About Us

Empowering Individuals to Achieve Optimal Health & Well-being

Dr. Kirsten Nelson

DNP, FNP-BC
Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner

I am pleased to offer overall wellness and primary care, hormone evaluation and therapy, weight loss counseling and treatment, vitamin and mineral analysis, thyroid and adrenal support, medical detox, mitochondrial function testing, gut health testing, food sensitivity testing, mold testing and more. My patients continue to rave about my attention-to-detail, the amount of time I dedicate to patients and my comprehensive approach to practice.

I received my bachelors of nursing from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and my doctorate from Gonzaga University. I have worked in healthcare for 12 years with experience in mental health, emergency medicine and rehabilitation. My big passion is in holistic and integrative medicine which I have been practicing since becoming a nurse practitioner in 2019. I have additional training in nutrition, women’s health and holistic non-pharmacological treatments for many conditions. I have a passion for helping others understand their bodies and feel empowered in navigating their health. I love to help patients manage western medicine modalities while broaching into eastern and holistic therapies.

I am happily married and we have an adorable baby boy and soon to have a second. I love cooking and reading. We enjoy spending time together in the mountains and traveling.

Tyler Okelberry

MSN, AG-ACNP
Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner

I grew up on a farm in Idaho before moving to Utah to pursue an education in healthcare. I received my Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Utah Valley University and my Masters in Science of Nursing from the University of Utah. I received my post-masters in nursing in Adult-Gerontology nurse practitioner studies from Duke University. I started working as a nurse practitioner in 2020.

I have worked in healthcare for 16 years with experience in academia, cardiothoracic critical care, neurocritical care, physical rehabilitation, and wound care. I work several days a week teaching yoga in various places around Salt Lake County. I have a passion for helping people heal; I approach each patient individually while applying my knowledge of Western Medicine combined with Eastern teachings of yoga.

I live with my miniature Golden Doodle and a growing collection of house plants. In my free time I love hiking, reading, travel, trying local coffee shops, and spending time with my family.

Why I started High West Medical

The name High West Medical was developed from where I live, the base of the high Uinta mountains. Living in an area with wildlife and open land enables us to embrace the beauty of the outdoors. I have always found nature to be healing for my physical and emotional health. I encourage my patients to embrace the connection of how our environment can bring us into a state of wellness.

After years of working in primary care and conventional medicine, I kept trying to dig deeper into why so many of my patients still didn’t feel “right” despite our typical testing and treatment approaches. Our traditional medicine model can often include prescribing many medications to manage symptoms. My goal for working with patients has always been to find the underlying causes of illness and get them to a place of thriving, not surviving.

I strongly connect to my purpose in trying to heal my body. We need to view the body as one whole system and how all the pieces work together, not just address each system separately. High West Medical uses all avenues of medicine to help patients meet their ultimate wellness.

Empowering Individuals to Achieve Optimal Health & Well-being

Dr. Kirsten Nelson

Tyler Okelberry

Why I started High West Medical

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