Colfax Corridor Medical Supply Hub – Aurora’s Historic & Innovation Spine
East Colfax Avenue—Aurora’s beating heart for international communities, Anschutz Medical Campus innovators, and Colfax Marathon events—demands lightning-fast medical logistics. Our LAC Health counter inside Walmart #6178 at 10400 E Colfax Avenue delivers critical supplies to University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Denver Health’s refugee clinics, and the dozens of independent practices lining Colfax, Peoria, and Montview. Located one mile from the Anschutz Fitzsimons Gate and steps from the 15/15L RTD routes, this hub connects Colorado’s largest academic medical complex with the grassroots clinics that keep 600,000 east metro residents healthy.
The Colfax corridor houses UCHealth’s level I trauma center, Children’s top-ranked pediatrics, the new VA polytrauma campus, Denver Health’s Eastside clinics, Colorado Access Medicaid headquarters, Aurora Public Schools nursing hub, and a dense network of federally-qualified health centers (STRIDE, Clinica Tepeyac), MAT programs, dental vans, and street medicine teams. Anschutz’s 61-acre Innovation Community brings biotech start-ups that rely on cleanroom supplies and GMP documentation, while historic Colfax shelters and motels host outreach teams requiring harm-reduction logistics. This Colfax Avenue hub ensures “medical suppliers near me” connects to culturally fluent, research-compliant, streetwise support.
Colfax earned the moniker “America’s Longest Main Street” and has long been Aurora’s gateway. From Fitzsimons Army Hospital’s yellow-brick wards to the modern glass towers of Anschutz, the corridor has balanced cutting-edge science with gritty urban medicine. Today, African, Latino, Burmese, Bhutanese, and immigrant-owned clinics sit blocks from genomic labs. The 2020 pandemic turned Colfax motels into quarantine sites; 2023 migrant surges filled fairground shelters; fentanyl crises require 24/7 naloxone distribution. Our Colfax logistics lane honors this past while powering the future—keeping trauma surgeons, refugee midwives, harm-reduction teams, and biotech researchers supplied even when snow shuts Peña Boulevard or protests reroute Colfax traffic.
Location & Access Information
LAC Health Colfax Hub – Inside Retail Center #6178
10400 E Colfax Avenue
Aurora, Colorado 80010
ZIP Code: 80010 (serves Anschutz Medical Campus, Colfax cultural corridor, North Aurora, Stapleton/Central Park, and Lowry)
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Parking: Transit-friendly lot with dedicated spaces for EMS, mobile clinics, refrigerated vans, and bike couriers serving downtown.
Highway Access: 1 mile to I‑225 via Colfax, 4 miles to I‑70, 8 miles via 6th Avenue to downtown Denver. Drive times: Anschutz (3 minutes), VA Medical Center (4 minutes), Children’s Colorado (4 minutes), UCHealth Eye Institute (5 minutes), Denver Health Eastside (7 minutes), Central Park clinics (10 minutes), Civic Center (18 minutes).
Nearby Landmarks: Across from Colfax Marathon finish staging area, near Stanley Marketplace (public health outreach), Aurora Cultural Arts District, and Colfax Collective shelters.
