Allison Nitsch, MD, FACP, CEDS
Allison Nitsch, MD, FACP, CEDS-C, serves as the Physician Team Lead at the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Malnutrition, a role she has held since January 2024 after joining ACUTE in 2020.
Dr. Nitsch earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and her Doctor of Medicine from Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she also served as Chief Resident. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and is an International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp™) Certified Eating Disorder Specialist-Consultant (CEDS-C).
Dr. Nitsch is actively involved in national leadership within the eating disorders field. She serves as Co-Chair of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) Clinical Care Standards Committee (2025–present) and is Chair of the committee revising the 5th edition of the AED “Purple Book.” She has also served on a panel at the International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED) focused on GLP-1 medications. Her scholarly work includes publication on the medical complications of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), including Clinical Features of Adult Patients with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Presenting for Medical Stabilization: A Descriptive Study.
In addition to her clinical and leadership roles, Dr. Nitsch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and will be promoted to Associate Professor in July 2026.
Dr. Nitsch values the collaborative nature of ACUTE’s multidisciplinary model and is motivated by helping patients regain control of their lives from eating disorders so they can pursue their goals and aspirations beyond illness.
Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
