Stop Guessing.
Start Transforming.
Advanced lab testing and physician-guided personalized protocols reveal what your body truly needs: creating a clear path toward better health, performance, and longevity.
Our mission
Where Personalized Wellness Meets Trusted Medical Guidance
At Ascend, our mission is to bridge personalized wellness with trusted medical support, creating a clear and confident path toward better health. Through advanced laboratory testing, physician-guided care, and individualized protocols, we help each client understand their unique biology and work toward meaningful, measurable, and sustainable results.
Personalized Health & Wellness Solutions:
Advanced lab testing, personalized protocols, and medical guidance to help you reach your health goals with clarity and confidence.
Weight Management
Targeted metabolic protocols, medically supervised GLP-1 therapies, and nutrition strategies designed for sustainable fat loss.
Hormone Balance
Physician-guided hormone therapy to restore cellular balance, improve lean body mass, energy levels, and mental clarity.
Anti-Aging & Longevity
Advanced therapeutic peptide formulations to accelerate tissue repair, enhance sleep architecture, and boost immune resilience.
Hair & Skin Health
Personalized protocols designed to support skin elasticity, enhance hair quality and volume, and improve your overall appearance.
Energy & Vitality
Personalized protocols designed to support lasting energy, improve focus, and optimize exercise performance and recovery.
Immunity & Recovery
Custom pharmaceutical-grade micronutrient and recovery protocols to optimize recovery cycles and systemic cellular health.
The Minds Behind ASCEND
About Us
We founded Ascend Health to replace generic wellness with measurable clinical precision—combining proactive medicine, diagnostic intelligence, and sustainable daily habits.
CO-FOUNDER & WELLNESS DIRECTOR
Isabela Castro
Isabela Correa Castro is a wellness entrepreneur, coach, and founder of Vida Bela, a community offering wellness programs that help people build healthier, more sustainable habits. Through immersive retreats, Vida Bela supports mindset development, physical well-being, meaningful connection, and emotional regulation.
As Co-Founder and Wellness Director of Ascend Health, Isabela expands this mission by connecting lifestyle transformation with physician-guided medical support. Drawing from her background in personal training, nutrition, positive psychology, behavioral science, and life coaching, she helps create personalized wellness strategies designed to improve each client’s quality of life
Positive Psychology · Behavioral Science · Holistic Nutrition · Founder, Vida Bela
CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER
Gabriel Ximenez
Gabriel Ximenez is a Brazilian wellness entrepreneur, influencer, and human performance specialist with more than a decade of hands-on experience in fitness and health optimization. As Mister Brasil 2018, he built a strong public presence around physical performance while also working behind the scenes with health and wellness brands.
At Ascend Health, Gabriel applies his extensive knowledge of supplements, physician-directed medications, and peptide therapies to help clients better understand the options available to support their individual goals. Working alongside licensed medical providers, he helps connect wellness strategies with personalized medical guidance, focusing on energy, strength, recovery, body composition, and overall quality of life.
Peptide Therapy Advocate · Sports Nutrition
Streamlined clinical access
How Ascend Works
1 - Complete Clinical Intake & Lab Panel
Begin with a comprehensive health history and our 100+ biomarker blood assessment, completed locally or via concierge home phlebotomy.
2 - Physician Blueprint & Prescription
Review your cellular markers with a board-certified longevity physician to receive a targeted peptide protocol calibrated precisely to your biology.
3 - Direct Cold-Chain Delivery & Optimization
Review your cellular markers with a board-certified longevity physician to receive a targeted peptide protocol calibrated precisely to your biology.
How Ascend Works
Start with a conversation
Book your free consultation and tell us how you’ve been feeling and what you want to improve. We’ll listen, answer your questions, and help you understand the best next step.
Discover what your body needs
A licensed medical provider reviews your health history, goals, and lab results when needed to create a personalized plan designed around you—not a one-size-fits-all approach.
Begin your personalized plan
If treatment is appropriate, everything you need is delivered directly to your door, with clear guidance and ongoing support throughout your journey.
Tailored Biological Blueprints
Our Signature Protocols
Physician-formulated peptide and metabolic stacks engineered for tangible cellular optimization.
ASCEND DEFINE
Where weight loss meets definition.
Healthy weight, body composition, and a more defined you. Designed for people who want more than a lower number on the scale. A personalized, provider-guided approach to appetite support, healthy weight management, and body composition goals.
May include Tirzepatide or Semaglutide, Lipo-B, oral wellness supplements, and when clinically appropriate - Tesamorelin.
ASCEND ENERGY & FOCUS
Steady energy, clearer thinking, and better daily performance.
When low energy or brain fog makes it harder to feel like yourself, this plan is personalized around your goals for focus, balance, and everyday vitality.
May include NAD+, MOTS-C, Semax, or Selank based on your individual needs.
ASCEND RECOVERY & MOBILITY
Move better, recover well, and stay active.
Created for people managing demanding workouts, everyday physical stress, or slower recovery. Your provider personalizes the plan around comfort, mobility, and an active lifestyle.
May include the Wolverine Blend (BPC-157 + TB-500) and additional provider-selected recovery support.
ASCEND LONGEVITY & VITALITY
Restful sleep, everyday vitality, and support for aging well.
A whole-body approach for people who want to feel stronger, recover better, and stay proactive about their long-term wellness.
May include NAD+, Sermorelin, Glutathione, and when clinically appropriate - Epithalon.
ASCEND SKIN, HAIR & RADIANCE
Healthier-looking skin, stronger hair, and a natural glow.
Personalized support designed around skin health, hair wellness, antioxidant support, and feeling confident from the inside out.
May include GHK-Cu, Glutathione, and personalized topical wellness options.
ASCEND SEXUAL WELLNESS & HORMONE BALANCE
Desire, confidence, and personalized support for your hormones.
A discreet, provider-guided approach to intimacy, vitality, and hormone health, informed by your goals, symptoms, and lab results when needed.
May include PT-141, Kisspeptin and personalized hormone-balance treatment options when appropriate.
Cellular Longevity Protocol
Tissue Repair · Mitochondrial Health · Deep Sleep
Targeted peptide blends designed to accelerate systemic healing, restore natural growth hormone pulsatility, and enhance REM sleep architecture.
EXPLORE PROTOCOLMetabolic Precision Stack
Visceral Fat Loss · Appetite Regulation · Glucose Control
Medically supervised GLP-1/GIP protocols paired with cellular metabolic optimizers to preserve lean muscle while accelerating fat oxidation.
EXPLORE PROTOCOLVitality & Hormone Stack
Lean Muscle · Mental Clarity · Sustained Energy
Comprehensive bioidentical hormone and peptide therapy designed to eliminate brain fog, restore youthful energy curves, and optimize overall vitality.
EXPLORE PROTOCOLTransparent Investment in Longevity
Choose the right medical blueprint tailored to your biological objectives
WOMEN’S HORMONE + LONGEVITY PANEL
Quest Diagnostics Lab Testing
- HORMONES & FEMALE HEALTH
- THYROID & ENERGY
- METABOLIC HEALTH
- HEART & LONGEVITY
- INFLAMMATION & NUTRIENT STATUS
- FOUNDATIONAL HEALTH
MEN’S HORMONE + LONGEVITY
PANEL
Quest Diagnostics Lab Testing
- HORMONES & TESTOSTERONE
- METABOLIC HEALTH
- HEART & LONGEVITY
- PROSTATE HEALTH
- THYROID & ENERGY
- FOUNDATIONAL HEALTH
Our Signature Protocols
Real Clinical Transformations
Hear how precision biomarker protocols and targeted peptide therapies unlocked sustained performance and vitality.
