The journey begins here.
Dr. William Summers is board certified in both gynecology and obesity medicine, with more than 35 years in practice. Our medically-supervised weight loss programs are affordable, safe, effective, and designed around your specific needs with one-on-one nutritional and exercise counseling at every step.
Obesity is not a failure of willpower.
Weight gain is a dysfunction in our neuroendocrine system. Obesity in this country has gone from approximately 10% of adults during World War II to nearly 40% today. It is now associated with more than 200 diseases.
When we become overweight, the hormone signals that regulate hunger, fullness, and fat storage are disrupted. This involves GLP-1, GIP, glucagon, amylin, and PYY, and several other neuroendocrine signals. When these signals are disrupted, we gain weight unfairly. As we gain weight unfairly, these same signals become even more disrupted.
Because of this biology, most people become frustrated in attempts to lose weight. Even more frustrating, our bodies are designed to put that weight right back on. Understanding why is where treatment starts.
A program built around you
We provide weight management and maintenance solutions determined by each individual patient’s unique medical needs, goals, and requirements. Your program may include one-on-one nutritional and exercise counseling, prescription appetite suppressant medications, Vitamin B6–B12–Lipotropic injections and/or tablets, and additional support based on your needs.
Our clinic offers a variety of treatment approaches that can be combined in individualized ways to address the specific weight-management needs and challenges of each patient.
What we’ll actually ask you to change
Two things carry most of the weight, and neither is a starvation diet.
Carbohydrates. Not all are equal. Naturally occurring, complex carbohydrates enter the bloodstream under tight regulatory control. Highly refined, man-made sugars enter fast and push the body toward fat storage. Dr. Summers recommends ≤100 grams of total carbohydrates per day.
Protein. Your metabolic rate tracks your muscle mass, as Dr. Summers says, “if you want to burn more calories, add a little muscle.” When you lose fat without enough dietary protein, your body takes the amino acids it needs from muscle, your daily calorie requirement drops, and progress stalls. That’s why we recommend more protein than you’ll read elsewhere: over 120 grams a day for women, over 160 grams for men.
Anything you do to lose weight, you will have to continue doing for a period of time. Our bodies are designed, when we lose weight, to quickly repair that with increased weight gain.
Simple, upfront pricing
No surprises, straightforward pricing for every visit.