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Restoring Hope for Patients
Dr. John Carrozzella Finds His Calling in Wellness
It took a relentless search of finding
a resolution for the debilitating
symptoms of his wife’s menopause for
John C. Carrozzella, M.D., founder
of Florida Center for Hormones
and Wellness in Dr. Phillips, to realize
his true calling.
Having spent 25 years as a successful
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Carrozzella
believed this specialty was where he
would spend the entirety of his medical
career. However, after extensive
study and retraining in the treatments
of the devastating hormonal, nutritional,
sexual and even autoimmune issues of
male and female patients of all ages,
Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine is
where he found his ultimate calling.
“There is no question that I feel more
fulfilled in what I’m doing in hormones
and wellness,” he said. “It is a spectacular
field to be in, where you can reach
out and touch people and change lives
in dramatic ways. Very few people are
blessed with the gifts to be able to do
this.”
“It’s amazing to hear [that] my patients
have heard ‘there is nothing you
can do, get over it’ [from other doctors].
Then, the patients come in to my office
and hear that there is still hope. It is exciting
to watch them leave the office restored
and looking forward to their life
again.”
Treating Patients Like Family
Florida Center for Hormones and
Wellness stemmed from a life-altering
experience that occurred to Dr.
Carrozzella and his wife, Sheryl,
when, after neck surgery, Sheryl’s
health suddenly declined. She found
herself lacking energy, having daily
meltdowns, night sweats and a disinterest
in intimacy.
The common response among the
numerous doctors and specialists that
the couple went to was that Sheryl was
in menopause, and there was nothing
more to be done. But Dr. Carrozzella
couldn’t accept that should be the final
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John C. Carrozzella, M.D., customizes a treatment plan for each patient according to
his/her needs.
answer. He thought there had to be
more that could be done to bring Sheryl
back to herself again. When one hormone
doctor finally found the necessary
and successful treatment for Sheryl, an
idea formed in the doctor’s mind.
“I thought to myself, There has got to
be more to medicine than just straightening
bones and fixing arthritis. So, I
redirected my attention away from
Orthopaedics and toward hormones
and wellness,” said Dr. Carrozzella.
He then spent the next five years earning
a master’s degree in metabolic and
nutritional medicine from the University
of South Florida and becoming an advanced
fellow of the American Academy
of Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine.
This change in career focus also led
to the establishment of Florida Center for
Hormones and Wellness, which specializes
in treatments for male and female
patients with hormonal imbalances, nutritional
balances, decreased sex drive,
sexual dysfunction and immune system
disorders, among other conditions.
The services offered at the center
include bioidentical hormone replacement
therapy for men and women, integrative
and natural care for cholesterol
and sugar metabolism issues, O-shots
for women’s sexual dysfunction, Priapus
shots for male sexual restoration,
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nonsurgical care for urinary incontinence,
and cosmetic procedures such
as Botox Cosmetic and the Vampire
Facelift.
When a new patient comes to the
center, the intent is to personalize care
to meet each patient’s individual needs.
After paperwork and the initial bloodwork
are performed, the patient has
an introductory session with the doctor
and subsequent meetings with the physician’s
liaison to discuss the aspects of
the treatment plan and any hormonal
and metabolic imbalances found in the
bloodwork.
Communication continues as the treatment
plan begins, from an hour-long
evaluation by Dr. Carrozzella about
the treatment plan to regular emails,
Skypes, phone calls and in-person
correspondence to keep the patient informed
about his/her progress.
“In this office, the patient doesn’t get
a cookie-cutter plan, but instead, they
get a plan customized to his/her needs
that will serve him/her very well,” Dr.
Carrozzella said. “They can clearly see
they got the value they came for, and
hope will be restored.”
And it’s not just about hormones. For
those who want to go further with their
health and wellness, Dr. Carrozzella
will go as far as they want to get to the
root of their problems, not just cover
them over with drugs.
Doing More With Hormones
Witnessing his wife go from hopeless
to hopeful with her medical condition is
why Dr. Carrozzella sees the potential
benefits that come from hormone treatments
for patients. Despite unfounded
objections about hormones causing
cancer and higher risks of disease, the
medical literature clearly shows that bioidentical
hormone therapy is safe and effective
when done by a qualified expert.
It is not just giving patients a pill for
erectile dysfunction or an injection to
help with hormones, but getting to the
root of the cause of their outward issues
that ultimately solves the deeper issues
within the body.
“Biomedical hormones, when properly
applied and monitored, don’t
cause cancer, strokes or blood clots,”
Dr. Carrozzella said. “I am telling patients
more about the risks of not being
treated than the risks of being treated,
and when the hormones are finely balanced,
most of the time there are few, if
any, side effects.”
Dr. Carrozzella is currently introducing
Trimix, an erectile dysfunction medicine,
to the center. He is also offering
more metabolic medicine and a new
medical physiology-based weight-loss
program that focuses heavily on improving
a patient’s health with a resultant
sustainable loss of pounds.
So, from now and into the future,
Florida Center for Hormones and
Wellness will continue to seek to improve
the physical and hormonal needs
of male and female patients, from their
30s to 90s, just as Dr. Carrozzella
sought to do for his wife.
“It’s so easy to find a recipe for
hormones but it’s an entirely different
approach to think what you can do to
make the patient’s life better.”
For more information, call 407-505-6345
or visit www.hormonesandwellness.com. ª