Rita Starritt, MD

Dr. Rita Starritt is a board-certified internal medicine physician with more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. After earning her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, she completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Colorado. Over the course of her career, Dr. Starritt has worked in a wide range of clinical settings, including private practice, hospital medicine, hospice care, and clinical research. She has also served as a Medical Director for several healthcare organizations and previously worked as a hospitalist with Kindred Healthcare in both Denver, Colorado and San Diego, California.

In 2017, Dr. Starritt founded Weight Loss MD San Diego, a comprehensive medical weight loss clinic dedicated to helping patients improve their health through medically supervised weight management. Her interest in weight loss medicine developed during her years in traditional internal medicine practice, where she observed that many chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes were closely tied to weight-related issues. Motivated to shift from treating disease to preventing it, she created a program that utilizes evidence-based treatments, including appetite suppressants and GLP-1 medications, with plans to expand services into aesthetic and wellness care.

Beyond her clinical work, Dr. Starritt is passionate about global health and regularly participates in medical missions to underserved communities around the world, including Bangladesh, Bolivia, Honduras, and Haiti. She is also an accomplished athlete, competing as a semi-professional wake surfer and wake foiler, and has earned the title of World Champion in wake foiling for two consecutive years. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Dr. Starritt combines decades of medical expertise with a commitment to prevention, wellness, and service both locally and internationally.

• University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (Medical Degree)
• University of Colorado (Residency in Internal Medicine)

• World Champion Wake Foiler (2 consecutive years)

• Medical missions to Bangladesh
• Medical missions to Bolivia
• Medical missions to Honduras
• Medical missions to Haiti