Brandon Messerli, DO

Animas Surgical Hospital is excited to welcome Brandon Messerli, DO, to our medical staff.  Dr. Messerli joins the team at Spine Colorado. He is Board-Certified in both Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, and provides comprehensive non-surgical specialty care for sports, musculoskeletal and spine conditions.

Dr. Messerli completed medical school at Ohio University and Cleveland Clinic, residency at University of Washington, and a fellowship at EvergreenHealth in Seattle.  He was trained by leading experts in the fields of interventional spine procedures, diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound-guided procedures (including Regenerative / PRP injections), and electrodiagnostic (EMG) testing.  He has been refining his expertise with over 15 years of clinical practice, and as a team physician for multiple sports and endurance races.  Dr. Messerli is an instructor with the Spine Intervention Society, a consultant for development of evidence-based clinical guidelines, an advocate for insurance coverage decisions, and has participated in medical missions and research in Ecuador.

Clinical Expertise

• Spine, musculoskeletal (MSK) and sports medicine
• Back and neck spinal injections, including epidural injections for nerve pain, radiofrequency ablation and steroid injections for arthritic joints, and diagnostic blocks
• Certified diagnostic MSK ultrasonographer
• Ultrasound-guided joint, tendon and nerve procedures
• Hyaluronic acid and platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections
• Electrodiagnostic (EMG) testing
• Osteopathic evaluation and manual therapy

Philosophy of Care

Dr. Messerli uses the most conservative and least invasive care possible to help restore his patients to their optimum level of functioning and quality of life. He believes that the patient-doctor relationship is one of partnership and collaboration, and your unique circumstances are considered when recommending treatments. Typically 80-90% of MSK conditions do not require surgery. As Dr. Messerli is not a surgeon, you can have confidence that he will not push you towards unnecessary surgery.

When multiple problems are bothering you, his broad scope of knowledge and expertise can help you sort out the precise diagnosis and prognosis for each condition, determine if they are interrelated, understand the treatment options for each, prioritize the issues and treatments, and act as a “quarterback” to unify your treatment team’s approach. He believes that a multi-faceted treatment approach often works best and fastest and prevents recurrences. Rather than take a myopic focus on a single pain complaint, he evaluates for other relevant conditions that need to be treated to ensure long-term success.

Dr. Messerli will collaborate with many of the best rehab specialists in the region, including physical therapists, occupational therapists, athletic trainers, yoga and Pilates teachers, massage therapists, chiropractors, craniosacral therapists, acupuncturists, etc. If conservative treatments are inadequate and surgery is a good option, Dr. Messerli will assist in getting you a consultation with the best surgeon for your needs.

Honors, Awards, Etc.

2022 Seattle Magazine “Top Doctors”