A complete health review
Current medications, relevant conditions, previous care, symptoms, and goals are considered before treatment is discussed.
MEDY clinical leadership
Christel Backert, NP-C
Clinical experience matters. So does taking the time to listen without judgment.
Clinic Director and Lead Provider
Experience grounded in individual care.
Christel Backert has worked in healthcare since 2007 and has focused on medical weight management since 2011.
She began as a registered nurse and later practiced as a nurse practitioner in emergency departments, urgent care, and primary care. She earned her RN and Master of Nursing education at Samuel Merritt University and holds an AANP-issued NP-C certification, a DC license, and BHRT certification. She has also completed additional professional training related to medical weight management, GLP-1 medications, nutrition, hormonal and metabolic health, body contouring, and patient coaching.
With 15 years of medical weight-management experience, Christel brings perspective developed through long-term patient care—not simply from the recent popularity of GLP-1 medications.
That varied clinical background informs the questions she asks today: what a patient has already tried, what is changing, what fits daily life, and what kind of support will make the next step understandable and realistic.
Modesto experience
Returning to where her weight-management work began.
From 2011 through 2022, Christel served patients at Medallion Weight Loss Clinic in Modesto.
As clinic director, operations manager, and the clinic’s primary provider, she handled patient visits, patient files, medication ordering, and the clinic’s day-to-day operations. Former patients may remember her friendly, caring service, the time she took to answer questions, and care that felt personal.
After previously serving Modesto patients as the primary provider at Medallion Weight Loss Clinic, Christel is excited to return to where she began through MEDY Weight Loss.
Explore MEDY ModestoWhy MEDY began
A local clinic with room for more than one solution.
Christel established MEDY in Lathrop on January 17, 2022.
She saw a need for medical weight-management care in Lathrop and the surrounding area and wanted to expand the range of available solutions while preserving the personal attention patients valued. MEDY is not a medication-only clinic. The clinical conversation considers health history, goals, daily life, plateaus, response, and appropriate follow-up.
Christel’s own experience with menopause-related metabolic changes strengthened her understanding that weight management is personal and can change over time. She wants patients to feel heard and cared for while receiving advice shaped around their individual story.
Within three years of opening, MEDY was recognized as the #1 premier weight-loss clinic in San Joaquin County.
As the team grows, Christel personally trains MEDY providers in the clinic’s individualized approach. Patients may see Christel or another qualified MEDY provider depending on location, scheduling, and clinical need. MEDY provides physician-supervised medical weight loss through a medical director who oversees the facility.
What patients can expect from her approach.
Clear care begins with questions that leave room for an individual answer.
Education before decisions
Patients receive practical explanations of the intended role, limits, risks, alternatives, and monitoring connected to an option.
Follow-up that remains personal
Response, tolerance, questions, and changing needs help determine whether a care plan should continue or adjust.
A team trained around the patient
Christel personally trains MEDY’s clinical team to carry the same listening-first approach into each patient conversation.
A consistent clinical voice behind MEDY resources.
Patient education should help people prepare for a clinical conversation—not replace one.
Christel reviews and approves MEDY articles before publication. Articles and program pages explain general concepts, reinforce the need for individual evaluation, and avoid promising a particular result.
Her goal is to help patients change their outlook on weight loss and, through that progress, develop a new outlook on life. Everyone has a different story, and each person deserves individualized advice.
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