Winchester Hospital

About Winchester Hospital

What is Winchester Hospital?

Winchester Hospital runs a hospital-based weight management program with offices in Woburn and Winchester, Massachusetts. It offers both Medical Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery, along with Fitness Programs, Nutrition, Pediatrics, and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery as part of that program. The medical side is overseen by Keren Wilson, DO, Medical Director of Medical Weight Loss, with Karla Kendrick, MD, MPH, Soumya Ganapathy, MD, Nicole Burgett-Yandow, FNP, and Catherine M. Cline, RN, NP also treating patients. The surgical side is led by Georgios Orthopoulos, MD, PhD, Medical Director of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, with Jacqueline Paolino, MD, and Anthony J. Hesketh, MD, PhD. The medical weight management track includes medication therapy with medications approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, along with nutrition counseling, exercise evaluation, and behavioral counseling, though specific drugs are not named. Both in-person and telehealth visits are offered. The program also runs free monthly virtual information sessions and support group meetings, and it has a separate pediatric weight management track for children and teens.

This listing is for its Woburn office at 200 Unicorn Park Dr #401.

What does it cost?

No prices are published for either the medical weight management visits or the bariatric surgery program. There is no stated consultation fee, no stated monthly or program fee, and nothing said about whether insurance is accepted or how it is billed. If you are weighing this against a cash-pay clinic, you will need to call 781-756-6760 and ask directly what a visit costs, whether your insurance is billed, and what you would owe out of pocket if it is not covered.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which provider you would actually see for medical weight management, since several physicians and nurse practitioners are listed and your assigned prescriber may depend on scheduling. Ask whether the monthly or visit cost includes the weight loss medication itself or if that is billed separately through a pharmacy. Ask what the medication options actually are, since the brands or classes used are not specified anywhere public. Ask what follow-up visits and any lab work cost, and whether those are billed to insurance or paid directly. If you are considering bariatric surgery, ask how insurance coverage is determined for your specific plan, since coverage is said to vary by insurer.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want a hospital-affiliated program with both medical and surgical weight loss paths under one roof, including pediatric care, and you are comfortable asking about cost and insurance coverage directly rather than finding it published in advance. It may be less of a fit if you are looking for a straightforward cash-pay price list before you ever pick up the phone.

Sources: winchesterhospital.org/services/weight-management, winchesterhospital.org/services/weight-management/medical, winchesterhospital.org/services/weight-management/meet-the-team

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