Medical Weight Management Our team of Catholic weight loss specialists treat the whole person, body, mind and spirit. Our physicians can prescribe weight loss medications when indicated. Work with a clinician to find a holistic approach to weight management, hormonal control, exercise, and healthy living.

Weight Management Clinicians in Florida

Elissa Sanchez-Speach, M.D.
Family Practice Physician, NaProTechnology and FEMM │Chair, Department of Family Medicine

Dr. Sanchez-Speach sees adults and children for all general medical concerns.  She provides women's health and fertility care using NaProTechnology and FEMM principles. She also treats uncomplicated behavioral health concerns such as depression and anxiety.

*Languages: English

Karen Dalton, M.D.
Primary Care Adult Medicine and NaproTechnology │Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

Dr. Dalton sees adults ages 18 yrs and older for general medical issues, including acute illnesses, long covid care and general health problems, as well as women's health and NaproTechnology/infertility issues for both wives and their husbands. She also offers abortion pill reversal treatment and care.  VIRTUAL TELEHEALTH-ONLY PROVIDER. Not accepting new patients.

*Languages: English

Katrina Nguyen, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterologist │Chair, Department of Gastroenterology

Dr. Nguyen provides consultation for patients from birth to 21 years old via virtual visits.

*Languages: English

Terrance G. Hanlon, M.D.
Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine Physician │Chair, Department of Lifestyle Medicine

Dr Hanlon partners with patients 16 years and older for acute, chronic,  and preventive medical needs

*Languages: English

Margie C. Sweeney, M.D., OFS, CPC, Dipl ABOM
Family Physician and Obesity Medicine Specialist │Chair, Department of Weight Management

Dr. Sweeney also offers Type II Diabetes consults and management for patients 12 and older.

*Languages: English, Spanish

Angela F. Fasnacht M.D.
Family Medicine Physician

Dr. Fasnacht sees patients of all ages for virtual acute and chronic health needs. She has a special interest in teaching patients how and where to source nourishing food, and how to prepare the food to reverse autoimmune disease and oral health concerns. *English, AKAN-Twi

Kim Marie Reyes, M.D.
Primary Care Physician, Women's health and fertility specialist

General practice: Primary Care women and men, urgent and chronic conditions (age 13 and up), urgent care age 13 and up, palliative care, end of life discussions, planning. OB/GYN: Board certified, NFP trained, Women’s health and telehealth OB, STI's, obstetrics, gynecology, infertility, menopause, bioidentical hormones.

*Languages: English

Elaine Schenk, MD
CFPC

Dr. Schenk cares for patients of all ages with acute and chronic issues. *English

Melanie Rylander, M.D.
General Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Internal Medicine

Dr. Rylander sees patients ages 15 and above with a variety of mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, post partum depression, psychotic disorders, substance use, and trauma. She specializes in comprehensive mental health evaluations and medication management.

*Languages: English

Clarissa Phelps, M.D.
Family Physician

Dr. Phelps sees patients of all ages with both acute and chronic concerns. Her time at the VA has given her special experience in treating the elderly, disabled, and those with chronic illness.

*Languages: English

Maura Buete, M.D.
Family Physician

Dr. Buete treats patients of all ages for urgent care needs, primary care, wellness and wound care.

*Languages: English

Tatiana Parra, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician

Dr. Parra is an Internal Medicine physician with interest in functional medicine. She has a holistic approach, helping patients find authentic health and wellness. She also provides COVID care, preventative care and annual wellness needs.

*Languages: English, Spanish, Italian

David Wittgens, M.D.
Family Practice Physician, Sports Medicine

Dr. Wittgens is a family practice physician who sees patients of all ages. In addition to all general medical care, he has special interests in dermatology, sports medicine, and natural family planning.

*Languages: English, Spanish

Ruth M. Foreman, DNP, FNP-BC
ANCC Family Nurse Practitioner

Ruth Foreman, family nurse practitioner, offers primary and urgent care virtually. She treats infants through adults in conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, depression and anxiety and acute illnesses including sinusitis, UTIs, and injuries.

*Languages: English, Spanish

Maria Rosario Smith, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner

Rosario FNP-C sees adults for wellness exams, GYN health concerns- PCOS support, HRT, Menopause support, and coaching, mild depression/anxiety, preconception counseling, NFP, and medical weight loss management. Special interest in Functional Medicine/Menopause support.

*Languages: English, Spanish

Nicole Tiefel, DNP, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner

Nicole sees patient of all ages (pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics) and treats acute or chronic medical conditions. She is available for virtual primary care.

*Languages: English

Diane Dunniway, DNP, APN, WHNP-BC, CFCMC
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Certified Fertility Care Medical Consultant

Diane sees women and adolescent females for all women's healthcare needs. She is especially passionate about bioidentical hormone replacement and fertility care.

