Karas Weight Loss and Wellness
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What is Karas Weight Loss and Wellness?
Karas Weight Loss and Wellness is a physician-led practice with offices in Lyndhurst and Westlake, Ohio, serving Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. It is mainly a bariatric surgery practice, and it also runs a medical weight loss program built on GLP-1 medications. Dr. Linden Karas, FACS, MD prescribes and reviews those medications. Dr. Karas is a board-certified general surgeon, fellowship-trained at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, with nine years of experience building bariatric programs from the ground up. The practice has a 4.8 rating on Google from 44 reviews.
The medical program names semaglutide, tirzepatide, liraglutide and orforglipron, with brand names including Ozempic, Wegovy, Wegovy pill, Mounjaro and Zepbound. Alongside the medication, it offers nutrition education, movement and physical therapy, mental health care, hormone and sleep testing and treatment, and health coaching. Mental health support is offered by telehealth. Surgical options include sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, revisions, endoscopic procedures and the Allurion balloon. It does not list peptide therapy or longevity medicine. In its own words: "We prescribe GLP-1s, but never alone."
This listing is for its Lyndhurst office at 5035 Mayfield Rd #100.
What does it cost?
The medical weight loss program has two monthly prices. Platinum is $400 a month and includes unlimited access to group classes and activities. Gold is $300 a month, with the same medical care, nutrition visits and coaching, and group classes available for an extra fee. It does not say whether either price includes the medication. The first visit with Dr. Karas is free through October 31, and the fee after that is not stated.
Other prices: the FibroScan liver scan is $150 cash or billed to insurance. Individual health coaching is $450 for six sessions, and group coaching is $150 per person for six sessions, with 20% off either when paid in full up front. Nutrition education is $65 per visit. These a la carte prices are reserved for existing and transferring patients. It does not publish surgery prices. The practice sees insured and self-pay patients, and some services are billed to insurance. Financing through CareCredit and Cherry is subject to credit approval, and Cherry plans run up to 60 months.
What should you ask before you book?
Start with the monthly price. Ask whether the $300 or $400 covers the GLP-1 medication, and if not, what the medication costs each month. Ask whether the medication is the brand-name product or a compounded version, since it does not say which is used. Ask whether monthly visits with Dr. Karas can be by video, because telehealth is not stated for the medical program. Ask what follow-up visits, testing and lab work cost beyond the monthly fee, and what the fee is after the free first visit. Ask how cancellation works, since no commitment or cancellation terms are published. Ask which hormones the hormone and sleep care treats and what it costs. Hours are not listed, so ask when appointments are available.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want a surgeon-led practice with a GLP-1 program near Lyndhurst or Westlake, and you are comfortable asking about medication costs and cancellation terms before you pay.
Sources: karasweightloss.com/free-weight-loss-consultation-cleveland, karasweightloss.com/medical-weight-loss, karasweightloss.com
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Karas Weight Loss and Wellness’s own website on 2026-10-12. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “Monthly visits with Dr. Karas: evaluation and treatment of weight related medical conditions, medication management, and physician supervision of your diet and exercise program.” source
- ✓Hormone therapy — listed on their site as “Testing and treatment for the hormonal and sleep factors that quietly stall weight loss.” source