Know your body. Understand your risk. Take the next step with confidence.
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1000+
Happy Clients
Board-Certified Internal Medicine
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Physician-Led Care
In-Person & Eligible Telehealth
Your health is connected
If your A1c is rising, weight management is tough, blood pressure is increasing, or cholesterol levels are off, you might be at risk due to family history. These issues are interconnected, which is why WellifyCare evaluates your cardiometabolic health as a whole, rather than just isolated numbers.
Weight & Obesity
Evidence-based obesity medicine focused on health, function, and sustainable long-term treatment.
Pre-diabetes & Diabetes
Personalized care focused on glucose and the broader risks that often accompany diabetes.
Blood Pressure
Evaluation and treatment that considers medications, weight, sleep, home readings, and relevant contributors.
Cholesterol & Heart Risk
Understand your risk factors and build a personalized prevention strategy.
Fatty Liver & Metabolic Health
Evaluate metabolic contributors, assess risk when appropriate, and address modifiable factors.
Connected Risk Factors
Bring overlapping metabolic concerns into one thoughtful, coordinated plan.
Your first step
Start Your Medical Evaluation
Initial cardiometabolic evaluation
Obesity medicine & medical weight management
Prediabetes & type 2 diabetes care
Blood pressure management
Cholesterol & cardiovascular risk management
Fatty liver & metabolic health
Kidney & metabolic risk management
Sleep apnea risk screening
Medication management
How care works
01
Evaluate
Begin with a comprehensive physician visit focused on your cardiometabolic health, history, medications, risk factors, and goals.
02
Understand
Dr. Dere explains the important findings in plain language. You should leave knowing what matters—and why.
03
Personalize
Together, we build a treatment plan that may include nutrition, physical activity, sleep, weight treatment, risk-factor management, and medication when clinically appropriate.
04
Follow
Medical follow-up continues according to your clinical needs through the appropriate insurance-based care pathway.
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Add more structure, if you choose
If you want monthly physician-led lifestyle coaching, a Personal Health Roadmap, and structured progress sessions, you may choose WellifyCare Guided Care.
Explore Guided Care
The 4H Framework™
Hope
See a path forward. We set realistic priorities and focus on progress you can build on.
Hormones & Metabolism
Understand relevant biology. Testing is selected based on your history and clinical needs.
Hunger
Work with appetite biology using practical nutrition strategies and, when appropriate, evidence-based medication.
Habits
Build for real life. We turn nutrition, movement, strength, sleep, and daily routines into practical next steps.
Meet Dr. Dere
Meet the Founder
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Dereje Tefera Siyum MD, MSHI, DipABOM — founder of WellifyCare Medical S.C.
Dr. Dere—is a double board-certified Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine physician. As a hospitalist, he has cared for adults facing serious complications of diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. Those experiences strengthened his commitment to helping patients understand risk, address important modifiable factors, and build thoughtful plans
My goal is not simply to tell you that a number is normal or abnormal. I want you to understand what it means, what matters most, and what we can do together
— Dr. Dere
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