Anschutz Health and Wellness Center

What Anschutz Health and Wellness Center does

The Anschutz Health and Wellness Center (AHWC) is a center within the University of Colorado School of Medicine, located on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. Founded in 2008 and led by Director Daniel Bessesen, MD, AHWC delivers evidence-based health and wellness programming — preventive care, weight management, nutrition counseling, and fitness services — to patients and community members, alongside health and wellness education and research for medical students and trainees. The center operates within a large academic medical ecosystem that includes 5,000+ full-time faculty, $655 million in FY2025 research grants, and a $5.7 billion economic contribution to the State of Colorado in 2025.

AHWC's service portfolio spans clinical wellness programs, graduate and undergraduate medical education (including the 174-resident Internal Medicine Residency, Pediatric Residency, ID Fellowship, and accelerated 3-year Peak-to-Peak MD pathway), clinical research services, and AI-enabled research initiatives such as the AIDA Epic-integrated NLP summarizer, AI-based retinopathy of prematurity screening, and NIH-funded single-cell predictive analytics for rheumatoid arthritis. Core technology is integrated with the CU Anschutz clinical and research stack, including Epic EHR, the CCTSI translational infrastructure, and division-specific AI labs.

AHWC is not a standalone legal entity; it is a department within a public state university system, with revenue derived from two streams: (1) clinical services billed through UCHealth and CU Medicine, and (2) research grants and contracts routed through the parent campus. Go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven, with patients acquired through UCHealth clinical referral networks and university patient portals; wellness programming is also delivered directly through on-campus outpatient facilities and partner hospital networks including Children's Hospital Colorado, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Denver Health, and National Jewish Health. Pricing is set internally by UCHealth/CU Medicine billing systems and is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Anschutz Health and Wellness Center

Legal name

Anschutz Health and Wellness Center

Website

https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Anschutz Health and Wellness Center is a department within the University of Colorado School of Medicine on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus that delivers evidence-based clinical wellness, preventive care, weight management, and nutrition programs to patients and community members, alongside medical education and translational research supported by UCHealth and federal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Preventive Health and Wellness Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

Keywords

• Preventive healthcare services
• Clinical wellness programs
• Weight management care
• Health and wellness research
• Nutrition counseling services

Headquarters

HQ city

Aurora

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Clinical Services Revenue: Revenue generated from patient clinical services and health/wellness programs delivered through the center's operations within the academic medical center.
2. Research Grants and Funding: The center operates within a broader institution that received $655 million in research grants awarded in FY2025, supporting health and wellness research initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Anschutz Health and Wellness Center delivers clinical health, wellness, and preventive care services to patients and community members from its location within the CU Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. Its offerings include weight management, nutrition counseling, fitness programs, and evidence-based wellness research integrated with the academic medical center's clinical infrastructure. The center is led by Director Daniel Bessesen, MD, and operates as a clinical and research arm of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Product overview

The Anschutz Health and Wellness Center operates within the broader University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, which offers a comprehensive suite of medical education, research, and clinical care programs. The institution provides MD education with multiple pathway options (standard 4-year and accelerated 3-year), graduate medical education through residency and fellowship programs across multiple specialties, and extensive clinical research infrastructure including the Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute. The campus houses hospital partners including Children's Hospital Colorado, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, and Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, enabling training across diverse healthcare settings from urban underserved to rural communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clinical Health and Wellness Services
• Weight Management Programs
• Nutrition Counseling Services
• Health and Wellness Research Programs

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• UCHealth University of Colorado HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary affiliated hospital providing clinical care opportunities for health and wellness programs. UCHealth is the academic medical center partner for CU Anschutz School of Medicine, offering integrated clinical services.
• Children's Hospital ColoradocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor pediatric hospital partner adjacent to CU Anschutz campus, providing clinical training and research collaboration opportunities in pediatric wellness and health.
• Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVeterans Affairs medical center on the CU Anschutz campus providing clinical care, research, and training opportunities in veteran health and wellness.
• National Jewish HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner hospital for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship training program, offering clinical training opportunities in respiratory and immune health.
• Denver HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor safety-net hospital partner providing clinical training sites and collaborative research in urban underserved health and wellness.
• Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI)majorTechnology or IntegrationResearch collaboration providing infrastructure for clinical and translational research support, including community fall-prevention programs and health outcomes research.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Noom: Direct-to-consumer digital weight management and nutrition coaching platform competing for the same patient segments seeking behavior-change wellness programs. Comparable end-customer with sharply contrasting delivery model.

Direct peers

• Cleveland Clinic Center for Lifestyle Medicine: Health-system-embedded lifestyle medicine program delivering nutrition, weight management, and behavior-change services integrated with hospital care. Closely comparable as a clinical-research-anchored wellness offering.
• Mayo Clinic Wellness: Academic medical-center wellness and preventive medicine practice delivering evidence-based programs in nutrition, fitness, and weight management. Comparable integration of clinical, research, and educational missions.
• Vanderbilt Osher Center for Integrative Health: University-based center focused on integrative and lifestyle medicine including nutrition and mind-body programs. Comparable academic medical center anchor with research and clinical mission overlap.
• Northwestern Medicine Osher Center for Integrative Health: Academic medical wellness center at Northwestern providing lifestyle, nutrition, and preventive medicine programs anchored by research. Comparable clinical-research integration and target population.
• UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health: University of California-based center combining research, education, and clinical services in integrative health, nutrition, and wellness. Comparable academic wellness model with similar revenue mix.
• Duke Center for Living: Academic medical wellness center at Duke University offering weight management, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine programs within a research-driven health system. Comparable mix of clinical care, research, and physician leadership.
• Mass General Brigham Lifestyle Medicine: Academic health-system lifestyle medicine program delivering nutrition, physical activity, and behavior-change services within a major US hospital network. Closely comparable clinical-academic integration.

Broad incumbents

• UCHealth: Core partner hospital system of the CU Anschutz School of Medicine and primary distribution channel for the center's clinical services. Overlapping patient base and integrated clinical operations.

Regional players

• National Jewish Health: Denver-based specialty hospital partner on the CU Anschutz campus providing respiratory and immune health training collaboration. Operationally co-located and functionally integrated through fellowship programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/anschutzwell
• Facebookfacebook.com/AnschutzWell
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anschutz-health-and-wellness-center

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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