Kimberly's educational degrees encompass an array of scientific and medical perspectives, and she can relate and speak on a variety of academic disciplines, which adds a wealth of expertise to the Healing Horizons practitioner line-up! She encourages others with dynamic decision-making skills and pertinent knowledge as part of her treatment plan. In the past, Kimberly has held her own general practice with an emphasis on pain management, physical accidents and injuries, sports medicine, endocrine disorders, adjunctive care for cancer or surgeries, women's health and fertility, and achieving wellness goals.

 

Kimberly Ann Brown earned her Master’s degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM, formally known as the National College of Natural Medicine, NCNM) in Portland, Oregon in May 2006. This 4-year 3370-hour program included more than 1070 hours of clinical experience.

Ms. Brown was certified in 2006 by the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) as a Diplomate in Oriental Medicine; license #100191. Moreover, in 2006 she was Board Certified by NCCAOM in acupuncture, as well as certified in Clean Needle Technique from the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Ms. Brown is also certified as a Wilderness EMT by the National Registry of EMTS (NREMT) as of 2017, and volunteers for Search and Rescue as well as for backcountry ambulatory emergencies. 

Ms. Brown is a licensed acupuncturist in the State of Colorado. Ms. Brown has training and experience in the recommendation and application of adjunctive therapies as defined by traditional Oriental medical concepts. These adjunctive therapies include cupping, tuina, moxibustion, auriculotherapy, and dietary and lifestyle recommendations.

Ms. Brown also earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia in biology and psychology in 2001 with an emphasis in mind-body and sports medicine.

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Kimberly was a student research coordinator for Helfgott at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) and she published peer-reviewed scientific articles alongside her students. It was here that she discovered that the best way to promote and to sustain health for people is through healthy eating habits and proactive lifestyles, which is dependent upon systems that support clean air, water, and food practices. This insight was impetus for a major career change. As a result, Kimberly worked on farms-- from orcharding to livestock to community garden plots-- and learned how to ethically and sustainably grow food and raise animals in extreme environments with limited resources. She finds this experience invaluable, as it taught her steadfast discipline and a greater understanding of what it genuinely takes to put food on the table for herself and for others. She owns a company called Fresh Tooth Foods where she continues to provide others with fresh and zesty local produce.

Plants have always fascinated Kimberly, and she is a steward of wildlands and an educator for plant care as a volunteer with the Colorado Master Gardener Program. She admires plants' adaptability; harmonic cohabitation and ecosystem restoration capacities; fortitude in extreme and unusual circumstances; and their collective ability to nourish and heal humans and animals. Kimberly definitely “geeks out” on plants and enjoys sharing and exchanging that knowledge with others.

Ample access to the wilderness provides great unabridged adventures for her and her dog, Johnny Jude Cash. They both thrive in unadulterated natural settings, and as a Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician (WEMT), she enjoys helping others feel comfortable in our natural environment in emergency and out-in-the-wild settings. As a self-proclaimed carrot chaser and to satisfy her inner nature, Kimberly doggedly trains so that she can admire the view atop mountains and volcanoes— especially in the wintertime when the alpine glow is ripe!