*Languages: English

Kaleena Francois, PA-C, IFNCP
Certified Physician Assistant

Kaleena sees adult patients. She proves a personalized holistic integrative medicine approach, and focuses on endocrine and metabolic dysfunction, preventative medicine, women’s health, weight management, and chronic disease management.

*Languages: English

Melanie Rodriguez, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Melanie Rodriguez PA-C sees patients of all ages for a variety of medical needs. She is available for virtual visit as well as some house calls for patients in her area.

*Languages: English, Spanish

Mary Kate Dunleavy, MSPAS, PA-C
Physicians Assistant

Mary Kate sees patients for Adolescent and Adult Family Medicine and Urgent Care, Functional Medicine.

*Languages: English

Sherin George, PA-C
NCCPA Certified PA, Family Practice - Holistic Medicine, NaProTECHNOLOGY, FEMM, NeoFertility

Sherin George offers holistic healthcare services for adults and children, addressing hormonal disorders, fertility, energy, weight management, gut health, and autoimmunity. Her training includes NaProTECHNOLOGY, FEMM, NeoFertility, Marquette, and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.

*Languages: English, Malayalam

Sandy Russell, MS, CDN, CNS candidate
Functional Clinical Nutritionist

Sandy enjoys supporting teens and adults with their health challenges through a functional nutrition lens. She sees patients virtually via telehealth.

*Languages: English

Annie McKenna, MS, RDN, LDN
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist/Health Coach

Annie is available for telehealth visits for pediatric and adult clients seeking nutrition consultation for general wellness, weight management, chronic disease prevention/care and nutrition coaching.

*Languages: English

Claire Gilmore, CNS, LDN
Functional nutritionist & licensed dietitian

Claire sees mothers, aspiring mothers-to-be, and men and women of all ages.

*Languages: English

Wendy Burton M.D., FAIHM, IFMCP, MA
Integrative Family Physician │Chair, Department of Functional Medicine

Dr. Wendy sees adolescents and adults providing in-depth, root-based functional medicine. She has an expertise in women's health, hormones/ bioidenticals, functional gut, cardio-metabolic, longevity optimization, and mental health. Her deepest hope is for each patient to be seen, heard, and highly valued at every visit. Not accepting new patients.

*Languages: English, Spanish (Proficient; for Urgent Care only)

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Matthew Estrade, MA, MBA
Gerontologist

Matthew coaches care partners (caregivers) of persons living with Alzheimer’s or related dementias in strategies to make the best of a challenging situation. Appointments are typically for care partners so that they can speak frankly, however, they may include the person living with dementia if that is preferred. He also facilitates care partner support groups online to help them find fellowship and brainstorm solutions together. Support groups are also offered for persons living with dementia in the early stages. To Matthew, it is a privilege partnering with families to see what can be done to live life to its fullest.

*Languages: English

Craig Turczynski, Ph.D.
Reproductive Physiologist │Chair, Department of Men's Fertility Health

Dr. Craig Turczynski is an expert in the field of reproductive physiology, having formerly run an IVF, andrology and assisted reproductive technology lab. He left the IVF field and now helps couples who desire to achieve pregnancy restoratively, while under the guidance of their physician. He offers counseling to men who are concerned about their fertility and provides consultation to the couple’s health care team for how to interpret semen analysis and other fertility test results. When male factor is identified, he will research specific diagnostic and treatment options which can get to the root cause but are sadly not offered because of the aggressive use of IVF. He can also teach and coach the couple on use of the Billings Ovulation Method® or review other charting data to help them identify the optimum time to conceive when male factor exists. Dr. Turczynski is uniquely qualified to help couples who are considering or struggling to understand assisted reproductive technology. He will provide information that fertility centers never tell their patients. 

Cassondra Moriarty
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Certified Family Planning Instructor │Chair, Department of Lactation Consultation

Cassondra provides family planning education using sympto-hormonal methods with FEMM and Sympto-Thermal. She also provides lactation consultation and breastfeeding support.

*Languages: English

Stacey Nagle
CCL/STM Method Instructor

Stacey Nagle provides fertility awareness instruction and coaching to women through a lifetime of fertility (teens through perimenopause).

*Languages: English

Katherine A. Hernandez
FertilityCare Practitioner

Katherine Hernandez sees women from adolescence until menopause to address their fertility needs.

*Languages: English, Spanish

Gillian Izlar
Creighton Model FertilityCare Teacher

Gillian sees patients for Creighton Model natural family planning.

*Languages: English

Marilyn Wachs, BSMT
CFCP

Marilyn will see clients desiring to achieve or avoid pregnancy as well as women desiring to use CrMS and NaProTECHNOLOGY for gynecological issues.

