Blissful Wellness Medical Weight Loss Center was founded by Elyssa Blissenbach, M.D., a Board Certified Internist who has practiced medicine for more than 15 years. In 1996, she set up her practice in the historic Riverside area of Jacksonville, FL. Blissful Wellness is designed to help patients combat the most important complications of obesity including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, infertility, and joint destruction.