Physician-Led Diabetes, Weight & Cardiometabolic Care

Physician-Led Diabetes, Weight & Cardiometabolic Care

Physician-Led Diabetes, Weight & Cardiometabolic Care

Your metabolic health is connected. Your care should be too.

Your metabolic health is connected. Your care should be too.

Your metabolic health is connected. Your care should be too.

Weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, liver, kidney, sleep, and heart health influence one another. At WellifyCare Medical, we look at the full picture and build a clear, personalized plan with you.

Weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, liver, kidney, sleep, and heart health influence one another. At WellifyCare Medical, we look at the full picture and build a clear, personalized plan with you.

Weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, liver, kidney, sleep, and heart health influence one another. At WellifyCare Medical, we look at the full picture and build a clear, personalized plan with you.

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Board-Certified Internal Medicine

Board-Certified Internal Medicine

Board-Certified Internal Medicine

Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Physician-Led Care

Physician-Led Care

Physician-Led Care

In-Person Care in Brookfield

In-Person Care in Brookfield

In-Person Care in Brookfield

Your health is connected

Your health is connected

Why Cardiometabolic Care?

Why Cardiometabolic Care?

Why Cardiometabolic Care?

Your numbers may look separate. Your health is connected.
Changes in weight, A1C, blood pressure, cholesterol, liver health, sleep, and family risk often influence one another. WellifyCare Medical looks beyond isolated numbers to understand your complete cardiometabolic picture.

Your numbers may look separate. Your health is connected.
Changes in weight, A1C, blood pressure, cholesterol, liver health, sleep, and family risk often influence one another. WellifyCare Medical looks beyond isolated numbers to understand your complete cardiometabolic picture.

Your numbers may look separate. Your health is connected.
Changes in weight, A1C, blood pressure, cholesterol, liver health, sleep, and family risk often influence one another. WellifyCare Medical looks beyond isolated numbers to understand your complete cardiometabolic picture.

Weight & Obesity

Weight & Obesity

Weight & Obesity

Evidence-based obesity medicine focused on improving health, function, and sustainable progress—not the number on the scale alone.

Evidence-based obesity medicine focused on improving health, function, and sustainable progress—not the number on the scale alone.

Evidence-based obesity medicine focused on improving health, function, and sustainable progress—not the number on the scale alone.

Diabetes and prediabetes care

Diabetes and prediabetes care

Diabetes and prediabetes care

Personalized care for blood sugar and the cardiovascular, kidney, weight, and metabolic risks that often accompany diabetes.

Personalized care for blood sugar and the cardiovascular, kidney, weight, and metabolic risks that often accompany diabetes.

Personalized care for blood sugar and the cardiovascular, kidney, weight, and metabolic risks that often accompany diabetes.

Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure

Evaluation and treatment that considers medications, weight, sleep, home readings, and other contributing factors.

Evaluation and treatment that considers medications, weight, sleep, home readings, and other contributing factors.

Evaluation and treatment that considers medications, weight, sleep, home readings, and other contributing factors.

Cholesterol & Heart Risk

Cholesterol & Heart Risk

Cholesterol & Heart Risk

Understand your risk factors and build a personalized prevention and treatment plan.

Understand your risk factors and build a personalized prevention and treatment plan.

Understand your risk factors and build a personalized prevention and treatment plan.

Fatty Liver & Metabolic Health

Fatty Liver & Metabolic Health

Fatty Liver & Metabolic Health

Evaluate metabolic contributors, assess risk when appropriate, and address modifiable factors.

Evaluate metabolic contributors, assess risk when appropriate, and address modifiable factors.

Evaluate metabolic contributors, assess risk when appropriate, and address modifiable factors.

Connected Risk Factors

Connected Risk Factors

Connected Risk Factors

Bring overlapping metabolic concerns into one thoughtful, coordinated plan.

Bring overlapping metabolic concerns into one thoughtful, coordinated plan.

Bring overlapping metabolic concerns into one thoughtful, coordinated plan.

Your First Step

Your First Step

Your First Step

Understand the whole picture. Build the right plan.

Understand the whole picture. Build the right plan.

Understand the whole picture. Build the right plan.

Your care begins with a thorough medical evaluation with Dr. Dere. We review your medical history, medications, weight changes, previous testing, family history, daily habits, and health goals. Then we explain what the findings mean and identify practical next steps.

Your care begins with a thorough medical evaluation with Dr. Dere. We review your medical history, medications, weight changes, previous testing, family history, daily habits, and health goals. Then we explain what the findings mean and identify practical next steps.

