Our Team
Joel Baker PA-C
Joel received his master's in medicine from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee, and a bachelor's in biology from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana. Joel is board certified and has 15+ years of experience as a physician assistant. He is Partner at Simple Weight Solutions and practice manager. He is married to Lacie Baker and father of 3 young children. He is passionate about weight loss because no other intervention has the ability to cure chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, sleep apnea, metabolic syndrome and many more. In his spare time, he enjoys mountain biking, playing with the kids and movies. Joel works mainly in the background as COO role making things run smoothly and providing his medical background as support.
Trent Patton
Trent is a father of 2 teenagers, married to Christa Patton NP. 20 years of experience in sales management of a multinational brand. Trent is also Partner of Simple Weight Solutions. He is passionate about weight loss because of his own journey using terzepatide and finding success with it. Trent works as the CEO role and is great at bringing fresh ideas to help our current patients and providing additional value to our clients. There is always something new coming at SWS!
Lacie Baker PA-C
Lacie is a board-certified Physician Assistant with extensive orthopedic experience. She received her Bachelor’s in Biology from Lipscomb University and later completed her Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies from Trevecca University in 2008. She met her husband, Joel, in PA school and they have resided in Spring Hill since they were married in 2008. They have 3 children and a German shorthair pointer fur baby. Lacie has become passionate about weight loss and overall fitness since having weight to lose after having 3 babies and trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle. She also enjoys counseling her orthopedic patients on weight loss to be able to undergo elective surgeries safely. The weight loss medications have made the success rate much higher! In her free time, Lacie enjoys staying active by chasing her kids around and working out at Burn Bootcamp. Additionally, she enjoys the outdoors, spending time with family and friends and traveling.
Desiree Brown
Desiree is a licensed Aesthetician and Office Manager at Simple Weight Solutions in the beautiful city of Franklin. Passionate about healing and helping others, she is dedicated to educating patients and crafting personalized weight loss plans to ensure their success. Outside of the clinic, she finds her greatest joy in spending time with her family and beloved fur babies. Desiree is the heart and sole of the clinic. She is the name and face that everyone is happy to see. Her genuine love and respect for every client is known from the very first visit.
Joseph M Palumbo is the medical director. He performs an advisory role at SWS. He is an expert in the field of weight loss, peptides, IV therapy, hormone therapy, aesthetics and alternative medical therapies. He began his education in medicine at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, PA. While in Erie, he also completed his Emergency Medicine residency at UPMC Hamot Medical Center in 2010. He has also enjoyed the practice of aesthetics. He is a licensed botox and medical fillers physician. For the past 8 years he has serviced different areas of Ohio with their aesthetic needs. He also maintains licenses all over the country for telemedicine.