Gayle Frazzetta, MD, FAAFP, CCD, ABHRT-C
Asst Clinical Prof at the Univ of Colorado School of Medicine
Dr. Gayle Frazzetta is board certified in Family Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. She is in solo practice in Montrose, Colorado for over 25 years, having practiced full scope family medicine including obstetrics. She has advanced specialty training in bone health and is a Certified Clinical Densitometrist by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Her office performs about 1700 DXA’s annually.
Dr. Frazzetta completed her undergraduate degree at Cornell University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Nutritional Science. She was a student athlete and played polo on the National Champion team for Cornell. She then attended the S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo School of Medicine where she earned her Doctorate of Medicine. She then completed her family medicine residency training at the University of Colorado, even being appointed the position of Chief Resident and received the Golden Apple teaching award. While in private practice in Denver, she was the team physician for the women’s professional basketball team, The Colorado Explosion.
Dr. Frazzetta is committed to educating others, advocating for women’s health, and is highly involved in her community. She has received numerous awards and honors throughout her career, and in 2025 she was presented with the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians, Physician of the Year award. She also earned the Copic 2019 Colorado Humanitarian of the Year award, recognizing her volunteer medical services and lasting contributions to her local community. These prestigious awards recognize only one physician from all of Colorado annually.
Dr. Frazzetta is highly involved in her community and prides herself on being an educator and advocate of women’s health. She has also volunteered in many capacities locally, regionally and globally. She has completed a research project on the impact of testosterone pellet therapy on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.
She is passionately involved with improving medical training in women’s health and as a family medicine trained physician, is uniquely poised to treat the whole patient. In her spare time, she enjoys snowboarding, hiking, biking, travel and all sports involving water.