Dr. Nicholas Judd "Nick" Nossaman

Dr. Nicholas J. Nossaman, a pioneering force in the world of homeopathy and a devoted physician for more than half a century, passed away peacefully on February 18th, 2026, leaving behind a legacy that profoundly shaped integrative and homeopathic medicine around the world. He was 83. Importantly, February 18th is also the birthday of his beloved late mother Helen, and fell on Ash Wednesday.

For 51 years, Dr. Nossaman practiced medicine with tireless dedication to his patients, combining his deep understanding of medicine with a rare compassion that defined his life's work. For 48 of those years, he was a practitioner, teacher, and global advocate of homeopathy, helping to elevate the field through scholarship, rigorous study, and tireless mentorship.

Widely regarded internationally as a homeopathic expert and scholar, Dr. Nossaman was known not only for his mastery of homeopathic philosophy and materia medica, but also for his ability to bridge conventional medical training with classical homeopathic principles. As a medical doctor, he brought scientific discipline to his homeopathic practice, earning the respect of colleagues across disciplines and continents.

Patients remember Dr. Nossaman for his attentiveness, wisdom, compassion, and belief in the body's ability to heal when truly understood. He approached each case with humility and curiosity, seeing not just illness, but the whole person before him.

Beyond his professional accomplishments, he was a devoted husband/father/uncle/grandfather/friend. A lover of art, music and nature and a man of integrity whose quiet strength and presence touched all who knew him. He was often described as gentle, kind, considerate with a clever intellect. Similar to how he approached his medical practice, in his personal life, every person he encountered he approached with enduring respect, listening with intent to understand more. After retiring from medicine, Nick found joy in many ways. Whether it was learning to paint with watercolors; hiking in the Redwoods with his dear friends Jack and Peggy; writing short stories with his friend Willie every Tuesday; watching sports with loved ones; or simply sitting on the sofa watching PBS news with his love, Tess. Nick found a way to make every day count.

As a young boy in Durango, Nick fell in love with baseball - not just the game, but everything it represented. That early love never left him. Throughout his life, baseball was a constant presence - on the radio on Sundays while working in the garage; on television watching the playoffs with his family; and in his most favored memories. One of the most meaningful moments of his life came by pure happenstance when he met Buck O'Neil, of the Kansas City Monarchs, at the Oxford Hotel while the legendary player was in Denver for the opening of Coors Field. What might have been a brief encounter became something far more profound to Nick. He described it in one of his many poems to be like "touching the hem of the Pope's cloak". That unexpected meeting moved him deeply and stayed with him, affirming everything he believed baseball represented: grace, perseverance, and the enduring power of sport to unite.

He and his second wife, Teresa, celebrated their marriage of 32 years last June. During Nick and Tess's many years together, they loved to travel for homeopathic conferences as well as the pleasure to visit family and friends. They would travel across the United States as well as internationally.As they both loved music, one of their favorite places to visit was Vail for the New York Philharmonic concerts during the summer. They also loved movies and were members of the Denver Film Society at the SIE and loved watching the Golden Globes and Oscars. Nick enjoyed writing stories and poetry and for many years he created an annual Love Day Poem. Nick also published his own book of poetry in 2014. Which was titled Daydream and Shadow A Collection of Poetic Images.

Nick has two daughters by his first wife, Karen: Wende, his eldest, who lives in Denver with her husband Charles, and works for Microsoft; Aason, a long-time realtor who also works with her husband Eric and lives in Pasadena, CA. They have two grown children, Brayden, who lives in Brooklyn, NY working in production and film, having recently attended The New School in NY, and Ava is finishing her last year of college at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has two stepchildren: Bianca, who works in accounting and is married to Dan; Casey, who is a commercial real estate broker and has a 9-year-old son, Henry, with his ex-wife Nicole, an event producer. His niece, Heather Nossaman Mulqueen, married to Chris, was also a cherished figure in his life.

In honoring his memory, we celebrate a life devoted to healing, taking care of those around him, endless curiosity and the thing he will be most remembered for – kindness.

Rendezvous with a Sunset
by Nicholas Nossaman

In happens every day,
right on schedule.
as we toil at our workplaces
We harldly notice.

The chariot of the sun
bears it gently
behind the horizon
to its nightly repose.

In absence
sister moon guides us
through our magic forest
of dreams

Some are moved
to sing the sun back into the sky
each morning.
We thank them for that.

With each daytime soujourn
comes the gift of opportunity
for the expansion
of our awareness

When I hear the call
at the time of long shadows,
I'll meet you
at the sunset.

A graveside service will be held on Monday, March 2, 2026, beginning at 12:00 PM at Evergreen Memorial Park, 26624 N. Turkey Creek Rd., Evergreen, CO 80439.