*Languages: English

Therese Rodriguez
Creighton FertilityCare Practitioner

Therese sees couples facing infertility, subfertility, recurrent miscarriage for it's medical and spiritual relational implications. Teens, young & adult women seen for PMS, irregular & painful cycles. Cycle synching strengths of cycle patterns for women: teens through peri-menopause.

*Languages: English, Spanish

Rosemary MacKenzie
NFP Instructor

Rose sees women interested in learning how to monitor their hormones for health promotion and reach their fertility goals of avoiding or achieving pregnancy using the Marquette Method or STM Method of NFP. She has extensive experience with the Mira monitor and clear blue fertility monitor.

*Languages: English

Susan M. Robinson, M.S., NBC-HWC
National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Fertility Educator (FEMM)

Susan sees adolescents and adults for health and wellness coaching and weight management consultations. She also sees adolescent girls, adult women, and married women and their spouses for fertility education through FEMM.

*Languages: English

Gianna Moulton, MSPAS, PA-C

Gianna sees women and couples interested in the Marquette Method of NFP, including those with PCOS, endometriosis, PMS/PMDD, and those in the postpartum and perimenopause periods.

*Languages: English

Jamie Hobor, BS, CFCP
Certified FertilityCare Practitioner

Jamie Hobor sees all women anytime between their first and last period. Husbands/fiancé’s are encouraged to attend for natural family planning purposes. For young women (i.e., pre-teens and teens) mothers or another support person are welcome to come for health monitoring.

*Languages: English

Caitlin Hanson
Certified Birth Educator

Caitlin meets with pregnant women in all stages of pregnancy and until approximately 12 weeks postpartum for additional support as they navigate motherhood.

*Languages: English

Leah Moretz
FEMM Teacher

Leah works with women and girls of all ages, from pre-puberty through menopause. She encourages women's partners to be involved in the sessions as well. Leah teaches clients from all states.

*Languages: English

Ana Schmude, MA
Certified Billings Ovulation Method® Instructor

Ana teaches couples and women to chart their menstrual cycles through the Billings Ovulation Method (BOM) to conceive or postpone pregnancy while also identifying potential reproductive or other health issues that a Fertility Awareness Methods (FAM) expert physician can promptly address.

*Languages: English, Spanish 

Vicki Braun, M.Sc., CGP
Fertility Educator/Natural Family Planning Instructor

Vicki Braun sees patients who are interested or in need of fertility education, achieving or avoiding pregnancy, as well as understanding women's and teenagers' fertility. She is available for virtual education.

*Languages: English

Estela Cordova
Instructora Método de la Ovulación Billings

Estela acepta a mujeres que desean conocer sobre su fertilidad y a parejas que desean utilizar Planificación Familiar Natural para concebir o posponer un embarzo.

*Languages: Spanish

Susan Miller
Billings Ovulation Method Instructor

Susan sees girls, women, and married couples who are wishing to learn to chart their cycles for medical knowledge or to avoid, postpone, or achieve pregnancy.

*Languages: English

Ferely Correa
Billings Ovulation Method Instructor

Ferely works with couples/women who wish to achieve, postpone or avoid pregnancies, providing training on Natural Family Planning Billings Method.

Ferely trabaja con parejas/mujeres que deseen lograr, posponer o evitar embarazos, dando entrenamiento en el Método Natural de Planificación Familiar Billings.
*Languages: English, Spanish

Kim Cole
Certified Billings Instructor

Kim sees women and couples experiencing all phases of the continuum. Regular Cycles, Irregular Cycles, Breastfeeding, Coming off Hormonal Contraceptives, Perimenopausal and Stress. Couples wishing to achieve or avoid or looking for help understanding how to chart fertility.

*Languages: English

Monica Bergeron, CFCP
Certified Fertility Care Practitioner

Monica provides Natural Family Planning training and FertilityCare education for women and couples using the Creighton Model.

*Languages: English, Spanish

Lynn Knapke, MA, IAPOC, CHES, DBH(cand.)
Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinician

Lynn sees male or female adults or youth, religious sisters, and couples for behavioral health needs assessment plus wellness-life coaching. Lynn’s care is deeply whole-person and roots-oriented; with specialties in family-related issues, sorrowfulness, and insecurities. PraiseMoves (or Latin) exercise may also be requested by women (at least age 8; may be wheelchair-bound).

*Languages: English

Darci Blackstock
Health Coach

Darci partners with adults interested in improving health and wellbeing.

*Languages: English

Kristen Moore, CHWC
Certified Health and Wellness Coach

Kristen sees adults and adolescents for health and wellness consultation and weight management.

*Languages: English

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