Central Utah Clinic celebrates 4 decades of service

Amid July’s fireworks and celebrations, Central Utah Clinic is kicking off its own festivities. On July 30, Central Utah Clinic enters its 40th year of offering value enhanced care.

And that’s something to cheer about.

Forty years ago three internal medicine specialists — Drs. Nimer, Parker and Gardner — consolidated their practices to meet growing healthcare needs.

The group first known as Central Utah Medical Clinic practiced out of a home until 1962 when its growing patient base and addition of new physicians necessitated a move to a larger building.

In July 1969, the Clinic incorporated and moved to its current main campus location at 1055 North 500 West, Provo.

By the early ‘80s, the clinic had grown to include 15 physicians practicing in five specialties. The building was remodeled over the years but was eventually demolished to make way for the current updated facility.

In 2004, the clinic changed its name to a simpler Central Utah Clinic. The tag line “Your Health, Your Choice” was added to reflect the clinic’s mission statement:

Central Utah Clinic values first and foremost the quality of care patients receive and their right to participate with their physician in treatment decisions. We treat patients with compassion, dignity and respect regardless of the ability to pay.

The clinic that at one time operated out of a home is now Utah’s premier independent physician group with 88 doctors specializing in adult and adolescent medicine, medical and radiation oncology, cardiology, colon and rectal surgery, critical care, dermatology and skin cancer, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), endocrinology, family medicine, gastroenterology, radiology, infectious disease, internal medicine, nephrology, neurology, orthopedics and sports medicine, plastic and reconstructive surgery, pulmonary medicine and urology.

In addition to the main campus in Provo, Central Utah Clinic has offices in Orem, American Fork, Lehi, Payson, Salt Lake and outreach offices in several central Utah cities.
The clinic has seen amazing advances in healthcare over the past 40 years, yet with all the “bells and whistles” of modern medical technology, the doctors and staff at Central Utah Clinic don’t forget what really matters — the people who trust them with their care.

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