About
Dr. Karen Weese Bell is a family physician and part-time hospice doctor practicing at Countercurrent Health in Fort Collins, Colorado. She trained in Canada and holds board certification in family medicine in both Canada and the United States. She has practiced family medicine since 2010.
Her career has taken her across North America. She practiced rural and remote family medicine in northern Saskatchewan. She later worked with high-risk populations at a federally-qualified community health center in New Mexico. She then spent a decade running her own insurance-based practice in Fort Collins before opening Countercurrent Health. Her hospice work deepens her perspective on primary care. She describes it this way: seeing the end helps her stay oriented to what matters in the beginning and the middle. Dr. Weese Bell blends evidence-based guidelines with integrative perspectives, personal circumstances, and patient values. She comes from a long line of nurses on her mother's side and clockmakers and engineers on her father's side, a background that informs her love of both practical problem-solving and rigorous evidence. Outside of medicine, she enjoys writing, movement, time in nature, and a good cup of coffee. She lives with her husband, daughter, and pets.
Education & Training
Additional Training
Trained in Canada; board certified in family medicine in both Canada and the United States; also practices part-time hospice medicine
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Who is Dr. Weese Bell right for?
Dr. Weese Bell is a strong fit for adults and children who want steady, relationship-centered primary care. Patients managing chronic conditions, navigating complex medication reviews, or exploring lifestyle-based approaches benefit from her depth of focus. She works well with people who bring their own research and questions to appointments. Her care style suits patients who want a physician who reasons with them collaboratively, not just at them. She does not serve Medicare patients or those who need same-day urgent care or daily opioid and benzodiazepine management.
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Family MedicineFrequently Asked Questions
Dr. Weese Bell practices family medicine as her primary specialty. She also works part-time in hospice medicine. Her clinical approach weaves together evidence-based care, deeper-cause thinking, and somatic, body-informed perspectives. She integrates lifestyle factors, including sleep, movement, nutrition, stress, and relationships, into her care for every patient.
Yes. Dr. Weese Bell holds board certification in family medicine in both Canada and the United States. She trained in Canada and has practiced family medicine since 2010.
Dr. Weese Bell built Countercurrent Health to practice medicine with enough time to actually think. She wanted to move away from volume-driven care and toward a model that supports genuine patient relationships. Her decade of experience running her own insurance-based practice in Fort Collins shaped her decision to open a Direct Primary Care model.
Dr. Weese Bell practices part-time hospice medicine alongside her primary care work. She finds that working with patients at the end of life sharpens her sense of what matters throughout the entire health journey. That perspective keeps her oriented to the long arc of a patient's life, not just the immediate concern.
Dr. Weese Bell sees adults and children across Northern Colorado. She works well with patients managing chronic conditions, those interested in preventive and lifestyle-based care, and people who bring layered questions to their appointments. She does not accept Medicare or Medicaid patients at this time.
Yes. Dr. Weese Bell structures her care around listening and collaboration. Patients who have felt dismissed or rushed in other settings often find that the 45-to-60-minute visit format at Countercurrent Health creates space for their full story to emerge. She approaches each patient's situation with nuance rather than a fixed protocol.
Dr. Weese Bell does not manage daily opioid or benzodiazepine prescriptions. These medications require same-day response capacity that Countercurrent Health does not provide. She may prescribe other controlled medications selectively. For patients with higher-complexity controlled substance needs, she refers to appropriate specialists.
Dr. Weese Bell follows evidence-based guidelines and uses them to inform care, not to define her patients. She blends those guidelines with integrative perspectives, personal circumstances, and patient values. She believes each clinical decision must make sense on a practical level and work in the real conditions of a patient's life.
Doctor profile last updated August 16, 2026