July 2015
 
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ACUTE Events
 
October 1-3:
San Diego, CA
NEDA Conference
Meredith Sletten, Exhibiting

November 13-15:
Philadelphia, PA
Renfrew Conference
Jennifer Gaudiani, 
Presenting 
Meredith Sletten, Attending
 

 

Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani Named Medical Director of the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders

 

Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, has been promoted to Medical Director of the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health. She has been with Denver Health since 2007 and was most recently the Associate Medical Director of ACUTE, which she helped open in its current form in 2008. As the Medical Director, Dr. Gaudiani will focus on leading ACUTE as the unit expands to 15 beds on September 1 of this year. Dr. Gaudiani attends on ACUTE, oversees the clinical and administrative aspects of the unit, and helps foster ACUTE's national referral base.

 


 

"Jen is certainly deserving of this honor, given her well-acclaimed aptitude for this specialized area of medicine, which has been exceptionally refined through her daily dedicated work for almost seven years."

- Dr. Philip Mehler


Dr. Gaudiani is board certified in internal medicine and carries the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) designation from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP). Dr. Gaudiani completed her undergraduate education with honors from Harvard, received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, and completed her residency and chief residency a Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. In addition to her role at Denver Health, she is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.


 

 
Dr. Margherita Mascolo Promoted to Assistant Medical Director of ACUTE
  

Margherita Mascolo, MD, has been promoted to Assistant Medical Director of ACUTE. She has been serving as a hospitalist at Denver Health since
 2008 and has been part of the ACUTE program since its inception. She has also been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. 


 

Dr. Mascolo completed her undergraduate work at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas and earned her medical degree at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorder (AED) and the American College of Physicians (ACP). Dr. Mascolo is published on the medical complications of eating disorders, contributes to the Eating Disorder Hope blog, and lectures medical students and residents on eating disorders.

  

 

ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health is the nation's only specialized medical stabilization  center providing care for  the most medically compromised eating disorder patients. For more information about ACUTE or a free medical assessment, call 877 ACUTE 4U or visit ACUTE online.

 
Experience Matters!
  
ACUTE is extremely pleased to announce the recent Certified Eating Disorder Specialist designation for three of its members: Susan L. Bennett, PhD, CEDS, Amy Winkelman, MA, RD, CEDRD, and Debbie Anderson, MS, RD, CEDRD. These members now join Philip Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS,  and Jennifer Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, as those on the ACUTE team who hold this designation. Drs. Mehler and Gaudiani are the only two internal medicine doctors in all of the United States with this certification.

iaedp™ established the certification process to promote standards of excellence within the field of eating disorders. Individuals with the Certified Eating Disorders Specialist designations are health care professionals who have met rigorous educational requirements, have accumulated a minimum number of hours of qualifying work experience, have successfully passed a written examination covering the eating disorders field, have made a commitment to stay abreast of current developments in the field through Continuing Education, and have agreed to comply with the Association's Ethical Principles.

  

 

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It's A Boy!

Introducing Samual Madison Byrne

 


 
Our wonderful Program Manager, Rachael Harriman, gave birth to Samual Madison Bryne on Tuesday, May 26th at 12:01 AM. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Rachael and Sam are both doing great! Please help us in congratulating her on the new addition to her family!


 

 

About ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health

 

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

Led by Dr. Philip Mehler and Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, patients are offered the very best in medical stabilization and treatment, a compassionate and highly experienced nursing staff, individual psychotherapy, physical therapy, and thorough discharge planning to help them begin recovering. The ACUTE Center is tailored to help both males and females who cannot seek care in a traditional inpatient or residential treatment setting due to the severity of their weight loss or other medical complications. ACUTE contracts with most insurance companies and uses the patient's medical insurance benefit for stabilization care.

 

Jennifer L Gaudiani, MD, CEDS
Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS

 

Who to refer to ACUTE for stabilization:

  • Any patient weighing less than 70% of his/her ideal body weight
  • Serious medical complications (electrolyte disorders, fluid problems, organ failure, previous bouts of refeeding syndrome)
  • Need to "detox" from severe purging, laxative or diuretic abuse

 

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