WellnessMD is a weight loss clinic for Memphis patients, based in Collierville about 32 minutes from downtown via I-240 E and TN-385, and closer from East Memphis. Medical Director Dr. John W. White, Jr. is board-certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine. The practice has served the Memphis area for more than 10 years, and the sections below cover the care it is known for: weight loss, hormones and functional medicine.
Monday – Friday
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
CLOSED DAILY FROM 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday
Closed
Each program starts with a consultation, a body composition scan and a comprehensive lab panel, so the plan reflects what is driving weight gain instead of a stock diet sheet. Your provider walks through the results with you, then matches you to one of WellnessMD’s weight loss programs: the whole-food Lifestyle Program, structured meal replacement, or the physician-developed Ideal Protein protocol, which pairs three meal replacements with one regular meal a day. Nutrition counseling runs weekly or monthly and covers portions, cravings, emotional eating and what to do when progress stalls.
Where it is appropriate, your provider may add a prescription to help with appetite: a weekly GLP-1 or dual GLP-1 and GIP injection, or an oral medication. Medication is prescribed and monitored inside the program, with the dose reviewed at scheduled check-ins. Once you reach your goal weight, a maintenance phase helps you keep it.
The functional medicine side of WellnessMD starts where most Memphis patients’ frustration does: symptoms that never got a clear explanation. Hormone care is “built around lab testing rather than assumptions,” so a full panel and symptom review come before any prescription. BHRT is available as pellets, creams, injections or oral therapy, and men whose low levels are confirmed by morning blood draws can start TRT. Follow-up labs guide every dose change.
When bloating, fatigue or inflammation point to digestion, food sensitivity testing looks at how your immune system responds to specific foods, and the gut healing program uses GI-MAP stool testing to build a nutrition and supplement plan from the results.
Men who look into body contouring near Memphis often have a second concern underneath it: less energy, less muscle and a midsection that no longer responds to training, all common with low testosterone. WellnessMD checks that first. TRT begins only after labs confirm low levels, using injections, pellets or creams, with follow-up bloodwork.
For contour, EvolveX is a non-surgical male body contouring option that combines radiofrequency heating with electromagnetic muscle stimulation to tighten skin and tone the abdomen, flanks, arms or thighs. Most men go back to normal activities the same day, and a series of sessions is typical.
Medical Director Dr. John W. White, Jr. is board-certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine and has training in Age Management Medicine. His special interests are medical weight loss, bio-identical hormones and testosterone therapy, which is why those three services anchor the practice. The provider team includes nurse practitioners Alicia Neff, FNP-C and Hillary Alsup, FNP-C, and health coach Daisy Grisham works with weight loss patients on accountability between appointments.
WellnessMD has been recognized by Memphis Most for weight loss every year from 2021 through 2025. You can meet the whole team on the about page and browse treatment photos in the before-and-after gallery.
4.8 on Google from 129 reviews. One patient, Allison V., came to WellnessMD after an autoimmune diagnosis and described her progress this way:
“My health has improved and I’m down 81 pounds. I told my husband I feel better now at 40 than I did at 39.”
That is one patient’s experience, and results vary from person to person. More patient stories are on the testimonials page.
About 32 minutes and 27.3 miles by car, taking I-240 E to TN-385 E into Collierville. The drive is shorter from East Memphis. WellnessMD has one office, at 3680 S. Houston Levee Rd. Suite 104, and it is open weekdays with a lunch closure from noon to 1:00 pm.
Yes. The program is directed by Dr. John W. White, Jr., who is board-certified in Obesity Medicine as well as Family Medicine. Labs are reviewed before a plan is set, any GLP-1 prescription is monitored at scheduled check-ins, and coaching continues between visits so problems are caught early.
Yes. EvolveX is a non-surgical treatment that combines radiofrequency energy with electromagnetic muscle stimulation to tighten skin and build muscle tone on areas such as the abdomen and flanks. WellnessMD does not offer surgical fat removal. A consultation will tell you whether EvolveX fits your goals.
From downtown Memphis, plan on about 32 minutes each way. WellnessMD sees patients Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, and closes for lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Call (901) 221-7212 or send a request through the booking form.
