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The ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health offers comprehensive medical stabilization and expert care for the most medically ill eating disorder patients in the country. ACUTE is uniquely tailored to help both males and females who cannot seek care in a traditional inpatient or residential treatment facility due to the severity of their weight loss and/or other medical complications. ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders is housed in Denver Health
Medical Center, on a specialized medical unit. 

 

My recovery at the ACUTE treatment center was the most positive and life changing medical treatment I have ever experienced.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ACUTE Center is tailored to help:

  • Males and females, 17 and older with severe anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. 
  • 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 daily. 
  • Comprehensive discharge planning.  

  ACUTE Professionals

During hospitalization, medical care is administered by nationally recognized eating disorder specialist Philip S. Mehler, M.D., FACP, FAED, CEDS, Medical Director of the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders, Chief Medical Officer at Denver Health, and Glassman Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
 
Jennifer Gaudiani, M.D. is the Assistant Medical Director of the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders, 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 a contract with Dr. Kenneth L. Weiner and staff of the Eating Recovery Center.
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