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T O P D O C T O R S • A LT E R N AT I V E H E A LT H • A U S T I N F C

DR. CARLOS MERY takes a comprehensive, forward-thinking approach to pediatric heart surgery at Dell Children’s Medical Center

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Ahead of the Game Austin FC’s playoff run stunned the soccer world this season. But that’s only the beginning.

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From drinking matcha tea to reduce anxiety to using medical marijuana to manage pain, science is backing the healing power of plants.

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Austin’s Top Doctors 2023 Get the best care imaginable with hundreds of trusted physicians in a range of 80-plus fields.

Austin is home to Texas Original, the largest medical cannabis provider in the state.

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Contents Scout 17 Author Austin Kleon makes a case for stealing 1 8 Fill your home with priceless art, one year at a time 2 0 The best dive bars, brunches, and beer on Burnet Road 2 2

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What’s behind the magic of Oye Chico’s Cubano 3 0 The spiciest family feud in Texas barbecue 3 2 A roundup of stellar new plant-based restaurants 34

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Dr. Carlos Mery,

by Dave Creaney

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January/February 2023 | Vol. 31 | No. 1

Editor in Chief Chris Hughes Creative Director Sara Marie D’Eugenio EDITORIAL Executive Editor Madeline Hollern Associate Editor Bryan C. Parker Contributing Writers Laurel Miller, Saba Rahimian, Sarah Thurmond ART Contributing Photographers Dave Creaney, Drew Anthony Smith, JD Swiger Contributing Illustrators Maria Contreras, Britt Spencer, Gonçalo Viana DIGITAL Digital Managers Rosie Ninesling, Abigail Stewart INTERNS Caroline Coco, Noor Iqbal, Alyssa G. Olvera ADVERTISING Publisher Stewart Ramser Vice President of Sales James R. Smith Senior Account Executive Tina Mullins Account Director Dana Horner Account Executives Annemarie Gist, Julia Grisemer Sales Operation Manager Kiely Whelan EVENTS Events Director Lauren Sposetta

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Waking Life

THE AUTHORITATIVE KNOCK on the door was loud enough to give me chest palpitations, as my wife and I sprung out of bed just after midnight. Police had surrounded the front of our house in early November, and red and blue lights were bouncing around the interior of our upstairs bedroom. By the time we gathered ourselves and began to question just how we’d broken the law, APD realized their mistake and were heading over to our neighbors’ house. Even more jarring than the early-morning dissonance was seeing the ambulances arrive and proceed to cart away our 40ish-year-old neighbor with an apparent heart attack.

Considering this came less than 48 hours after a fatal heart attack had also claimed our dear middle-aged friend outside Chicago, it felt like a dire admonition. This was a call for self-reflection louder than any New Year’s resolution could ever hope to achieve. No more pandemic-entrenched excuses for lethargy. No more looking at my annual health screenings with the same negligence as that recommended air filter change on my car. And no more sneaking Halloween candy months after the last trick-or-treater appeared in some unidentifiable Fortnite costume.

Until recently, I didn’t even have a regular physician. And that’s not uncommon in my circle of friends and colleagues.

But the realities of my age have made themselves known with the subtlety of a metal band plugging in at a meditation retreat.

Which is why I’m carrying around our new “Top Doctors” list like it’s a bingo card this year. With more than 850 physicians in 80-plus specialties, it’s our most comprehensive and user-friendly guide we’ve ever compiled.

Modern medicine exists outside of doctor’s offices and the pharmaceutical counter at your neighborhood H-E-B, though, and executive editor Madeline Hollern does an excellent job of looking at alternative measures (“Natural Selection,” p. 50) that are redefining how we approach everything from depression and chronic pain to neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. These could be as minuscule as introducing more probiotics into your diet to better your mental health, or taking more radical steps, such as the hallucinogen MDMA, which Dell Medical is studying to combat trauma like PTSD. I’d like to blame some of my laissez-faire attitude regarding my own health to pandemic tunnel vision. But wellness, of course, will forever remain the metaphorical leaky dam.

In order to plug all those holes, you often need a wake-up call (sometimes, literally) to pull your hand of your pocket. That said, hopefully this issue is that gentle reminder to take stock and invest in yourself in one of the country’s great burgeoning medical ecosystems.

M E E T T HE C OV ER D O CTO R Carlos Mery is a pediatric congenital heart surgeon who helped launch the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at Dell Children’s Medical Center. Beyond conducting 380 operations every year on patients of all ages (and 17 heart transplants over the last two years), the team behind Mery’s revolutionary program also address psychosocial elements such as dealing with anxiety, financial strain, and diet post-surgery. “To really change people’s lives, we need to think big and address all the issues,” he says.

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True Grit At age 7, South Texas native Nicó Perez (pictured, right) loved to draw fanciful gowns—until one teacher put the kibosh on the activity. “I would sketch dresses all day long, and I remember a teacher told me, ‘Boys don’t sketch, that’s not for boys,’” he says. While he dropped the hobby at the time, a more supportive high school instructor encouraged Perez to continue his passion during home-ec, even buying him a dress form and letting him sneak in after school to practice draping. After honing his skills at a Corpus Christi dress shop, Perez launched his own couture brand, Nicó, in 2017. The Austin

designer utilizes bold textiles such as taffeta, tulle, and dupioni to craft hand-sewn evening and bridal wear that can take up to six months from concept to completion. Describing his aesthetic as “delicate yet gritty,” Perez says his entire brand is an homage to his Tejano roots back home: “I think it’s really easy to make pieces that are sweet or simple, but whenever it gets down to it, the Tejano person at heart is somehow a little rough around the edges, but in the best way possible.” View his distinctive couture at nicocollective.com or on Instagram at @tejanico. —Madeline Hollern January/February 2023

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DAR E TO BE G R E AT The author gives his top three tips for aspiring artists.

Embrace Pressure While often considered negative, tension is a kind of energy, Kleon says: “If you imagine a rubber band or guitar string stretched between you, you’re creating tension by putting that thing out of reach. It creates an opportunity… Saying yes to stuff that’s beyond you makes you rise to the challenge.”

To tap into one’s creative abilities, writer Austin Kleon offers some surprising guidance. BY MADELINE HOLLERN AUSTIN KLEON IS a believer in theft—just not the illegal kind. In 2012, the local author broke ground with his seminal work, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative.

The book offered salient advice for harnessing your artistic potential, including the central tenet that no one is truly original, so to make quality art, you should study, remix, and transform the works of the greats into something uniquely your own.

In conceptualizing his manifesto, which he later condensed into a popular TED Talk, the author reflected on his creative yearnings growing up in small-town Ohio. “I spent my whole young life trying to figure out ‘What does an artist do, what is art, what is an artist?’” He sought to answer his own queries with a trio of books all centered around tapping into creativity in the digital age.

“Everyone’s question is ‘How did you go from being nobody to having a bestselling book?’ he says.

‘Actually, there’s a method: It’s sharing your stuff while you’re trying to get great, not waiting until you have something great.”

As Kleon prepares for his next great work, he is finding inspiration from another youthful source: his two children. While many people say kids are a hindrance to their ability to create, the author says they should actually draw motivation from them. “From about the age of 2 to 6, you’ve got a natural artist,” he says. “When my kids were 2 or 3, they would draw the way that every artist wishes they could draw: They take a blank piece of paper, just fill it, toss it over their shoulder, and do that over and over.” For more of Kleon’s musings, sign up for his weekly newsletter at austinkleon.com.

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Be a Curious Elder Instead of dismissing younger generations, take a cue from filmmaker John Waters, who calls them his youth spies.

Give proper respect and consideration to the thoughts and concerns of Gen Z: “The Curious Elder assumes that the kids are all right,” he says.

“That kids are actually sharper than you can even possibly imagine.”

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Unplug (No, Really) To truly tap into your potential, turn off the phone and step away from your laptop. “You have to disconnect from the world long enough to connect with yourself,” Kleon notes. “Really go within and think about everything you’ve taken in and do something with it, whether that’s writing in a journal for three pages a day or making a quilt or finding a new recipe.”

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Frame of Mind Through this innovative new service, you can enhance your living space with museum-quality pieces for one year at a time. BY MADELINE HOLLERN Clockwise from top left: a piece by Ellsworth Kelly; founder Keli Hogsett; a Josef Albers painting.

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AS HER JOB and family took her from San Francisco to Denver to Austin, advertising creative director Keli Hogsett struggled to commit to high-end pieces for her living space. “Even if I would go out to a gallery show and find something I really liked, I either wouldn’t purchase it because I knew we’d be moving in a year and it would sit on a wall in a new house, or I didn’t feel like I was educated enough to be able to make that investment,” she says.

Looking to revolutionize the at-home art curation process, the Austin native developed CoCollect, a membership-based concept that allows users to loan art collections for a year at a time. Formally launching this past fall, the Austin-based service offers three membership tiers: the local level, which includes three pieces of artwork valued at $10,000 or less; the collector level, with four pieces including one valued up to $35,000; or the patron level, with seven total and two valued up to $35,000. At the end of the year, users have the option to loan the same pieces for another year, swap them out for new ones, purchase them, or terminate the lease.

To source the artwork, the company amasses collections from a mix of artists, galleries, and private collectors. While Hogsett was determined to create a way to support the local art community—“We’re able to offer a much better split to pay the artist back than a gallery typically would, because we don’t have a physical space where we’re showing our work,” she says—her service also allows members to obtain pieces from blue-chip artists such as Andy Warhol and Ellsworth Kelly.

Upon signing up, members can view the full collection online and select the type of artwork that best suits their aesthetic. CoCollect then sends out an art advisor to survey and do a digital measurement of their home using a matterport camera, later presenting two to three curation options for the space.

The company also offers white-glove installation and framing for the pieces, which are covered by insurance. Want to secure your own painting from Xavier Schipani or Donald Judd? Sign up for a local, collector, or patron annual membership ($3,000, $6,000, or $11,000, respectively) at cocollect.art.

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What to Do on Burnet Road Chow down on Japanese sandos and engage in ‘fowl’ play on this North Central Austin stretch. BY MADELINE HOLLERN

BEFORE YOU EXPLORE this street’s delightful mash-up of Old and New Austin attractions, you need to learn how to properly pronounce its name: BURN-it (not bur-nett). In addition to dozens of stellar restaurants, the bustling thoroughfare located at the intersection of Rosedale, Allandale, and Crestview features nostalgic dive bars, top-notch resale stores, and a selection of sweet shops all packed into a 2-mile stretch from 45th Street to Justin Lane.

Dine With innovative Asian fare, popular pizza joints, and vegetarian options, Burnet Road offers a wealth of eating options.

Helmed by seven-time James Beard Award nominee Bryce Gilmore, Barley Swine (1) features a seasonal tasting menu of mouthwatering items like Muscovy duck and Akaushi ribeye.

Dining with food sensitivities? Savor cashew queso and chicken tenders made with avocado oil at Picnik, which boasts a menu sans gluten, peanuts, and refined sugar. Located under an unmistakable “Dope Chinese” sign with a panda wearing a crown, Old Thousand beckons brunch goers with memorable options such as the smoked salmon rangoons and Chongqing

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chicken with duck-fat bubble waffles every Sunday. Don’t miss newcomer Choo Sando (4), the city’s first Japanese sando shop, which offers artful cut-side-up sandwiches like the lobster and yuzo-smoked salmon. If you’re craving something sweet, swing

by Upper Crust Bakery for a marzipan croissant or schnecken pastry before it closes at 4 p.m.

Fetch Two- and four-legged friends can run around and socialize together at Yard Bar (2), a spirited off-leash dog park-bar amalgamation. While there, be sure to try the incredible sliders at on-site Fat City Stacks, helmed by the owners of The Peached Tortilla, and order some peanut butter and Greek yogurt “ice cream” for your pooch

to enjoy. (Take note that the dog park is for ages 21 and up, and all dogs must be neutered or spayed and current on vaccinations to enter.)

Sip Dive bar lovers, rejoice!

Strike up a friendly game of pool or shuffleboard at The Aristocrat Lounge, then head to The Little Longhorn Saloon (3) for its famous chicken sh*t bingo every Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m.

(If the fowl does its business on your chosen square, you win a prize.)

Just around the corner on Justin Lane, Lala’s Little Nugget celebrated its 50th anniversary last fall. Featuring Santa and his reindeer on its rooftop, the beloved dive brings yuletide cheer all year long with holidaythemed decor and parties such as ½

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Explore Snag some premade onigiri and a rare bottle of sake from Asahi Imports, the city’s only exclusively Japanese market. Guests can do their best Ghost impression while learning the ins and outs of pottery at Feats of Clay, which offers six-week wheel- and hand-building basics classes. Get inked at Great Wave Tattoo, a staple of the street since 2009, and stock up on midcentury modern pieces by designers like Paul McCobb and Hans Wegner at Uptown Modern. To support a great cause, peruse the curated selection of vintage apparel, radios, and records at Top Drawer Thrift, which donates all earnings to Project Transitions, a nonprofit providing housing and hospice for Central Texans living with HIV/ AIDS.

