Dr. Lauren Romeo, MD, MS, Family Practitioner
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Dr. Lauren Romeo, MD, MS

Family Practitioner

4/5(6)
765 W NASA Blvd. Melbourne Florida, 32901
Rating

4/5

About

Dr. Lauren Romeo is a family medicine and hyperbaric medicine physician practicing in Melbourne, FL.

Dr. Romeo specializes in comprehensive wellness health care for adults. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests, and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Romeo possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health with emphasis on nutrition and finding the best diet for everyone. She has been a public educator for gluten free diets since 1995. 

Education and Training

Saba University / School of Medicine MD

Board Certification

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine)

Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM

Provider Details

FemaleEnglish

Areas of expertise and specialization

Chronic non-healing wounds, VAC therapy, skin substitutes.

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Medical Director Wuesthoff Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center 2006 - 2016
  • Medical Director Health First Wound Care and Hyperbaric center 2017 - 2021

Awards

  • Physician of the Year 2010 Wuesthoff Hospital Melbourne, FL 

Professional Memberships

  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society  

Professional Society Memberships

  • Brevard County Medical Society

Articles and Publications

  • Consultant Journal - Arterial Gas Embolus October 2003 Vol.43 No. 12, 1488-89Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Calciphylaxis Induced Necrotizing Fasciitis, A case study, Poster UHMS Conference Maui, Hawaii, 2007

What do you attribute your success to?

  • I believe in continual self-improvement and lifelong learning.

Teaching and speaking

  • Public Educator for the Gluten Intolerance Group 1995- 2020.Wuesthoff Wound Care Conferences/seminars, 9 eventsCME for Health First Physicians, Holmes Regional Medical Center July 25, 2014

Hobbies / Sports

  • Weight training, walking/running, arts and crafts, sewing.

Favorite professional publications

  • Science magazine, Nature, Consultant

Areas of research

Vaccine research with Optimal Research in Melbourne, Florida 2017-2018

Dr. Lauren Romeo, MD, MS's Practice location

Kindred Hospital

765 W NASA Blvd. -
Melbourne, Florida 32901
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New patients: 321-302-6266
Fax: 321-406-0228

Wound Care and Wellness

6300 N Wickham Rd -
Melbourne, Florida 32940
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New patients: 321-302-6266
Fax: 321-406-0228

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Patient Experience with Dr. Romeo


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Dr. Lauren Romeo, MD, MS has a rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 6 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Family Practitioner in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

Media Releases

Get to know Family Physician and Hyperbaric Physician Dr. Lauren Romeo, who serves patients in Florida.

Dr. Romeo, a board-certified family physician and hyperbaric physician, sees patients at Kindred Hospital in Melbourne, Florida and for home visits.

Growing up in Titusville, Florida, Dr. Romeo attended Titusville High School. Afterwards, she attended the University of Central Florida, earning her Bachelor’s degrees in Liberal Arts and Sciences & Biology and Liberal Arts.

From there, she attended Saba University School of Medicine, earning her Master of Science in Hyperbaric Medicine in 1999 and her medical degree in 2002. She then performed her residency in family medicine at Memorial Health University Hospital in Savannah, Georgia after which she moved back home to Florida.

In 2005, Dr. Romeo began work at the Wuesthoff Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center, and was promoted to medical director in 2006. She remained so until 2016, after which she joined Health First Wound Center, and served as medical director until 2021, after which the program was elected to be discontinued.

Specializing in comprehensive wellness health care for adults, the doctor is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.

Moreover, she is board-certified in undersea & hyperbaric medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM). The ABPM is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties that issues “certificates of special knowledge” in the specialty of preventive medicine.

A firm believer in continual self-improvement and lifelong learning, Dr. Romeo was awarded an Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society Certification, as a Medical Examiner of Divers (MED). She is also an active member of the Brevard County Medical Society.

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility.

Hyperbaric medicine is medical treatment in which an ambient pressure greater than sea level atmospheric pressure is a necessary component. Hyperbaric physicians are medical doctors who specialize in hyperbaric medicine. They use hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy to treat conditions such as decompression illness and carbon monoxide poisoning.

Happily married, Dr. Romeo and her husband, Charlie, live in Rockledge, Florida.

Outside of the office, she enjoys weight training, walking/running, arts and crafts, and sewing. Her favorite professional publications include Science magazine, Nature, and Consultant.

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