Hormone and Wellness Services Near Old Town

Old Town and its Mission Hills neighbor

The City of San Diego’s community plan for Old Town San Diego places the community west of the Mission Hills neighborhood of Uptown and calls Old Town the Birthplace of California and of the City of San Diego. Our Mission Hills location is the SDBody clinic for Old Town, and SDBody’s Mission Hills testosterone page lists Old Town among the neighborhoods the clinic is convenient to.

SDBody does not have an office in Old Town. Visits for Old Town patients happen on Hancock Street in Mission Hills, and the La Jolla clinic is available to anyone who prefers it.

SDBody has been a physician-led hormone and wellness practice since its founding in 2018. A clinician at Mission Hills starts with the patient’s goals, symptoms, history, and other clinical information, and uses that review to decide whether an examination, testing, or a treatment evaluation comes next. More about the practice is on the SDBody homepage.

Care available to Old Town patients at Mission Hills

Everything in this section is offered at Mission Hills unless La Jolla is named. Before any medical treatment starts, a clinician covers candidacy, evidence, risks, and monitoring.

Hormone therapy

Hormone replacement therapy at SDBody spans testosterone, DHEA, thyroid, estrogen, and progesterone care. A clinician may discuss creams, injections, pills, or patches, with the route decided case by case for the hormone and dose. Men and women each have their own overview, at men and women, with one physician evaluation process behind both.

Testosterone replacement therapy

SDBody’s Mission Hills testosterone replacement therapy page is medically reviewed by Dr. Shawn Vedamani, MD. It explains that low testosterone is diagnosed from blood tests, typically more than one draw, weighed alongside symptoms, medical history, and current medications, and that testosterone is generally measured in the morning. Blood is drawn on site in Mission Hills, and the clinic opens at 8 am on weekdays.

There is also a testosterone replacement therapy page for Old Town patients.

Weight loss

Patients exploring medical weight loss start with a clinician’s look at weight and health history, earlier efforts, any medication or health condition that could be influencing weight, and what the patient hopes to achieve. When a medical plan fits, the clinician goes over follow-up and how progress gets tracked.

Peptides, IV and NAD+

Before peptide therapy is on the table, a physician assesses candidacy, the evidence, safety and monitoring. IV and NAD+ therapy happens in the IV suite at Mission Hills, overseen by a provider.

Labs

Patients choose from the Hormone, Core and Advanced panels, with medical staff explaining the differences in the clinic and a clinician confirming or adjusting the panel. See diagnostic labs in Mission Hills.

Cryotherapy and recovery

Mission Hills has a cryotherapy chamber, and it also has an infrared sauna and cold plunge and red light therapy. Anyone looking for hyperbaric oxygen or PEMF therapy will find those at SDBody La Jolla.

Steps in a first appointment

1. Talk it through. The intake covers what the patient wants to address and what feels off.
2. Choose labs. Staff explain the panel options and the patient picks one.
3. Review results. A clinician walks through the numbers in the context of symptoms and history.
4. Decide on next steps. If treatment is appropriate, the clinician presents the plan with its alternatives, risks and monitoring.

More on each step is on the how it works page.

Who Old Town patients see

Three providers see patients at Mission Hills, and each also works at the La Jolla clinic. Meet the providers.

• Dr. Shawn Vedamani, MD, Co-Founder and Medical Director. A board-certified anesthesiologist with an MD from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and more than 10 years of experience, he founded SDBody in 2018.
• Dr. Alex Roher, MD, Co-Founder. A board-certified anesthesiologist in San Diego practice since 2012 who still practices anesthesiology.
• Brooke Stearns, PA-C, Lead Medical Provider. A physician assistant with more than 9 years of experience who began in emergency medicine and now works with men and women on hormone optimization, weight management and longevity care.

Reaching the Mission Hills clinic from Old Town

SDBody Mission Hills
1747 Hancock St Ste C, San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 772-0252

Hours
Monday to Thursday: 8am to 4pm
Friday: 8am to 3pm
Saturday and Sunday: closed

Look for street and lot parking around Hancock Street. The front desk can pass along current parking guidance at the time of booking. Get directions to SDBody Mission Hills.

For patients who find La Jolla more practical, SDBody La Jolla offers the same hormone care with its own phone line and hours.