Why choose WellMed? Take a moment to read our stories.

WellMed works with doctors, specialists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and staff who all have one important thing in common: they truly care about patients and their health.

Hear from some of our patients and health care team members as they share how they’ve received and delivered effective, quality care.

You can also read our Age Healthy Now blog. It has WellMed articles, podcasts and videos to help you understand and control your health so you can live a healthy life.

Quality care for a healthier you.

Meet Dr. Atiq Budhani

Dr. Atiq Budhani establishes meaningful connections with patients by learning about their motivations and priorities—family or work. Then, he uses that information to develop highly individualized treatment plans for each patient.

Dr. Budhani also strongly believes in giving his patients as much time as they need during appointments to talk about their mindset when it comes to health, which he has found contributes to meaningful doctor-patient relationships.

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Meet Dr. John Andrew Martin

Dr. Martin is passionate about offering care for each patient as an individual.

“Primary care is the essential care for a patient’s medical experience. It’s the centering element for a patient’s care as a whole, not just a heart or a colon or a liver,” Dr. Martin explains.

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Meet Chasareth “Chazi” Thompson, PA

Chasareth “Chazi” Thompson, PA is a dedicated primary care provider who works hard to make her community healthier.

With a desire to build relationships with her patients and ensure they receive the best care possible, Thompson found her calling in primary care.

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Meet Dr. Jason Varghese

Dr. Jason Varghese started volunteering in hospitals and clinics when he was young. That experience showed him the vital role primary care providers play in helping people.

That experience showed him the vital role primary care providers play in helping people. It also fueled his passion for patient education. “Patient education helps me equip my patients with the tools that they need to help improve their overall health,” he explains.

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Patient takes the right turn for help from WellMed

Heart incident may have had different outcome if patient had gone home

Continuing straight would take him home. A right would lead him to WellMed at Cabaniss Field, where he’d been receiving care for five years. Quickly debating his choices, he decided to go to the clinic, a decision that may have saved his life.

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Provider Spotlight: Laurel M. Tucker, MD

Laurel M. Tucker, MD is a Family Medicine physician who cares for patients by focusing on the relationship first—getting to know the individual, learning what they want their health to support, and building a plan together.

She describes trust in simple terms—honesty and caring—and she brings that same straight forward approach into the exam room through listening, eye contact, and shared decision-making.

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Meet Dr. James Dinn: A Primary Care Doctor Who Believes Medicine Starts With Listening

Dr. Dinn is a board-certified internal medicine physician and the Director of Ambulatory Education.

Choosing a primary care provider is one of the most personal healthcare decisions a person can make. Beyond credentials, certifications, and clinic locations, patients are often searching for someone who will truly listen, take the time to understand their concerns, and walk alongside them through every stage of life. For many patients, that search leads them to Dr. James Holmes Dinn IV.

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Why I serve: Dr. Alejandro Aquino – Returning quality of life with a human connection

With a true compassion for his patients, palliative care doctor restores comfort and dignity

Dr. Aquino does more than listen; he hears. He doesn’t just see patients; he recognizes the full patient in front of him – one at a time. The goal isn’t a cure; it’s comfort. It’s not prolonging suffering, but restoring dignity to end of life.

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A colorful life is therapy for one patient

Patient uses artistic passion to honor WellMed team that nursed her back to better health

The pages of her Bible and the pages of her coloring books fill Mahalia’s life with joy and comfort as she struggles with neuropathy and immobility.

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Tampa Optum clinic keeps patients out of the ER

Clinic education helps patients get the right care in the right place at the right time

85-year-old man hasn’t seen the inside of an emergency room for years, thanks to the care and concern of his trusted Optum Florida clinic.

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Economic Security Assistance (ESA) team helps low-income adults with Medicare in Texas apply for government assistance programs

The ESA team at WellMed assists with thousands of applications per year that can help adults with Medicare save as much as $8,400 per year

The ESA team will confidentially guide the applicant in completing the application for these programs. The team also reviews completed applications for accuracy and will follow up to ensure they were processed.

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A village for Victoria

A WellMed team led by Dr. Lilana Oakes brought better health and peace of mind for an ailing cancer patient

Victoria is frail, suffering from cancer, speaks only Spanish and didn’t know where to turn. With the help of her WellMed “village,” she now finds comfort in knowing she is cared for.

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Reginald Turner’s road to peace

Veteran discusses the WellMed physician who unmuddied the surgical waters for him

Faced with the prospect of surgery that could leave him on dialysis permanently, Reginald Turner finds a better path, and solace, thanks to Dr. Daniel Metzger.

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Unreachable: one patient’s journey from darkness to light

He had no food, no family nearby, and wasn’t feeling well. But thanks to two caring women, his story took a hopeful turn.

In Emory, Texas, a small, rural town 65 miles east of Dallas, Mr. Terry Robinson was struggling. But thanks to two caring women, Lorrie Irvinbeshirs and Angelique Perez, his story took a hopeful turn.

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Patient receives the right care, at the right place and at the right time with WellMed’s CareCoach Connect

The program helps patients who frequently go to the hospital, helping them to find hope and live on their own terms

Denise Abreu has reconnected with her sister. She’s wearing jewelry. Her husband is getting a break. And she’s no longer in and out of the hospital, but at her home in Dallas.

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