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How to start physician-led medical weight management with Harpeth Family Medicine Spa.
You don't need to have everything figured out.
You just need to start the conversation.
Not an application. A message.
Harpeth Family Medicine Spa is a telehealth-first, physician-led medical weight-management program from Harpeth Family Medicine. Starting it doesn't begin with a form or a purchase.
Tell us you'd like to learn more.
Tell us how to reach you.
We'll take it from there.
- A click.A conversation.
- A transaction.A relationship.
- Sign up.Get known.
- Getting medication.Building a plan.
- One appointment.Ongoing oversight.
- Send a message.Start something.
Start the conversation.
Basic contact details are all we need for now. Someone from the practice will reach back to you directly.
Please do not include private medical information in this message. We will provide the appropriate secure process for clinical information during onboarding.
You reach out.
We reach back.
Your message goes to people, not a queue. The team contacts you, sends the information and onboarding documents you'll need, and answers your questions about how the program works.
Then we arrange a time to talk by phone.
That first call is program onboarding. The medical evaluation is a separate telehealth consultation with your physician, and it comes next.
Before the appointment, we talk.
A real conversation with someone from the practice. We introduce the program, walk through onboarding, and make sure the information we need is collected the right way.
We answer the practical questions and prepare you for your visit with Dr. Nimmagadda. Then we schedule it.
Someone knows you're coming.
Then we talk medicine.
Your first telehealth appointment is a medical weight-management consultation with Srinivas Nimmagadda, MD, the physician responsible for your evaluation and ongoing medical oversight in this program.
Dr. Nimmagadda is board-certified in Family Medicine and has practiced adult medicine and geriatrics through Harpeth Family Medicine for many years.
This is where clinical decisions are made. He looks at where you are, where you want to go, and whether medical treatment is appropriate for you.
In that visit he may review
- Relevant medical history and medications
- Prior weight-management experiences
- Current health, weight, and relevant clinical information
- Lifestyle patterns: nutrition, activity, sleep
- Goals and barriers
- Potential treatment options
The same two questions that shape the process on How.
Where are we starting?
Where are we going?
Before we start treatment, we understand the choice.
Dr. Nimmagadda discusses the potential benefits, risks, contraindications, alternatives, and realistic expectations. If GLP-1 medication is being considered as part of your plan, that evaluation happens before anything is started.
- Sending a messagedoesn't guarantee medication.
- Completing onboardingdoesn't guarantee medication.
- Paymentdoesn't guarantee a prescription.
Medicine should involve a decision, not just a transaction.
Treatment is recommended only after an appropriate physician evaluation, and only when it's clinically appropriate. Depending on your situation, additional records, lab testing, or other evaluation may be needed first. That's the model working as intended.
Now we have a starting point.
If you and Dr. Nimmagadda decide to proceed, your initial strategy takes shape.
It's built around your goals and your health, and it may include:
- Lifestyle goals
- A nutrition strategy
- Movement and activity goals
- Behavior change
- Monitoring and follow-up
- Medication, when clinically appropriate
Medication may be part of the plan.
Lifestyle change is bigger than the medication.
The prescription isn't goodbye.
Starting the plan isn't the end of the visit. Dr. Nimmagadda remains involved in physician oversight as you progress.
As clinically appropriate, the program revisits your progress, how you're responding, tolerability, goals and barriers, any medical issues, and whether the treatment or lifestyle strategy needs adjusting.
The program is longitudinal.
Your plan can evolve as you do.
Three things people ask before they send the message.
Is this only a GLP-1 program?
No. It's a physician-led lifestyle and metabolic-health program. GLP-1 medication is one possible tool, used only when a physician evaluation finds it clinically appropriate for you.
Does sending a message commit me to anything?
No. It starts a conversation. You'll receive the program information and onboarding steps, and you decide whether to continue to the physician consultation.
Do I need to come to an office?
The program is telehealth-first, beginning with a video consultation. Whether telehealth care is available where you live is confirmed during onboarding, and some situations may call for records, lab testing, or in-person evaluation.
The whole process
- 1MessageTell us you're interested.
- 2ConnectWe reach back.
- 3PrepareDocuments and onboarding.
- 4TalkA phone conversation.
- 5MeetTelehealth consultation with Dr. Nimmagadda.
- 6DecideBenefits. Risks. Options.
- 7StartMedical and lifestyle strategy.
- 8ProgressFollow. Measure. Adjust.
Change started with a decision. This starts with a message.
Email us at admin@harpethfamilymedicine.com
We'll help you with the next step.