average weight change at 72 weeks on tirzepatide 15 mg, against −3.1% on placebo
Jastreboff AM et al., N Engl J Med 2022 · PMID 35658024
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Conditions we treat
Five common reasons patients visit us. Each has its own page and a physician-led plan.
2clinics, in Columbia and Laurel, Maryland
about20insurance plans in network
about200perioperative providers trained in Liberia and The Gambia since 2022
2025Voted Best Weight Loss Clinic in Laurel
Telehealth
See a physician by video, from home, across Maryland, DC and Virginia
Weight loss check-ins, hormone and longevity follow-ups and prehab visits between sessions, by video: a link and your name in any browser, no app and no log-in. Your first consultation and your labs are in person at Columbia or Laurel.
From Bowie, Upper Marlboro, Fort Washington, Silver Spring, Columbia, Laurel, Owings Mills, Washington, DC, Woodbridge, Alexandria, Ashburn, Stafford and every ZIP code in between. See the ZIP codes we serve.
Your consultation with the physician is $49, credited toward your visit or program. Cancel or reschedule at least 24 hours ahead for a full refund.
Care
What we treat
Prehab · Prehabilitation Centers of AmericaSurgical pre-optimizationGet stronger before surgerySingle prehab services · $119 eachSee the evidence and your options
Opening soon · Maryland’s first CORFOutpatient rehabilitation (CORF)Physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapy, and nursingOpening soon: hear when
Hormone optimizationWomen’s healthHormones, energy, sleep and moodEstroBalance™ · $499 a monthSee the evidence and your options
Hormone optimizationMen’s healthTestosterone, recovery and strengthNandrolone+™ · $499 a monthSee the evidence and your options
ShredRx™ medical weight managementFat loss & muscle gainPhysician-led GLP-1 care, and the year afterSupport & Accountability Team · $89See the evidence and your options
Preventative and functional careLongevityPreventive and functional careAgelessRenew™ · From $229 a sessionSee the evidence and your options
Sick visits, hydration and electrolytesSame-day care & IV therapySick visits, IV hydration, electrolytesRehydrationPrime™ · $179 a sessionSee the evidence and your optionsPhysician-owned and physician-led
Why physician-led care
- A physician owns your planPhysician-owned and physician-led: every program is overseen by a physician, from the first visit.
- Laboratory monitoringHormone programs carry complete laboratory monitoring; ShredRx adds in-house rapid metabolic testing.
- Seen this week, or todayMonday to Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM; Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM by request, confirmed by our staff. Call before 2:00 PM for a same-day visit.
- Your surgeon in the loopPrehab coordinates with your surgical team and sends a readiness letter.
- About 20 insurance plansIncluding Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and Cigna. Call to check yours.
Published averages
The research behind our care
Published averages from the trials and studies our care pages cite, each linked to PubMed.
fewer hot flashes on oral hormone therapy than on placebo, pooled from 24 trials
MacLennan AH et al., Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004 · PMID 15495039
See the chartrisk ratio of lung complications after exercise before surgery, against usual care
Perry R et al., BMJ Open 2021 · PMID 34593498
See the chartthe adjusted risk of death with low fitness, against elite fitness, in 122,007 adults
Mandsager K et al., JAMA Netw Open 2018 · PMID 30646252
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Academic internship & clinical experience site
Training the next generation with Bowie State University
AthleticsMD is an academic internship and clinical experience site for Bowie State University students. Students learn in our Columbia and Laurel clinics alongside physicians, across surgical prehabilitation, hormone and weight care, same-day care and IV therapy, and in the research and global surgery work behind them.
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Our mission
Surgical training and hospital infrastructure in West Africa
AthleticsMD supports this work through Healing Vessels International and its sister organizations, in Liberia, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
From our desks
Latest from our blogs
Our blogs summarise published research and public guidance in plain language, every claim linked to its source.
AthleticsMD Clinical DeskPrehab before major surgery: where five evidence sources agree, conflict and fall shortA network meta-analysis, an umbrella review, an ASCO guideline, a lung resection trial and a knee arthroplasty review mostly favour prehabilitation, but most certainty ratings are low to very low.AthleticsMD Clinical DeskSemaglutide trial for addiction will track justice, jobs and housing outcomesSTAT reports a planned Allegheny County trial of weekly semaglutide in up to 1,200 people with alcohol or opioid use disorder, tracking justice involvement, employment and housing.iPMS Practice DeskNurse-Physician Relations and Emotional Intelligence: What a 3,359-Nurse Sabah Survey ShowsScienmag reports a cross-sectional BMC Nursing survey of 3,359 nurses in Sabah, Malaysia, that linked collegial nurse-physician relations with higher emotional intelligence. The findings are associations, not causes.iPMS Practice DeskiPMS vs DrChrono: Replace It, or Keep It and SyncA decision guide for DrChrono practices weighing iPMS: when to keep DrChrono as the system of record and sync, when to replace it, and what to confirm first.AMDana DeskUCLA–Wayne State NIH Zika Grant Funds Planned Newborn Mouse Tests of Candidate CompoundsA four-year, $2.7 million NIH grant lets UCLA and Wayne State researchers test candidate Zika compounds in developing-eye models, including a check on whether they affect normal retinal growth.AMDana DeskCMS Pauses New Agent and Broker Registrations for Plan Year 2027: Who Is AffectedAn HHS interim final rule lets CMS pause new agent and broker registrations on the federal Exchange platform. This explainer covers who the Plan Year 2027 moratorium reaches, who it does not, and when it ends.
Your next step
Book a consultation
A few questions online, or a call. A physician makes the final decision at your visit. Your consultation with the physician is $49, credited toward your visit or program.
844-FIT-MD4U · 844-348-6348 · Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM Eastern; Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM by request, confirmed by our staff; closed Sunday
Beyond the clinic
Software we build, and surgery we fund
Software engineeringSmart healthcare software
IPMS, AMDana, Smart EHR, Smart Scribe, SmartMeet, No Regain
Development and partnershipsGlobal surgery infrastructure
Oxygen, energy and surgical systems in West Africa
The charitable hub · 501(c)(3)Healing Vessels International
The charitable hub for global surgery
A program of Healing Vessels InternationalGlobal Surgery University
A five-year surgical training program for Africa
Hospital infrastructureChinedozi Hospitals & Healthcare International
Hospitals across Africa, beginning in Nigeria
Products & Innovation
Our products, and the partners we work with
Prehabilitation Centers of AmericaSurgical pre-optimization programsprehab.athleticsmd.orgBook a visitOnline booking and paymentsgo.athleticsmd.orgIPMSIntegrated Practice Management System, with Smart EHR and Smart Scribemyipms.appAMDanaCollaborative tasks, research and grants managementamdana.appSmartMeetTelehealth, booking and reminders for practicessmartmeet.cloudNo RegainLife after GLP-1noregainapp.comHealing Vessels InternationalThe charitable hubhealingvessels.orgGlobal Surgery UniversitySurgical training for Africaglobalsurgery.universityChinedozi Hospitals & Healthcare InternationalHospital infrastructure, beginning in Nigeriachhi.healthInstitute of Global Perioperative CareIGPC, a global surgery partnerglobalperioperative.careThe G4 AllianceAdvocating for surgical patientstheg4alliance.orgJohns Hopkins GAPPA global surgery partnerhopkinsmedicine.org/gapp