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No Small Affair In his hometown of Richmond, Indiana, chef Domonic Candy says most teens turn 18 and immediately go to work in the city’s factory system. A skater with a penchant for punk music, Candy could never accept that fate. Instead, he flew to Japan with a friend using their pooled tax returns and fell in love with the cuisine through the ramen shops of Tokyo. A decade after that momentous trip and years training in some of Austin’s most esteemed kitchens (Odd Duck, Otoko), the chef has opened his first solo spot—one that taps into those memories from

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abroad. At Tiny Diner, he explores “the savory dashi flavors” of Japan on dishes like okonomiyaki and an egg sandwich layered with chili crisp and miso butter. The friendship aspect of that fortuitous Asian excursion is also well-represented, as guest chefs like Beto Robledo (Cuantos Tacos) and Amanda Turner (Olamaie) play key roles in the restaurant’s ongoing pop-up series, like an upcoming ramen iteration in the spring. Taste Candy’s unfolding menu for yourself at the restaurant’s shared space inside Native on the East Side. —Chris Hughes

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Great in Bread The chef behind the Oye Chico sensation details what’s made his Cuban sandwich the toast of the town. BY CHRIS HUGHES

The Cuban bread (pan Cubano) is made for him by a baker he originally befriended at the Poco Loco Super Mercado on the East Side. Everything is fashioned to his exact specifications, including the texture and shareable size. “It’s crispy, but moist in the inside. It’s big enough for two people,” he says. “Really it’s what makes the sandwich great.”

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Like the sharp tang of yellow mustard, an acidic hit of dill pickle is necessary in each bite. To pull that off, the chef collaborated with The Pickle House to develop a stackable, horizontally sliced version that encompasses the entire sandwich surface.

A citrusy mojo marinade helps break down the pork butt overnight.

Subsequently roasted for four hours in the morning, it’s tender enough that knives aren’t even necessary on the truck— Suarez simply pulls apart the meat with his hands.

Apparently, everything really is better at your local H-E-B. After exploring several different deli hams and cheeses to complement his mojo roast pork, Suarez landed on the grocery giant’s private label Old Fashioned Ham Off the Bone and a thick-cut Swiss.

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BEREFT AFTER HAVING to sell his business, El Tigre Coffee, due to the financial blowback of the pandemic, Carlos Suarez had to take a moment to pause and reflect on his next move. What emerged was a simple, succinct vision: the kind of Cuban sandwiches he used to devour at places like Versailles in his old hometown of Miami. Best known for its stint behind Better Half Coffee & Cocktails, his roving trailer, Oye Chico, has been drawing massive crowds since its opening in August. But that’s not surprising when you taste the results. As the chef explains, “When you only do one thing, it better be great.”

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Burnt Ends The two long-rivaling sides of the Black family have taken barbecue’s biggest beef to the streets of Lockhart. BY CHRIS HUGHES ON ANY GIVEN day, Mark Black might be quick to toe the company line, to give the media-rehearsed answer regarding his family business, Terry Black’s Barbecue. But press a little harder, and an impish little gleam pops into his eye. Slowly, the truth starts to leach out like so many beef drippings on a wellsmoked slab of brisket. For instance, when asked if he and his brother Michael’s original decision to open on Barton Springs Road in 2014 was inspired in no small part to his uncle Kent Black’s nearby home in Austin, he just laughs and says: “That’s a little ironic, isn’t it?” Or whether the sign out front of their new Lockhart restaurant that proclaims “Pitmaster: Where the title is earned not because mama said so” was his idea. “It was someone on our team, but I definitely approved it,” he chuckles.

The latter sentiment is another dig at his uncle, who was able to wrest control of the original Black’s Barbecue in Lockhart in 2013. Mark’s father, Terry, was president of the company at the time, while Kent was helping run the restaurant’s operations.

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But with the apparent blessing of their father, Edgar Black Jr. (Edgar Black Sr. started the barbecue institution in 1932), Terry was ousted via a fax sent to his full-time CPA office, stating that his and his son Michael’s services were no longer needed.

To this day, Mark insists that his uncle Kent preyed off his grandfather’s ill health following a heart attack, and that he’d been planning a culinary coup for years through the hiring of business coaches and consultants that would instill doubt about Terry’s abilities to lead. Regardless of the truth, the greatest modern family feud was born. Terry and his sons split off to forge new ground in Austin, while Kent hunkered down in their hometown as the outsized patriarch of a name that helped put Central Texas barbecue on the map.

And the drama certainly didn’t end there.

Kent shot off a cease-and-desist letter when Terry’s side of the family initially named their capital city outpost Black’s Barbecue as well. That same year, Kent debuted his own version of the family legacy on Guadalupe near the UT campus, provoking Mark to create the #nogassers hashtag on the Terry Black’s Instagram account—alluding to his uncle’s predilections for using gas-fired rotisserie smokers instead of the more labor-intensive offset Moberg iterations favored by the newest generation of Blacks.

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Is anything off-limits in this family squabble?

Absolutely not. brood was planning on encroaching on his Lockhart dominion. Added to a Black’s Barbecue billboard just outside of town was the line: “Only 1 original Black’s BBQ in Lockhart.”

Mark says Kent cut down another billboard to the ground when he realized Terry was going to use it to fire back at the retort. But Terry got the last laugh when he built his newest spot a half-mile up 183, in a former Exxon distribution office, to better snag visitors traveling in from Austin.

Is anything off-limits in this ongoing family squabble? Absolutely not.

In September, when the U.S. Dept. of Labor busted Black’s Barbecue for withholding $230,353 in employee tips, the brothers stepped in with a new declaration on their bovineadorned marquee: “Another 230,353 reasons why you should eat at Terry Black’s BBQ.” There’s also the fact that Mark and Michael are quick to give up their uncle’s “recipe” secrets, such as potato salad and sides that comes out of a Cisco’s bag—a holdover from when they worked at Black’s during high school.

Ultimately, trading barbs is good for business. Talk of the feud dominated Lockhart leading up to Terry Black’s grand opening in October. And even if there was some early skepticism about more smoked meats in the barbecue capital, large crowds showed up to see its more contemporary take on the classic fare: prime grade brisket, scratch-made sides such as baked potato salad with freshly diced dill, and hulking beef ribs with an impressive, peppery bark.

“The more [Kent] gets angry and puts up billboards, it’s just better for us,” Mark says. “Not only does it give us more press, but it also gives us the chance to make the distinction between the two businesses as clear as possible. Recently, Kent finally put up a sign to Terry saying ‘Welcome to Town.’ Terry never left town. He’s lived here since 1955. And we’re here to stay.”

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Living on the Veg You don’t have to be vegan to enjoy the next wave of great plant-based dining concepts being sown across the city. BY CHRIS HUGHES 4

Sunny’s Backyard (1) After decamping from LA during the pandemic, husband-and-wife team Merritt and Charrissa Vaughn steered south to launch this Asian-spun pub food concept in Govalle last summer. Incorporating all-vegan products like cashew queso and animal-free “spare ribs,” the couple is adding to the late-night lexicon with innovative offerings like its double-fried Korean fried “chicken” and wonton “cheese” sticks served with a sriracha aioli. sunnysbackyardatx.com

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Nori (4) Miso-glazed eggplant usurping grilled eel on that inside-out favorite, the dragon roll. Tempura-fried beech mushrooms ousting the typical shrimp stuffed into a spider roll. Even charcoal-blistered cabbage standing in for the chicken thighs often associated with yakitori. Owners Daria Rudkova and Javier Evequoz initially planned to open with a more wide-sweeping menu, but when they can work wonders with sushi, why bother? noriaustin.com

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Sergio Tamez says that meat constituted almost 90 percent of his diet before he went vegan. The problem was that replicating the flavors he loved in a plant-based form was impossible to find around town.

So, the construction-worker-turned-chef worked for nearly two years developing a soybean-based variety of meats like beef birria and carne asada that he now showcases in tacos and burritos as appealing as the original. nissivegmex.com

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Change of Art Despite its creative reputation, Austin’s museum scene pales in comparison to cities of similar size. Can it step up to become a world-class art city?

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THE BIG PICTUR E A glimpse at the resources and funds necessary for a top-notch museum collection.

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13 WHEN ELLSWORTH KELLY’S “Austin” opened at the Blanton Museum of Art in 2018, The New York Times declared “the presence of Kelly almost instantaneously transforms [Austin] into an important art destination, the kind of place people make pilgrimages to.” While the monumental work put Austin on the international map and museum attendance picked up (from 140,000 to 200,000 annual visitors), the city still lags behind Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio as a major visual arts hub.

Sure, we get world-class art at the Blanton, but when it comes to blockbuster exhibitions like the “Monet to Matisse” show in Houston last year, we miss out. Now that we’re a fast-growing city with all this “new money” (Forbes’ World Billionaires List says we have nine billionaires!), that should change, right?

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He and others in the visual arts community point to Austin being at a disadvantage because of its historically smaller size, modest wealth, and lack of older institutions. As Rebholz puts it, Austin “kind of missed the boat” when philanthropy became fashionable around the turn of the century and cities were building museums—the oldest in Texas being the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, founded in 1892, followed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1900) and the Dallas Museum of Art (1903). By comparison, Austin’s major art institution, the Blanton, was founded in 1963 as a university art museum, albeit one with an impressive collection.

Its role as the community art institution developed when it moved into its current complex in 2006.

In terms of collectors, Austin has never had the likes of a John and Dominique de Menil, the oil-rich European couple who arrived in Houston in the

Number of visual arts museums in the Austin metro area.

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1940s and began to build a massive collection. “They were really the people who brought a more cosmopolitan sensibility about the art world to Houston,” says Pete Gershon, art historian and curator at the Orange Show.

The other cities have also built walkable art and museum districts. Austin does not have a designated arts district, and good luck finding real estate to develop one around the Blanton, the Bullock across the street, and the Contemporary Austin further south on Congress.

So, generational investment, longstanding endowments, wealthy collectors, art districts—those other cities simply have the infrastructure for world-class art.

The truth is, up until the tech boom, Austin was just a middle-class town. “Even the ‘old money’ people didn’t have a lot of money per se. They had legacy and reputation, but it was never about tons and tons of cash,” says independent curator Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, who served as head curator at the Blanton from 1996 to 2014.

And you need cash. Major exhibitions at the Blanton cost between $200,000 and $500,000, depending on the type of show. Specific requirements range from adequate space and security to climate control and insurance. Plus, if art is loaned, there’s the shipping and handling costs. “We have one of the only venues in Austin that is at the level that can support these exhibitions, because they do come with a lot of needs,” says Blanton director Simone Wicha.

All this adds up to Austin having a long way to go before it can compete with other places, although efforts have been made. In the ’80s, voters approved a referendum to build a home for the Austin Museum of Art. Then, the economy tanked and the city council shelved the idea. The museum tried showcasing big-name artists in a downtown office tower, but it ultimately closed and was folded into what became the Contemporary Austin.

Carlozzi has an alternate theory about why it failed: “I don’t think Austin is all about the big names,” she says, explaining that the city has always attracted the kind of person who is “independent, quirky, interested in new ideas and new experiences, and doesn’t care so much about stuff.” That may be changing with the arrival of tech money, but she believes that sensibility carries over to the newcomers. It continues at the ground level, where the art scene remains vibrant with DIY spaces like Shed pop-up gallery and initiatives like the East Austin Art District’s Third Thursday gallery tours.

As a glimmer of hope, there is a future Menil in our midst in 75-year-old David Booth, who seeks to publicly open his 56-acre estate on Lake Austin that houses more than 200 sculptures by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, and Jeff Koons. And Wicha says she’s met new people who are interested in getting involved at the museum level. “They’re coming from communities where they have robust arts and cultural organizations,” she says, “and they’re trying to figure out the landscape and where their philanthropy will be.”

Until then, the Blanton looks to the future, including the opening of its revamped grounds and a public mural

by Carmen Herrera at its 60th anniversary gala in April.

Wicha is optimistic that the new look will elevate the museum’s presence. “The way that Kelly put us on the map internationally in the art world,” she says, “my feeling about this grounds project is that it will have a similar impact in the community.” We’ll see if the community responds in kind.

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and DAAS was the artist—that’s a massive mural project. The scale sometimes is the difference.

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What is Austin doing well right now as a city, and what does it need to do better?

I think we are embracing change. We have identified, here at the Downtown Austin Alliance, a few projects that are powerful with respect to I-35 and Project Connect. I think we are embracing new levels of mobility. For instance, I could bike from my house to the other end of the city. That’s something I’m proud of in Austin. We need to evolve the institutional situations we have, the institutional racism that goes into these systems, and look more with a DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] lens, and understand that we need to bring more voices and give opportunity to more folks. With the rapid change, we need to understand how to keep Austin culturally relevant—to create more art and cultural initiatives within the city to balance all the development.

Perhaps you know Raasin McIntosh’s name for her role in commissioning the vibrant murals that adorn the walls beneath the Third Street bridge. Or maybe it’s her feats on the track, like winning a national championship in the 400-meter hurdles in 2003 or competing in the 2012 Olympic Games. After founding cultural arts nonprofit Raasin in the Sun in 2015, the University of Texas grad recently joined the Downtown Austin Alliance as parks & placemaking director to plan events and public works of art that enrich the entire city. INTERVIEW BY BRYAN C. PARKER

You wear a lot of hats and stay super busy. Is there one way you would define your professional identity?

I’m definitely a visionary. I’ve got a passion for creating spaces for arts and culture, and creating a community that is giving back and fostering economic viability for creatives. I’m an organizer, a leader. Some people see me as an artist. I like to encompass that creative energy, but I’ve learned a lot on the admin side that has elevated my career. In the last three to four years, I’ve seen it take off and morph into this leadership role to create space.

What have you been working on in your role with the Downtown Austin Alliance?

