Dr. Jason Saylor, DO
Board-certified in family medicine, Chief Medical Officer
Video visits across Florida · in person in Tampa (Carrollwood)
TRT · Telehealth for Florida residents
Online TRT for Florida men
Lab-confirmed testosterone care by secure video, with labs at a Quest or LabCorp near you.
- Accepting new patients
- Video visits for Florida residents
- Labs at a Quest or LabCorp near you
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Quick answer
Telehealth TRT at Ascend Mind and Body means testosterone care led by Dr. Jason Saylor, DO, a board-certified family medicine physician, by secure video for Florida residents. Low testosterone is confirmed with two early-morning blood draws and a full panel at a lab near you before any treatment decision, and follow-up monitoring runs on a set schedule. In-person visits are at our Tampa (Carrollwood) office. We work with many major commercial plans and offer self-pay options. Coverage varies by plan and service. Our team will confirm with you.
How it works
Request a visit
Send the form or call (813) 670-3331. A care coordinator calls you back, usually within one business day, and confirms your coverage before your first visit.
Labs near you
Two early-morning draws and a full panel at a Quest or LabCorp near you confirm whether testosterone is actually low.
Video visits and monitoring
Dr. Jason Saylor, DO, reviews results with you by video and, if treatment fits, follows your labs on a set schedule.
Book with your clinician
The clinician who will see you.
Booking opens the clinician’s Zocdoc calendar in a new tab, set to new-patient video visits. Prefer to talk to someone first? Use the form and a care coordinator will call you.
What happens by video, and what needs the office
By secure video
- Your first evaluation and history
- Reviewing lab results and deciding on treatment
- Dose adjustments and monitoring visits
Telehealth visits are for patients who are physically in Florida at the time of the visit. Florida residents only.
At our Tampa (Carrollwood) office
- A physical exam when your history calls for one
- Any visit you would rather have in person
Why testosterone comes with extra rules
Testosterone is a controlled substance. Federal drug scheduling and Florida law both place it in Schedule III, alongside other anabolic steroids. That is the reason careful telehealth TRT moves at the pace of a medical evaluation, not the pace of an online questionnaire.
Florida’s telehealth law restricts video prescribing only for Schedule II drugs, with narrow exceptions. Because testosterone sits in Schedule III, Florida law allows a licensed physician to prescribe it by secure video after a proper evaluation. In practice, that means:
- An evaluation before any prescription. Dr. Jason Saylor, DO, takes your history by video and orders labs. The treatment decision waits until both results are back, and the reasoning is documented in your chart.
- A pharmacy you choose. If treatment fits, the prescription is sent electronically to the Florida pharmacy you pick.
- Monitoring built into the plan. Follow-up labs and visits are part of what makes the prescription appropriate, so they are scheduled from the start rather than added later.
Federal rules apply as well, and controlled-substance rules can change. If any part of your care has to happen in person, the care team tells you before you book, and you would come to our Tampa (Carrollwood) office for it.
Your two lab draws, step by step
Testosterone is highest in the morning, and one result on its own can mislead. Endocrine Society guidance calls for confirming a low reading with a repeat morning, fasting total testosterone. Ascend Mind and Body follows that standard for every new TRT patient.
First draw
After your first video visit, the lab order goes to a Quest or LabCorp location close to home. Book an early-morning appointment and follow the fasting instructions printed on the order.
Second draw, on another morning
If the first total testosterone comes back low, you repeat it on a separate day under the same conditions. Two low results, together with symptoms that match, are what support a diagnosis.
Results by video
Dr. Saylor walks through the numbers with you on a follow-up call and explains what they show, and what they rule out.
What the panel looks at
- Total and free testosterone, plus SHBG, the protein that carries testosterone in the blood
- LH and FSH, which help show whether the problem starts in the testes or in the pituitary gland
- Estradiol and prolactin
- A complete blood count, so there is a baseline hematocrit before treatment begins
- A metabolic panel, lipids and HbA1c
- TSH, since a thyroid problem can look a lot like low testosterone
- PSA, when your age and history call for it
What gets watched after you start
Starting testosterone is the beginning of the medical work, not the end of it. Follow-up is designed to catch problems while they are small and to show whether treatment is doing what you hoped.
HematocritTestosterone can raise your red blood cell count. The prescribing information calls for checking hemoglobin and hematocrit periodically, and a climbing number usually means changing the dose or the route.
Your testosterone levelRechecked to confirm the dose is landing where it should: high enough to help, and no higher than you need.
