The surgical nutrition team provides advanced treatment for complex gastrointestinal (GI) conditions including intestinal failure from short bowel syndrome, enterocutaneous fistula, gastroparesis, and functional intestinal motility disorders.
Our services include comprehensive nutritional assessment, dietary counseling, enteral access and enteral formula management, parenteral access, and customized management of parenteral nutrition.
We also provide nutritional “prehabilitation” for malnourished patients undergoing elective surgical procedures.
How to Schedule
Call the surgery department at 303-602-7600.
Conditions We Treat
- Intestinal failure
- Enterocutaneous fistula
- Gastroparesis and other intestinal motility disorders
- Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome
- Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS)
- Chylothorax and chylous ascites
- Malnutrition before major surgery
Information for Referring Providers
Surgeries/Procedures We Perform
- Gastrostomy/jejunostomy/gastro-jejunostomy
- Tunneled central venous catheter placement
- Subcutaneous Port-a-cath placement
- Enterocutaneous fistula resection
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
- Median arcuate ligament release for MALS
- Duodenojejunostomy and Strong's procedure for SMA syndrome
- Pancreatic necrosectomy
- Puestow's procedure for chronic pancreatitis
Daniel Dante Yeh MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM, FASPEN, CNSC
Dr. Yeh is a Professor of Surgery at University of Colorado School of Medicine and an actively practicing acute care surgeon at Denver Health Medical Center.
Dr. Yeh is the founder and leader of the Surgical Nutrition service at Denver Health and maintains a busy clinical practice managing patients with short bowel syndrome, enterocutaneous fistulas, and intestinal failure. He is the chair of the Item Writing Committee of the Certification Examination for Nutrition Support Clinicians (CNSC) Exam, and the chair of the Critical Care Section of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN).
Dr. Yeh has authored 20 book chapters and over 150 peer-reviewed journal publications, including several on the topic of enterocutaneous fistula management, indirect calorimetry, and critical care nutrition. He has given multiple invited lectures at ASPEN Clinical Nutrition Week, American College of Surgeons, and international nutrition conferences.
Amelia Bunch, NP
Amelia is a nurse practitioner for the Surgical Nutrition and General Surgery teams. She received her bachelor’s degree in public health from the University of Georgia then went to the Medical College of Georgia for her master’s degree in nursing. She worked in critical care and labor & delivery before spending many years in gastroenterology as part of the inflammatory bowel disease team. She went on to complete her nurse practitioner degree at UCCS and, upon graduation, pursued the opportunity to continue working with patients with complex gastrointestinal conditions. Amelia enjoys being part of the Surgical Nutrition team and values the patient-centered approach to care that Denver Health offers.
When not working, Amelia enjoys baking, film photography, and dabbling in outdoor activities. Holding the view that Colorado summers are better than Colorado winters, she can often be found hiking, camping, rock climbing, and gardening, but she still enjoys a few good ski days each year.
Lisa Wingrove RDN, Surgical Nutrition Dietitian
Lisa Wingrove RDN is the outpatient Surgical Nutrition Dietitian for the Department of Surgery at Denver Health. She graduated from the University of Northern Colorado (BS Dietetics) with experience as a Certified Specialist Oncology Nutrition (CSO) and program development for prehabilitation, food as medicine and implementational science.
Lisa is published in the multi-disciplinary care of esophageal cancer patients, and the impact of prehabilitation on this patient population. She specializes in helping patients deal with diet adaptation in complex GI issues, nutrition optimization for surgery, and surgical oncology nutrition.
For Lisa, nutrition is more than food. It is culture, heritage, family, celebration, health, nourishment, love, and comfort. Her hobbies include writing, cooking, and sharing meals at her table.
