DR. DOUROS

Dr. Maria Douros, D.O.

After graduating from medical school, Dr. Douros had a successful and fulfilling career in Family Medicine. She was able to successfully manage and treat several conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease etc. For many of her patients, the root issue was their weight. She spent extensive time discussing the appropriate lifestyle modifications such as a healthy diet, exercise, adequate sleep and stress management to help improve their weight with the goal of treating and preventing the chronic disease states associated with weight. She recognized quickly that these measures alone for many patients was not enough. She could not reconcile how there were patients truly eating a well balanced diet and were active and could not control their weight and there were others that were leading unhealthy lifestyles and were still able to maintain a normal BMI. This led her to completing a Fellowship in Obesity Medicine and Board Certification with the hopes of bringing this knowledge to her Primary Care patients struggling with weight. She was finally able to manage patient weights and has had very successful outcomes. Overwhelmed by the word of mouth referrals from her current patients and colleagues for weight loss, she has now devoted her career to Weight Science/ Obesity Medicine. She sees patients of all ages and at all stages of their lives. She has a very unique, thorough, individualized, cutting edge, and evidence based approach to weight loss with many tools to help patients succeed not just in the short term but also in the long term.