TEAM

Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS-C, FAED |
Founder and Medical Director

Dr. Gaudiani (she/her) is an eating disorders expert physician and the Founder and Medical Director of the Gaudiani Clinic. Board Certified in Internal Medicine, she completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard, medical school at Boston University School of Medicine, and her internal medicine residency and chief residency at Yale. Dr. Gaudiani moved to Denver in 2007, choosing Colorado with her husband for its emphasis on the outdoors, incorporation of nature into daily life, and support of family activity time. From 2008 to 2016, she helped run and grow the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe Malnutrition, where she fell in love with this patient population and began to learn about the medical complications of eating disorders. In 2016, inspired by her desire to improve outpatient medical care for patients with eating disorders of all sizes, shapes, genders, and diagnoses, she founded the Gaudiani Clinic. Since then, she has learned more than she ever thought possible about both measurable and unmeasurable medical issues that can trigger or perpetuate eating disorders. She has a passion for helping patients make progress on terms they name, by reducing the physical barriers to recovery. In founding the Gaudiani Clinic, she established a nationally unique outpatient medical setting, not dictated by restraints on visit time or insurance rules, where strong, supportive, and healing relationships with patients help them achieve wellness while remaining in their communities. Through lectures, consulting work, and her book, Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders, (Routledge, 2018), she continues to improve the quality of medical care for patients with eating disorders around the world.

Dr. Gaudiani has lectured nationally and internationally and is widely published in the scientific literature and on blogs, as well as having appeared on many podcasts. She is a past member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Eating Disorders and the Academy for Eating Disorders Medical Care Standards Committee. On a personal note, Dr. Gaudiani is fluent in Spanish and speaks some conversational Italian, loves hiking and spending time outdoors, is a voracious reader especially of young adult fantasy fiction, and lives with her wonderful husband and two daughters in Denver. Contact Dr. G.

Sarah-Ashley Robbins, MD | Physician

Dr. Robbins was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL and received her
undergraduate (Nutrition and Food Sciences) and medical degrees at
Florida State University. She is board certified in family medicine and completed her
residency at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, CO.
Prior to joining the Gaudiani Clinic team, Dr. Robbins worked at a primary
care clinic in Denver where she practiced a broad spectrum of patient care. While working in this clinic, she began making connections with eating disorder providers of all types in the Denver area, started seeing their clients in her outpatient clinic, and fell in love with offering medical care to those with eating disorders. She has a passion for teaching, especially medical students and residents, about eating disorder awareness and weight inclusive medical care.
In her time outside of work, Dr. Robbins enjoys reading, traveling, skiing, hiking, and spending time with her husband, son, and dogs.

Aimee Lischke, MD | Physician

Dr. Lischke (she/her) is thrilled to join the Gaudiani Clinic team after over 22 years of compassionate and patient-centered care for her patients in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Lischke (Dr. L as her patients have come to call her) received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, and completed her residency in Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. After many years of primary care practice, Dr. Lischke was encouraged by a colleague to become more educated about the screening and treatment for patients with disordered eating and eating disorders. She found that she enjoyed this work and patient population immensely, and is passionate about working with these individuals and their providers. Dr. Lischke is a co-founder of the Winston-Salem Eating Disorders Coalition which is a community of mental health counselors, dietitians, and medical providers committed to providing informed, inclusive, and compassionate care to patients/clients with eating disorders. Dr. Lischke strives to meet patients where they are, providing HAES-informed, culturally sensitive, and gender-inclusive care while walking alongside patients. As a “recovered fitness professional”, Dr. Lischke now enjoys movement for movement’s sake, as well as reading, traveling, and spending time with her husband, four children, and two dogs.

Anupama (Anu) Das, MD, MPH | Physician

Dr. Anupama (Anu) Das was born in Kerala, India and has been living in the US since 1976. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago with special honors in Biology. She completed her medical degree from the University of Alabama, and then spent time working and studying in India before she completed her pediatric residency at the University of Minnesota. After taking time to be at home with her children, she completed her retraining fellowship at the Children’s Hospital Colorado Pediatric Residency program. Most recently, Dr. Das completed both her preventive medicine residency as Chief Resident and her Master’s in Public Health at the University of Colorado, Anschutz.

Dr. Das is passionate about finding solutions for health that are culturally sensitive and respectful of all aspects of the human condition including spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.

Dr. Das believes that all beings come to this world with a purpose and have the innate right to pursue their own meaning to the fullest. All beings also have the innate right to be treated with respect, kindness, and honesty. Dr. Das believes that her role as a physician and fellow traveler in life is to help others overcome the barriers to following and fulfilling their chosen purpose with respect, kindness, and honesty. Dr. Das strives to meet and understand people where they are and to help them celebrate their own unique journey.

Dr. Das believes that because the underlying cause and therefore treatment of eating disorders is complex, a multifaceted approach is necessary. Connection between providers and patients is crucial to ensure that a respectful patient-centered approach is utilized to help individuals live their life while emphasizing their values. Dr. Das is excited to be part of the Gaudiani Clinic team where her values are embodied by the care model.

Beyond medicine, Dr. Das loves ruminating on the meaning of life, going on long walks with her dogs, playing tennis, riding horses, yoga, watching foreign historical fiction, traveling, and meditating. She also loves spending time with family and friends, sharing time and space for self-expression, laughter, and tears.