PSA and prostate riskFor men 55 to 69, and men 40 to 69 at higher risk, who choose prostate monitoring, Endocrine Society guidance calls for a risk check before starting and again 3 to 12 months in, then routine screening after the first year.
How you feelEnergy, sex drive, mood and sleep, plus side effects such as acne, fluid retention or sleep apnea symptoms that get worse. Symptoms and labs are read side by side.
The first recheck falls near the three-month mark and the next near month six. Once your numbers and symptoms settle, follow-up moves to every six to twelve months. These visits can happen by video, with blood drawn at a lab near you. If a result needs a closer look, Dr. Saylor tells you what he sees and what he wants to adjust.
If children are still part of the plan
This conversation belongs before the first dose. Testosterone taken as a medication signals the pituitary gland to ease off the hormones that drive sperm production, and the prescribing information notes that sperm production can be suppressed. For some men that effect fades after stopping. For others, especially after longer use, it does not fully recover.
The Endocrine Society recommends against testosterone therapy for men planning to father a child in the near term. If a pregnancy is something you and your partner are hoping for, say so at the first visit, even if it feels a long way off. Dr. Saylor can talk through approaches meant to protect sperm production, and whether holding off on TRT makes more sense for now.
The same applies if you are undecided. Not knowing yet is useful information, and it changes how the options are weighed.
When TRT is not the answer
Many men book this visit convinced that low testosterone explains the tiredness, the flat mood or the stalled progress in the gym. Sometimes it does. Often the labs come back normal and the cause is somewhere else: sleep apnea, a thyroid problem, depression, alcohol, or a side effect of another medication. Finding that out is a good outcome, because it points to treatment that can actually help.
Testosterone is also the wrong choice, at least for now, when certain conditions are present. Endocrine Society guidance advises against starting it in men with:
- Breast or prostate cancer, a prostate nodule, or a raised PSA that has not been checked by a urologist
- A hematocrit that is already high
- Severe sleep apnea that is not being treated
- Severe lower urinary tract symptoms
- Uncontrolled heart failure, or a heart attack or stroke within the past six months
- A known clotting disorder
- Plans to father a child in the near term
If testosterone is not the right call, your care does not end there. Dr. Saylor is a family medicine physician, so the thyroid, sleep or metabolic problem behind your symptoms can be worked up through primary care. When mood is part of the picture, our psychiatric team works from the same chart. For a closer look at treatment routes if TRT does fit, see testosterone shots, gel and pellets compared.
Where you can be seen
By secure video anywhere in Florida, or in person at our office.
By video
Anywhere in Florida, from home
- Same clinicians as our office visits
- No drive and no waiting room
- For Florida residents, on a phone or laptop
In person
Tampa (Carrollwood) office
Ascend Mind and Body of Tampa3971 Moran Rd Ste 101
Tampa, FL 33618
Insurance and cost
We work with many major commercial plans and offer self-pay options. Coverage varies by plan and service. Our team will confirm with you.
Insurance questions go to our care team, who confirm your coverage with you before your first visit.
Online TRT in Florida: what the first six months look like
Telehealth removes the drive. It does not shorten the medical part. This is the usual order of events for a man whose labs do confirm low testosterone.
- Week 1, first video visit. Symptoms, sleep, medications and whether children are still in the plan, then a lab order sent to the Quest or Labcorp you choose.
- Weeks 1 to 3, two morning draws. An early-morning draw, then a repeat on another morning if the first one comes back low.
- Around weeks 3 to 4, results by video. Dr. Saylor goes through both readings and the rest of the panel. If treatment fits, you settle on a route and a starting dose together, and the prescription goes electronically to the Florida pharmacy you pick.
- Weeks 2 to 4 on treatment. Libido and mood tend to be the first things men notice. Plenty of men notice nothing yet at this point, and that is normal.
- Month 3, the first recheck. Testosterone and hematocrit at a lab near you, followed by a video visit to hold, raise or lower the dose.
- Months 3 to 6. Steadier energy through the day, strength and body composition change slowly when they change at all, and resistance training, regular sleep and moderate drinking help.
- Month 6, the second recheck. Labs and a video visit. If your level sits in range but the symptoms that started this have not moved, this is where sleep apnea, thyroid, mood and blood sugar get a harder look, rather than a higher dose.
- After month 6. Labs and a check-in every 6 to 12 months while things stay stable.
