Compassionate
Medicine Physician
At Bari-Med M.D. your care will be managed by Dr McClendon M.D., Board-Certified Bariatric Medicine Physician (Weight Loss and Obesity Medicine Specialist/Bariatrician) that will treat your weight concerns using an evidence based medical approach that has proven to be successful.
Why Choose Bari-Med M.D.?
1. Your weight loss plan is implemented and managed by Dr. McClendon M.D. a Board-Certified Weight Loss Physician.Many other “weight loss clinics” are not managed by specialist physicians in Obesity/ Weight Management. As a result, they don’t always know what’s best & safe for you to cause the maximum weight loss, & instead treat everyone’s weight loss the same.
2. All of your telemedicine visits are exclusively with Dr. McClendon.
At the other weight loss clinics, you may see a health coach, dietician, PA/NP or sometimes a Physician. However, they may not have the additional board certification in Obesity Medicine/ Weight Loss Management. Dr McClendon is double board certified, in Obesity Medicine.
3. Patients are treated over the LONG TERM.
Other weight loss clinics will help you lose the weight in 3 months then send you off & what happens after you stop seeing them?
YOU REGAIN THE WEIGHT.
At Bari-Med M.D., Dr McClendon is uniquely qualified to treat patients for weight loss not only acutely (3 months) but chronically/ long term as well. Many of her patients she’s been seeing for years as she has helped them keep the weight off in the long term! This is why she has helped many of her patients achieve 60 lbs weight loss & more!
Why Choose Bari-Med M.D.?
4. Dr McClendon treats patients with a variety of weight loss medications.At other weight loss clinics, they are only familiar with Phentermine, which is just 1 of the MANY weight loss meds that Dr McClendon prescribes to help you continually lose weight so that you have better, longer lasting results!
5. All visits are telemedicine visits.
Telemedicine visits has been most effective in helping our patients to follow up with Dr McClendon. Our patients are very busy professionals who enjoy having their follow up visits with Dr McClendon at home, during their breaks at work, or anywhere! The convenience of telemedicine visits has allowed them to stay on track with the regimen she has started with them. As a result, THEY LOSE MORE WEIGHT!
This also allows Dr McClendon to have a further reach for her patients all over the DC/MD/and VA areas. Patient have resided from as far as Harper’s Ferry West Virginia too!
Why Choose Bari-Med M.D.?
6. We accept INSURANCE!!Dr McClendon is within network with Anthem/ Blue Cross Blue Shield (+ Federal Employee Plans), Aetna, & Multiplan.
7. Exclusive access to Medical Grade Meal Replacement products.
As a weight loss specialist, Dr McClendon has curated the most nutritious and successful products in weight loss and now offers them to her patients! They are not available in stores! Using these products, her patients have the option of being placed on Reduced Calorie diets such as the Very Low Calorie Keto Diet and as a result, lose the weight more efficiently!
At Bari-Med M.D. Weight Loss and Wellness, a combination of weight loss medications, motivational interviewing, and discussion of the importance of a reduced calorie diet & exercise are used to manage your weight and lead to meaningful weight loss. It doesn’t matter if you’re “Overweight” with a BMI of 25+ to “Morbidly Obese” with a BMI of 70+, Dr McClendon, M.D. has managed ALL shapes and sizes as a Board-Certified Bariatric Medicine Physician (Weight Loss and Obesity Medicine Specialist/Bariatrician). With each and every one of your visits, your care will be personally managed by Dr McClendon, a Board – Certified Bariatric Medicine Physician.
Weight management is beyond just diet and exercise, it’s a complex issue that involves an interplay of your body’s hormones, genetics, psychosocial factors, age, metabolism, medications, medical history and behaviors.
Knowing this, an individualized approach to targeting not only your weight, but the reason behind your weight is employed, which leads to successful and sustained weight loss.
While some weight management doctors may refer to themselves as weight loss experts, only Board-Certified Bariatric Medicine Physicians have had the rigorous education in Obesity Medicine, Weight Related Conditions and Metabolism.
Dr McClendon has gained experience as a Bariatric Medicine Physician with practicing in busy bariatric clinics along with board certified bariatric surgeons, an adjunct faculty member of a bariatric surgery fellowship program and medical director of the Inova Medical Weight Loss Program.
Dr McClendon has encountered, and managed thousands of patients achieve meaningful weight loss which has improved their overall health and wellbeing.
This background also makes Dr McClendon uniquely qualified to discuss the different aspects of bariatric surgery to provide patients with the full scope of the indications, risks and benefits of bariatric surgery.
Why Choose Dr. McClendon M.D.?
- You want an experienced Board-Certified Bariatric Medicine Physician (Weight Loss and Obesity Medicine Specialist/Bariatrician) to treat your weight concerns using an evidence based medical approach that has proven to be successful.
- You want a compassionate medical doctor who has managed the weight loss of thousands of patients safely and effectively
- You are ready to stop the weight rollercoaster and are ready to initiate a lifestyle change to help you to not only lose the weight but keep it off.
- You want a one-on-one approach to enable you to be successful on your weight loss journey.
- You want a second opinion on which weight loss option, Weight Loss Surgery or Medical Weight Loss is best for you.
- You want a physician that as a Bariatrician, can help prevent, and more importantly, reverse weight- related illnesses (for example; High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, High Cholesterol) by reducing body fat responsible for the disease processes.
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