Aimee Becker | Chief Operating Officer 

Aimee (she/her) is the Chief Operating Officer of the Gaudiani Clinic. She spent 10 years dedicating herself to developing the infrastructure for Monte Nido & Affiliates. Inspired to join the field through her own recovery, Aimee joined Carolyn Costin when Monte Nido was only a six bed residential facility, as the Program Coordinator. Progressing to Director of Operations and then Chief Compliance Officer, Aimee oversaw Monte Nido & Affiliates’ expansion into six states. In addition to her strong commitment to superb programmatic and operational functioning, Aimee developed a deep engagement with the therapeutic values and processes inherent to the world of eating disorder treatment. Through years of leading groups on gender and sexuality at Monte Nido, Aimee further developed her fundamental belief in client-centered goals, a narrative approach to therapy, and the idea that the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem. She is developing training on queer competency for eating disorder professionals, highlighting non-binary constructs of gender and sexuality and non-assumptive models of therapeutic engagement. On a personal note, she enjoys exploring Denver with her wife and adorable dogs. Contact Aimee. 

Meghan Eliopulos | Chief Marketing Officer 

Meghan (she/her) is the Chief Marketing Officer of the Gaudiani Clinic. Meghan joined the Gaudiani Clinic team after relocating from Houston, where she was instrumental in developing the marketing and outreach efforts for Center for Discovery in the state of Texas. Meghan has been part of the eating disorder community since 2003 and has been fortunate to work in a variety of roles including marketing, outreach, admissions, utilization review, and direct client care. In addition to her experience working within the field of eating disorders, Meghan has an integrated marketing background with a passion for brand development and has worked in agency and small to mid-size business settings.  Meghan cares deeply about mental health advocacy and has volunteered with several non-profit organizations. In her spare time, Meghan enjoys getting lost in a good book, exploring beautiful Colorado with her family, and working on completing her registered yoga teacher training. Contact Meghan.

Abby Brockman, RN | Registered Nurse

Abby (she/her) joins the Gaudiani Clinic team with over 10 years of eating disorder nursing experience. As one of the founding members of the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders medical team, Abby helped create programming centered on exceptional clinical nursing with compassionate care, which are two of her professional core values. Following her time at ACUTE, Abby worked at Eating Recovery Center across several levels of care. In joining the Gaudiani Clinic team, Abby is excited to support patients of all ages at the outpatient level of care where she will be able to be part of one’s entire treatment and care story. As part of the Gaudiani Clinic team, Abby will provide direct care nursing, care coordination, IV administration and lab draws, and educational support to patients at the clinic. Abby is passionate about patient education and strives to support and empower her patients to understand and care for their bodies. She loves integrating clinical and psychiatric care and watching the marked improvements that one can make with whole person medicine. Abby loves the arts and is a theatre enthusiast with Hamilton being her favorite show. Abby enjoys being with her son and when she isn’t at the theater with him, they can be found playing disc golf on one of Denver’s beautiful courses. Contact Abby.

Krista Erickson, MA, LPC | Director of Intake

Krista (she/her) is a licensed therapist born and raised in WI. As a first-generation college student, she completed her undergraduate psychology degree as a Wisconsin Badger. Krista sought new adventures westward and began her mental health career in Denver in 2005. Krista served individuals and families within community mental health (Mental Health Center of Denver) and pediatric oncology (Brent’s Place) settings prior to completing her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Colorado-Denver. In 2008, Krista began working in eating disorder recovery at Eating Recovery Center. For the past 15 years, Krista has since served in a variety of roles within the eating disorder treatment spaces including individual, couple, group and family therapy, utilization review, policy/operations, and – most notably – intake.  Krista understands how difficult it can be to reach out for support and loves to be a welcoming, kind, and authentic presence to those seeking specialized care. Krista is trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and is thrilled to be on a team that’s passionate about offering values-based care.  In her spare time, Krista enjoys playing all the things - music, soccer, golf, board games, cards – and connecting with her beloved family and community.   Contact Krista

Camille Vander Veen | Patient Care Manager

Camille (she/her) is the Patient Care Manager at the Gaudiani Clinic. In her role, she oversees many aspects of patient care coordination and communication. Camille is a Colorado native and Metropolitan State University graduate and brings her love for organization, connection, and relationship building to her role on the Gaudiani Clinic team. In her past roles, Camille has provided project coordination, event management, and non-profit fundraising for several agencies including Interface Children and Family Services in California and The Gathering Place in Denver. In these roles, Camille has worked with a broad spectrum of individuals including those identifying as transgender, homeless women and children, and the clinical staff supporting those who have experienced child abuse. Camille is excited to join the Gaudiani Clinic team and to offer her passion, welcoming spirit, and willingness to provide values-based care to those in need. In her spare time, Camille enjoys reading, spending time with her husband and family, watching a good drama on Netflix, and collecting flamingo paraphernalia. Contact Camille. 

Kennedy Lancaster | Receptionist

Kennedy (she/her) is the receptionist at the Gaudiani Clinic. In her role, Kennedy is often the first friendly face or voice our patients experience and the primary point of contact for patients scheduling appointments. Kennedy is a primary support to other members of the Gaudiani Clinic team with coordinating patient care and managing the clinic facilities. Prior to joining the Gaudiani Clinic team, Kennedy worked as a real estate agent and received her formal education in psychology and English at the University of Colorado Denver. While at UC Denver, Kennedy started a student led-group advocating for mental health awareness for youth. As part of her work with this group, Kennedy testified at legislative meetings and made mental health training part of teacher education for a school district.
As part of the Gaudiani Clinic team, Kennedy is excited to be working at the intersection of mental and physical health and to form relationships with our patients.
When she’s not at work, Kennedy is likely at home reading or crocheting on her couch with her cats, Jack, Archer, and Alphabet, by her side. Contact Kennedy.

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