Roger Billica, MD

Roger Billica, MD, is the founder and president of Tri-Life Health, PC, in Fort Collins, Colorado since 2001. He has years of experience in integrative and functional medicine and brings the latest advancements in those fields to the Fort Collins community and the surrounding areas. Patients are consistently impressed by his ability to explain their conditions and treatment options to them in detail.

Dr. Billica attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on the prestigious Morehead-Cain scholarship obtaining both his degrees in chemistry and medicine. He then completed family medicine residency training at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ.

After completing his education and training, Dr. Billica served as the doctor at Grand Canyon National Park and later entered the US Air Force as a Flight Surgeon and Chief of Aeromedical Services at Luke Air Force base. He then became Chief of Medical Operations for the NASA Space Program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and supervised the medical aspects of over 60 space shuttle missions as well as the NASA/Mir joint program. During this time he also served as a clinical assistant professor of preventive medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Throughout his career, he has executed and published much of his own research and has earned numerous awards for his expertise. In 2019 he was inducted into the National Space Technology Hall of Fame for his work in developing the health care system for the International Space Station.

Today, Dr. Billica enjoys treating patients with a functional and integrative approach. He frequently sees patients for conditions like cancer, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue, Lyme disease, and mold toxicity. He takes the whole patient into account, not just their condition or symptoms while designing individualized treatment plans.

At Tri-Life Health, PC, Dr. Billica frequently provides nutritional guidance, integrative therapies, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, IV therapy, and more.