DR. DIANE NOTON
Emergency Room Physician & Rural Doctor
Dr. Diane Noton has dedicated her life to serving small towns in Wyoming.
“A healthy community is a happy community, and I wanted to move back to Wyoming to make my community healthy so it could be happy.”
Dr. Diane operated a family medicine clinic in Saratoga and later in Meeteetse, Wyoming; she was the only practicing physician within a 30+ mile radius.
Listen to Dr. Diane's story.
Dr. Diane Noton Coale knew by the time she was five years old that she wanted to become a doctor and practice medicine. She has dedicated her professional life to serving small towns in Wyoming. She studied human nutrition at the University of Wyoming, received her medical degree at Creighton University School of Medicine, and completed her residency in Casper, Wyoming in order to connect with doctors in the state and start her own clinic. She’s been a family medicine physician in Saratoga, Wyoming, later in Meeteetse, and now as an emergency room physician in Worland, Wyoming.
While in Saratoga, Dr. Diane ran the medical clinic as well as the nursing home and ambulance service. She was the only doctor within a 40-mile radius. She left Saratoga to open a medical clinic in Meeteetse, a community with a population of less than 500 people. Most recently she practices emergency medicine in Worland, Wyoming and thrives on the intensity, pace, and structured schedule of the ER. She is also a Reiki Master. In her commitment to serve small towns in Wyoming, Diane has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping to make rural Wyoming communities healthier and happier.
Dr. Diane fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a doctor and serving small towns in Wyoming, first as a family medicine practitioner in Saratoga, later Meeteetse, Wyoming, and now as an emergency room physician in Worland, Wyoming.
“I wanted to go there because no one was there. I like to be the person who does things when no one else is available. I’ll fill that spot.”
Dr. Diane found balance working in emergency room medicine, which involves long, intense hours and a structured time frame.
“Anything can come in at any given moment. There’s a buzzer that rings. You get that surge, deep in your gut. I really love the intensity of it, and how there’s a resolution to your encounter with your patient.”
Dr. Diane outside of the emergency room in Worland, Wyoming.
