Russell Marx, MD and Anne Marie O'Melia, MS, MD Join Eating Recovery Center

DENVER, Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing the importance of medical/psychiatric expertise in continuum of excellent eating disorders care, Eating Recovery Center today announced the addition of Russell Marx, MD and Anne Marie O'Melia, MS, MD to its Denver-based Adult Services medical team. Dr. Marx serves as Associate Medical Director, Adult Inpatient Services, while Dr. O'Melia serves as Attending Psychiatrist, Adult Inpatient Services at Eating Recovery Center's Behavioral Hospital for Adults, which provides Inpatient and Residential eating disorder treatment for females and males ages 18 and older.

"The incidence of comorbid conditions in eating disorders highlights the important role of both medical and psychiatric physicians in continuum of excellence in care," says Philip Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS, Chief Medical Officer of Eating Recovery Center. "Drs. Marx and O'Melia bring thorough expertise in the medical treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, and they will be part of a team of 15 doctors delivering comprehensive medical support across Eating Recovery Center's six Denver-based treatment centers."

"From day one, Eating Recovery Center has acknowledged the importance of exceptional medical and psychiatric care in the delivery of best-in-class eating disorder treatment," explains Ken Weiner, MD, FAED, CEDS, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Eating Recovery Center.  "Over the last six years, we have recruited nationally and internationally renowned physicians with extensive experience in the medical treatment of eating disorders.  Patients, families and referring professionals benefit from the collective wisdom of these experienced psychiatrists, internal medicine physicians and pediatricians in the treatment setting."

Russell Marx, MD has been involved in the eating disorders treatment field for over 25 years, most recently as the Director of the Adolescent Eating Disorders Program at the University of California, San Diego.  Prior to his position at UCSD, he was the Medical Director for 15 years of the hospital-based Eating Disorders Program at the University Medical Center at Princeton.  Dr. Marx graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine.  He has served on the medical school faculties of Cornell University and the University of California, San Diego.  Dr. Marx serves on the Board of Directors of the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) and is currently the Treasurer and Chief Science Officer.  Additionally, he received NEDA's "Outstanding Professional Achievement Award" in April 2014. Dr. Marx was a principal investigator in several research studies for new medications to treat eating disorders, is the author of It's Not Your Fault, published by Random House, and serves on the editorial board of Eating Disorders Review. Visit the Eating Disorders Information Gateway to view a compilation of articles by Dr. Marx.

Anne Marie O'Melia, MS, MD is a Triple Board certified physician, with certifications in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry and a subspecialty certifications in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and in Psychosomatic Medicine. She has been listed in "Best Doctors in America" every year for the past 7 years. Prior to joining Eating Recovery Center's Adult Services, Dr. O'Melia served as Medical Director of the Harold C. Schott Eating Disorders Program at the Lindner Center of HOPE at the University of Cincinnati. Her professional experience also includes having served as Medical Director of the Cincinnati Children's Medical Center Inpatient and Partial Hospitalization Eating Disorders Program, Medical Director for Primary Children's Medical Center Psychiatry Consult Liaison Service (Salt Lake City, UT) and Medical Director of the Eating Disorders and the Youth Services Programs at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute (Salt Lake City, UT). Dr. O'Melia was an Assistant Professor in the University of Cincinnati Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics. She earned her MS Education (Counseling Psychology) from the University of Kentucky College of Education, earned her MD with Distinction from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Utah Triple Board Program. She has co-authored multiple articles on eating disorders served as a co-investigator for various clinical trials related to psychopharmacology in the treatment of eating disorders and depression.

For more information about Eating Recovery Center, call 877-218-1344, email [email protected] or confidentially chat live with a Master's-level eating disorder therapist from our Clinical Assessment team on our website at www.EatingRecoveryCenter.com.

Eating Recovery Center is an international center providing comprehensive treatment for anorexia, bulimia, EDNOS and binge eating disorder. Under the leadership of Drs. Kenneth Weiner, Craig Johnson, Emmett Bishop, Philip Mehler and Ovidio Bermudez, programs provide a full spectrum of services for children, adolescents and adults through Inpatient, Residential, Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient Services. Our compassionate multidisciplinary treatment team collaborates with treating professionals and loved ones to cultivate lasting behavioral change. To increase patient access to care, Eating Recovery Center provides five additional centers of excellence for the treatment of eating disorders across the country. Eating Recovery Center of California offers services in Northern California. Our Texas locations include Eating Disorder Center at San Antonio and Eating Recovery Center of Dallas. Eating Recovery Center of Washington, formerly The Moore Center, operates in Bellevue. In five Chicago, Illinois locations, Insight Behavioral Health Centers offers comprehensive eating disorder treatment, in addition to evidenced-based treatment for obesity and mood and anxiety disorders.

For more information about our centers of excellence, please visit www.eatingrecoverycenter.com.

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