Acupuncture - Providers

Nancy Bilello, RN, LAc
Nancy graduated from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1998 and has been in private practice for seven years. She is nationally board certified by the National Coordinating Committee for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and licensed in the state of Colorado. Nancy received a nursing degree from Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York, in 1988. She has seven years of oncology nursing experience at University of Colorado Hospital and nine years in home health care for oncology patients and people with diabetic, respiratory, and cardiac problems. Nancy has a special interest in using acupuncture as a complement to oncology treatment and is also experienced in treating chronic pain, internal medicine disorders, and women's issues. Nancy treats patients at the Smoky Hill Medical Offices on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Dallas Cox, LAc
Dallas Cox received his bachelor of science from the University of California, San Diego, in 1986 and is a licensed acupuncturist. He is nationally board certified in acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine by the National Coordinating Committee for acupuncture and Oriental medicine with licensure in the state of Colorado. Dallas received his training from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which included three and a half years of study and an additional year and a half of clinical experience. Following his schooling, he worked and studied for two years under Dr. Lixin Zhang, a 10th-generation acupuncturist from China. He received further training for Dr. Zhang in general medicine and areas of specialization including asthma, pediatrics, post-stroke care, and head-injury recovery. In addition, his interests and experience include treatment of allergies, digestive problems, insomnia, menstrual conditions, muscular/skeletal pain, migraines and headaches, and smoking cessation. Dallas is currently working on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Lakewood Medical Offices, and Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Smoky Hill Medical Offices.

Sherri Giamarvo, L.Ac.
Sherri Giamarvo graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Colorado in Boulder. After twelve years experience in the financial industry she realized she enjoys working with people more than numbers and embarked on a new career in healthcare. She graduated from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2001 and moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where she practiced acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine full-time in a busy, well-established acupuncture clinic. During her three year residency, she treated and cared for patients of all ages while practicing under the mentorship of the clinic director.  Sherri also studied extensively under a Chinese master of acupuncture and herbal medicine and has taught classes in acupuncture. Sherri is nationally board certified in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine by the National Coordinating Committee for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine with licensure in the state of Colorado. Sherri has returned home to Colorado, where she is caring for patients on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Westminster Medical Offices; Monday and Friday afternoons at the Midtown Medical Office; and Monday mornings and Thursdays at the Lakewood Medical Offices.

Holly Scalmanini, L.Ac.
Holly Scalmanini received her Master of Science in Oriental Medicine from Southwest Acupuncture College in 2008. She is a designated Diplomate in Oriental Medicine by the National Committee for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is a Licensed Acupuncturist in the state of Colorado. Holly began working in the field ofComplementary Medicine in 1999 when she earned her Certificate of Therapeutic Massage from the Cypress Health Institute. In addition, she has had a long standing yoga practice and taught Iyengar yoga from 2003-2009. Holly also worked as a Physical Therapist's Aide from 1994-1998 learning the specifics of injury rehabilitation. In 2008, Holly had the unique opportunity to study at the Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine Hospital in Harbin,China. While there, Holly got to see firsthand how Chinese Medicine is practiced in its home country and how well they have integrated Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine. Holly treats a wide variety of conditions with acupuncture including anxiety, depression, headaches, migraines, menstrual irregularities, menopausal symptoms, low back pain, neckpain, shoulder pain, chronic pain, fatigue, infertility, stress, digestive disorders, peripheral neuropathy, and autoimmune symptoms. Holly works at the Westminster Medical Offices on Thursdays, Fridays, and on Saturday mornings.

Scott Clemensen, MD
Dr. Scott Clemensen was born and raised in Boulder, and he attended medical school in Albany, N.Y. During his Family Medicine residency in Rochester, NY, he completed training in medical acupuncture. After his residency, he enjoyed three years of running his own integrated private practice in western New York's Finger Lakes region. Dr. Clemensen came home to Colorado and to Kaiser Permanente in 2008. He divides his practice time between the Westminster Family Medicine clinic and the Centers for Complementary Medicine, providing medical acupuncture that is based on evidence. This unique combination allows him to provide members with an integrated mind, body, and spirit approach to personal health and disease management. He especially enjoys helping members with chronic pain achieve improved function and decreased dependence on medication with research proven acupuncture protocols.