Meet the Team
Meet our Founder
Dr. Melinda Marzolf
Dr. Melinda Marzolf is a primary care physician in Montrose, Colorado, with over a decade of experience caring for patients of all ages. She obtained her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency in Family Medicine. She is board-certified in Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Marzolf is currently obtaining certification in Functional Medicine to further enhance her ability to provide high-quality, holistic care to her patients. She is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and Institute for Functional Medicine.
Dr. Marzolf grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to Colorado in 2012. She has wanted to be a physician since she was five years old. As a child, she spent a lot of time visiting hospitals to be with her mom, who had Type 1 diabetes. Her love for her mom and passion for whole-person care led to her career in Osteopathic medicine.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Marzolf enjoys spending time with her husband and three beautiful kiddos on their cattle ranch. She once was a dancing cow in a musical and fell in love with cows. Now, she’s living her dream and raising Highland cattle, in addition to 30+ chickens, a rather unsuccessful desert garden, and hopefully one day, alpacas!
Meet our Staff
Nichole VanDerwalker
Registered Nurse
Nichole VanDerwalker brings nearly 15 years of nursing experience to Balance Integrated Health and has worked in the Montrose area since 2018. Her background includes a wide range of nursing skills and care, including patient assessment and general home health; hospital nursing, including medical, surgery, cardiology and orthopedics; hospice and palliative care; mental crisis center; and healthy living.
While moving around the country as a child because her father was in the U.S. Navy, Nichole developed a deep desire to help others during the vulnerable parts of life. Through working as a nurse, that grew into a passion for helping others in a variety of ways from working in a hospital or a home to caring for people struggling with depression, anxiety, and drug and alcohol addiction to end of life care. As an adult, Nichole’s interests, both personally and professionally, have expanded to include approaching health from a more natural approach.
Nichole’s work experience includes Axis Health System’s Regional Crisis Center in Montrose; Montrose Memorial Hospital (now Montrose Regional Hospital); Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care in Colorado Springs; Mercy Regional Health Center (now Via Christi Hospital) in Manhattan, Kansas; and Parkview Medical Center and Pueblo West Home Health, both in Pueblo, Colorado. Nichole earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing at the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Services at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs, as well as an Associate of Arts degree from Grand Rapids College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Personally, Nichole enjoys gardening, hiking, travel, reading and learning about new things. Married for more than 20 years, she and her husband, a local veterinarian, are the proud parents of three children, as well as two dogs and a lizard.
Trina O’Brien
Health coach/administrative support
Trina O’Brien’s passion for health, wellness, and active lifestyle stems from nearly 15 years of involvement as a nutrition, wellness, and healthy living coach. A California native, Trina has lived in Colorado for close to 15 years and moved to Montrose four years ago. Her expertise includes wellness coaching and education, integrative therapeutic massage, nutrition and healthy lifestyle advocacy, and sports and fitness training.
While Trina was always active growing up and played sports, a cancer diagnosis and treatment turned her focus to the importance of a healthy diet, managing stress, sleep, and a balanced lifestyle. The more she learned about the benefits of addressing the challenges she faced through chemo and radiation, Trina became committed to advocating and empowering others by coaching them about health, fitness, and nutrition, and emphasizing that individuals are empowered to make the choices necessary to lead a better lifestyle.
Trina will work with Integrated Balance Health’s clients to achieve their health goals, determined by Dr. Marzolf and the client. Her past experience includes co-founder of Power Mom/PowerMom Co., where she was an educator and coach on wellness strategies, balancing motherhood and self-care, developing initiatives to support women’s health; co-founder, theEmpoweredbody, integrated therapeutic massage focused on chronic pain, injury recovery and stress relief; and several other organizations dedicated to nutrition, exercise, positive mindset, as well as coaching and youth development.
She earned her Master of Science in sports business and administration and Bachelor of Science in sports and recreation at Lynn University, where she played soccer on its national championship team. Trina is also an experienced speaker on health and wellness, and co-authored “Crush Mom Guilt: Transform Your Life from Crappy to Happy and Ignite Your Inner Greatness.”
A self-described sports enthusiast, Trina enjoys an active and healthy lifestyle, spending time in recreational vehicles and riding in her Jeep. She is the proud mom of two sets of twins: her 10-year-old son and daughter, and two rat terriers.