Starling Physicians
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What is Starling Physicians?
Starling Physicians is a primary care group with offices in Plainville and Newington, Connecticut. Its main services are primary care, internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics. It also lists diabetes education, laboratory services, clinical research, a congestive heart failure clinic, a dialysis access center, an advance care clinic, infusion centers, and Starling Slim Start, its weight loss program. Its Google listing shows a 2.6 rating from 79 reviews.
The two physicians named as prescribers are Dr. Oosman Tariq and Dr. Maryanna Polukhin. Tariq is a primary care doctor who welcomes new patients at the Plainville practice. Polukhin is a primary care doctor with a focus on integrative holistic medicine, and she leads Transformation RX, a separate program described below.
This listing is for its Plainville office at 184 East Street.
What does it cost?
The only price in its materials is for Transformation RX, a 2019 education program. It costs $500, and insurance does not cover it. The program meets for 3 weeks in Newington, and space is limited. In its own words: "This program focuses on emotional barriers to weight loss and does not provide individual medical assessment, advice, or food products."
Starling does not publish a price for Slim Start, its medically supervised weight loss program, or a consultation fee. It does not say whether it accepts insurance for medical visits, or whether its program fees include medication.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who signs any prescription, and whether a doctor reviews your health before Slim Start begins. Its materials name no weight loss medication, so ask which medications, if any, the program uses. Ask whether the program fee includes the medication, whether any drug is a brand name or compounded, and what follow-up visits and lab work cost.
Ask whether a consultation fee applies, whether any part of a visit is billed to insurance, and whether telehealth visits are offered. Ask how cancellation works, and whether any program is a membership with ongoing charges.
Dr. Tariq's 2021 article advises a primary care visit first to rule out causes such as thyroid problems before weight loss care. Ask whether that visit is part of Slim Start. Ask too whether the 2019 Transformation RX program still runs at $500. Call 860-258-3470 for the practice, or (860) 666-5252 for the program.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want a primary care practice with offices in Plainville and Newington that also offers a medically supervised weight loss program, and you want a named primary care doctor to see first. It is a poor fit if you are looking for hormone therapy, peptide therapy, or a specific weight loss medication, since its materials mention none of them.
Sources: starlingphysicians.com, starlingphysicians.com/starling-offers-new-program-to-help-with-weight-loss, starlingphysicians.com/issue-1-cant-lose-weight-even-though-you-have-dieted-eat-right-and-exercise, starlingphysicians.com/transformation-rx-overcoming-barriers-to-weight-loss
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Starling Physicians’s own website on 2026-10-13. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “This program supplements the Starling Slim Start program which 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.