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About Us
Dr. Michael P. Girouard
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Dr. Girouard was born and raised in Chalmette, LA. He graduated from Chalmette High School as Valedictorian and was student council president. After high school, he attended Southeastern Louisiana University and earned a BS in Chemistry with minors in Mathematics and Physics. His academic success followed him through college and he graduated second in the School of Science and Technology and was awarded the Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Senior award.
Dr. Girouard’s love for science and inquisitive mind took him to Louisiana State University Medical Center in 1980, and he received postgraduate training at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology. In 1981 he started his weight loss practice in Louisiana. |
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Dr. Girouard had been overweight most of life. When he was 6 years old, he was so overweight that his parents had to have a communion suit tailor made for him. He lost weight in junior high, going from 185 pounds to 110 in one year. Twelve years ago he lost 100 pounds going from 265 to 170. He has maintained this weight since then. Due to his own personal battles with weight, he has a genuine compassion for others dealing with these same issues. This care and concern became a mission to find a treatment program to help others manage their weight.
Dr. Girouard opened his practice in Huntersville, NC in May of 2000 after having already run a successful practice in America’s fattest city – New Orleans. (When he closed his practice in Louisiana, he had over 100,000 patient records.) He has a true goal and desire to beat the burden of obesity and has dedicated 24 years of his professional life treating and researching better approaches to weight management. Dr. Girouard’s Weight Loss & Wellness Clinic is based upon his extensive research of medical literature and is rooted in clinically proven scientific principles. Looking to the future, Dr. Girouard also currently holds one patent for a group of new obesity drugs and has other patents pending. He hopes to begin clinical studies and believes these new drugs will prove to be more than a treatment, but a cure for obesity.
The success of the program is demonstrated by the patient’s results and the simple fact that in four years the clinic has become the largest in NC, with patients coming from as far away as FL, NY, CA and even France.
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Melissa M. Kress, MSN, NP-C
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Melissa Kress is Board Certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Melissa received her BSN from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, and continued her education at Kent State University where she earned her Masters degree in the Adult Nurse Practitioner program.
Melissa’s first year as a registered nurse was spent working on a medical-surgical unit at Trident Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. She worked as a hemodialysis nurse for three years through graduate school in Kent, Ohio. Originally from Salem, Ohio, Melissa relocated to Huntersville, North Carolina with her husband, Adam, and her dog, Molly.
Professional affiliations include American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, North Carolina Association of Nurse Practitioners, North Carolina Nurses Association, Metrolina Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society. |
Ann Moose, MSN, NP-C
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Ann Moose is Board Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Ann received her BSN from Gardner-Webb University and continued her education at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte where she earned her Masters degree in the Family Nurse Practitioner program.
Ann has been a registered nurse for 24 years, working in a variety of settings that include intensive care, staff development, as well as research and development. She worked in a family practice setting for 6 years before joining Dr. Girouard’s staff. She lives in Statesville, NC with her husband and son. She has a special interest in wellness for people of all ages as well as research.
Ann’s professional affiliations include North Carolina Nurses Association with an affiliation on the Council of Nurse Practitioners, Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, and the Gardner-Webb University Honor Society for Nursing. |
Julia Parkhurst MS, PA-C
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Julia Parkhurst is board certified as a Physician Assistant through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Julia graduated with her Bachelor of Science with Honors from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. She received her Master of Science with Honors and Physician Assistant training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.
Following graduation from Baylor, Julia moved to the Charlotte area and over the past 5 years has practiced both Family Medicine and Infectious Disease, prior to joining our practice. She currently lives in Huntersville with her husband and son.
Professional affiliations include the American Academy of Physician Assistants, North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants and the Metrolina Association of Physician Assistants. |
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