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The Acute, Comprehensive Urgent Treatment for Eating Disorders Center (A.C.U.T.E. Center) at Denver Health specializes in medical stabilization of the sickest eating disorder cases in the nation. The program is specifically designed for patients who are too medically compromised to be accepted to traditional inpatient eating disorder treatment facilties-and is the only program to offer these services in the nation.

 

 

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Drs. Philip Mehler and Jennifer Gaudiani speak about the ACUTE Center at Denver Health
 

I truly felt cared for and loved.

When I entered the ACUTE program, my family and I both thought that I was going to die and I had lost all faith in myself and in my future. Looking back at my experience, I can firmly say that Dr. Gaudiani and Dr. Mehler saved my life. I had previously been to several eating disorder treatment centers, but nowhere have I been treated with as much respect and compassion. I truly felt cared for and loved and each step of the process was nurturing and nourishing in every way. The program was also very sensitive to my needs and extremely comprehensive and thorough. I truly owe my life to the program and would whole-heartedly recommend it to even the sickest patients without any reservations. There is hope!

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The ACUTE Center is tailored to help:

  • Males and females (over 18) with severe anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or other eating disorders.
  • Patients with anorexia nervosa who are less than 70% of ideal body weight
  • Patients with bulimia nervosa with severe electrolyte or fluid problems or severe medical problems.
  • Patients who cannot seek care in a traditional inpatient/outpatient eating disorder center due to the severity of their weight loss or other medical conditions.  

  Hospital Program Highlights

  • Comprehensive, multidisciplinary medical treatment of eating disorders.  
  • Compassionate nursing staff experienced in the care of eating disorders patients.
  • Individual psychotherapy two to three times per week.
  • Comprehensive discharge planning.  

  ACUTE Professionals

During hospitalization, medical care is administered by nationally recognized eating disorder specialist Philip S. Mehler, M.D., CEDS, Chief Medical Officer at Denver Health, and Glassman Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
 
Jennifer Gaudiani, M.D., the assistant medical director, is a board-certified internal medicine doctor and assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Gaudiani personally interviews each patient to create a personalized plan and coordinates all admissions.
 
Psychiatric services are provided during hospitalization by Drs. Kenneth L. Weiner and Emmett “Rick” Bishop of the Eating Recovery Center, both of whom are also nationally recognized eating disorder experts.
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