Christopher Kroner, MD MPH
Founder · Primary Care + Sports Medicine Physician
Family practice and sports medicine physician since 2013. Twelve years of full-time academic practice — training medical students, residents, and fellows — and sports medicine experience ranging from professional and Olympic athletes to high school sidelines, weekend warriors, and patients with chronic pain.
Why I built Ridgeview.
Hi! I have had the great joy and privilege of being a family practice and sports medicine physician since 2013. I love this work, but over the last 12 years in a traditional insurance-based academic practice, I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with the business of medicine as it stands today. I’m tired of being unavailable to my patients — 3-to-6-month wait times for appointments, centralized and impersonal call centers giving my patients erroneous information and making it impossible for them to reach me, and bloated charges for services that I had no control over and did not often enhance the care of patients.
My wife and I have been feeling the call of the Rocky Mountains for years after frequent vacations to the area, so when we finally decided to move our family out to Wheat Ridge in summer 2025, I knew it was time to try something new. I am excited to join the growing movement of Direct Primary Care physicians around the country. This model lets me get back to what drew me to primary care in the first place — long-term relationships with my patients and their families; providing education, reassurance, and guidance along the way as we work together to achieve your health goals.
Having the additional skill set in sports medicine — with experience ranging from treating professional and Olympic athletes, to volunteering with high school sports, to caring for weekend warriors, to helping patients with chronic pain syndromes — is a perfect fit to supplement your active Colorado lifestyle.
Welcome to Ridgeview — I look forward to working with you.
Training + teaching
MD, MPH. Family and sports medicine. Twelve years as full-time academic faculty, training medical students, residents, and fellows.
Sports medicine range
Professional and Olympic athletes, high school sports volunteering, weekend warriors, and chronic pain syndromes.
How he practices
Evidence-based medicine, unhurried visits, and a philosophy built on education, reassurance, and long-term relationships.
Career highlights
Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine, departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics
Chief of Primary Care Sports Medicine, UC Irvine
Founding Program Director, UC Irvine Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, UC Irvine Department of Family Medicine
Team Physician, Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club
Team Physician, UC Irvine Anteaters and CSU Long Beach 49ers/The Beach
Team Physician, USA Water Polo
Medical Director for West Coast, RunDisney
High School sideline physician for 15 years
Coordinated Medical Screening events with the Living Heart Foundation and NFL Players Association
Presented at local, regional, and national medical conferences
Education summary
Fellowship: Harbor-UCLA/Team to Win/Kaiser Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Fellowship: “Mini-fellowship” in Point of Care Ultrasound, UC Irvine Emergency Department
Residency: Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine
Medical School: MD from Tulane University School of Medicine
Public Health: Masters of Public Health from Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Bachelors of Arts and Science. Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior and Psychology, UC Davis
Come say hello.
A free meet-and-greet — no commitment, just a conversation to see whether Ridgeview feels like the right fit.