Advice for Healthy Living

David Smith has never had an easy life. He was born three months early into a broken home where drugs and abuse were the norm. He was born with Retinopathy […]

Featuring Cindy Johnston, M.D. WellMed Chief of Medical Affairs for Greater Texas and Southwest New Mexico WellMed Medical Management   According to the CDC, dementia is “. . . a […]

Sonia Garza, vice president enterprise service experience, has a unique perspective on Pride month. She doesn’t have a “coming out” story. She was born into a large, loving, accepting and […]

Under the cover of darkness, Jaime Vuong smuggled her four-year-old daughter Alyssa and infant son Ben onto fishing boats to escape the oppression of Communist Viet Cong rule. It was […]

Featuring Dr. Daniel Sa, WellMed Specialists for Health Medical Center According to the CDC, someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds, and every 3.5 minutes someone […]

Featuring Dr. Megan Conoley Medical Director for Clinician Experience USMD Las Colinas, Irving, TX In 2016, Dr. Megan Conoley was working full time, caring for three small children and supporting […]

Dr. S. Liliana Oakes is a geriatrician and palliative care physician and medical director in the Supportive Care program at WellMed in San Antonio, Texas, serving patients with chronic or […]

Marie Kharifene thought she was on a routine call to check on a WellMed patient who had been out of contact with his care team in Houston. The elderly man, […]

Featuring Dr. Chelo Belmonte of WellMed Northwest Loop 410, San Antonio When discussing alcohol use and abuse, odds are that visions of teenagers or college students binge drinking come to […]

On April 1, 2022, Dr. Susan Lee retired after nearly 31 years at WellMed. As one of the first doctors to join the enterprise, she wore many hats at WellMed, […]

School and medicine took Linda Villarreal, MD, from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, but fate brought her back. It is a journey with tragedy and fortune that required strength and […]

Featuring Dr. Annil Sawh, WellMed at Clermont It is important to understand the signs and symptoms of kidney disease and what you can do to improve and maintain the health […]