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 Larry Vickman, MD, MHA, FACEP, FACPE
Dr. Larry Vickman is a Weight Management Specialist and Senior Medical Director of Inches and Pounds. He has been practicing in Tampa since 2005 and has had countless hours of both clinical experience and specialty training in this field. Dr. Vickman has successfully completed parts 1 & 2 of the ABBM Certification exam for Medical Bariatrics. His education includes undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1967 and his MD from University of California at Los Angeles in 1971. He did his residency in Family Practice in Boise, Idaho. Additionally he completed the Graduate Program in Health Administration at the University of Colorado College of Business in Denver with an MHA in 1991. Dr Vickman began his career in Family Practice and then changed to Emergency Medicine which he did for 18 years. After taking a sabbatical in Barcelona, Spain he developed the Vickman Group, a health care consulting group and began counseling physicians, nurses, and other professionals who were experiencing the signs and symptoms of burnout. He continues with that practice (visit www.thevickmangroup.com). Dr. Vickman is passionate about providing consistent and up to date weight management along with the diagnosis and management of weight-associated illnesses such as low Thyroid and Type 2 Diabetes.
Specialty Board Certifications: American Board of Family Practice, American Board of Emergency Medicine, and the first 2 parts of the American Board of Bariatric Medicine.
Honorary fellowships: American College of Physician Executives in 2000, American College of Emergency Physicians in 1992, and American Academy of Family Physicians in 1977.
Member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP).
 Constance Tambakis-Odom, MD
Dr. Connie Tambakis-Odom, hCG Medical Director of Inches and Pounds, originally from New York City, now resides in Wilmington, NC where she has changed the way weight loss, anti-aging and cosmetic medicine has been practiced by introducing Metro Medispa, the Southeast's first medically directed mobile spa. Dr. Odom is a highly respected Board Certified Anesthesiologist as well as being Board Certified by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Odom returned to NYC after medical school to graciously serve her residency in Anesthesia at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, one of the largest, most respected, voluntary nonprofit teaching hospitals in the area. Through her work as an Anesthesiologist and in Cosmetic Medicine for the past sixteen years, her interest in Anti-Aging and Weight Loss began. Motivated by her belief that health and wellness affects all areas of one's life and having the knowledge in safe and effective treatments, she knew she could help people correct imperfections that had become uncomfortably noticeable. Through hCG Weight Loss Therapy, Anti-Aging Medicine along with advanced cosmetic treatments, Dr. Connie Odom is able to bring the beauty of an improved appearance and an inner age defying wellness to all.
 Sonia Russell, LPN
Sonia Russell has been a licensed nurse for 12 years and trained at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. She has co-authored several ebooks and published articles about the benefits of hCG for weight loss. As a professional hCG diet coach for the past 4 years, Sonia has coached thousands of patients following the hCG Diet Protocol. Her vast experience with hands-on patient care, thousands of patient testimonials and extensive research have prompted her to write educational articles promoting a safer and healthier hCG diet weight loss method, co-author a book detailing the modified hCG diet protocol revision and a variety of successful tips on reaching weight management goals while on the hCG diet.
Her most popular articles online include; “hCG Diet Revised from a VLCD to an LCD”, “Homeopathic HCG Drops Not Recommended as Safe Weight Loss Method”, “hCG Diet Plateau Breakers”, “Why Drinking Water Is So Important While on the hCG Diet”, “New hCG Diet Protocol Revision Increased to 800 Calories”, and “hCG Diet Recipes Cookbook”. Sonia is co-owner of Inches and Pounds, LLC, and currently manages and continues to coach patients on the hCG diet in the Tampa Bay Area.
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