BioDesign Lake Mary & Orlando · Physician-led since 2013

Medical weight loss for women, in Lake Mary & Orlando

A physician-led program, in person. Step one is a free 20-minute call. Then labs, and every option with your provider, including prescription medication.

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4.9 1,200+ Google reviews

Led by the clinic's physician team, who review every lab result.

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A free 20-minute call with our team. Pick your time on the next screen, or we'll text you a link.

Private and free. No obligation, no referral, and same-week times are often open.

“I am thankful to have found a team whose main focus is excellent care, not rushing you out the door.”

Tammy B. · Patient review

The program

Your first visits, step by step

Every step from your free phone call to your first follow-up labs, so you know what happens before you commit to anything.

  1. Before you start

    20 minutes, by phone

    Free consult

    A patient coordinator asks what you've tried, what's changed and what you'd like looked at. No obligation.

  2. One draw, 70+ biomarkers

    Labs at the clinic

    If you decide to go ahead, we book your blood draw at the Lake Mary or Orlando clinic.

  3. In person

    Your plan visit

    You sit down with your provider and your full report, and go over every option, medication included.

  4. Your plan

    At scheduled follow-ups

    Check-ins

    Your provider sees how the plan is going and adjusts it with you.

  5. Follow-up

    After your first stretch of care

    Follow-up labs

    Your new results are compared with your first ones, so the next part of your plan is built on your own numbers.

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Step one is free, and you don't need a referral.

What the plan covers

Medication is one part of the plan. Here's the rest.

If prescription weight-loss medication is why you're here, your provider talks it through at your plan visit. Every plan also covers how you eat, how you move and what your next labs show.

Prescription medication

The options we prescribe quiet the hunger signals between your gut and your brain and help steady blood sugar. Your provider sets the dose, sees you at every check-in and orders your follow-up labs.

Refills come after a check-in, not a form.

  1. Eating guidance

    An eating plan your provider builds around your labs, your schedule and what you've already tried.

  2. Movement guidance

    Activity your provider fits to your health history and the week you actually have.

  3. Follow-up labs

    Your markers are checked again as you go, so changes to the plan come from what your labs show.

A clinic, an app or a diet program. How each one works.

  • How it starts

    BioDesign Lake Mary

    A free consult, then a 70+ biomarker blood panel

    Online prescription app
    An online questionnaire
    Commercial diet program
    A sign-up and a meal plan
  • Who you see

    BioDesign Lake Mary

    Your provider, in person in Lake Mary or Orlando

    Online prescription app
    A clinician by video or message
    Commercial diet program
    A coach or group leader
  • Prescription medication

    BioDesign Lake Mary

    Talked through at your plan visit, with the dose managed by your provider

    Online prescription app
    Usually the main product
    Commercial diet program
    Usually not offered
  • Hormone markers

    BioDesign Lake Mary

    Estradiol, progesterone and testosterone, in the same blood draw

    Online prescription app
    Rarely checked
    Commercial diet program
    Not checked
  • Follow-up

    BioDesign Lake Mary

    Regular check-ins and follow-up labs

    Online prescription app
    Messages and refills
    Commercial diet program
    Weigh-ins and meetings
  • Cost

    BioDesign Lake Mary

    Free first consult, then cash-pay, with HSA and FSA accepted

    Online prescription app
    A monthly subscription
    Commercial diet program
    A monthly membership

Comparison reflects typical services. Individual providers vary.

Your panel

Weight has a lot of moving parts. These are the ones on your panel.

Any one of these can change how your body handles weight, so your provider looks at them together with your history.

70+

biomarkers from one blood draw

  • Blood sugar

    Glucose, HbA1c

  • Thyroid

    TSH, free T3, free T4

  • Hormones

    Estradiol, progesterone, testosterone

  • Stress

    Cortisol

  • Heart

    Lipids

  • Also checked

    Vitamin D, a full metabolic panel, inflammation markers, complete blood count

One blood draw at your clinic covers all of it.

Who you'll see

A physician-led team, in person in Lake Mary and Orlando.

In Lake Mary

Dr. Donald Thometz II, M.D., Medical Director of BioDesign Lake Mary

Dr. Donald Thometz II, M.D.

Medical Director, BioDesign Lake Mary

Medical director at the Lake Mary clinic on Rodel Cove.

  • University of South Florida College of Medicine
  • Residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center

In Orlando

Dr. Son Ho, M.D., Medical Director of BioDesign Orlando

Dr. Son Ho, M.D.

Medical Director, BioDesign Orlando. Board-certified and a graduate of USF Morsani College of Medicine.

Our prescribing standard

We only prescribe when your evaluation and labs show it's appropriate. If they don't, we'll tell you and go over your other options.

Parking at both clinics, and your labs are drawn on site.

Lake Mary is in the office park off I-4 and Lake Mary Blvd, and Orlando is in Baldwin Park. An easy drive from Heathrow, Sanford, Winter Park and Maitland.

Inside BioDesign Lake Mary

What your visit looks like

  1. Park

    Each clinic has its own parking lot.

  2. Check in

    Check in at the front desk, and your provider sees you at the clinic.

  3. Labs drawn here

    Your blood draw happens on site, so there's no second trip to an outside lab.

BioDesign Lake Mary

719 Rodel Cove, Suite 2051
Lake Mary, FL 32746
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Clinic hours

  • Mon7am – 2:30pm
  • Tue7am – 4:30pm
  • Wed9am – 6pm
  • Thu7am – 4:30pm
  • Fri6am – 12pm
Inside BioDesign Orlando

We also see patients in Orlando

BioDesign Orlando

899 Outer Road, Suite B, Orlando, FL 32814

What women say about their care here

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4.9

1,200+ Google reviews

“The staff is friendly and knowledgeable. They take the time to answer your questions, your appointment is not rushed.”

Cynthia K. · Patient review

“BioDesign Women answered my questions and made sure I understood the why behind the answers. I appreciated how patient, approachable, and professional they were.”

Bobbi R. · Patient review

“Traditional doctors never looked at my body as a whole, so I was left with no real answers.”

Amy W. · Patient review

“I am glad I found a functional medicine office that runs the labs conventional doctors typically skip.”

Stella K. · Patient review

What women ask before booking

Still deciding? Call the Lake Mary clinic, and a patient coordinator can answer any of these on the phone.

Call(407) 878-7889

Step one of your plan is free.

It's a 20-minute call with a patient coordinator about what you've tried and what you'd like looked at. No obligation.

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  1. Pick a time now, or we'll text you a booking link
  2. A free 20-minute call about your symptoms and history
  3. One blood draw at your clinic for 70+ biomarkers, if you go ahead
Call(407) 878-7889

4.9 1,200+ Google reviews

Book your free consult

A free 20-minute call with our team. Pick your time on the next screen, or we'll text you a link.

Private and free. No obligation, no referral, and same-week times are often open.