These are scheduling patterns, not promises. Responses vary from man to man, and the labs plus how you actually feel decide the next step at each point.
Before you start with any online TRT clinic in Florida, you can look the prescriber up on the Florida Department of Health license search, which shows whether a license is active and whether discipline is on file. Dr. Jason Saylor, DO, holds a Florida medical license.
TRT side effects: what to mention, when to call, when to get care now
Most side effects on testosterone show up on routine labs or come up at a scheduled check-in. A handful should not wait for the next video visit. Keep this list where you can find it.
Mention at your next visit
- Acne or oily skin, often on the back and shoulders
- Mild puffiness around the ankles or lower legs
- Breast tissue that feels tender or a little swollen
- Energy or mood that sags in the days before your next injection
- Redness or itching where the gel goes on
Call the care team
- Louder snoring, breathing pauses a partner notices, or new daytime sleepiness
- A weaker urine stream, getting up more at night, or trouble emptying your bladder
- A lab result flagged for a high red blood cell count or hematocrit
- A breast lump, or tenderness that keeps getting worse
- A woman or child at home who has touched skin where you applied gel and then develops new body hair or acne, or in a child, early signs of puberty
Call 911 or go to an emergency room
- Chest pain or pressure, or sudden shortness of breath
- One leg that turns swollen, warm and painful
- Sudden weakness or numbness on one side, a drooping face, or trouble speaking
Testosterone labeling warns about blood clots in the legs and lungs and about increases in blood pressure, and the 2023 TRAVERSE trial found more atrial fibrillation and pulmonary embolism in men taking testosterone than in men on placebo. Those events are uncommon. They are still the reason a fixed monitoring schedule comes with every prescription here, and the reason a worrying symptom gets a same-day call rather than a note for next month.
Common questions
Can I start TRT by telehealth in Florida?
Many men can. The first evaluation and follow-ups can be done by secure video for Florida residents, with labs drawn at a Quest or LabCorp near you. If your history calls for an exam, that visit is at our Tampa (Carrollwood) office.
How is low testosterone confirmed?
With two separate early-morning blood draws and a full hormone panel before any treatment decision, in line with Endocrine Society guidance.
Do I need to be in Florida for video visits?
Yes. Telehealth visits are for patients who are physically in Florida at the time of the visit.
Can I come in person instead?
Yes. In-person visits are at our Tampa (Carrollwood) office, 3971 Moran Rd Ste 101, Tampa, FL 33618.
Does insurance cover TRT?
We work with many major commercial plans and offer self-pay options. Coverage varies by plan and service. Our team will confirm with you. Insurance questions go to our care team, who confirm your coverage with you before your first visit.
How long until online TRT starts working?
If labs confirm low testosterone and you start treatment, libido and mood are often the first to shift, sometimes within two to four weeks. Energy that lasts through the day, strength and body composition usually take three to six months of steady dosing. Labs at about three and six months show whether the dose is landing in range, and the six-month video visit is where you and Dr. Saylor judge whether the symptoms that brought you in have really changed. Individual results vary.
What happens if my labs come back normal?
Then testosterone is not prescribed, because normal levels on two morning draws do not meet the diagnostic bar, however real the symptoms feel. The visit does not stop there. Dr. Saylor goes back through the rest of your panel and your history for the common look-alikes: sleep apnea, an underactive thyroid, depression, blood sugar problems, alcohol, or a side effect of another medication. As a family medicine physician he can work those up through primary care by video, with any further labs drawn near you.
Can I transfer my current TRT prescription to Ascend Mind and Body?
You can ask to move your care, but a prescription is not simply carried over. Testosterone is a Schedule III controlled substance, so Dr. Saylor does his own evaluation by video first. Bring your current dose and schedule, the product and pharmacy, your pre-treatment labs if you still have them, and your latest testosterone, hematocrit and PSA results. He may order fresh labs before deciding whether to continue, adjust or stop, and you should keep following your current prescriber's plan until that decision is made.
What does online TRT cost in Florida, and what gets billed?
Ascend Mind and Body does not publish a TRT price. The care itself breaks into a video evaluation, the confirmatory draws and full panel at Quest or Labcorp, a results visit, the medication from the Florida pharmacy you choose, and follow-up labs with video check-ins at roughly three months, six months and then once or twice a year. Our care team confirms what your plan covers for each of those, or the self-pay route, before your first visit.
Ready when you are.
Send a request and a care coordinator will call you back, or call us now. Insurance questions go to our care team, who confirm your coverage with you before your first visit.