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Surgery is scheduled. So is your strength.

Prehab builds protein, muscle, heart and lung reserve before the operation, with your surgical team kept in the loop.

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Physician-owned and physician-led

Physician-led care for every chapter.

Before surgery, through midlife, after weight loss and on the days you just need to be seen: one practice, led by physicians, in Columbia and Laurel, Maryland.

Voted Best Weight Loss Clinic in Laurel, 2025

Your consultation with the physician is $49, credited toward your visit or program.

A few questions, under a minute. A physician confirms at your visit.

844-FIT-MD4U (844-348-6348)

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

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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Care here funds care everywhere.

Through Healing Vessels International and its sister organizations, AthleticsMD supports surgical training and hospital infrastructure in Liberia, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

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Our blogs summarise published research and public guidance in plain language, every claim linked to its source.

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.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.SmartMeet DeskBetter U and Evernow Pair Menopause Care With Telehealth Psychiatry: What the Report SaysLongevity.Technology reports a nationwide telehealth partnership joining menopause specialists with psychiatry, including off-label at-home ketamine for some patients, announced without outcome data.SmartMeet DeskCY 2027 ESRD Payment, AKI Dialysis and Quality Incentive Proposed Rule: What to CheckCMS proposed CY 2027 updates to the ESRD Prospective Payment System, the AKI dialysis payment rate and ESRD Quality Incentive Program requirements. This brief covers scope, dates and what the summary leaves out.

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