I oversee the parks that the Downtown Austin Alliance operates. For example, we manage Republic Square. That entails overseeing activations, programming, maintenance to bring you an experience and make the green spaces culturally relevant and welcoming for everybody to come downtown. There are many spaces downtown that sit vacant and are unlikely to be activated. My job is to look at these spaces with a creative eye and activate them in a way that brings people down here.

What lessons from your Olympic running past have transferred over to your professional career?

One is living for the moment. I always look back and see what I could have done differently. Now, it’s like: I’ve got a moment here; let me try to make that the very best moment. In professional track life, you cheer. You want your teammate to be just as good as you are. I’m going to automatically want to level you up. I take the competitive nature into this working environment. I have that in me to want to be the best. And also, what it takes to be great, and how to put a team together that’s great. I’ve been around and trained with other Olympians.

That teaches you a lot.

You started working in smaller communities and now you’re working in downtown Austin.

What are the differences and similarities about those domains?

Community to me is omnipresent. It lives in neighborhoods, in urban environments, in rural areas. Community could be across the world and also in your house. What’s different is the people. Curating a mural to bring community together in a neighborhood on the East Side would be different from creating a seven-story mural downtown—and understanding the impact it has on the folks that see that piece of art. We had an unveiling in October at 301 Congress,

What are the essential talents for a community organizer?

You have to have a vision. You definitely have to be open-minded and forward-thinking. With community, you have to be open to having people from all walks of life sit at the same table to give their input. That’s the start of a community leader. Somebody who can create that space for people to come in and have a voice.

You have to have a passion for preservation. I love and embrace change, but the balance of that growth has to give everybody a voice at the table. The key is to tell stories, to elevate people’s stories, and to have a platform for community to come together.

Why are green spaces and public spaces so beneficial to cities?

Art attracts you to the space, and environment keeps you in the space.

These two things marry very well.

The environment is the way Mother Earth speaks to us, but the art helps to storytell. It’s an expression tool, in which we can elevate voices and grow economic viability for creatives. Art is in everything, and it’s very healing, but so is the environment. They work hand in hand, and it benefits us to be cognizant of the future of our environment and the role art plays in it.

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The Powers That Be After a tight runoff race, Austin welcomes a new mayor for the first time in eight years. We look back at some of the biggest feats and failures of those who’ve held the office since the turn of the century. BY BRYAN C. PARKER

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Crowning Achievement

Biggest Blunder

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Kirk Watson 1997-2001

Spearheaded multiple bonds to improve transit infrastructure, including his prescient push to open Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in 1999, which was met with ridicule at the time.

Watson resigned his post as mayor prematurely to pursue an unsuccessful bid for Texas Attorney General. Luckily, he handed the reins to an equally adored local politician.

In keeping with the spirit of the live music capital, he used to host an annual “Concert Under the Stars,” which included performers like Shakey Graves and Bruce Hornsby.

In the waning weeks of his tenure, the experienced civil rights leader passed the city’s first smoking ban for bars and restaurants. More stringent versions have followed, but García began the crusade.

The biggest mistake was not getting into office earlier. As a city council member, García helped open a public library in East Austin, supported affordable housing measures, and was instrumental in the Save Our Springs effort to help preserve the Edwards Aquifer.

His great-great-grandfather became the first mayor of Ciudad Guerrero in 1821 in an independent Mexico, following the Mexican revolution.

When Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, Wynn welcomed evacuees, deftly arranging housing, clothing, food, and entertainment with limited budget and time, which earned him universal praise.

After a man crashed a private party at his downtown high-rise condominium in 2006, a drunken Wynn ousted the unwelcome guest and choked him in the process. Convicted for misdemeanor assault, the mayor was sentenced to community service.

He once graced the cover of Austin Fit magazine (an honor earned by his marathon running prowess) and even established a fitness council while in office. It’s possible he’s the fastest mayor west of the Mississippi.

If you’ve ever enjoyed a jog or stroll with your dog on the Lady Bird Lake boardwalk, you have Leffingwell to thank, as he insisted on including it in a 2010 transportation bond.

When the city attorney bungled a police shooting case, Leffingwell moved to give the mayoral office more power over the city manager, but efforts fell short.

Back in 2010, Leffingwell blew the whistle to commence the first match of the Texas Rollergirls’ season.

Oversaw a 2022 pilot program in which 85 local families receive $1,000 each month, making Austin the first Texas city to utilize some form of guaranteed income.

As the pandemic raged, Adler released a message encouraging Austinites to stay home. Unfortunately, it turned out the video was made while Adler was vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

A practiced civil rights lawyer, Adler penned an open letter defending a women-only screening of Wonder Woman at the Alamo Drafthouse in 2017, garnering national attention.

Gustavo “Gus” García 2001–2003

Will Wynn 2003–2009

Lee Leffingwell 2009-2015

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GAZING OUT OVER the practice pitch at St. David’s Performance Center the week before his club’s first playoff match, Austin FC coach Josh Wolff worried that his team might miss the moment.

Despite his confidence in their ability, the former MLS Cup Champion and US Men’s National Team striker had first-hand experience with the stakes of a single-elimination match. “I know it ends quick.

We do not want this to end quick,” he said emphatically. That fear was almost realized days later, on Oct. 16, when Austin FC gave up two early goals to Real Salt Lake—a header just three minutes into the game and another on a penalty kick soon after.

But Austin had been in this position before and was well-versed in fighting back.

Fundamentally, soccer is about creating an opportunity and capitalizing on it. It’s about timing.

Everything must come together, and it requires a larger vision—to predict how a situation will unfold, read it correctly, and show up on cue. If you are simply waiting for the ball to arrive, the moment has already passed you by.

In the 31st minute, a beautiful arcing pass left the right foot of winger Diego Fagúndez. Attacking midfielder Sebástian Driussi made a quick run, rose to find it, and headed the ball sharply past goalkeeper Zac MacMath. A deafening roar rose from the sea of verde and black and into the warm October night as Driussi pumped his fist in celebration. The goal cut the lead in half and marked a crucial shift in a match that Austin FC eventually won in a dramatic penalty shootout, securing the team’s first playoff victory and bolstering the magnitude of a stunning second-year campaign for the nascent club.

Riding that wave of momentum, Austin FC took the pitch against rival FC Dallas a week later as verde confetti rained down from their unwavering supporters section. The squad looked in top form that night, controlling the majority of all 90 minutes of play. Pulsing with a steady heartbeat of energy throughout the match, Q2 Stadium finally exploded into frenzied cheers as green light washed over fans when the final whistle blew. For the players, coaches, club owners, and fans, the playoff win was a dream realized.

That dream would eventually come to an end six days later in the Western Conference Final against LAFC, but it capped an amazing run and a shocking second-year reversal after an uninspiring debut season.

Only a few years ago, the plush grass and towering stands of Q2 were a barren field. Now, the stadium was hosting the first playoff matches for a major league sports franchise in the city’s history.

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goals scored in one year, produced an all-star in Sebástian Driussi, and stunned all of Major League Soccer, who were left wondering: Just how the hell did they do it?

DOWN AND OUT ON JULY 27, 2021, a beleaguered Josh Wolff sat down for a virtual press conference ahead of the club’s match with the Colorado Rapids and relayed a litany of obstacles then facing the team: “We’ve had a lot to deal with in this first year—injuries, being on the road, and obviously not scoring goals.”

Nearing the halfway point of the season, the verde and black had logged just three wins in 14 matches, and its highly ambitious playoff goals during the inaugural season had all but flickered out. “We’re getting what we deserve,” he said, weariness creeping into his voice, “And we’ve got to get better.”

Some supporters were still riding the high of landing an MLS team in the capital city, but a subset had begun to use the Twitter hashtag #WolffOut

by June, just a few games into the team’s existence.

It only got worse in July, as earnest discussions began to unfold concerning a criterion for his dismissal. Much of that talk centered on Wolff’s complex style of play, which emphasizes possession of the ball and a methodical series of passing that eschews long kicks into the midfield.

A deliberate scheme requiring intense discipline, Wolff calls it “the type of soccer that I believe is the only soccer.” He became a devotee of the method while working as an assistant under now-U.S. men’s national coach Gregg Berhalter during his Columbus Crew days. Many view the system as overly demanding, and picking up on its nuances takes time—especially with players thrown together in a new city, in a franchise with no shared history.

Given the team’s lack of depth, many players found themselves fulfilling roles outside of their normal positions, such as inexperienced midfielder Manny Perez starting as a striker after losing Danny Hoesen to injury in the second month of the season. In fact, the team’s roster had no true striker—the position most responsible for goals—for most of 2021. To make matters worse, the club launched amid the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating virtual meetings not conducive to game planning or fostering team chemistry.

But the midseason transfer window afforded an opportunity to change all that.

Sebástian Driussi was on vacation lounging on the beaches of Miami when he got a call from his agent about Austin’s interest. The native Argentine

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Teammates pile onto Sebástian Driussi after he scores a goal in a playoff match against FC Dallas.

had just capped a successful run with Zenit Saint Petersburg in the Russian Premier League, where he helped the team secure three consecutive firstplace finishes (including scoring double digit goals in the 2018-2019 season)—a track record that caught the attention of Austin FC sporting director Claudio Reyna. Far from the frigid climes of Russia, Driussi went to sleep in his balmy Florida hotel suite that night imagining a spark for his burgeoning career.

In late June, Reyna got on a video call to personally express Austin’s commitment to bringing the footballer onto the team, and he began the arduous process of late-night phone calls and pre-dawn email exchanges to negotiate his buyout from a club on the other side of the globe. Several weeks and $7 million later, Driussi was announced as a designated player on July 29.

“Thirty minutes into our first session, it was really clear to me and everybody else on the field how different he was,” Wolff remembers of a blistering hot practice in August. That prowess was on full display later that month, when Driussi scored his first MLS goal at a home match against the Portland Timbers on Aug. 21.

Driussi’s foresight seems almost preternatural, but he says it’s a skill he has honed through experience on the pitch and consultations from a neuroscientist back at River Plate, the Argentenian club where his professional career began. “Before I touch a ball, I always look around,” Driussi explains.

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several steps in advance, like a Chess Master dismantling a field of novices.

Despite such flashes of brilliance, Austin FC couldn’t course correct an abysmal season. They finished 2021 second to last in the Western Conference with the fewest goals scored in the league.

When 48 hours after the team’s final loss, Claudio Reyna found Driussi still lingering around the St. David’s Practice Center, he pulled him into his office. Despite the club’s struggles, the sporting director didn’t hold back on his sky-high expectations for its sophomore season and for Driussi personally: “For someone of your level, you should be the best player in the league.”

PROVING GROUNDS JOSH WOLFF SPENT the off-season in reflection, torn between his ethos on the pitch and the reality for some necessary changes. To help bring balance to a multifaceted attack, Austin made waves by signing a pair of defensive-minded players—Norwegian center back Ruben Gabrielsen and Colombian midfielder Jhojan Valencia.

Even more importantly than any flashy new names, the easing of COVID protocols had given the squad more time to settle in. There was now an added familiarity with Wolff’s system that imbued a confidence unseen in its debut campaign. And after being forced to play their first eight matches on the road while construction on Q2 Stadium was completed in 2021, the team was beyond eager to test their mettle in front of a home crowd in its season opener.

At a training session on Feb. 23, two days before the match against FC Cincinnati, Wolff gathered his squad and asked them to take a knee. He held up a printout of predictions by soccer pundits on how Austin FC would finish the season. In that now-much-memeified moment, everyone could see

Birthday” for Wolff, who’d celebrated his 45th the day prior. His big breakthrough had finally arrived, and the coach couldn’t help but crack a smile.

One blowout win led to another, as Austin proceeded to suffer just one loss in their first nine matches. The season unfolded with a cadre of veterans—goalkeeper Brad Stuver and wingers Diego Fagúndez and Ethan Finley—making key contributions. The off-season acquisitions were paying dividends, and Driussi was fulfilling Reyna’s lofty objectives, as he ultimately made the All-Star team and was runner-up in MVP voting.

By Sept. 14, the team had clinched a playoff berth with several weeks of the regular season still remaining. The steady beat of Latin pop erupted in the locker room following a 3-0 thumping of Real Salt Lake that night, and the energy within its halls was electric, as players celebrated making history for the first time in Austin professional sports. That tour de force, that ingenuity on the pitch, was not only lionized beneath Q2. Soon, all of the league would be looking through verde-colored glasses— hoping to bottle the same magic that built an unlikely contender.

TURNING HEADS AUSTIN MIDFIELDER DANI Pereira sprawled out on the grass of the Banc of California Stadium and watched black-and-gold confetti spiral to the turf like fall leaves in the throes of an autumn wind.

On an elevated stage, LAFC players Carlos Vela and Ilie Sánchez hoisted the trophy after a Western Conference Championship victory that ended Austin FC’s miraculous run.

In the tunnels below the stadium, the post-loss mood hung heavy as players embraced their families and consoled each other in hushed tones. Stuver limped out of the locker room to meet the media and leaned wearily against the wall, exhibiting the

SOON, ALL OF THE LEAGUE WOULD BE LOOKING THROUGH VERDE-COLORED GLASSES prognostications of 11th- and 12th-place finishes in the conference (near dead last), which stirred the type of chip-on-the-shoulder agitation Wolff was hoping for.

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striking toll of a grueling nine-month season. Though his team was never supposed to be here in the first place, the sting of defeat had flattened him into the physical embodiment of a Pietà—even if there was much to celebrate.

“They deserve a lot of credit to build this club, not just one aspect of the team, but to really make it into a club and all the elements that go into that,” says Joe Lowery, an American soccer expert who has written for The Athletic and MLSSoccer.com.

