Dr. Richard Furtado

My name is Dr. Richard Furtado, and I am the Medical Director of the Medical Weight Loss Clinic of Ontario. I like the rest of our clinic staff am excited about the prospect of being able to help guide you through your healthy weight loss journey. This clinic has been in part been inspired by my own past struggles with maintaining a healthy weight. In my particular case, obesity had been a fact of life for me since childhood. It seemed that no matter how few calories I ate, or no matter how much I exercised, I could not maintain a healthy weight. My energy was poor, and I struggled with chronic pain due to arthritis that had developed as a result of my excessive weight.

Finally, into my late forties, I realized the connection between emotional eating and my weight loss struggles. I realized that a multidimensional approach is required to help with healthy weight management over the long term. I was finally successful in attaining and maintaining my healthy weight goal. At the time of writing this, I am now 80 pounds lighter than I was at my heaviest. I have boundless energy, my joints no longer hurt, and I finally feel comfortable in my own skin.

Once I had accomplished and maintained my own goal, it became my mission to help others find success with achieving their own healthy weight loss goals. Undoubtably for some people medications can be quite effective. That said, medications are only a part of the puzzle, and in best-case scenarios may not even be required. Our approach focuses on hunger reduction, and is backed by the most recent research. We optimize nutrition, thinking, and habits in order to maintain a healthy weight in the long-term.

One closing thought. Your weight today is just a number. That number has no power over you. It is simply your starting line. Your starting line is someone else's finishing line. I look forward to the opportunity of working with you to help you cross your personal finishing line.