Medical Supply Services Available
Wholesale Medical Supply Pickup Services
- Academic medical supplies: sterile implants, ECMO components, research-grade consumables for Anschutz hospitals and biotech labs
- Pediatric trauma and hematology kits for Children’s Colorado, one of the busiest pediatric facilities in the region
- Veterans Affairs polytrauma equipment: prosthetics, burn care, amputee rehab gear for the VA’s flagship campus
- Community health bundles: bilingual chronic disease kits, vaccines, and harm-reduction supplies for STRIDE, Clinica Tepeyac, and Denver Health outreach teams
- MAT and behavioral health logistics for Second Chance Center, Aurora Mental Health’s Colfax facility, and Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
- Dental & mobile medical programs supporting Colfax motels, shelters, and City of Aurora’s co-responder units
- Event medicine for Colfax Marathon, Aurora Pride, and Denver’s Parade of Lights staging requiring mass-casualty caches
Medical Returns & Reverse Logistics
- Clinical trial returns (cell therapy, oncology) requiring IRB-documented chain-of-custody back to Anschutz labs
- Cold-chain biologics impacted by Colfax power outages or festival deployments
- Controlled substance returns from sedation dentistry, methadone clinics, and harm-reduction sites under DEA scrutiny
- Telehealth equipment & kiosk repairs for Denver Health mobile units and UCHealth’s Virtual Health Center
- Device recalls (insulin pumps, dialysis circuits) with multilingual patient education packets
- Event medicine surplus for city-permitted gatherings along Colfax requiring ICS documentation
Your Colfax LAC Health Team
Our Colfax crew lives the corridor’s diversity—speaking Amharic, Burmese, Spanish, Arabic, Nepali, Karen, and English. They coordinate seamlessly with Anschutz supply chiefs, VA logistics, Denver Health outreach, and mutual-aid organizers.
Marcos Ortega, Anschutz & Biotech Systems Director
Academic Medical Liaison
Marcos previously managed supply chain integration for UCHealth University Hospital. He now runs vendor-managed inventory for Anschutz ORs, gene therapy labs, and robotic surgery programs. His team uses predictive analytics to stage implants, ensuring patient-specific devices are minutes away even during snow closures.
Email: [email protected]
Selam Tesfaye, Refugee & Harm Reduction Coordinator
Community Health Specialist
Selam arrived from Ethiopia in 2008 and became a nurse at Denver Health Eastside. She now ensures refugee-led clinics, mutual-aid groups, and harm-reduction vans receive supplies that match cultural norms. Selam organizes naloxone drives, mobile vaccine cold-chain solutions, and multilingual training sessions.
Email: [email protected]
Troy Williams, VA & Event Medicine Logistics Lead
Veterans & Public Safety Specialist
Troy is a retired Army logistics officer who now coordinates VA Medical Center deliveries, prosthetic device exchanges, and event medicine for Colfax Marathon, Denver Pride, and Aurora parade routes. He maintains ICS-compliant documentation and ensures veteran services stay ready for mass casualty or polytrauma spikes.
Email: [email protected]
How to Use This Drop-Off & Pickup Location
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Coordinate Around Colfax Pulse
Hours: 6:00 a.m. – midnight daily, extending during marathons, protests, or severe weather. For overnight clinical trial needs, VA surges, or shelter outbreaks, call +1 (703) 810-3898.
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Identify Facility & Compliance Needs
Provide facility name, PO/RMA, and regulatory context (IRB, VA, HRSA, DEA). We support NDAs for biotech partners, HIPAA/42 CFR Part 2 for behavioral health, and FEMA ICS for public events.
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Complete Urban Chain-of-Custody
Our staff documents lot numbers, temperature logs, and bilingual warnings. Controlled substances include tamper seals; research items carry barcode scans integrated with OnCore/REDCap. Mobile teams receive hardened cases for Colfax street operations.
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Receive Real-Time Confirmation
Within 90 seconds, automated alerts provide GPS stamp, traffic detours, and compliance attachments. Integrations available for Epic, Cerner, VA VistA, eClinicalWorks, and Salesforce for community orgs.
Serving Colfax’s Healthcare Network
This hub supports:
- UCHealth University Hospital & Children’s Colorado: Level I trauma, transplant, oncology, and pediatrics epicenters.
- Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center: Polytrauma rehab, amputee care, burn units.
- Denver Health & STRIDE clinics: Refugee and low-income focused primary care.
- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless & Salvation Army shelters: Street medicine, harm reduction, and respite care.
- Anschutz Innovation Campus: Biotech start-ups, GMP labs, and gene therapy facilities.
- Aurora Public Schools & DSST: 150+ school health rooms along east Colfax.
- Colfax Marathon & civic events: 50,000+ annual participants requiring ICS-ready medical caches.