Chiefly, that means selling out 36 consecutive home matches and having die-hard supporters’ groups that make Q2’s atmosphere one of the most formidable in Major League Soccer. The club is among

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those setting the pace for what’s possible as far as its game-day environment and surrounding culture, which has turned its tireless fanbase into the envy of the league.

In addition to the two primary supporters’ groups—Los Verdes and Austin Anthem—the club also has a number of smaller fan organizations, not to mention their stalwart volunteer band, La Murga.

With ritual beer showers, chants that riff on Selena songs, and a bevy of verde and black flags, the south end of Q2 is a cacophonous spectacle.

American soccer, vis-à-vis its counterparts around the globe, has long been associated with lackluster teams playing in front of half-empty (or worse) stadiums, a perspective that’s not entirely unfounded. Even soccer aficionados who would love to see the sport thrive stateside scoff at major league teams playing on baseball diamonds and football fields ill-suited for the game. For example, New York City FC—easily the biggest sports market—still plays in Yankee Stadium.

But as the league has commanded more legitimacy, nine new MLS stadiums have opened within five years, and Austin FC is among the teams capitalizing on the moment. Q2 cost an estimated $260 million dollars to build, and the club’s St. David’s Performance Center another $45 million. The figure for the naming rights on those facilities has not been made public, but it’s thought to be into the tens of millions, not to mention the millions paid

by Austin-based YETI to have their name splashed across the front of the team’s jerseys. H-E-B, SeatGeek, Adidas, and Lexus represent just a handful more of the dozens of partners who’ve clamored to get involved with Texas’ hottest new sports franchise.

With MLS still an emerging league, many experts see it in a pivotal stage of evolution. “If you think about MLS 1.0 being the league fighting to survive,

MLS 2.0 being the league finding more stability, maybe MLS 3.0 is teams becoming better on the field and bigger players in the global soccer world,” Lowery says. “Austin getting Driussi from a top Russian team is an example.”

Historically, many MLS clubs have focused on growing talented players that move on to more high-profile international teams, thus profiting off transfer fees. In short, top talent was flowing out, not in. In fact, LAFC’s dominant win over Austin in the Western Conference Championship only served to magnify the discrepancy between the two teams’ salaries (roughly $27 million to $14 million, respectively). Part of that included acquiring English Premier League player Gareth Bale, who scored a crucial goal in LAFC’s Championship win a week after defeating Austin.

Just three days after that final, soccer journalist Nico Cantor reported that three English Premier League teams, including Leeds, were interested in signing Driussi, whose estimated transfer fee has ballooned to $15 million. If he stays, Austin retains a superstar; if he leaves, it means a massive haul that will translate into more top talent for an ambitious young team. It reveals Driussi as not simply a top player in the league, but in a league that is increasingly a top draw in soccer’s global landscape.

Austin FC imagined itself into existence just a few short years ago, conjuring a moment they could visualize where others could not. The club’s founders saw the potential of a ripe market and seized it with conviction. That first season might have appeared rough from the outside, but it was an arcing pass, a careful set up both on and off the field. The shot that followed was perfectly on target, as the club’s second effort galvanized a team, enchanted a city, and provided a portent of the beautiful game’s stateside future.

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As we reconsider what WELLNESS looks like today, emerging science is backing up the medicinal benefits of items that already grow in the ground (legal or otherwise). From the use of MARIJUANA and PSYCHEDELICS to alleviate PTSD to SUPERFOODS that boost your state of mind and ADAPTOGENS that reduce stress, medical experts are exploring ALTERNATIVE HEALTH MEASURES that go well beyond the scope of traditional doctor’s visits and pharmaceuticals. Here’s to your health!

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UPON ENTRY TO Texas Original’s waiting-roomlike dispensary, strong wafts of dank flower fill the air. Inside the 7,200-square-foot South Austin facility, botanists, chemists, and cooks work diligently to prepare medical marijuana products. The company (formerly known as Compassionate Cultivation) produces 80 percent of the local market’s full-spectrum medical cannabis. And, as displayed on a digital carousel showing plans for a new facility 12 times its size, the joint venture is just getting started.

In Texas, medical marijuana is a matter of politics—and public perception. Currently, the medicine legally reaches almost 39,000 residents via prescribed medical cannabis gummies, tinctures, and tablets. Texas Original operates under a meticulous

vertically integrated model, outlined in a 300-page binder of due diligence, data, and processes. CEO Morris Denton presented the plan to the Department of Public Safety in 2017, and the company was soon granted one of only three licenses in the state.

The legislative construct around marijuana has evolved since the first release of the Compassionate Use Program indoctrinated in Senate Bill 339 in 2015. The program began strictly for intractable epilepsy (seizures unresponsive to traditional medicine). As of June 2021, the Legislature has adjusted the terms of Compassionate Use for the third time.

The DPS now permits medical marijuana to treat all types of seizures, autism, multiple sclerosis, cancer diagnoses, spasticity, neurodegenerative disorders (like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and PTSD, but still won’t allow its use for general anxiety and chronic pain diagnoses.

In 2021, the limit of THC changed from .5 percent by weight to 1 percent—meaning 99 percent of the product must be filler. For a diagnosis like PTSD, patients might receive prescriptions of 100 mg of THC per day. But Denton says the 1 percent weight cap still prices them out within six months, as these individuals need to take at least five gummies a day. Removing the limit would permit proper dosage per single unit of medicine, so Texas Original could use its nano-emulsification technology to allow products to be homogenous and faster acting than traditional edibles. To meet demand for potency at a lower cost, many patients turn to Delta-8 THC products or alternative weed dealers.

Despite challenges, Texas Original’s growth is palpable. On its first day in 2018, the company sold $2,000 in product on a $10 million investment at 15 percent interest. Now sales average $40,000 to $50,000 per day. But Denton says it still isn’t profitable. The Schedule I status of marijuana keeps all banking and regular equity options for business investment, expenses, and costs off the table, so the industry faces high interest rates matching payday loan numbers and hefty taxes under section 280 E. Celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, the company prepares to move to a 90,000-square-foot facility in Bastrop. Medical cannabis users in Texas are predicted to reach 100,000 in the next 18 months.

While Texas Original forges ahead, the CEO holds his breath for a reclassification of marijuana to Schedule III by the federal government: “[Schedule I] means it’s the most addictive, the most dangerous, and doesn’t have any redeeming medical benefits.” he says. “We all know that’s bullsh*t.”

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THIS BUD’S FOR YOU A helpful primer for 5 common marijuana-related terms.

Cannabis

The name of the actual genus of plants, this term can refer to hemp or marijuana depending on its potency. Hemp became federally legal as of 2018 (and in Texas as of 2019) and is classified as less than .3 percent Delta-9 THC. Marijuana is not federally legal, nor is its adult use legal in Texas, but it is defined as anything higher than .3 percent Delta-9 THC.

When it comes to cannabis, confusion abounds.

What’s the difference between cannabidiol and cannabinoids? Is Delta-8 legal in Texas, or is that Delta-9? We asked RESTART CBD’s co-founder and CEO Shayda Torabi to break down the basics.

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Delta-9 THC

THC stands for tetrahydrocannabinol, and Delta-9 is the main psychoactive cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. Largely illegal in Texas, it is only legal here and federally in trace amounts (less than .3 percent Delta-9 THC)—so long as it is hemp-derived.

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Cannabinoids

Delta-8 THC

Delta-8 also contains THC, so it is psychoactive (causing that “high” feeling). The main difference between Delta-8 and Delta-9 is where a particular double bond is located on the chain of carbon atoms.

Delta-8 is currently legal in Texas, but it is being targeted by conservative lawmakers for its psychoactive properties.

CBD

An acronym for cannabidiol, this substance is a primary compound found in cannabis.

It became popular after the 2018 farm bill legalized the regulated production of hemp at the federal level. CBD is non-psychoactive and is generally used for sleep, anxiety, and recovery.

There are more than 100 different cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant. Popular cannabinoids are CBD, Delta-8 THC, Delta-9 THC, CBG, and CBN. They all have different properties when taken. As long as they are hemp-derived, they are legal for consumption in Texas.

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Altered State

As psychedelics move beyond their trippy recreational reputation, the medical community looks to them to battle some of the most daunting mental disorders.

UNTIL 2021, DAWN Jones* had never used illicit drugs—in fact, the 30-something Austinite had never even tried marijuana. But after the sudden, tragic death of her husband that summer, she wanted to explore all avenues of healing for her grief. “I did trauma therapy, I did EMDR, I did just about any therapy other than taking medication,” she says.

While researching ways to help her spouse overcome substance abuse issues prior to his death, Jones had learned about MDMA journeys—a form of assisted therapy that utilizes the mind-altering drug (also known as “molly”) in the treatment of trauma, mental disorders, and even addiction. Four months after becoming a widow, she decided to try it for herself.

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an eyeshade, she laid down on her bed to explore her subconscious. What that conjured was memories of everything from difficult college experiences to the night of her husband’s death. But the recollections didn’t evoke fear, she remembers: As she peered back at her younger self, she simply felt compassion and self-love.

Although the process only lasted four-and-a-half hours, the results from her session were profound.

“MDMA was so much of a game changer that I actually stopped doing the other [forms of therapy] because they seemed so insignificant in comparison to the deep healing of my journey work,” Jones says.

Her experience is just one of many in the growing world of psychedelic medicine, which has flourished since 2018 when the DEA eased restrictions for researchers applying to study Schedule I substances. As both public perception and political accep*TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF THE SUBJECT, HER NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED.

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tance trend in a more favorable direction, medical studies are confirming what has been anecdotally recognized for decades: that hallucinogens such as MDMA and psilocybin can aid mental disorders like PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Now, Austin and other cities are leading the way in both clinical research and access to these healing modalities.

The therapeutic power behind the chemicals lies in their ability to create neuroplasticity, says Austin-based psychotherapist Kevin Cannella, who first became interested in psychedelics when he volunteered at a Peruvian ayahuasca retreat called the Temple of the Way of Light after graduating from college. Neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s ability to form and reorganize synaptic connections, making way for adaptation through experience.

When administered to patients by professionals, he says, the medicine allows for trauma that’s stuck in the body to be released. “Just think of a closet with a bunch of locks on it,” says Cannella, who co-founded Thank You Life, a nonprofit that aims to eliminate financial barriers to psychedelic medicine, in 2022.

“The MDMA or the ketamine undoes some of those locks to make it way easier to open up that door.”

Currently, most psychedelics are deemed Schedule I substances on a federal level and cannot be legally administered in Texas in non-research settings. (One notable exception is ketamine: see “Feel Good Inc.”) But despite the state’s conservative leanings, even some stalwart Republican lawmakers are getting on board with the drugs’ potential for medicinal benefits. In 2021, former Gov. Rick Perry teamed up with state Rep. Alex Dominguez (D-Brownsville) to champion House Bill 1802, a bipartisan bill that enables psychedelic drug therapy for veterans struggling with PTSD, which Gov. Greg Abbott later allowed to become law without his signature. The legislation directed the Health and Human Services Commission to conduct the clinical study of psilocybin (found in “magic mushrooms”) in partnership with a health sciences university and a Veteran Affairs hospital, and it enlisted the HHSC to do a literature review of MDMA and ketamine to treat PTSD in veterans.

Psychedelic medicine has long been an area of interest for Dr. Greg Fonzo, an assistant professor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Studies at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas. In 2020, Dr. Fonzo applied for a National Institute of Health grant to study the combination of psychedelics and neuromodulation, a class of techniques where doctors introduce energy directly into the brain to produce therapeutic benefits. As his team began to fundraise for the project, Dr. Fonzo was encouraged by the university to raise enough money to build an entire center devoted to the branch of study. In December 2021 they did just that, as Dell Med opened its Center for Psychedelic Research & Therapy, the first of its kind in Texas.

At present, the center is working with a nonprofit group called Heroic Hearts Project that arranges for veterans and their families to receive psychedelic-assisted therapy at specialized retreats in countries where it’s legal, such as in Mexico or South America. “Our first study is looking at prolonged grief of Gold Star spouses—spouses of veterans that had been lost in the line of duty,” he says. The trial is exploring both psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT as treatment options, and the center is partnering with another study to examine the usage of ibogaine in veterans of special operations forces for combatrelated mental health issues. This year, the center plans to conduct its own psilocybin trials as well.

While Dr. Fonzo warns that these drugs should not be considered as panaceas, the evidence remains encouraging: In November, the largest peer-reviewed study on psychedelics in the modern age was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which showed a drug based on the compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms significantly reduced depression scores in patients after a 12-week trial. As Jones reflects on the two MDMA journeys that she has taken since her husband’s death, she believes the efficacy of psychedelics ultimately lies in their ability to help people tap into the root of their pain. “It’s not distracting, it’s not numbing,” she says. “It’s actually getting to the depths of your soul and healing the things that need to be healed.”

“The MDMA or the ketamine undoes some of those locks to make it way easier to open up that door.”

FEEL GOOD INC.

Four years ago, David Naylor acknowledged that his life checked all the boxes— but something still didn’t feel right. “I was sober, I had children, I was in a relationship, I had success, yet I was just not aligned,” he says. “[Then] I sat with psychedelic therapy, and it was like 20 years of therapy in one session.”

