Kristina Arnold, RN |
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Kristina has been a Registered Nurse since 1997 with eight years of Obstetric experience. She also has two years of med/surg, telemetry and emergency nursing experience. Kristina attended Miami University and the Christ Hospital School of Nursing. She has worked in the hospital setting her entire career until starting with Cincinnati Weight Loss Center in August 2006. Kristina had the LAP-BAND placed at Cincinnati Weight Loss Center and has gone from a size 18/20 to a size 2. Her husband has also had LAP-BAND surgery and has since lost all of his weight wearing a size 32" waist in his pants! Kristina says, "I am so very fortunate that I can integrate something that I am so passionate about and something that is such an important part of my life with my career. I can give my patients more than just a nursing consult, I am able to share my own personal experience with them too. Now, every day I look forward to seeing the sparkle and gleam that my patients have when they are able share their weight loss success with me. I love to cheer them on, encouraging them every step of their journey, from their pre-op visit to their ultimate goal that I know they will reach!" |
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Cookie Binzer, RN |
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I have been an RN for 20 years with various experience in IV Therapy, Labor and Delivery, Med/Surg, Surgery, Pediatrics and Nursing Supervisor and the past 3 years as a Gastric Band Fill nurse. |
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Kim Fricke, RN |
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Kim was banded in August of 2007 and has lost 100 pounds, so far. Kim has been a registered nurse since 1990 and has held several nursing positions including home health care; which she is still actively involved in. Kim joined the Cincinnati Weight Loss Center in June 2009. She wanted to be a part of helping others with their amazing journey. |
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Tonya Askren, Licensed Professional Counselor |
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Tonya graduated from Wilmington College in 2001 with a BA in Psychology and from Liberty University in 2008 with a MA in Counseling, which has allowed her to become a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Ohio. Before joining the CWLC team in October of 2008 Tonya worked as a case manager and then as a crisis counselor for a community mental health center in south central Ohio for six years where she was able to gain experience with clients struggling with a variety of mental health issues. Tonya is not only a counselor for CWLC she is a patient as well. She was banded by CWLC in August, 2007 and has since lost 85lbs. Working at CWLC, Tonya feels she is able to combine her professional background and education with her personal journey in order to assist patients in meeting their weight loss goals. Tonya is available to patients both before surgery and after in order to provide the best mental and emotional health care possible to our patients. |
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Diana Harris, Insurance and Financing Coordinator |
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 Diana Harris is Cincinnati Weight Loss Center's insurance, scheduling and finance coordinator. Diana assists our patients through the maze of insurance questions and helps get them APPROVED for the life altering surgery by various options and a "full steam ahead attitude." A mother of two sons, and proud wife, Diana has worked in the customer service industry for over fifteen years. After struggling with weight issues for years, Diana was banded by Dr. Watkins in August 2008, and has lost over 82 pounds. Diana is enjoying being part of a "sisterhood" of banded family members as her sister is also banded. To contact Diana, please call the office or send her an email at Diana.harris@cincyweightloss.com. She can help change your life too! |
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Kristin Kist, Patient Coordinator |
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Kristin Kist has been banded since February 2009 after a lifetime struggle with her weight. She joined the CWLC staff as a Patient Coordinator in August 2009. She has a background in aviation and customer service. Kristin is currently in school for medical coding and billing, as well as medical office receptionist. She is very supportive of our patients and loves being involved with their success! |
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Heidi Vannelli, Patient Coordinator |
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Heidi Vannelli joined CWLC shortly after seeing the success she was obtaining from having the lapband surgery in October of 2007. To date she has lost over 60 lbs, 4 pants sizes, and is more active then she has ever been. Heidi loves her job at CWLC and knowing that she plays a role in helping others acheive their weight loss goals. After seeing her success play out, her husband was banded in June 2008 and has also been very successful in his weight loss. |
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Pamela Watkins, Office Manager and Corporate Counsel |
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Pamela has been with Cincinnati Weight Loss Center since January 2009, but being married to Dr. Watkins, she's been involved with the Lap Band business since 2002. Pamela has several members of her family who have battled obesity for years, many of whom have been banded or had gastric bypass, so to her, it is a very personal mission to assist our patients any way she can. In addition to managing the office, Pamela heads up our insurance appeals team. Our mission is to offer our patients the most outstanding medical care experience they can get anywhere, so our expectations are very high. Pamela is very proud of the team we have assembled and we expect the patient's experience to be amazing. We want our patients to feel like the money they spend on their medical care here is the best money they ever spent. We are always looking for feedback and Pamela is always there if a patient ever has a problem or concern, so please email her at Pamela.watkins@cincyweightloss.com. |
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Jim Arnold, Information Technology |
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Jim has been working in IT for eleven years and started his own consulting business in 2008. He now offers IT services to Cincinnati Weight Loss Center. Jim was banded in 2007 after witnessing first hand his wife's amazing transformation after her own Lap-Band surgery in 2006. Since then, he has lost 75 pounds and went from a pant size of 44 to 32! "Before I was banded, I wouldn't even dream of getting on a treadmill. Now I can run four to five miles without hesitation. I haven't been this fit since high school." |
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