Florida Weight Loss MD review

What it is

Florida Weight Loss MD is the website of Florida Surgery & Weight Loss Center, a practice on Harrison Street in Hollywood, Florida, led by Dr. Sergey Terushkin, MD, FACS, FASMBS, a bariatric and general surgeon. Alongside medical weight loss, the practice performs gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, revisional and hernia surgery, excess-skin removal and gallbladder surgery, and it offers hormone therapy, peptide therapy, NAD+ injections and lipotropic shots. Telehealth is available to adults physically located in Florida, and the office serves patients from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. It's open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and same-day appointments may be available. The practice shows an "excellent" rating from 135 reviews. Payment plans are offered through the financing company Cherry. It can't treat patients outside Florida.

How it works

You start by submitting an online form or calling the office to book a telehealth or in-office appointment. A licensed provider reviews your BMI, health history, current medications, past weight-loss attempts and goals; you don't need to pick a medication beforehand. The practice says GLP-1 treatment may be considered at a BMI of 30 or higher, or 27 or higher with a weight-related condition. If treatment is appropriate, you discuss semaglutide or tirzepatide, the program length, dosing and current pricing. Telehealth patients can have medication delivered at home where permitted, while local patients can choose weekly in-office injections. Follow-up visits cover your progress, tolerance, side effects and dose adjustments, and the dose is raised gradually. For brand-name drugs, the team helps check benefits and prior authorization, and eligible Medicare patients can ask about the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program for Wegovy or Zepbound.

Pricing transparency

Care starts with a $79 medical and prescription evaluation, which doesn't include medication, labs or pharmacy charges. Compounded semaglutide programs start at $179 a month or $399 for three months. Compounded tirzepatide starts at $279 a month, $449 for 10 weeks or $749 for 20 weeks. The headline "$149 a month" for tirzepatide is the 20-week price spread over five months, not a monthly plan. Weekly in-office injections start at $69. Every figure is a starting price, and the practice says the final price depends on your dose and the provider's evaluation, so you'll learn the exact cost at your appointment. Compounded programs are self-pay, though some insurance plans may cover the consultation. Brand-name medication is filled by a pharmacy and billed separately, through your insurance if it's covered. Financing through Cherry is available. The site doesn't publish a refund or cancellation policy, so ask about both before you start a multi-month program.

Branded vs compounded

The practice prescribes compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide, prepared by a licensed U.S. compounding pharmacy. Compounded drugs are not FDA-approved and aren't generic versions of the brand-name medications, and the practice says FDA-approved treatment is preferred when it's available and appropriate. It also prescribes brand-name Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro, which are FDA-approved, and its pages discuss the Wegovy pill and the oral drug Foundayo. The compounding pharmacy isn't named, so ask which one will fill your prescription. The practice doesn't display a LegitScript seal. A search of the FDA warning-letter database under the practice's name, its surgeon and its web address returned no letters.

Pros and watch-outs

The evidence behind what Florida Weight Loss MD prescribes

We grade the molecules, not the marketing. Here is what the human data actually shows for each thing on their menu.

• What the semaglutide weight-loss trials actually showed

  STEP 1, STEP 4, and SELECT — the efficacy, the rebound, and the cardiovascular signal, read straight from the primary literature.

• Tirzepatide vs semaglutide for weight loss: what the trials actually support

  Most comparisons are cross-trial. Only SURPASS-2 and SURMOUNT-5 randomized one drug against the other — here's the precise distinction.

• Compounded vs branded GLP-1: regulatory status, sourcing and the evidence

  Compounded GLP-1 isn't FDA-approved, the shortage exception behind it ended in 2025, the FDA moved against mass-marketed copies in 2026, and the trial data belong to the branded product. Here's the precise picture.

How Florida Weight Loss MD compares

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