Your care begins with a thorough medical evaluation with Dr. Dere. We review your medical history, medications, weight changes, previous testing, family history, daily habits, and health goals. Then we explain what the findings mean and identify practical next steps.

Book an Appointment

Book an Appointment

Book an Appointment

Consulting session

Care shaped around your needs

Care shaped around your needs

Care shaped around your needs

Based on your history, goals, and clinical needs, your care may address:

Based on your history, goals, and clinical needs, your care may address:

Based on your history, goals, and clinical needs, your care may address:

Initial cardiometabolic evaluation

Initial cardiometabolic evaluation

Initial cardiometabolic evaluation

Obesity medicine and medical weight care

Obesity medicine and medical weight care

Obesity medicine and medical weight care

Prediabetes & type 2 diabetes

Prediabetes & type 2 diabetes

Prediabetes & type 2 diabetes

Blood pressure evaluation and treatment

Blood pressure evaluation and treatment

Blood pressure evaluation and treatment

Cholesterol and cardiovascular risk

Cholesterol and cardiovascular risk

Cholesterol and cardiovascular risk

Fatty liver & metabolic health

Fatty liver & metabolic health

Fatty liver & metabolic health

Kidney and cardiometabolic risk

Kidney and cardiometabolic risk

Kidney and cardiometabolic risk

Sleep apnea risk screening

Sleep apnea risk screening

Sleep apnea risk screening

Medication review and management

Medication review and management

Medication review and management

How care works

How care works

How care works

A clear path forward

A clear path forward

A clear path forward

  1. Evaluate

  1. Evaluate

  1. Evaluate

Begin with a comprehensive physician visit focused on your health history, medications, risk factors, and goals.

Begin with a comprehensive physician visit focused on your health history, medications, risk factors, and goals.

  1. Understand

  1. Understand

  1. Understand

We explain the important findings in plain language. What matters, why it matters, and what can be done.

We explain the important findings in plain language. What matters, why it matters, and what can be done.

  1. Personalize

  1. Personalize

  1. Personalize

Together, we build a treatment plan based on your clinical needs, priorities, and preferences.

Together, we build a treatment plan based on your clinical needs, priorities, and preferences.

  1. Continue

  1. Continue

  1. Continue

Follow-up is tailored to your medical needs through the appropriate insurance-based care pathway.

Follow-up is tailored to your medical needs through the appropriate insurance-based care pathway.

Explore Guided Care

Explore Guided Care

Want more structure between visits?

Want more structure between visits?

Want more structure between visits?

Guided Care adds physician-led lifestyle coaching, a Personal Health Roadmap, and structured progress reviews alongside your medical care.

Guided Care adds physician-led lifestyle coaching, a Personal Health Roadmap, and structured progress reviews alongside your medical care.

Guided Care adds physician-led lifestyle coaching, a Personal Health Roadmap, and structured progress reviews alongside your medical care.

Explore Guided Care

The 4H Framework

The 4H Framework

The 4H Framework

Better health is rarely built by one medication, one diet, or one perfect week

Better health is rarely built by one medication, one diet, or one perfect week

Better health is rarely built by one medication, one diet, or one perfect week

Our 4H Framework considers the biological, behavioral, and personal factors that shape lasting health.

Our 4H Framework considers the biological, behavioral, and personal factors that shape lasting health.

Our 4H Framework considers the biological, behavioral, and personal factors that shape lasting health.

Hormones and Metabolism

Hormones and Metabolism

Hormones and Metabolism

Understand relevant biology. Testing is selected based on your history, symptoms, and clinical needs.

Understand relevant biology. Testing is selected based on your history, symptoms, and clinical needs.

Understand relevant biology. Testing is selected based on your history, symptoms, and clinical needs.

Hunger

Hunger

Hunger

Work with appetite biology using practical nutrition strategies and, when appropriate, evidence-based medication.

Work with appetite biology using practical nutrition strategies and, when appropriate, evidence-based medication.

Work with appetite biology using practical nutrition strategies and, when appropriate, evidence-based medication.

Habit

Habit

Habit

Build for real life by turning nutrition, movement, strength, sleep, and daily routines into practical next steps.

Build for real life by turning nutrition, movement, strength, sleep, and daily routines into practical next steps.

Build for real life by turning nutrition, movement, strength, sleep, and daily routines into practical next steps.

Hope

Hope

Hope

See a path forward. Set realistic priorities and focus on progress you can build on.

See a path forward. Set realistic priorities and focus on progress you can build on.

See a path forward. Set realistic priorities and focus on progress you can build on.

The goal is not perfection. The goal is better health in service of the life you want to live.