- Faith & cultural centers: Ethiopian Orthodox churches, Vietnamese temples, Latino parishes, and mosques offering health fairs.
Few corridors in America require such range—from CAR-T cell therapy to sidewalk triage. Our Colfax hub keeps trauma surgeons, refugee doulas, and harm reduction teams equally prepared.
Colfax Medical Heritage & Innovation
Colfax Avenue began as the main stagecoach route across the plains. Fitzsimons Army Hospital (1918) treated tuberculosis patients and WWII amputees before morphing into the Anschutz Medical Campus in the 2000s. The 1960s civil rights marches, 1980s HIV/AIDS epidemic, and 1990s refugee influx shaped Colfax’s role as Denver’s healthcare conscience.
The early 2000s saw Colfax revitalization with the 15L bus rapid transit, Stanley Marketplace, and the new VA campus. COVID-19 brought mass testing tents and FEMA vaccine pods. Today, Anschutz pioneers CRISPR trials while Colfax shelters face fentanyl. This juxtaposition of innovation and need makes robust logistics non-negotiable.
Our Colfax hub honors that legacy: meeting world-class research timelines while showing up on motel doorsteps with naloxone, ensuring no patient falls through the cracks on America’s most storied boulevard.
Colfax Corridor Demographics
ZIPs 80010/80011 host 140,000 residents: 32% Hispanic, 28% Black/African (Ethiopian, Eritrean, Congolese), 20% White, 18% Asian (Nepalese, Burmese, Karen, Vietnamese), 2% Native American. Over 120 languages are spoken; 48% of households report limited English proficiency. Median household income is $48,000, with 27% below poverty. Aurora’s unsheltered population concentrates nearby. Health disparities: asthma 16%, diabetes 14%, PTSD among refugee adults 30%, HIV rates triple the state average. Yet Anschutz clinical trials attract patients statewide, raising the stakes for supply reliability.
Regulatory Compliance & Certifications
Colfax operations meet:
- Colorado Board of Pharmacy wholesale licensing
- DEA Schedule II-V chain-of-custody
- FDA & NIH clinical trial requirements (Anschutz, biotech labs)
- Joint Commission/DNV for UCHealth & Children’s
- VA/DHA federal procurement guidelines
- HRSA/CDC reporting for FQHCs and refugee programs
- Denver & Aurora OEM ICS documentation
- OSHA/NIOSH hazmat readiness for Colfax industrial traffic
- HIPAA & 42 CFR Part 2 confidentiality for behavioral health/harm reduction
What Colfax Providers Say
Average rating 4.95/5 from Anschutz physicians, VA logisticians, community clinics, and event medical directors relying on the Colfax hub.
Pediatric ECMO, transplant, oncology—our supplies can’t be late. LAC Health stages critical components on Colfax so our teams never wait. During the 2024 blizzard, they delivered chemo drugs on a plow escort. That’s commitment.
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Serving Colfax families means speaking many languages. LAC Health prints instructions in Amharic, Karen, Nepali, and Spanish and respects religious preferences. During the measles outbreak, they restocked vaccines and PPE daily.
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Polytrauma rehab demands custom prosthetics, wound vacs, and adaptive devices. LAC Health maintains consignment at Colfax so our prosthetists have immediate access. Their federal compliance is flawless—rare outside DoD suppliers.
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Street medicine means unpredictability. LAC Health pre-packs wound kits, naloxone, and hygiene supplies for our Colfax teams and shelters. They deliver in the middle of the night when snow hits and stay for inventory if we’re short staffed.
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Our race covers three cities. LAC Health manages 20 aid stations’ supplies, coordinates with Denver OEM, and retrieves unused items sustainably. Their ICS documentation makes post-race audits painless.
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Our integrated medical/mental health clinic serves refugees from 20 nations. LAC Health matches our multilingual needs, sources halal- and Buddhist-compliant products, and respects trauma-informed practices. They’re more than vendors—they’re allies.
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