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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. Todd Wisser, DO

Dr. Todd Wisser is known for his relaxed and engaging manner. His concern for, and interest in, people is apparent in all of his medical worlds. Whether he’s doing a broadcast clip on local television/radio/social media covering some aspect of medical education, fulfilling his duties as the Medical Director for Mt. Evans Hospice, or in the exam room with a patient, Dr. Wisser is always present and engaged.

“I have thought through my philosophy about becoming a doctor way back in medical school at Michigan State University. It guides my work today, and I’d like to share it here.

It’s people that I care about, and always have. I believe caring for patients involves more than just addressing disease; it means treating and caring for the whole person. The body possesses an innate ability to heal itself, and it is our role as physicians to support this capacity, be it through the touch of manual medicine, pharmacology, surgery, or another osteopathic modality.

It is my hope that each of my patients will achieve their maximum capacity for wellness, accomplished by focusing on health promotion and disease prevention. Reaching these goals is dependent upon a collaborative partnership between patient and physician. I believe that listening to, and talking with my patients, is as important as their vital signs or any medication I might prescribe. I like to think we work around the weaknesses and focus on supporting the strengths present. There are always some of these to be found!”

Dr. Wisser migrated from the Midwest to the mountains he’s always loved with his family in 2017. Prior to that, he enjoyed a 5 year engagement as a high school chemistry teacher before entering medical school. He completed his internship at Genysys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc, MI, and his residency in Internal Medicine at Michigan State University’s Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. Since being in Colorado, Dr. Wisser has held leadership positions within the Evergreen New West Physician’s practice, and then in the national Optum medical system. Most recently he served as the Senior Medical Director for the state of Colorado managing the growth of their Medicare Advantage program.

An avid outdoor enthusiast, there is almost no mountain sport that Dr. Wisser hasn’t explored. His favorites are skiing, mountain biking and endless hiking, whatever the season. Accompanying him are usually his wife, three very active kids, and their dog Piper.