Meet Southlake's Staff
Kathy Bright
Kathy Bright is the Operations Manager of Medi Weightloss Southlake. She has been in the weight loss industry for over 15 years and with Medi-Weightloss since 2013. Her favorite part of her job is meeting with new patients and helping them start on their journey to a happier healthy lifestyle. When not at work she loves to travel and spend time with her family. She also spends her time on the lake fishing and kayaking.
Anne Callaway, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner
Kara Jarke, FNP-C
Kara Jarke, MSN, NP-C, began her medical career by attending the University of Missouri at Columbia where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Following undergraduate school, she worked as a registered nurse for five years in a variety of inpatient settings. In December 2013, she graduated from Texas Woman’s University’s Family Nurse Practitioner program. Since that time, she has worked in both internal medicine and specialty practices focusing on wellness. She has been part of Medi-Weightloss since October 2016 and loves that Medi brings a medical and personal approach to health and weight management. She has also become a certified group fitness instructor and loves to help patients meet their goals with fitness and healthy eating. In her spare time, Kara loves attending Texas Rangers baseball games, traveling, and spending time with her husband and two daughters.
Cindy Lopez, CMA
Cindy Lopez, CMA, is the medical assistant. She has been Working with Medi-Weightloss since 2016 Her passion is to help people especially on their weight loss journey. When Cindy is not working at Medi-Weightloss you can find her with her family and baby daughter enjoying time at the parks, the aquarium, and movie theater.
Hina Mazharuddin, PA-C, MSPAS
Hina Mazharuddin, MSPAS, PA-C, completed her medical degree in December 2009 from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Since that time she has worked both in Internal Medicine and specialty practices focusing on Prevention, Health, and Wellness. Hina started at the Waco location for MEDI, but upon relocating to Dallas, Texas has become the full-time lead clinician for Southlake Medi-Weightloss. She serves on the board as the Executive Vice President for PAVMT (PA’s in Virtual Medicine and Telemedicine) and provided Telemedicine visits to take care of our Southlake patients during the COVID19 Pandemic. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, music, and spending time with her family including her two cats - Chip and JoJo! You can read more about Hina and the Medi-Weightloss Southlake team in the society life magazine article from December 2018. http://omagdigital.com/publication/?m=34319&i=551570&p=0 http://omagdigital.com/publication/?m=34319&i=551570&p=40
Carolina Mejia, NRCMA
Carolina Mejia, NRCMA, is the medical assistant, counselor, and program coordinator at our Southlake clinic. She has been a part of the Southlake Team since 2016 but prior to that she had been working at various weight loss clinics since 2011. She knows the program truly is “the one that works” as she has been on the program with great success. Her goal at Medi-Weightloss is to continue to help as many patients reach their goals and achieve a healthy lifestyle. When Carolina is not working at Medi-Weightloss you can find her spending time with family, hiking, reading, and thrifting.
Chris Yiantsou, M.D.
Medical Director
Dr. Yiantsou earned his MD degree from Texas Tech University of Medicine. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has experience with Private Practice in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology with special Interest in Hepatology since 1980. Dr. Yiantsou has been part of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy among many others. He is currently affiliated with Harris HEB hospital, at Bedford, Baylor Medical Center at Grapevine as well as North Hill Medical Center at North Richland Hills.