Armed with his life-changing experience, the entrepreneur—who had previously owned drug and mental health treatment centers—founded a ketamine clinic called Within in 2022. During the sessions, which last around an hour, patients are blindfolded and asked to lie down as the psychedelic is administered via an intramuscular injection. (In addition to the medically guided sessions, the clinic weaves in elements like breathwork, sound baths, and meditation for optimal results.) Categorized as a dissociative, the Schedule III substance has been studied by institutions like Johns Hopkins for its ability to treat an array of ailments, including PTSD, depression, and chronic pain. “Ketamine allows for more space around the trauma and the pain—a little bit of [seeing] the forest instead of the trees—and that’s the way you can process those feelings,” Naylor says. within.center

Patients are finding relief through legal ketamine clinics like Austin-based Within.

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How one Austinite and a supermodel teamed up to change the happy hour game.

HIGH & DRY Whether you’re teetotaling or just sober-curious, check out these three helpful local resources.

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Comedor Run Club When Comedor chef-owner Philip Speer got sober, he started doing thrice-weekly runs with members of his kitchen team.

That activity has grown into a community-minded “shift the post-shift” endeavor that shines a light on mental health and substance abuse issues within the service industry. All are welcome to join. comedorrunclub.com

Read

The Sober Lush: A Hedonist’s Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful LifeAlcohol Free What if you were able to remember a first date, or fully savor the joy of stargazing while walking home from a party? Authors Jardine Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward have written a “road map” to living sans alcohol, inspired by their own experiences.

Socialize

Sans Bar Recovering alcoholic/addictions specialist Chris Marshall has created Austin’s first sober bar—a welcoming, chilled-out space where the only requirement is sobriety at the time of your visit. Expect thoughtful house-made beverages, live music, and stand-up sets as well as pop-ups and online workshops. thesansbar.com

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Herbal Essences

GROWING UP IN Saudi Arabia, Jen Batchelor watched her father—an expatriate distiller of a black-market moonshine called Siddiqui—unintentionally turn the family home into a social hub where imbibing was part of an ancient ritual of fostering community. After moving to the United States as an adult, Batchelor had an epiphany: While alcohol was legal in her adopted country, its consumption here was more about coping than connecting.

Working long hours at a multicultural media agency in Miami, she began experiencing the effects of burnout. The early death of her grandmother to Type 2 diabetes led her to a period of abstinence from alcohol, meat, sugar, and processed foods, and years later Batchelor began studying Ayurvedic medicine and adaptogens, plant- and fungi-based extracts that help the body adapt to stress.

Her studies propelled Batchelor to launch Kin Euphorics in 2018. The non-alcoholic beverage line uses adaptogens and cognition-boosting supplements called nootropics (think gingko biloba and American ginseng) to increase feelings of neurochemical wellbeing. “There have been many studies around these herbs… how they’re able to adapt internally to an individual’s endocrine system and neurochemistry and biome,” noted Batchelor on the Slow Stories Podcast. “They enable the person to adapt to their environment, to whatever stressors are occurring internally or to their mental state, to return [them] to a place of equanimity.”

Before her libations gained national popularity, they attracted the attention of one famous devotee: Bella Hadid. After her grueling schedule left the supermodel exhausted—no doubt exacerbated by her Lyme disease, which causes brain fog and fatigue—Hadid became such a fan of Kin Euphorics that she came on board as its co-founder and partner in 2021. Since its launch, the brand has experienced meteoric growth: According to Vogue, it has amassed $10 million in funding and is now sold in national hot spots like Soho House and Jean Georges’ ABCV. So, instead of ordering your regular glass of wine after a stressful day, consider Kin’s Dream Light, a calming elixir with reishi mushrooms, L-tryptophan, and melatonin. After all, Batchelor says, “We want our customers to have an enchanting experience and nothing less.” —Laurel Miller

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Booze without the Buzz

① Celzo Substitute sugary sodas in favor of these functional hemp- and vitamin-infused sparklers, which are touted as a curative for stress and anxiety. The aguas frescas of co-founder Fernanda SampsonGómez’s Mexico City childhood inform flavors like spicy tamarind and hibiscus-strawberry-mint. celzodrink.com

Have you had your nootropics today?

These five local non-alcoholic elixirs are loaded with everything from adaptogens to hops.

② St. Elmo Brewing Hop Water Zero booze, calories, sugar, and carbs—our cups runneth over for this crisp, zingy quencher made with Simcoe and Citra hops from the South Austin brewery. Amp things up with a splash of grapefruit or orange juice. stelmobrewing.com

③ Crisp & Crude Hemp and botanical terpenes are the mood-enhancing ingredients in these ready-to-drink beverages, fashioned in cocktail-inspired flavors like Mellow Mule and Paloma Daydream. The drinks feature compounds extracted from fruit, roots, and leaves, like limonene from Texas grapefruit, pinene from juniper, and ocimene from marigolds. crispandcrude.com ④ Tenneyson This boldly spiced, ginger-forward concoction is enhanced with lemon balm, dandelion, bergamot, yerba mate, and gentian. Teetotalers can try it neat—or topped with Topo Chico and a generous squeeze of lime. tenneyson.com ⑤ Slow Luck Non-Alcoholic Spirits The brainchild of local bartenders Sam Abdelfattah and Tacy Rowland, this distilled alternative gets its flavor from a blend of citrus extracts and a house-made botanical and spice blend. Swap it in for clear spirits to make a mocktail, or enjoy it on the rocks. slowluckbev.com

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MIND OVER PLATTER A local doctor is exploring the surprising connections between diet and our mental health.

Kimchi

Eating probiotics can help with more than just digestion, Dr. Brown writes in The Self-Healing Mind: “People who regularly eat fermented foods, as well as ample fiber (which is what those good bugs like to eat), have bodies that are better equipped to handle stress. They also show less inflammation in the body.

Both of these factors are associated with better mental health.”

Kale

If you’re looking for a meal that can boost your mood as well as your health, make yourself a big salad—and swap out iceberg lettuce in favor of dark leafy greens like kale, Swiss chard, or spinach.

“Leafy greens actually help build some of the precursors for neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine that are important for mental health,” he says.

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Matcha Green Tea

Tuna

Eggs

Almonds

If you struggle with anxiety, consider swapping your morning cup of joe for this time-honored beverage, which is brimming with L-theanine.

The amino acid has properties that can regulate glutamate production (which can exacerbate anxiety) and boost GABA (which helps us calm down). It can also increase feel-good serotonin and dopamine production in the brain.

One of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet, eggs are chock full of vitamin B, which play a role in brain development and mood regulation, and vitamin D, which has been shown in studies to reduce symptoms of depression.

Packed with Omega-3 fatty acids, oily fish can help reduce the type of inflammation associated with mental illness. This type of polyunsaturated fat is found in cold-water fish like tuna, salmon, and mackerel. Not a fan of seafood? “For people who don’t like fish, this is an area where supplementation has a lot of support in the scientific community,” Dr. Brown says.

Looking for a healthy snack?

Go nuts! Referred by some scientists as “brain fertilizer,” the brain-derived neurotrophic factor chemical found in foods like almonds, walnuts, and cashews helps promote cell growth and connection.

Ingesting nuts has been shown to increase BDNF levels and reduce symptoms of depression, Dr. Brown notes.

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ADOPTING A MEDITERRANEAN diet can do more than just shrink your waistline—it might just improve your state of mind, too. In The Self-Healing Mind: An Essential Five-Step Practice for Overcoming Anxiety and Depression, and Revitalizing Your Life, psychiatrist Gregory Scott Brown examines the links between what we eat and our mental health.

For example, the author cites a recent study called the SMILES Trial, which showed that patients who incorporated more of an anti-inflammatory Mediterranean diet had a 30 percent reduction in symptoms of depression after six months. “We’re learning more about the fact that mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and ADHD are as much related to inflammation as other lifestyle illnesses like hypertension and Type 2 diabetes,” he says. For optimal mental health, Dr. Brown recommends adding these six superfoods to your diet.

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Seeds of Change ­

IN HER EARLY 20s, when Kate Morton got on and off birth control, she began to experience an array of unpleasant side effects.

“I got horrible cystic hormonal acne, my hair started falling out, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, what is wrong with me? Am I going into A decades-old dietary regimen is beginning menopause at 24?’” she remembers. As Morton (pictured) prepared to go on Accutane, to sprout up again, and it’s proving an allher dermatologist first recommended that she try seed cycling, a ritual in which women encompassing boon to women’s health. ingest a prescribed variety of seeds throughout their menstrual cycle. After a few months, her symptoms dissipated. Now, the Austinite is on a mission to make the practice more accessible through her company, Funk It Wellness.

To understand its science, she says, you need to know the four phases of a monthly cycle: There’s the menstrual phase, when a person is physically bleeding; the follicular phase, when estrogen rises; the ovulatory phase, when a person ovulates; and the luteal phase, when progesterone rises. The process starts by ingesting one tablespoon of ground flaxseed and ground pumpkin seed from the first day of menstruation until ovulation. The nutrients contain Omega-3s to combat inflammation, phytoestrogens for cycle regularity, magnesium for hormone regulation, and zinc for ovulation and cell multiplication. Then, the day after ovulation, users switch to one tablespoon of ground sesame seeds and one tablespoon of ground sunflower seeds daily until the next round of menstruation begins. “Sesame and sunflower seeds have vitamin E and vitamin B6, which are two of the most clinically studied nutrients for reducing PMS,” says Morton, a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in human clinical nutrition.

Although seed cycling has been around for decades, the practice has flourished in the last 10 years as naturopathic doctors, acupuncturists, and wellness bloggers have begun to study and tout its benefits. Funk It Wellness sells monthly subscriptions of the pre-ground organic seeds on its website, and most customers begin to see results after 90 days, Morton says. In addition to mitigating breast tenderness, cramps, and mood swings, seed cycling has been shown in some studies to combat PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), a leading cause of infertility. “One of our most common reasons for [customers] pausing their subscription is actually because they’ve gotten pregnant,” she says. funkitwellness.com

THE GIVING TREE

Looking for a new way to wake up? Derived from the leaves of tropical evergreen tree Mitragyna speciosa, the substance commonly known as kratom is gaining popularity for its ability to increase energy and enhance mood. If those effects sound like your morning cup of coffee, it’s no surprise, as both plants fall into the same family. One of the nation’s largest manufacturers, 1836 Kratom, is headquartered in Pflugerville. With partner farms in Indonesia, the company brings in 30 tons of the substance annually and makes a range of products that can be consumed as a superfood or brewed as tea. 1836 Kratom performs thorough testing on the chemical contents of their products—a vital procedure, as the substance has yet to receive FDA approval and has raised some concerns about its side effects and efficacy. But with its psychoactive properties, kratom has also been shown to affect the opioid receptors when consumed in high doses, leading some researchers to believe it might be helpful for treating opioid withdrawal.

1836kratom.com —Bryan C. Parker

C O U RT ESY F U N K I T

This substance is attracting major hype as a potential tool for treating opioid withdrawal.

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The 850+ most trusted physicians as voted by their peers in specialties ranging from addiction medicine to vascular surgery

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Addiction Medicine Andre S. Chen Austin Pain Doctor 2000 S. Mays St., Ste. 200, Round Rock 512-244-4272 Steven Powell Carmahealth 630 W. 34th St., Ste. 301 512-212-4670 Rey Ximenes Advanced Pain Care 6000 S. Mopac Expy., Ste. 100 512-244-4272

Adolescent Medicine Chinwe Oyeronke Efuribe 3950 N. A.W. Grimes Blvd., Ste. N201, Round Rock 877-800-5722 Maria C. Monge Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200G 512-324-6534 Salina Mostajabian 1101 Camino La Costa 512-478-4939 Celia Beth Neavel People’s Community Clinic 1101 Camino La Costa 512-478-4939

Allergy Immunology Colleen S. Adkins ARC Four Points 11714 Wilson Parke Ave., Ste. 150 737-247-7200 Alexander Alvarez Allergy & Asthma Consultants 720 W. 34th St., Ste. 200 512-454-5821 Sumit Bose Baylor Scott & White Clinic 910 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 512-260-6100

Elisabeth A. Clayton ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888 Ronald Cox Greater Austin Allergy 6611 River Place Blvd., Ste. 100 512-732-2774 Karim Zul Dhanani Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Thomas Leath Allergy Partners of Austin 3410 Far West Blvd., Ste. 146 512-349-0777 Maya Pramod Lele Baylor Scott & White Clinic 800 W. Hwy. 71, Marble Falls 830-201-7100 Allen K. Lieberman Austin Family Allergy and Asthma 10801 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 2, Ste. 150 512-346-7936 Hetu Parekh ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581 Juan L. RodriguezRamos ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics 3816 S. First St. 512-443-1311 Eric D. Schultz Greater Austin Allergy Asthma & Immunology 5656 Bee Caves Road, Ste. G201 512-732-2774

Kelly H. Simpson ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581 Paul Vigo Allergy & Asthma Consultants 720 W. 34th St., Ste. 200 512-454-5821 John Villacis The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy. N. 512-901-1111

Anesthesiology Chad Paul Dieterichs Capitol Anesthesiology/ U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Texas 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 570 512-454-2554 Edward D. Furst U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Texas 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 570 512-454-2554 Holly C. Gunn U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Texas 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 570 512-454-2554 Jay Lynn York Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 300 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0100

Bariatric Surgery Nicole Basa Cedar Park Surgeons 1410 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 1, Cedar Park 512-260-3444 Jinnie A. Bruce Baylor Scott & White Clinic 2600 E. Pflugerville Pkwy., Ste. 200, Pflugerville 512-654-6500

