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Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://peakwellnessmed.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Additional information

How we protect your data

What data breach procedures we have in place

What third parties we receive data from

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

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Dr. Melissa A. Helms, MD

As a native to Colorado, Dr. Melissa Helms has been a practicing internal medicine physician in the Denver area since 2009. She takes a collaborative approach by spending time to understand each patient’s history and goals to then create personalized care plans aiming to optimize health and wellbeing. She is passionate about preventive, proactive medicine as well as chronic disease management, nutrition and mental health. Adopting a membership-based primary care practice allows for the time needed to develop a close partnership with her patients to help them live their happiest, healthiest life possible.

Dr. Helms holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Colorado State University and a Doctor of Medicine from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University. She was named one of Denver’s Top Docs in 5280 Magazine and she is the recipient of the 2018 OptumCare Values in Action Performance award.

In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Helms has a special interest in healthcare technology. She served as the Chief Medical Information Officer for OptumCare Colorado providing clinical technology leadership across multiple practices in the state. She is excited about using technology to connect with her patients improving both communication and engagement in their health.

When she’s not practicing medicine, Dr. Helms’ favorite activities include yoga, travel, cooking, hiking, skiing, reading, meditation and spending time with her adorable dogs Emma and Bodhi.

Dr. Eric Hemler, DO

Dr. Eric Hemler is ecstatic to be joining the team at Peak Wellness. He is a proud Colorado native, born and raised in Golden, CO. Serving a mountain community within the medical field has always been a dream for him. He views his practice of medicine as a privileged opportunity to develop lasting, two-way relationships with patients. He is known to be a compassionate and dedicated physician who prioritizes open communication and transparency. He is looking forward to having extended patient visits that will allow him to offer them the best possible care. He views patients as unique individuals and believes that it is crucial to treat the whole person rather just disease in order to maximize health and overall wellness.

He respects the views and unique health goals of every patient and brings an empathetic ear and open mind to visits with his patients. Dr. Hemler offers many routine office procedures to patients such as shave biopsies and joint injections. He is passionate about sports medicine and regularly integrates Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMT) into his practice. He believes that OMT is a tool that can be used to help correct physical ailments with or without the help of other treatment modalities. Dr. Hemler is a proud CU Buff and completed his undergraduate education at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He attended medical school at Rocky Vista University in Parker, CO and completed his residency training in Family Medicine through the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

When Dr. Hemler is not in office, he enjoys all things outdoors. He spends much of his free time exercising, skiing, mountain biking, and hiking. He recently developed gardening as a hobby and is excited to expand his backyard garden with each season. He has two rambunctious, but very lovable, Australian Shepherds named Avery and Fuzz. He shares his passion for medicine with his wife, Emily, who is also a practicing physician. Dr. Hemler also enjoys watching football, playing video games and trying out local restaurants. After finishing a long hike or bike ride, he can be spotted sipping a beer on the patio of a local brewery after finishing a hike or long bike ride.