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Richard (Rick) Lindquist, MD, is a board-certified Obesity Medicine physician who has spent more than 30 years developing his well-earned reputation as a nationally renowned medical weight loss management doctor and practice development specialist.
As a consultant, Dr. Lindquist works with hospitals and health systems around the county that want to add complementary medical weight management services to their already successful bariatric surgery programs.
The value he brings to programs includes his proven ability to:
– Increase access to care for patien ts
– Improve patient care and outcomes
– Increase revenues
Dr. Lindquist’s services include:
– Comprehensive weight management needs assessment
– Strategic program planning
– Materials development
– Teaching best-practice standards
– Helping educate practitioners to successfully provide customized care to patients dealing with obesity
– Marketing recommendations
– Continuous counsel and education
Most recently, Dr. Lindquist was medical director of Swedish Weight Loss Services in Seattle, where he developed and oversaw medically supervised weight loss programs for non-surgical and surgical patients, and provided direct patient care to overweight as well as obese patients. In addition to working with administrators to develop medical and surgical service lines in a comprehensive weight management program, he was very involved in day-to-day clinic operations, quality assurance and helping promote the program.
Dr. Lindquist has practiced weight loss medicine since 2005 and is a founding member of Monarch Medical Weight Loss Center in Oregon, where he served as medical director from 2006 to 2009. Prior to focusing on weight loss medicine, Dr. Lindquist spent much of his career in Emergency and Family Medicine. In 2001, he was honored with Oregon’s “EMS Medical Director of the Year” award.
Since he is passionate about his work and about being an engaged advocate working to help end the national obesity epidemic, Dr. Lindquist has been – and remains – actively involved in supporting various state and national organizations and has earned numerous awards for his work. Recent recognitions have included him earning the Obesity Medicine Association’s “Bariatrician of the Year” in 2013 for his numerous contributions in advancing the field of bariatric medicine. In 2015, he subsequently earned the “Steelman-Seim Educator Award for Excellence in Academics” for advancing the cause of health care through education and training.
His strong reputation in the medical weight management field also stems from a commitment to working with commercial companies to help further clinical research and the development of care and quality improvements. As an example, he has been an advisor with Novo Nordisk for three years and, more recently, for Retrofit Inc. since 2016. He is also a presenter on obesity topics for Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.
Dr. Lindquist is also active in numerous professional associations. He is a board member of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, a Washington state trustee for the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, a trustee for the Obesity Treatment Foundation, and the Washington state representative of the Obesity Society for Access to Care.
Dr. Lindquist earned his medical degree from the University of Washington before completing a Family Practice residency at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Fl. His practice and leadership skills have been honed through completion of the American Board of Bariatric Medicine’s Board Preparation pathway and courses, and the Physician Leadership Development program at Swedish.
As a long-time Northwest resident, Dr. Lindquist loves the West Coast and outdoor pursuits. He, his wife and their daughter live in the Greater Seattle area.
List of services
Comprehensive weight management needs assessment
Strategic program planning
Materials development
Teaching best-practice standards
Helping educate practitioners to successfully provide customized care to patients dealing
with obesity
Marketing recommendations
Continuous counsel and education
media coverage
WebMD
May 9, 2017
Emerging Treatment Offers Weight Loss Alternative
Q13 Fox News
July 12, 2016
Why Are We So Exhausted?
Bend Bulletin
July 7, 2016
A Balloon Instead of Surgery for Weight Loss?
KOMO TV (ABC)
June 19, 2013
Obesity classified as a disease may improve
patient care
Seattle Magazine
June 3, 2013
The Healthy Way to Weight Loss
Partnering to develop extraordinary care
Program needs are different. Please contact me to begin a conversation that will identify your program’s unique needs and how I can work with you to reach your goals.
Richard Lindquist MD
richard@richardlindquistconsulting.com
Please contact me for more detailed information about my medical weight management services and credentials.
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