Steven M. Fass Capital Surgeons Group 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 250 512-302-1210 Tim L. Faulkenberry Capital Surgeons Group 3705 Medical Pkwy., Stes. 250 & 210 512-302-1210 Nancy G. Marquez Capital Surgeons Group 505 W. Louis Henna Blvd., Ste. 220 512-498-4860

Breast Imaging Stephen A. Agatston ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Sarah S. Avery ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Simone M. Bridges ARA Diagnostic Imaging 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-8505 Aditi A. Desai ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Patricia H. Gallagher ARA Diagnostic Imaging 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-8505 Gregory C. Karnaze ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Elizabeth Moorehead ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Michael Pfeifer II ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Stephen Bryan Price ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Arthy Saravanan ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Breast Surgery Edward J. Bombach Cedar Park Breast Center 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. B, Ste. 412-C, Cedar Park 512-379-3850 Caroline CoombsSkiles Texas Breast Specialists 1015 E. 32nd St., Ste. 306 512-872-7200 Moya Griffin Texas Breast Specialists 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 120 512-873-8900 Heather King Texas Breast Specialists 901 W. 38th St., Ste. 300 512-421-4111 Sangeetha Kolluri Austin Cancer Center 1180 Seton Pkwy., Ste. 150, Kyle 512-505-5500 Aimee Mackey Texas Breast Specialists 4101 James Casey St., Ste. 100 512-687-1300 Robert M. Markus Surgical Associates of Austin 1015 E. 32nd St., Ste. 308 512-836-3210 Kelly Martinez Baylor Scott & White Clinic 2608 Brockton Drive 512-654-4050

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Bridget O’Brien Texas Breast Specialists 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

C, Ste. 200, Cedar Park 512-260-6050 Julie M. Sprunt Texas Breast Specialists 901 W. 38th St., Ste. 300 512-421-4111

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Cardiology James A. Black ARC Northwest Hills Specialty 6815 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 205 512-344-0450 Carl Carlino Austin Heart 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

B, Ste. 300, Cedar Park 512-249-7190

Sherrie Thomas Texas Breast Specialists 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 300 512-873-8900

Cardiac Electrophysiology Robert Canby Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 700 512-807-3150 G. Joseph Gallinghouse Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 700 512-807-3150 Kristopher M. Heinzman Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440

Edward Chafizadeh Cardio Texas 1015 E. 32nd St., Ste. 508 512-807-3140 Fotini M. Chalkias Chalkias Cardiology 11671 Jollyville Road, Ste. 102 512-675-6098

Vinh D. Nguyen Texas Heart & Vascular 4316 James Casey St., Bldg. A 512-623-5300

Parul M. Desai ARC Northwest Hills Specialty 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 205 512-344-0450

Vu D. Nguyen Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440

Mauricio Hong Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440

Caitlin M. Giesler Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440

David J. Kessler Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia 900 W. 38th St., Ste. 110 512-807-3150

Michael S. Grad Cardiovascular Specialists of Texas 2200 Park Bend Drive, Bldg. 1 512-807-3160 Andrew Kontak Baylor Scott & White Clinic 403 Mallard Lane, Taylor 512-352-4000

Jason D. Zagrodzky Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia 4316 James Casey, Bldg.

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Gerald V. Levy Texas Heart & Vascular 4316 James Casey St., Bldg. C 512-623-5300 Tuan D. Nguyen Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3440

Deborah L. Ekery Austin Heart 900 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-206-3600

Thomas K. Kurian Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440

Regina A. Koshy ARC Northwest Hills Specialty 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 205 512-344-0450

Leticia Castillo Kontak Baylor Scott & White Clinic 910 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 512-260-6100

Norman E. Risinger Austin Heart 2559 Western Trails Blvd., Ste. 200 512-899-2028 George P. Rodgers Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 410 512-324-2705 Jonathan I. Sheinberg Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5656 Bee Caves Road, Ste. M300, West Lake Hills 512-807-3270 Amy Butler Stancoven Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Richard Alfred Stoebner Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5251 W. Hwy. 290, Ste. 200 512-654-3000 Faisal Syed Austin Heart 1251 Sadler Drive, Bldg. J, Ste. 2100, San Marcos 512-396-5603 Eric Tiblier Austin Cardiac Clinic 901 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-206-2988 Jacobo Vazquez Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Stanley Wang Austin Heart 2559 Western Trails Blvd., Ste. 200 512-899-2028 Robert J. Wozniak Cardiovascular Specialists of Texas 2200 Park Bend Drive, Bldg. 1 512-807-3160 Michelle Zikusoka Austin Heart 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

B, Ste. 300, Cedar Park 512-249-7190

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Mary B. Cishek Advanced Heart Care Center 1015 E. 32nd St., Ste. 411 512-279-0990 Jerome Thomas Austin Heart 3801 N. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 300 512-206-3600

Cardiology: Invasive Interventional Angel Eduardo Caldera Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Manish Chauhan St. David’s Heart & Vascular – Central Austin 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 700 737-931-1100 Vijay Ganesh Divakaran Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Rafael Eduardo Gonzalez Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Kunjan A. Bhatt Austin Heart 3801 N. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 300 512-206-3600

Vamsi Sistla Krishna Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1180 Seton Pkwy., Ste. 450, Kyle 512-504-0860

Raymond E. Bietry Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 514 512-681-0500

Thomas R. McMinn Austin Heart 900 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-206-3600

Clay A. Cauthen Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 514 512-681-0500

Sachin Mehta Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440

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Peter P. Monteleone Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440 F. Javier Otero Cardio Texas 1015 E. 32nd St., Ste. 508 512-807-3140 Mark J. Pirwitz Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440 Paul J. Roach Ascension Texas Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440 Paul A. Tucker II Texas Heart & Vascular 4316 James Casey St., Bldg. A 512-623-5300

Cardiothoracic Surgery W. Chance Conner Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 3201 S. Austin Ave., Ste. 255, Georgetown 512-501-4287 Brendan P. Dewan Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753 Stephen J. Dewan Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753 Mark C. Felger Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753

Charles D. Fraser Jr. Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 100 855-324-0091 Faraz Kerendi Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753 William F. Kessler Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753 Carlos Miguel Mery Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 100 855-324-0091 Robert C. Neely Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Roshni Lani Koli Texas Child Study Center 4900 Mueller Blvd., 2 South 512-324-3315 Nakia G. Scott Holistic Mental Health 4131 Spicewood Springs Road, Ste. K10 512-562-9117

Colon & Rectal Surgery Robert W. Cline Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons 4106 Medical Pkwy.

512-418-1979 David C. Fleeger Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons 4106 Medical Pkwy.

512-418-1979

April W. Fox Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons 4106 Medical Pkwy.

512-418-1979 Thiru V. Lakshman Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons 13915 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 100 512-220-7002 John S. Mangione Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons 4106 Medical Pkwy.

512-418-1979 Andrew H. Miller Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons 13915 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 100 512-220-7002 Amar S. Shah Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons 4106 Medical Pkwy.

512-418-1979 Ricardo L. Solis Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons 4207 James Casey St., Ste. 201 512-447-8911

Critical Care Medicine John David Dallas Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340 Shailaja J. Hayden Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340

John D. Hinze Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340 Jordan S. Weingarten Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340

Dermatology Ammar M. Ahmed Ascension Medical Group Seton Dermatology 313 E. 12th St., Ste. 103 512-324-9699 Roopal Bhatt U.S. Dermatology Partners/Four Points 6618 Sitio Del Rio Blvd., Ste. D101 512-478-3376 Margaret E. Brown Ascension Medical Group Seton Dermatology 5235 Overpass Road, Ste. 200, Buda 512-504-0873 Daniel A. Carrasco Sanova Dermatology 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 340 512-454-3781 Jaculeen Dano Dr. Dano Dermatology 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 315 512-302-4047 Lia E. Gracey Maniar Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

Lindsey Dailey Hicks Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Anokhi JambusariaPahlajani Ascension Medical Group Seton Dermatology 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-B 512-324-7468 Brett Keeling Ascension Medical Group Seton Dermatology 5235 Overpass Road, Ste. 200, Buda 512-504-0873 Shwol-Huo Kiang ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581 Mary Ann Martinez Bee Caves Dermatology 5656 Bee Caves Road, Bldg. D, Ste. 203 512-329-6090 Amy R. Mason ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888 Rachel McAndrew Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy.

512-654-1234 Morgan J. McCarty ARC Round Rock 940 Hesters Crossing Road, Round Rock 512-244-9024 Stacia Miles The Austin Diagnostic Clinic – Westlake 1250 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Bldg. 3, First Floor, West Lake Hills 512-901-4010

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Jay L. Viernes ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888

Alicia Lynn Miller Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd.

512-352-4000 Mary Kendall Parker Snyder Dermatology 1510 W. 34th St., Ste. 100 512-533-9900

Dermatology Surgery Susan E. Dozier Cutaneous Surgery Center of Austin 8240 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 355 512-527-9020

Vanessa PenaRobichaux University Physicians Group 313 E. 12th St., Ste. 103 512-324-9699

Matthew Charles Fox Ascension Medical Group Austin Dermatologic Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-B 512-324-7468

Steven E. Rasmussen ARC Southwest 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 490 512-282-8967 Kellie Reed Westlake Dermatology 3637 Far West Blvd., Cedar Park 512-610-1000

Michael S. Graves Southwest Dermatology & Vein 4419 Frontier Trail, Ste. 110 512-444-7208

Blakely Richardson Westgate Skin & Cancer 2559 Western Trails Blvd., Ste. 301 512-815-2559 Hans M. Sander U.S. Dermatology Partners 11410 Jollyville Road, Bldg. 2, Ste. 2201 512-345-8688 Renee Snyder Snyder Dermatology 1510 W. 34th St., Ste. 100 512-533-9900 Erica Stevens Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5330 Overpass Road, Ste. 100, Buda 737-999-6600 Zoltan Trizna Central Texas Dermatology 102 Westlake Drive, Ste. 100 512-327-7779

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S. Tyler Hollmig Ascension Medical Group Austin Dermatologic Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-B 512-324-7468 Bryan L. Townsend U.S. Dermatology Partners 8044 Shoal Creek Blvd.

512-459-1269

Diagnostic Radiology Michael D. Aronoff ARA Diagnostic Imaging 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 113 512-454-7380 John M. Barkley ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Bradley A. Brenner ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Michael Troy Harper ARA Diagnostic Imaging 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 118 512-454-7380

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Sam M. Hassibi ARA Diagnostic Imaging 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-8505 Jody J. Hooten ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Emergency Medicine Brandon Alban Browne Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 300 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0100

Connie I. Hsu ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Jody Henson Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 300 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0100

Felix Lee Lin Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0100

David William Kaylor Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 5245 W. Hwy. 290 Service Road 737-888-3100

John E. Manning ARA Diagnostic Imaging 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-8505

Jana Lee Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 305 Mallard Lane, Taylor 512-352-7611

Russell D. Putnam ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Suneet Kumar Singh U.S. Acute Care Solutions 512-452-8533

Yvonne Queralt ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Amar Vira U.S. Acute Care Solutions 6300 La Calma Drive, Ste. 200 512-452-8533

David Quintana ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Amy S. Salinas ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Sandeep Anil Shah ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 John Andrew Williamson ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Christopher Wallace Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 5330 Overpass Road, Buda 737-999-6200

Endocrine Surgery Bridget M. Brady Modern Thyroid/Austin Thyroid Surgeons 901 W. 9th St., Ste. 110 512-887-3187 Teresa Ruth Kroeker Texas Thyroid and Parathyroid Center 12319 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. C260 512-491-0017

Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism Neelkantha Amatya Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234 Maya B. Bledsoe ARC Seton Northwest 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 475 512-338-8181 Thomas Blevins Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 3, Ste. 200 512-458-8400 Luis Casaubon Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 3, Ste. 200 512-458-8400 Valerie Espinosa Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 3, Ste. 200 512-458-8400 Lindsay Harrison Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology 5000 Davis Lane, Ste. 200 512-458-8400 Mrinalini Narayan Kulkarni UT Health Austin Endocrinology 1601 Trinity St., First Floor 833-882-2737 Pratima V. Kumar Ascension Medical Group Seton Endocrinology 313 E. 12th St., Ste. 103 512-324-9650 Jesslyn Jiaen Lu The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

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Paul B. Moore The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-1111 Seema Sidhwani Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 E. Cesar Chavez St., Ste. G140 512-654-4100 Steven A. Taylor Ascension Medical Group Seton Endocrinology 313 E. 12th St., Ste. 103 512-324-9650 Sherwin S. Yen Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-4005 Farheen Yousuf The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 1250 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Bldg. 3, First Floor, West Lake Hills 512-334-2400

Family Medicine Merlin J. Abraham ARC Pflugerville 15803 Windermere Drive, Ste. 103, Pflugerville 512-989-2680

C. Ron Byrd 2765 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 201 512-328-2752 Jacqueline M. Champlain River Hills Family Medicine 1640 Highland Falls Drive, Ste. 601, Leander 512-345-7436

Sarah J. Ferrero ARC Cedar Park 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. C, Cedar Park 512-259-3467

Christopher Chang ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611

Gerald T. Fincken ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611

Brynna Connor 2906 Medical Arts St. 512-382-9500

Maryann Gamble ARC Buda 3420 FM 967, Ste. 110B, Buda 512-295-1608

Shane C. Constable ARC Kyle Plum Creek 4100 Everett St., Ste. 400, Kyle 512-295-1333 Michael F. De Lota ARC Kyle Plum Creek 4100 Everett St., Ste. 400, Kyle 512-295-1333 Vincenz L. DeCastro ARC Buda 3420 FM 967, Ste. B-100, Buda 512-295-1608

