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ACUTE Leadership Team

Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS

Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS

Founder & Executive Medical Director | Glassman Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
dennis gibson

Dennis Gibson, MD, FACP, CEDS

Clinical Operations Director | Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Allison Nitsch, MD

Allison Nitsch, MD, FACP, CEDS

Medical Director
Jeana Cost, MS, LPC, CEDS

Jeana Cost, MS, LPC, CEDS

Vice President of Operations and Clinical Services
Krista Hovde, RN

Krista Hovde, RN

Nursing Manager
Tammie Williams, LCSW

Tammie Williams, LCSW

Clinical Social Work Supervisor
Meghan Foley, RD, CED-RD

Meghan Foley, RD, CEDRD-S

Clinical Nutrition Manager
meredith hogg

Meredith Hogg

Lead Admission Specialist
Casey Shamy, LSW, CED-EA

Casey Shamy, LSW

Director of Marketing

ACUTE Earns Prestigious Center of Excellence Designation from Anthem
In 2018, the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition at Denver Health was honored by Anthem Health as a Center of Excellence for Medical Treatment of Severe and Extreme Eating Disorders. ACUTE is the first medical unit ever to achieve this designation in the field of eating disorders. It comes after a rigorous review process.

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ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition

ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition

777 Bannock Street 
Denver, CO 80204 
Phone: 866.485.6911

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