Physician-Led · Cash-Pay · Evidence-Based · Orange County

Weight Loss, Metabolic & Pulmonary Health Care.

One board-certified physician — not an app or a health coach — personally guides your plan. Every recommendation comes with a clear reason and a written estimate before you ever pay for anything.

  • Weight Loss & Metabolic Health
  • Pulmonary Care & Second Opinions
  • Functional Health Assessments
Board-certified in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. No insurance, no billing codes, no surprise invoices.
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Every test reviewed and ordered by a physician
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Evidence-tiered care bundles, scoped to you
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Cash & credit — no insurance filter, no surprise bills
Why LUMENA

Built For People Who Invest In Their Health

Evidence-Tiered, Always

We could order a hundred tests. We order the ones that change your plan — and you'll always know why each one is there before you pay for it.

Physician-Led Care

Your plan is directly overseen by a board-certified pulmonary & critical care physician — not routed through a health coach.

Transparent, Written Estimates

You get a Good Faith Estimate before anything begins. Cash and credit only — no coding games, no insurance surprises.

Our Philosophy

We Don't Sell Panels. We Explain Them.

Every test on a LUMENA plan earns its place. Before anything reaches your care plan, a board-certified physician weighs it against one question: does this actually change what we do for you? We could order a hundred tests — we stratify, so what lands on your plan is what's worth ordering, and you know exactly why it's there.

This is the same discipline applied to a severe airflow obstruction on a spirometry loop, an elevated Apo B hiding behind a normal-looking cholesterol panel, or a finding on a bronchoscopy image — read by the physician who's seeing you, not a lab algorithm.

See How This Shapes Every Plan
Sample LUMENA evidence-tiered readout showing severe airflow obstruction and severe restriction spirometry loops, an Apo B / Apo A1 panel, a bronchoscopic airway view, hemoglobin A1c trend, hs-CRP, shuttle walk distance, and the Bohr–Enghoff dead-space equation
Care Plans

Four Bundles. One Standard of Evidence.

Start where it makes sense for you — every bundle can be adjusted after your consultation.

Foundation
Scoped at consultation

A physician-led baseline: consult, core metabolic labs, and a clear action plan.

Cardiopulmonary Complete
Scoped at consultation

Adds cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary function assessment.

Elite
Scoped at consultation

Quarterly re-testing cadence, priority scheduling, and a personal quarterly report card.

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Physician-Led

Independently Run. Directly Overseen.

LUMENA was founded by a board-certified pulmonary and critical care physician — trained in the kind of medicine where every order has to justify itself — to bring that same evidence discipline to metabolic, functional, and longevity care, without an insurance company deciding what counts.

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Book a consultation and walk out with a plan you understand, line by line, dollar by dollar.