Mark S. Ambler ARC Southwest 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 490 512-282-8967

Megan Deliberato Baylor Scott & White Clinic 9521 Hwy. 290 W, Ste. 105 512-654-4300

Matthew Brimberry Premier Family Physicians 5625 Eiger Road, Ste. 200 512-892-7076

Samuel Deliberato Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5000 W. Slaughter Lane, Bldg. 6, Ste. 100 512-654-4000

Donald R. Brode ARC South 1st 3828 S. First St. 512-443-1311

J. Adrian Dennington The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 5701 W. Slaughter Lane, Bldg. C 512-334-2500

Harrel D. Butler ARC Cedar Park 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. C, Cedar Park 512-259-3467

Amy K. Easterling South Austin Medical Clinic 2555 Western Trails Blvd., Ste. 101 512-892-6600

Nina Desai Baylor Scott & White Clinic 2608 Brockton Drive 512-654-4050

Derrick J. Garcia ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611

Anuja Khunti ARC Cedar Park 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. C, Cedar Park 512-259-3467 Cameron M. Kielhorn ARC Dripping Springs 27600 Ranch Road 12, Bldg. 1, Dripping Springs 512-829-9118 Larry C. Kravitz ARC Quarry Lake 4515 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 220 512-338-8388 Michelle L. Markley ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611 Hillary Gwen Miller ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611

Kaleb M. Hamilton ARC Kyle Plum Creek 4100 Everett St., Ste. 400, Kyle 512-295-1333

Lori Naglieri River Hills Family Medicine 7011 Ribelin Ranch Drive, Ste. 200 512-345-7436

Serena Hon ARC Four Points 11714 Wilson Parke Ave., Ste. 150 737-247-7200

Mark A. Nugent ARC Bee Cave 15801 W. Hwy. 71, Bldg. 1, Ste. 100 & 101, Bee Cave 512-676-2500

Grace Honles The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 5701 W. Slaughter Lane, Bldg. C 512-334-2500

Tina J. Philip Oakwood Family Medicine 511 Oakwood Blvd., Ste. 202, Round Rock 512-388-0511

Dominique J. Isaac ARC Anderson Mill 10401 Anderson Mill Road, Ste. 110-B 512-250-5571

Benjamin L. Smith Baylor Scott & White Clinic 910 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 512-260-6100

David G. Joseph The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 2400 Cedar Bend Drive 512-901-4026 Daniel J. Kelly ARC Round Rock 940 Hesters Crossing Road, Round Rock 512-244-9024

Christopher A. Stewart Baylor Scott & White Clinic 910 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 512-260-6100

Colin Vokes Baylor Scott & White Clinic 10815 Ranch Road 2222 512-654-4800 Marc E. Zook ARC Four Points 11714 Wilson Parke Ave., Ste. 150 737-247-7200

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery Tomas G. Antonini Central Texas Urogynecology and Continence Center 3407 Glenview Ave., Ste. A 512-716-0861 R. Grady Bruce Urology Austin 11410 Jollyville Road, Ste. 1101 512-231-1444 Mary Micaela Rieger 1313 Red River St., Ste. A1 512-324-7036 George Shashoua Austin Urogynecology 12319 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. C, Ste. 200 512-973-8276 Rachel Sosland Urology Austin 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-477-5905

Gastroenterology Muhannad Al Hanayneh ARC Northwest Hills Specialty 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 205 512-344-0450 Eduardo Alcocer Austin Gastroenterology 7951 Shoal Creek Blvd., Bldg. B 512-454-4588

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Weiwei Cao ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581 Dan Chaim Cohen Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

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Judith Kwarteng Amaning Baylor Scott & White Clinic 2600 E. Pflugerville Pkwy., Ste. 200, Pflugerville 512-654-6500 Melvin Kin-Wan Lau Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Eimile DaltonFitzgerald Austin Gastroenterology 4310 James Casey St., Ste. 4A 512-448-4588

Craig H. Lubin Austin Gastroenterology 7951 Shoal Creek Blvd., Bldg. B, Ste. 200 512-454-4588 Lilah Mansour Texas Digestive Disease Consultants 1411 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 200, Cedar Park 512-341-0900

Shiv Desai Austin Gastroenterology 8015 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 118 512-224-2273 Anupama T. Duddempudi Austin Gastroenterology 7951 Shoal Creek Blvd., Bldg. B, Ste. 200 512-454-4588

Vu Nhu Nguyen Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Sushil Duddempudi Austin Gastroenterology 7200 Wyoming Springs Drive, Ste. 1300, Round Rock 512-244-2273

Binh V. Pham Austin Gastroenterology 7951 Shoal Creek Blvd., Bldg. B, Ste. 200 512-454-4588

Kenneth K. Ellis Austin Gastroenterology 7200 Wyoming Springs Drive, Ste. 1300, Round Rock 512-244-2273

Erik Rahimi Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

Harish K. Gagneja Austin Gastroenterology 1015 E. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-469-9966

Rajesh Rasik Shah Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5330 Overpass Road, Ste. 100, Buda 737-999-6600

Adam Hafemeister Austin Gastroenterology 4310 James Casey St., Ste. 4A 512-448-4588 Pradeep Kumar Austin Gastroenterology 4310 James Casey St., Ste. 4A 512-448-4588

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Junaid Siddiqui Texas Digestive Disease Consultants 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Ste. 201, Cedar Park 512-528-2000

Richard M. Sperling Austin Gastroenterology 7951 Shoal Creek Blvd., Bldg. B, Ste. 200 512-454-4588 F. Douglas Srygley IV Austin Gastroenterology 4310 James Casey St., Ste. 4A 512-448-4588 Harry J. Thomas Austin Gastroenterology 7951 Shoal Creek Blvd., Bldg. B, Ste. 200 512-454-4588 Apurva Trivedi Capital Gastro 12701 Ranch Road 620 N., Ste. 101 512-593-6022 John K. Tsai Austin Gastroenterology 3944 Ranch Road 620 S., Ste. 202, Bee Cave 512-279-2000 John J. Ziebert Austin Gastroenterology 8015 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 118 512-244-2273

General Surgery John A. Abikhaled Austin Surgeons 3901 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 201 512-467-7151 Carly Allred Austin Surgical Associates 4316 James Casey St., Bldg. E, Ste. 202 512-447-4993 C. Erik Anderson Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5330 Overpass Road, Ste. 100, Buda 737-999-6600 Lauren Ash Surgery Southwest Austin 5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 7, Ste. 100 512-615-3562

Rodney Brian Ashworth Surgical Associates of Austin 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 2, Ste. 2205 512-836-3210

Semyon Gambarin ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888

Robert E. Askew Jr. Austin Surgeons 3901 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 202 512-467-7151

Joseph E. Garcia ARC Southwest 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 490 512-282-8967

Christopher W. Bailey ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581

Mark R. Lindsey Austin Surgeons 3901 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 201 512-467-7151

Kristin Wilson Beard Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Thomas Brown The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-1111 Francis Anthony Buzad Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-4019 Peter V. Ching Austin Surgical Associates 4316 James Casey St., Bldg. E, Ste. 202 512-447-4993 John Featherston Eckford Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Alejandro Esquivel Surgical Associates of Austin 4316 James Casey St., Bldg. E, Ste. 202 512-447-4993 Tim L. Faulkenberry Capital Surgeons Group 3705 Medical Pkwy., Stes. 250 & 210 512-302-1210

Samuel E. Long III ARC Southwest 3816 S. First St. 512-443-1311 Delfino Estevan Lorenzo ARC Southwest 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 490 512-282-8967 Robert M. Markus Surgical Associates of Austin 1015 E. 32nd St., Ste. 308 512-836-3210 Nancy G. Marquez Capital Surgeons Group 505 W. Louis Henna Blvd., Ste. 220 512-498-4860 William D. Mayer Surgical Associates of Austin 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 2 512-472-1381 Jeffrey T. Meynig Austin Surgeons 3901 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-467-7151 Kevin O’Farrell ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888

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Lynne Knowles Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400

Brant E. Victor Austin Surgeons 3901 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 202 512-467-7151

Angela S. Kueck Texas Oncology 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 300 512-873-8900

Jack L. Walzel Capital Surgeons Group 505 W. Louis Henna Blvd., Ste. 220 512-498-4860

Paul V. Loar III Texas Oncology 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 300 512-873-8900

Geriatric Medicine Liam Fry Austin Geriatric Specialists 1108 Lavaca St., Ste. 110-320 512-477-4088

Michael Teneriello Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400

Geriatric Psychiatry

Marian Yvette WilliamsBrown Ascension Medical Group Women’s Health 1601 Trinity St., Stop 804 512-324-7865

Gayle Y. Ayers Ascension Medical Group Seton Behavioral Health 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 700-B 512-324-3380

Hand Surgery

Jaron L. Winston Senior Adults Specialty Healthcare PA 3215 Steck Ave., Ste. 200 512-476-3556

Gynecologic Oncology Rachel Brightwell Austin Cancer Center 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 245 512-505-5500 Helen Dinkelspiel Eshed Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400 Kassondra Grzankowski Austin Cancer Center 1180 Seton Pkwy., Ste. 150, Kyle 512-505-5500 Priyanka N. Kamath Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400

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Christopher Casstevens Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234 Brad Gillman Austin Sports Medicine 900 W. 38th St., Ste. 300 512-450-1300 Brian T. Hardy Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 911 W. 38th St., Ste. 300 512-485-0515 Taylor Jobe Ascension Medical Group Seton Orthopedics 3707 S. Second St., Ste. 100 512-324-9170 Ira Lown Austin Hand Group 3345 Bee Cave Road, Ste. 101 512-327-4263

Manish V. Patel Southwest Orthopaedic Group 2500 W. William Cannon Drive, Ste. 401 512-451-1969 Lee M. Reichel ARC Medical Park Tower Orthopedics 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 102 512-454-4561 Sanjay K. Sharma Ascension Medical Group Seton Plastic and Hand Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Stop 704 512-324-8320 Jason R. Somogyi Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 3755 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. 160 512-485-0537 Daniel T. Stewart Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-485-0524 Andrew Alan Stoebner Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Gregg A. Vagner ARC Medical Park Tower Orthopedics 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 102 512-454-4561

Hematology Michelle Ashworth Texas Oncology 2410 Round Rock Ave., Ste. 150, Round Rock 512-341-8724 Michael Kasper Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400

Darren Kocs Texas Oncology 2410 Round Rock Ave., Ste. 150, Round Rock 512-341-8724 Balijepalli Netaji Texas Oncology 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 120 512-873-8900 James Uyeki Texas Oncology 4101 James Casey St., Ste. 100 512-447-2202 Hareesha Vemuganti Texas Oncology 301 Seton Pkwy., Ste. 104, Round Rock 512-687-2300

Hospice & Palliative Quan T. Dang Texas Oncology 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 120 512-873-8900 Clarissa M. Johnston Ascension Seton Family of Doctors 601 E. 15th St. 512-324-8933 Sarah Mills Ascension Medical Group Seton Palliative Care 1500 Red River St. 512-324-8399 Michelle Crystal Marie Owens Austin Palliative Care 4107 Spicewood Springs Road, Ste. 100 512-397-3360

Hospital Medicine Adnan Khan Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 810 W. Hwy. 71, Marble Falls 830-201-8000

Tania Ramirez Fonseca Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 300 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0100 Praveen Koneru Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 100 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-482-0045 Mohammad Makkouk Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 2599 E. Pflugerville Pkwy., Ste. 420, Pflugerville 512-509-0099 Mohammad Tariq Malik Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 2600 E. Pflugerville Pkwy., Pflugerville 512-509-0100 Dieter Martin Hospital Internists of Texas 7000 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 420 512-482-0045 Elena Genova Slavcheva Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Infectious Disease Jack D. Bissett Austin Infectious Disease Consultants 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 403 512-459-0301 Elizabeth T. Douglass Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas 1500 Red River St. 512-324-7000

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Lisa C. Ellis Austin Infectious Disease Consultants 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 403 512-459-0301 James S. Evans Austin Infectious Disease Consultants 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 403 512-459-0301 Brian Scott Metzger Austin Infectious Disease Consultants 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 403 512-459-0301 Gayatri V. Nair Austin Infectious Disease Consultants 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 403 512-459-0301 Matthew Compton Robinson Austin Infectious Disease Consultants 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 403 512-459-0301 Mary Theoktisto Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234 Maryann Pham Tran Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Internal Medicine Anthony R. Aventa Capital Medical Clinic 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 400 512-454-5171 William Gregory Berkley Premier Family Physicians 5625 Eiger Road, Ste. 200 512-892-7076 Scott W. Clitheroe 1 True Health Austin 500 E. 4th St., Ste. 454 512-980-0745

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Rawah Tannous ARC Southwest 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 490 512-282-8967

Anas Daghestani ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611

Sharon F. Liu ARC South 1st 3828 S. First St. 512-443-1311

Sangeetha Dayalan Baylor Scott & White Clinic 4945 Williams Drive, Georgetown 512-819-0500

James Crawford Marroquin Capital Medical Clinic 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 400 512-454-5171

Brad Venghaus Thrive Medical Clinic 2217 Park Bend Drive, Ste. 210 512-697-7090

Chandima Dehipitiya Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5251 W. Hwy. 290, Ste. 200 512-654-3000

David Murdy Baylor Scott & White Clinic 3108 Ranch Road 620 S., Lakeway 512-654-4200