The goal is not perfection. The goal is better health in service of the life you want to live.

The goal is not perfection. The goal is better health in service of the life you want to live.

About Dr. Dere

About Dr. Dere

About Dr. Dere

Meet the Founder

Meet the Founder

Meet the Founder

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Dereje Tefera Siyum MD, MSHI, DABOM — Founder of WellifyCare Medical S.C.

Dereje Tefera Siyum MD, MSHI, DABOM — Founder of WellifyCare Medical S.C.

Dereje Tefera Siyum MD, MSHI, DABOM — Founder of WellifyCare Medical S.C.

Dr. Dere is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine. With more than a decade of clinical experience in Ethiopia and the United States, he has cared for adults across a wide range of health needs—from early cardiometabolic risk to serious complications of diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease.

He founded WellifyCare Medical to provide a more connected, prevention-focused approach to diabetes care, medical weight care, and cardiometabolic risk reduction. The goal is to help patients understand the complete picture, identify important modifiable risks, and build practical plans that fit their lives.

Dr. Dere is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine. With more than a decade of clinical experience in Ethiopia and the United States, he has cared for adults across a wide range of health needs—from early cardiometabolic risk to serious complications of diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease.

He founded WellifyCare Medical to provide a more connected, prevention-focused approach to diabetes care, medical weight care, and cardiometabolic risk reduction. The goal is to help patients understand the complete picture, identify important modifiable risks, and build practical plans that fit their lives.

Dr. Dere is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine. With more than a decade of clinical experience in Ethiopia and the United States, he has cared for adults across a wide range of health needs—from early cardiometabolic risk to serious complications of diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease.

He founded WellifyCare Medical to provide a more connected, prevention-focused approach to diabetes care, medical weight care, and cardiometabolic risk reduction. The goal is to help patients understand the complete picture, identify important modifiable risks, and build practical plans that fit their lives.

“Good care should give you more than a diagnosis or a set of numbers. It should help you understand your health, see where change is possible, and move forward with a clear plan and renewed hope.”

“Good care should give you more than a diagnosis or a set of numbers. It should help you understand your health, see where change is possible, and move forward with a clear plan and renewed hope.”

“Good care should give you more than a diagnosis or a set of numbers. It should help you understand your health, see where change is possible, and move forward with a clear plan and renewed hope.”

— Dr. Dere
— Dr. Dere
— Dr. Dere

Learn More About Dr Dere

Learn More About Dr Dere

Learn More About Dr Dere

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Start by understanding where you are.

Your first step is a comprehensive cardiometabolic medical evaluation with Dr. Dere.

Book an Appointment

WellifyCare Medical Interior design photo

Start by understanding where you are.

Your first step is a comprehensive cardiometabolic medical evaluation with Dr. Dere.

Book an Appointment

WellifyCare Medical Interior design photo

Start by understanding where you are.

Your first step is a comprehensive cardiometabolic medical evaluation with Dr. Dere.

Book an Appointment

Medical and Emergency Disclaimer

WellifyCare Medical S.C. does not provide emergency services. This website and its messaging channels are not monitored for medical emergencies. If you believe you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.

Information on this website is provided for general educational purposes and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Using this website, submitting a form, or requesting an appointment does not by itself establish a physician-patient relationship. Care recommendations and outcomes vary by individual.

Telehealth services are available only when the treating clinician is licensed or otherwise legally authorized to practice in the state where the patient is physically located at the time of the visit. An in-person evaluation may be required when clinically appropriate or legally required.

Medical and Emergency Disclaimer

WellifyCare Medical S.C. does not provide emergency services. This website and its messaging channels are not monitored for medical emergencies. If you believe you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.

Information on this website is provided for general educational purposes and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Using this website, submitting a form, or requesting an appointment does not by itself establish a physician-patient relationship. Care recommendations and outcomes vary by individual.

Telehealth services are available only when the treating clinician is licensed or otherwise legally authorized to practice in the state where the patient is physically located at the time of the visit. An in-person evaluation may be required when clinically appropriate or legally required.

Medical and Emergency Disclaimer

WellifyCare Medical S.C. does not provide emergency services. This website and its messaging channels are not monitored for medical emergencies. If you believe you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.

Information on this website is provided for general educational purposes and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Using this website, submitting a form, or requesting an appointment does not by itself establish a physician-patient relationship. Care recommendations and outcomes vary by individual.

Telehealth services are available only when the treating clinician is licensed or otherwise legally authorized to practice in the state where the patient is physically located at the time of the visit. An in-person evaluation may be required when clinically appropriate or legally required.