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Team at Pacholec Center for Weight Loss 2022 Christmas Party

Meet our team

LAUREN DENEVE, ARNP

​Peptide & RegenerativeMedicine Director

nurse practitioner specializes in medical weight loss, hormone therapy and nutrition in Lutz, FL
Meet our Nurse Practitioner, Lauren DeNeve at our Lutz, FL clinic

Melissa Markel, ARNP

​​Functional medicine & aesthetics

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Meet our Nurse Practitioner, Melissa Markel at either our St Petersburg, FL or Lutz, FL clinic

About  Lauren  DeNeve,  ARNP

Our Nurse Practitioner, Lauren DeNeve, ARNP, works out of our Lutz, FL location on Mondays and Wednesdays and she works in our St Petersburg, FL location on Wednesday afternoons. She is our director of Peptide Therapy and specializes in functional medicine, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and IV nutrition. She uses her knowledge of peptides and regenerative medicine to improve weight loss results and treat patients holistically for a wide variety of issues. Some of the conditions she specializes in include medical weight loss, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, auto-immune disease like Hashimoto’s and Epstein Barr Syndrome, thyroid conditions and gastrointestinal health disorders. She is also an experienced Allergan and Galderma aesthetic injector, and performs neurotoxin and dermal filler injections in both our Lutz and St Petersburg clinics.
Lauren is a certified Adult Nurse Practitioner through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She received her first Bachelor’s in Human Nutrition at Texas A&M University in 2006 and her second Bachelor’s in Nursing at the University of South Florida in 2009. After finishing her BSN she worked on a surgical floor at the VA hospital for a little over 5 years. In 2013 Lauren graduated from USF with a Masters of Science in Nursing. Lauren has been practicing integrative medicine since completing her Masters. Outside of the medical field Lauren is an accomplished equestrian and trains and competes horses in the sport of three day eventing.

About Melissa Markel, ARNP

Melissa Markel is a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in functional medicine, weight loss and anti-aging. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and worked in the Emergency Room as a nurse for 4 years. She obtained her Master’s in Nursing from University of Texas Arlington in 2020 and completed the Fellowship in Anti-Aging,  Metabolic, and Functional Medicine from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine in 2021. Prior to joining the team at Pacholec Center for Weight Loss, she had  been working at a functional medicine and longevity clinic in Dallas, TX for 2 years. She has experience in hormone replacement, IV therapy, medical weight loss, nutrition and lifestyle coaching, and aesthetic neurotoxin injections. Outside of work Melissa enjoys exercising, reading, and spending time with her family and 2 cats.
Melissa joins the Pacholec Center for Weight Loss team in August 2022! She will be working out of both our St Petersburg, FL and Lutz, FL clinics, so all of our wonderful patients should have an opportunity to meet her! She will be covering for Ms. DeNeve while she is out on maternity leave end of August 2022 through early November 2022. Come meet Ms. Markel in person at our Summer Sculpt Open House event in our St Petersburg clinic on August 12, 2022!
Providers and staff at Pacholec Center for Weight Loss & Anti-Aging Medicine have hand-picked some of our favorite products and services to share with current and prospective patients! We offer a lot of different services at Pacholec Center for Weight Loss & Anti-Aging Medicine so our team wanted to develop a "short-list" of our favorite items that work well in combination together. Click the link below to read about our favorite products and services and get in touch with our St Petersburg or Lutz, FL clinics if you have any questions!