Spencer L. Blackman, MD, Family Medicine Physician

Lauren Richard is a physician assistant at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, VT. She specializes in pediatric and adolescent upper extremity fractures, sports injuries and general orthopedics.She enjoys working collaboratively with all the team members, including staff, medical assistants and physicians, who are involved in someone’s care.She empathizes with patients who are scared and unsure about their condition and strives to make all her patients’ lives a bit easier by informing them about their condition and working as a team to figure out how best to manage it. She wants to ensure that nobody feels like a number and that they have control over their healthcare.Learn more about orthopedic care at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

Dr. Calkins is a family medicine physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center and an assistant professor at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM in Burlington, VT. Dr. Calkins' clinical area of expertise is preventive health care, women's health care, ADHD in children and adults, and migraine treatment and prevention. She provides preventive and psychological conditions care, and manages contraception, blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, and neurological disease for patients with asthma. Dr. Calkins' office procedures include colposcopy and IUD insertions.An assistant professor of family medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM, Dr. Calkins is an Academic Detailer who visits primary care locations across the state providing evidence-based prescribing and treatment strategy education.View Dr. Calkins's academic profile at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM.