Dr. Franchell Hamilton

MD, FACS, FASMBS

Bariatric Surgeon/Chief Medical Officer, Fresh Tri/Author/Consultant

Dr. Franchell Hamilton began her journey in medicine with the goal of changing people’s lives for the better. She discovered a passion for helping patients change the trajectory of their lives through mindset and weight loss.

Experience and Education

Dr. Hamilton is a native of Dallas/Fort Worth and has traveled the world for her studies. She graduated with honors from the University of Houston and went on to pursue graduate studies in biochemical engineering in Lyon, France. After completing her undergraduate and graduate studies, she received her medical degree from  the University of Texas in San Antonio. She completed her residency under the direction of Dr. L.D. Britt and Eastern Virginia Medical School and received laparoscopic and bariatric fellowship training in San Antonio, Texas. She practiced bariatric surgery in her own private clinic for over a decade, sits on several editorial boards and obesity committees, and is known as a leader in the field.

While running her own practice, Dr. Hamilton recognized that many of her patients needed a more personalized plan to help them maintain their weight loss goals. They were still coming back for revisions because their habits weren’t changing even after the most powerful of bariatric surgeries. Dr. Hamilton decided to focus on the root of the issue by addressing the mental, behavioral, and social factors that kept them from a meaningful transformation; her patients began to regain control in these areas. This led to the development of her transformative medical weight-loss program.

The State of Healthcare

With 75% of the nation’s adult population in the unhealthy weight category, this issue plagues more than just the patients brave enough to ask for medical help. It is an issue that thousands of doctors, physicians, surgeons, self-help gurus, fitness trainers, and nutritionists try to solve.  All too often, these groups (who have the best intentions at heart) are guilty of treating the symptom – the number on the scale – rather than the root problem – the initial cause for a rising scale.

The Practice Refresh Story

Even as a bariatric surgeon, Dr. Hamilton noticed that she was only helping patients manage their condition rather than solving it. As she noticed weight regain on the rise- she began to search and scale more effective weight loss solutions in an attempt to decrease the obesity epidemic. She joined Fresh Tri and partnered to create the Practice Refresh medical weight loss program, a curriculum that would result in effective, long lasting results for patients.

Practice Refresh changed the commonly used, minimally effective process, and created a program that can end the cycle of weight loss and regain. This program guides the provider to partner with the patient and identify the root(s) of the problem, teach them new skills to help them overcome them, in order to empower them for the resolution of their disease. 

We find that patients and providers alike profit from this approach to weight loss. In using the Practice Refresh weight loss program, patients will benefit from a more personalized treatment plan. This solution gives them insight to the root of the problem, helps them reframe, and empowers them to participate in the treatment, which is why this program works so well. The patient will also receive education on their specific problem areas and why certain behaviors may be delaying or hindering their weight loss. They will enjoy more long term care and attention and experience relief that lasts a lifetime because the knowledge given to the gives insight and control. This, in combination with using the neuroscience-based habit formation application, Fresh Tri, allows patients to obtain resolution through ongoing support using positive psychology. That leaves you with a satisfied and steady clientele, likely to give you referrals and 5-star reviews! Though this program extends past the typical timeline of a new patient visit to treatment, we find that increased interaction creates more trust in the patient-to-provider relationship and more successful results. After seeing results over the years in her own practice, Dr. Hamilton, with the help of Fresh Tri, has made this program available to you. 

Practice Refresh is making an impact in the obesity epidemic and is designed to help medical providers grow their practice to truly “treat” weight loss. Providers now have the ability to learn these tools in days instead of years through this master course.