AZ Weight Loss Clinic
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What is AZ Weight Loss Clinic?
AZ Weight Loss Clinic is mainly a bariatric surgery practice, with offices in Tempe, Phoenix, Glendale, Queen Creek, Sun City West and Tucson, Arizona. Its listed prescribers are Michael Orris, DO, MBA, Thomas Buddensick, MD, and Catherine Ho, DO. Mike Murphy, RD, is the lead dietitian and nutrition adviser, and he is not a prescriber.
The surgical services include sleeve gastrectomy, VSG, Lap Band, gastric bypass and duodenal switch, along with general surgery for conditions affecting the digestive and endocrine systems. Dietary counseling and medical weight loss sit alongside the surgery. The clinic lists no hormone therapy, peptide therapy or longevity medicine.
Medical weight loss is the non-surgical program. The clinic describes a history and physical, lab testing, a visit with the dietitian, and regular check-ins. Its plan may include a customized nutrition plan, an exercise program, nutritional supplements and weight loss medication. In its own words: "a personalized program that fits your health needs, lifestyle, and weight goals." The clinic also says that when medical interventions fail, the team can talk with you about bariatric surgery, so surgery is never far from the program. On Google, the clinic has 4.3 from 149 reviews.
This listing is for its Tucson office at 6261 N La Cholla Blvd #201.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices or a consultation fee. It does not name the medication used in its medical weight loss program, and it does not say whether medication is included in any fee. It says it accepts insurance, names SurgeryPlus and Transcarent among the plans it works with, and asks callers to phone the offices to talk through coverage. The menu includes a Financing page, but the clinic does not publish what it covers.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who writes and signs any prescription, and which of the three prescribers would oversee a medical weight loss program. Ask which medication is used, whether it is brand-name or compounded, and whether its cost is part of the monthly fee.
Ask what the first consultation, physical, lab testing and each follow-up visit cost, and whether those are billed on top of any program fee. Ask whether your own plan covers medical weight loss visits or only surgical care. Ask what the Financing page covers.
Ask what cancelling a program involves and whether there is a contract. Ask whether any visits can be done by telehealth, since the clinic does not say, and what the office hours are, since none are listed.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you are already weighing bariatric surgery and want surgeons, a dietitian and a supervised weight loss program under one roof, and you live near one of its six towns. If you want a medical weight loss program with prices and medication named before you call, ask those questions first, because the listing does not answer them.
Sources: azweightlossclinic.com, azweightlossclinic.com/medical-weight-loss, azweightlossclinic.com/services
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off AZ Weight Loss Clinic’s own website on 2026-10-13. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “Medical weight loss is a medically supervised weight loss program.” source
We have not yet collected published prices or prescriber credentials for this clinic. When we do, they will appear here with a link to the page they came from — or a note saying the clinic publishes none, which is itself worth knowing. Call them for a price in the meantime.