pan-Am Games – Guadalajara, Mexico
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships, Apeldoorn, Netherlands (2011)
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships – Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2007)
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships – Pruskow, Poland (2009)
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships – Los Angeles, CA (2005)
Chief Medical Officer & Team Physician (USA Basketball), (2005) Summer World University Games – Izmir, Turkey
Team Physician (USA Cycling & Taekwondo), 2004 Olympic Games –Athens, Greece
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships – Stutgart, Germany (2003)
Team Physician (USA Alpine Ski Team), 2003 Winter World University Games – Tarvisio, Italy
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships – Copenhagen, Denmark (2002)
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships – Terrytown, Pennsylvania (2001)
Volunteer Physician, 2001 United States Olympic Training Center – Colorado Springs, CO
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships – Berlin, Germany (1999)
Event Physician and Orthopaedic Surgeon, 1999 and 1998 Winter X Games – Crested Butte, CO
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships – Bordeaux, France (1998)
Event Physician and Orthopaedic Surgeon, 1998 National Wrestling Nationals – Orlando, FL
Team Physician, Track Cycling World Championships, Perth, Australia (1997)
Event Physician and Orthopaedic Surgeon, 1996 Wrestling Olympic Trials – Pittsburgh, PA
Assistant Team Physician to Dr. Freddie Fu, 1995-1996 University of Pittsburgh Football & Wrestling Teams – Pittsburgh, PA
Assistant Physician to Dr. Freddie Fu, 1995-1996 Pittsburgh Ballet – Pittsburgh, PA