Amanda G. Fontenot, MD
Verified listingAbout Amanda G. Fontenot, MD
What is Amanda G. Fontenot, MD?
Amanda G. Fontenot, MD is a physician at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, and she is the prescriber for this listing. Her Ochsner profile lists her specialties as bariatrics and weight-loss surgery and bariatric medicine, and it shows her as accepting new patients. She finished medical school at Meharry Medical College in 2005 and completed an internal medicine residency at Ochsner Medical Center in 2008. She began her obesity medicine training with the American Society of Bariatric Physicians in 2010, and she gained diplomate status with the American Board of Obesity Medicine in March 2014.
Her practice has two offices, both in New Orleans. One is at Ochsner Medical Center and the other is the Ochsner Center for Primary Care & Wellness. Google shows a 4.8 rating from 150 reviews. In her own words: "I help to form individualized diet and exercise plans, prescribe medications, and help to manage pre- and post-op patients, while using evidence-based practices, with compassion and empathy."
This listing is for its Gonzales office at 2400 S Burnside Ave.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices or a consultation fee. Nothing on her profile says whether medication is included in any charge. Her profile does say Ochsner accepts insurance, but it does not name the plans. Start by asking whether your plan covers the visits and any medication. If it does not, ask what you would pay yourself before you book. The scheduling number on her profile is 1-866-624-7637.
What should you ask before you book?
Her profile does not name the weight loss medications she prescribes, so ask which ones she would consider for you. Ask whether they are brand name or compounded, and which pharmacy fills them. Ask whether a visit fee or monthly charge covers the drug, or whether it is billed separately.
Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, and how often you would need them. Ask whether she sees patients by video, since her profile does not say, and what her office hours are, since none are listed. Ask which of the two New Orleans offices handles weight loss visits. If surgery is part of your plan, ask who manages your care before and after it, and how you cancel if you change your mind.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want care from a physician with obesity medicine training inside a health system, and you are ready to confirm insurance coverage before you book. It is a harder fit if you need a posted cash price or a list of medications before you call, since neither is published.
Sources: ochsner.org/doctors/amanda-fontenot
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What we confirmed
Read off Amanda G. Fontenot, MD’s own website on 2026-10-14. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “I help to form individualized diet and exercise plans, prescribe medications, and help to manage pre- and post-op patients, while using evidence-based practices, with compassion and empathy.” 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.