Meet our Staff

Andrew J. Rodican, PA

Andy is the Associate Medical Director and founder of Medical Weight Loss Centers, LLC. A graduate of the Physician Associate Program at Yale University’s School of Medicine, Andy continued his specialized training with the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP) and the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education. He is an award-winning, published author and a national speaker. He has served the medical community in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, occupational medicine, and bariatric medicine. His interest in bariatric medicine is a personal one, since he had a history of diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and acid reflux disease before suffering a heart attack in 2002.
          Weight loss is Andy’s passion and he has successfully treated over 3000 patients in the past two years. Andy lives in Branford, CT with his wife Allison and their one year-old son.

Mark A. Perrotti MD

A graduate from Skidmore College, Dr. Mark Perrotti serves as the Medical Director for Medical Weight Loss Centers. Having served as director/applications manager for an international chemical company, Mark moved to Italy, where he worked as a freelance professional chemist. He graduated with honors from the University of Rome School of Medicine. His postgraduate studies in Electrophysiology provided the opportunity to work alongside world renowned Professor Giuseppe Critelli at the Pietro Valdoni Heart and Lung Institute at the University’s Policlinico Umberto I. He returned to the U.S. to complete his Residency at Roger Williams Medical Center and the VA Medical Center in Providence, RI (a Brown University and Boston University Affiliate). He served as clinical Instructor to both Brown and Boston University medical students and currently is a clinical instructor at the Yale School of Medicine.
          Dr. Perrotti and his wife Susan reside in Madison, with their two children. Interests include traveling, fishing, gardening and coaching a competition travel soccer team. He has a great passion for languages and speaks Italian fluently while having a good working knowledge of Spanish.

Vickie Gerdon, MBA, PA-C

Vickie started her professional career with a Psychology degree from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Evansville. She went on to complete the Physician Associate Program at Yale University’s School of Medicine and the Obesity Management course at Harvard University. She affiliated with Pediatric & Medical Associates, where she developed and directed their Obesity Screening program for the last 3 years of her 14 year tenure. In 2007, she successfully completed the Society of Bariatric Physicians Obesity Management course and joined MWLC.
          Vickie is passionate about helping patients achieve their weight loss goals.