Executive Summary

Lifestyle Medicine Consultants, Inc.® (LMC) offers turn-key systems for weight loss and nutrient prescription for the medical office. LMC owner, Frederick T. Sutter, MD, is a physiatrist who has integrated these programs with traditional Physical Medicine for over 20 years. He is board certified in PM&R and Electrodiagnosis and earned an MBA in Health Sciences from Johns Hopkins University in 2001. LMC offers high-impact consulting, resulting in rapid and effective implementation of LMC products.

LMC Mission: To offer our unique products and expertise to physicians, allowing them to meet burgeoning market demand driven by patient need for scientifically based nutritional options offered by a trusted medical partner.  LMC provides operating systems for the medical office, incorporating evidence-based recommendations for weight loss and nutrient prescription to assist the busy clinician in providing these services.

Problem/Opportunity: In the context of the vast amount of nutritional mis-information available it is necessary that the physician provide services for the largely unmet demand of patients seeking treatment guidance and advice in weight loss and use of nutrients to optimize health. There is no other entity that can do this more effectively than the medical office.

Solution/Products: LMC offers two products, Weight Loss 5X5® and Physician Nutrients®. The 5X5 program is an outcomes driven, fully personalized, whole food based weight loss program that integrates Lifestyle Medicine (LM) guidelines of diet, exercise, and sleep hygiene in a comprehensive program. Patient reported outcomes and biometrics guide the provider in creating results effectively.  The 5X5 program was developed over many years and includes evidence-based LM features in addition to all office operations and marketing to promote rapid implementation in the busy clinician’s office. Physician Nutrients® is a complete medical office application whereby pharmaceutical grade nutrient supplements are prescribed and offered for patient convenience in the office and online. LMC educates physicians on efficacy, quality and safety of prescribing supplemental nutrients and how they may be ethically provided for the patient’s convenience in the office setting.  Each of these products utilizes physician extenders and office staff exclusively to provide services, transitioning staff overhead from cost center to revenue center. The demand on physician time is limited to supporting the process by writing a prescription to initiate the plan and follow up as medically indicated.

LMC differentiates itself by offering turn-key products developed by a successful clinician, meeting burgeoning demand to provide safe, lifetime weight loss and educated use of pharmaceutical grade nutrients in a large, mature market that is eager to pay for these services in the medical setting.  Dr. Sutter’s credentials, publications, extensive clinical and business experience complemented by his team’s expertise with operations and medical administrative experience creates high impact consultation, superior customer service and rapid return on investment.