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At Nova Physician Wellness Center, the goal is to help you live a healthy lifestyle, achieve weight loss, and improve your health. Dr. Rohit Suri and Dr. Seema Chaudhary, along with their staff at Nova Physician Wellness, offer compassionate care to men, women, and children over 12 throughout Virginia, with over a decade of experience in obesity management.
Nova Physician Wellness Center provides a high standard of weight management and takes a holistic approach to your healthcare. Dr. Suri and Dr. Chaudhary are both experienced weight loss specialists and board-certified in obesity medicine. Both are also board-certified family physicians and have been practicing medicine for over 14 years.
Our team of specialists creates individualized treatment plans and incorporates medical, nutritional, and exercise therapies that are the most effective for your unique physique.
As preventive medicine experts and obesity physicians, Dr. Chaudhary and Dr. Suri help patients achieve their healthiest weight and wellness, and reverse cardiovascular risk factors.
The focus isn’t just on your weight, but on your overall wellness. Obesity comes along with many increased risks for health complications, such as diabetes, sleep apnea, and heart disease.
Nova Physician Wellness Center offers advanced testing, including a complete bio-metabolic analysis with your comprehensive medical exam.
The Nova Physician Wellness Center staff emphasizes maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the future and utilizes medically proven safe and effective methods to help you achieve your weight loss goals and feel your best. It’s widely known that doctor-supervised weight loss is highly effective and yields impressive and lasting results.
The first step is a consultation with Dr. Suri and Dr. Chaudhary. Use the online scheduler, or call the Nova Physician Wellness Center today. New patients are welcome.
Nova Physician Wellness Center is a proud affiliate of the Privia Medical Group.
Lindsey Paniszczyn, MS, RDN, LDN
Dietitian
24430 Stone Springs Blvd
Suite 230
Sterling, VA 20166
Dr. Rohit Suri is a board-certified obesity medicine specialist at Nova Physician Wellness Center. Serving patients in Fairfax, Arlington, Tysons Corner, Sterling, and Lansdowne/Ashburn, Virginia, he is dedicated to providing individuals with care to ensure their future health, using both cutting-edge medical research and more traditional, conventional methods.
As an expert in weight loss, he helps men and women navigate the challenges associated with nutrition, exercise, behavioral change, and more.
He is a board-certified obesity medicine specialist and also a long-standing member of the American Society of Obesity Medicine and has completed specialized training in this new and emerging field. He is also a board-certified family physician and has been practicing medicine for the last 12 years.
Dr. Suri enjoys creating trusting, confident relationships with his patients. His goal is to help each individual prevent disease, achieve a healthy weight, and reduce risk factors for health complications through positive lifestyle changes. With an emphasis on safe, long-lasting results, he helps patients transform their bodies and their lives.
Dr. Rohit Suri, MD
Obesity Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
24430 Stone Springs Blvd
Suite 230
Sterling, VA 20166
Xinna Yi is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a Master of Science in Nursing from Wilkes University, which she completed in 2023. She brings a wealth of experience from her work in a family medical clinic and her previous role as a Registered Nurse specializing in cardiology medicine. Before transitioning to nursing, she graduated from medical school in China and gained one and a half years of experience as a gastrointestinal physician at an academic hospital in China.
Xinna is committed to patient-centered care, employing a collaborative, team-based approach to healthcare. She has a passion for continuous learning and teaching. In her personal life, she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, watching movies, and traveling.
Xinna Yi, FNP
Nurse Practitioner
7120 Minstrel Way
Suite #100 & 211
Columbia, MD 21045
Mrs. Monica Lovins, is a Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner who has been in health care for the last 40 years, advancing her career as a registered nurse in the ICU, Educator in the ICU as well as teaching at Catholic University of America while attaining her master’s in science with a GPA of 3.89, from Felician University, Lodi, New Jersey. She has received multiple nursing award to include excellence and expertise in multiple nursing modalities.
Monica joined Gastro Center of Maryland in 2017 after many years at John’s Hospital Bayview in the Department of Surgery, Bariatric Department. Her mission to treat all gastrointestinal diseases and facilitate, best outcomes for patients who suffer from chronic gastrointestinal diseases.
When off Monica enjoys quilting as well as spending time with family and friends.
Monica Lovins, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner
7120 Minstrel Way
Suite #100 & 211
Columbia, MD 21045
Colleen Abell is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing from Georgetown University in 2006. She has practiced as a nurse practitioner for the past sixteen years. Ms. Abell's experience includes working in a family medical clinic, but she spent most of her career providing care for patients recovering from Bariatric and GI surgical/oncology procedures. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, Ms. Abell worked as a Registered Nurse in cardiology and emergency medicine.
Colleen joined the Gastro Center of Maryland in 2021 after relocating from the NY/NJ area. She is dedicated to being a great provider and advocate for her patients. Outside of work, Ms. Abell enjoys spending time with her husband and three boys.
Colleen Abell, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner
7120 Minstrel Way
Suite #100 & 211
Columbia, MD 21045
Priscilla Lobo is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a strong background in critical care nursing. She began her nursing career after earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. Her journey began in telemetry, where she built a strong foundation in patient care and cardiac monitoring. Seeking greater challenges, she transitioned to the intensive care unit, specializing in cardiology and neurology. During this time, she served as a charge nurse and preceptor, mentoring new nurses and leading her team in delivering high-quality patient care.
Her passion for advanced practice nursing led her to attain a Master of Science in Nursing from Walden University, where she became a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, she is committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based care and making a meaningful impact on her patients’ lives.
In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and hiking with her husband, two children, and their dog.
Priscilla Lobo
Nurse Practitioner
7120 Minstrel Way
Suite #100 & 211
Columbia, MD 21045
Dr. Blessing Ayanou, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC
Family Physician
2501 Musgrove Road
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Dr. Uzochukwu Unegbu, MD
Family Physician
2501 Musgrove Road
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Shemicka Asom, CRNP
Family Physician
9534 Angelina Circle
Columbia, MD 21045
Tavershima Asom, MSN, RN, NP-C
Family Physician
9534 Angelina Circle
Columbia, MD 21045
Dr. Uzochukwu Unegbu, MD
Family Physician
8700 Jones Mill Rd
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Dr. Blessing Ayanou, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC
Family Physician
8700 Jones Mill Rd
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Shemicka Asom, CRNP
Family Physician
8023 Mcdonogh Road
Pikesville, MD 21208
Tavershima Asom, MSN, RN, NP-C
Family Physician
8023 Mcdonogh Road
Pikesville, MD 21208
PRIMARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL CENTER
Is Truly Patient Centered.
You are the reason we are here. Our goal is to help you feel better mentally, physically and spiritually. Our primary tools are listening to you sensitively, examining you carefully and then discussing with you thoroughly, our opinions and your options. We see health care as both a science and an art. There is rarely one right answer, and one size almost never fits all. When it comes to your health we will incorporate highly accurate diagnostic laboratories and advance imaging studies with our medical expertise. We will derive diagnoses and treat appropriately as well as make a referral to our affiliated specialist. We will be attentive to your specific needs, concerns and fears. We see you each as special individuals and not merely as people with high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, obesity or high cholesterol. We see ourselves as your primary care providers, health care advisers, educators, and teammates. Patients that take an active role in their health care generally do better.
Dr. Jean Welsh, MD
Family Physician
12162 Tech Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Shemicka Asom, CRNP
Family Physician
9420 Ridgeview Drive
Columbia, MD 21046