Gladys Weng Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5251 W. Hwy. 290, Ste. 200 512-654-3000

Debra L. Dollar ARC Quarry Lake 4515 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 220 512-338-8388

Manish M. Naik ARC Cedar Park 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. C, Cedar Park 512-259-3467

Hayan Yacoub ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611

Emily Anne Fisher Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5330 Overpass Road, Ste. 100, Buda 737-999-6600

Mohinder S. Pegany ARC Cedar Park 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. C, Cedar Park 512-259-3467

Nupur Jhawar Baylor Scott & White Clinic 4945 Williams Drive, Georgetown 512-819-0500 Gurneet Kohli Premier Family Physicians 5625 Eiger Road, Ste. 200 512-892-7076 Kenneth Kroll Capital Medical Clinic 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 400 512-454-5171 Amanda K. Laviolette Capital Medical Clinic 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 400 512-454-5171 Richard Stephen Lawlis Baylor Scott & White Clinic 4945 Williams Drive, Georgetown 512-819-0500

Raul C. Ramirez ARC Kyle Plum Creek 4100 Everett St., Ste. 400, Kyle 512-295-1333 Sharon Rao Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Shobha Dharam Reddy Baylor Scott & White Clinic 3108 Ranch Road 620 S., Lakeway 512-654-4200 Adam J. Schneider 4301 Bull Creek Road, Ste. 170 737-787-4650 Azim G. Shekarchi ARC South 1st 3828 S. First St. 512-443-1311 Sarah I. Smiley Internal Med Solutions 5656 Bee Caves Road, Bldg. C, Ste. 101 512-212-4865

Maternal & Fetal Medicine David L. Berry Austin Perinatal Associates 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 1 512-206-0101 Kimberly A. DeStefano Austin Maternal-Fetal Medicine 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. G-3 512-821-2540 Jeny Ghartey Ascension Medical Group Seton Women’s Health 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 315 512-324-7256 Sandra Rocio Herrera Austin Maternal-Fetal Medicine 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. G-3 512-821-2540 Mollie McDonnold Austin Maternal-Fetal Medicine 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. G-3 512-821-2540

Jasbir Singh Austin Maternal-Fetal Medicine 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. G-3 512-821-2540

Nephrology Judith A. Betts Austin Kidney Associates 408 W. 45th St. 512-451-5800 Sonali Birewar The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-4010 Raymonda El Khoury Austin Kidney Associates 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 635 512-451-5800 Ellen Grimm Austin Diagnostic Clinic 1330 Wonder World Drive, Ste. 101, San Marcos 512-901-1111 Peter B. Hines Austin Kidney Associates 1720 E. Whitestone Blvd., Ste. A-1, Cedar Park 512-451-5800 Timothy R. Hines Austin Kidney Associates 408 W. 45th St. 512-451-5800 Ting-Chi Lu Austin Kidney Associates 321 W. Ben White Blvd., Ste. 205 512-451-5800 Luciana Barretto McLean Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

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Judson Cook Central Texas Brain & Spine 2217 Park Bend Drive, Ste. 400 512-730-0000

Anant Patel Central Texas Brain & Spine 2217 Park Bend Drive, Ste. 400 512-730-0000

John Allen Bertelson Bertelson Clinic Senior Adult Specialty Healthcare 3215 Steck Ave., Ste. 205 512-981-5192

Andrea Raymond NeuroAustin Neurology Associates 4544 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 760 512-509-0200

Nidhi Munshi Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Douglas J. Fox Baylor Scott & White NeuroTexas 5625 Eiger Road, Ste. 150 512-654-4550

Daniel L. Peterson Austin Neurosurgeons 3003 Bee Cave Road, Ste. 201 512-314-3888

Scott Boruchow ARC East 7th 2785 E. 7th St. 737-910-6700

Patience Reading The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-655-3737

Paul Nader Austin Kidney Associates 4100 Duval Road, Bldg. 4, Ste. 102 512-451-5800

Glenn Edward Harper Advanced Pain Care 2000 S. Mays St., Ste. 201, Round Rock 512-244-4272

Richard Stovall Central Texas Brain & Spine 2217 Park Bend Drive, Ste. 400 512-730-0000

Yasser Nasser Austin Kidney Associates 408 W. 45th St. 512-451-5800

Matthew Hummell Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurosurgery 5103 Kyle Center Drive, Ste. 104, Kyle 512-504-0893

Peter Miller Austin Kidney Associates 321 W. Ben White Blvd., Ste. 205 512-451-5800

William A. Rodriguez Austin Kidney Associates 408 W. 45th St. 512-451-5800 Vincent Tjia The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-4010 Sujatha Venkatesh Austin Kidney Associates 321 W. Ben White Blvd., Ste. 205 512-451-5800

Neurological Surgery Ramsey R. Ashour Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurosurgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-F 512-324-8300

Mark G. Burnett Baylor Scott & White NeuroTexas 5625 Eiger Road, Ste. 150 512-654-4550

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Carl Lauryssen Central Texas Brain & Spine 2217 Park Bend Drive, Ste. 400 512-730-0000 Thomas S. Loftus Austin Neurosurgical Institute 2200 Park Bend Drive, Bldg. 2, Ste. 202 512-836-0900 Marcella Madera Austin Integrative Spine 1101 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. F-150, West Lake Hills 512-817-4600

Alexa Bodman Austin Brain & Spine – Central 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 600 512-306-1323

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Juan Ramon OrtegaBarnett Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurosurgery 5103 Kyle Center Drive, Ste. 104, Kyle 512-504-0893

Hari Tumu Austin Brain & Spine 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 600 512-306-1323 Ram R. Vasudevan Ausitn NeuroSpine 5300 Bee Cave Road, Bldg. 1, Ste. 220 512-640-0010 James S. Waldron Baylor Scott & White NeuroTexas 5625 Eiger Road, Ste. 150 512-654-4550 Vincent Y. Wang Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurosurgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-F 512-324-8300 Kristopher Michael Webb Baylor Scott & White NeuroTexas 910 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 512-260-6100

Neurology Sara G. Austin Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurosurgery 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-324-3540

Blake Freeman Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 100 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-218-1222 Adam Horvit Central Texas Neurology Consultants 16040 Park Valley Drive, Bldg. B, Ste. 100, Round Rock 512-920-0140 Yessar Hussain Austin Neuromuscular Center 4705 Spicewood Springs Road 512-324-3540 Manzure Mawla Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurology 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-324-8300 Jefferson T. Miley Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurology 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-F 512-458-6121 David W. Morledge Austin Neurological Clinic 711 W. 38th St., Bldg. F 737-910-6700 Reddiah Mummaneni Cedar Park Neurology & Sleep Medicine 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

B, Ste. 412-A, Cedar Park 512-433-6333 Patrick Nolan ARC East 7th 2785 E. 7th St. 512-901-1111

Jeffrey Jasper Tramonte Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-593-2131 Stephanie Vertrees Vertrees Headache Center 8200 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 270 512-654-1234 Iris Wingrove Optimize Neurology 6611 River Place Blvd., Ste. 205 512-528-7202

Neuroradiology Nabeel Farhataziz ARA Diagnostic Imaging 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-5100 Sam M. Hassibi ARA Diagnostic Imaging 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-8505 Bhairav N. Patel ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Nuclear Medicine John R. Leahy ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

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Stanislav I. Spiridonov ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 G. Hussain Thaver ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

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Rachel L. Breedlove ARC South Ob/Gyn 4315 James Casey St., Stes. 105 & 200 512-383-9752

Laura Eastep Women’s Health Texas 1305 W. 34th St., Ste. 308 512-459-8082

Diane L. Brinkman** ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888

Bailey Escarzaga Women’s Health Texas 1305 W. 34th St., Ste. 308 512-459-8082

**Gynecology only Shannon Abikhaled** Women’s Health Texas 6836 Bee Cave Road, Bldg. 3, Ste. 150 512-375-2555 Allison Anderson Austin Area Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Fertility 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. 100 512-652-7001 Sindura Bandi ARC North Austin Ob/Gyn 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 250 512-994-2662 Crystal S. BerryRoberts ARC South Ob/Gyn 4315 James Casey St., Ste. 200 512-383-9752 Sapna R. Bhagat ARC South Ob/Gyn 4315 James Casey St., Stes. 105 & 200 512-383-9752 Nancy Binford** Balcones Obstetrics & Gynecology 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 540 512-452-8888 Kathleen Boswell Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Sharyl R. Brasher-Giles ARC Seton Northwest 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 475 512-338-8181

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Andrea L. Campaigne ARC North Austin Ob/Gyn 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 250 512-994-2662 Renu Chalasani ARC Seton Northwest 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 475 512-338-8181 Shao-Chun Rose Chang-Jackson ARC Center Street 22420 I-35, Ste. 203, Kyle 737-404-0347 Tara A. Cherry ARC South Ob/Gyn 4315 James Casey St., Stes. 105 & 200 512-383-9752 Robert J. Cosentino** ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-6611

Jayme B. Evans ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581 Joseph Isaac Fernandez Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Alyson Garcia Austin Area Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Fertility 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. 100 512-652-7001 Romy Ghosh ARC North Austin Ob/Gyn 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 250 512-994-2662 Yuhan Virginia Hu Austin Obgyn Associates 2911 Medical Arts Square, Bldgs. 2 & 3 512-391-0175

Robert Cowan Austin Area Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Fertility 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. 100 512-652-7001

Robert S. Hughes** ARC Seton Northwest 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 475 512-338-8181

Alinda R. Cox** ARC South Ob/Gyn 4315 James Casey St., Ste. 200 512-383-9752

Natasya Ikbal Women’s Health Texas 1305 W. 34th St., Ste. 308 512-459-8082

Wendy Cutler The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-4013

Lisa M. Jukes** Modern Women’s Health 5656 Bee Caves Road, Ste. B101 512-301-6767

Caroline A. Kaufman ARC North Austin Ob/Gyn 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 250 512-994-2662

Matthew T. Romberg Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

Whitney C. Keller Ascension Medical Group Seton Women’s Health 1201 W. 38th St. 512-324-8670

Anita R. Sandhu ARC North Austin Ob/Gyn 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 250 512-994-2662

Karen Kish** Women’s Health Texas 6836 Bee Cave Road, Bldg. 3, Ste. 150 512-375-2555

Christopher Seeker Austin Area Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Fertility 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. 100 512-652-7001

Kimberly B. Loar** Texas Oncology 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 300 512-873-8900 Megan McCoin Women’s Health Texas 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 100 512-454-5721 Laura Meritt Women’s Health Texas 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 225 512-339-6626 Cindy Mingea** St. David’s Medical Center 900 E. 30th St., Ste. 303 512-479-6655 Rosa A. Moreno** ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888 Michael F. Phillips Austin Area Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Fertility 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. 100 512-652-7001 Maansi Piparia Women’s Health Domain 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 330 737-377-5129

Jennifer Summers Women’s Health Texas 1305 W. 34th St., Ste. 308 512-459-8082 Leah D. Tatum ARC North Austin Ob/Gyn 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 250 512-994-2662 Marco Uribe Austin Area Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Fertility 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. 100 512-652-7001 Sharon A. Vaz ARC Seton Northwest 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 475 512-338-8181 Alyson Vokes Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234 Karla Waller ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581

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Diana Wang Austin Area Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Fertility 12200 Renfert Way, Ste. 100 512-652-7001

Christal E. Murray Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0099

Oncology

Krishna Patel Texas Oncology 1500 Rivery Blvd., Ste. 2215, Georgetown 512-688-5579

Sandy Itwaru Anne Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0099 Punit Chadha Texas Oncology 4101 James Casey St., Ste. 100 512-447-2202 Jane S. Chawla Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400 Mika Cline Texas Oncology 901 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-421-4100 Benjamin Joel Downie Austin Cancer Center 2000 Scenic Drive, Ste. G002, Georgetown 512-505-5500 Meaghan Dubin Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0099 Allison E. Gorrebeeck Texas Oncology 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 300 512-873-8900 Beth Hellerstedt Texas Oncology 2410 Round Rock Ave., Ste. 150, Round Rock 512-341-8724 Kathryn E. Hudson Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400

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Debra Patt Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400 Brian J. Shimkus Austin Cancer Center 16030 Park Valley Drive, Ste. 201, Round Rock 512-505-5500 Rakesh Surapaneni Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Dina J. Tebcherany Texas Oncology 4101 James Casey St., Ste. 100 512-447-2202 Laurence Tokaz Texas Oncology 4101 James Casey St., Ste. 100 512-447-2202 Athira Unnikrishnan Texas Oncology 901 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-421-4100 Naheed Velji Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0099 Ojas Vyas Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0099

Jennifer Wright Texas Oncology 4101 James Casey St., Ste. 100 512-447-2202 Jeff Yorio Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400

Ophthalmology Peter Broberg Broberg Eye Care 4207 James Casey St., Ste. 305 512-447-6096 Marie Bui NuVision Eye 1604 Park Valley Drive, Ste. 222-B, Round Rock Eric Dai Eye Physicians of Austin 5011 Burnet Road 512-583-2020 Clio Armitage Harper III Austin Retina Associates 801 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 800-252-8259 Kristen M. Hawthorne Howerton Eye Clinic 2610 S. I-35 512-443-9715 Fuad Makkouk Austin Eye Center 9707 Anderson Mill Road, Ste. 220 512-693-9363 John Odette Austin Eye 2700 Bee Cave Road 512-250-2020 Ravi H. Patel Eye Associates of Central Texas 2120 Round Rock Ave., Ste. 100, Round Rock 512-244-1991 Radha Ram Texas Children’s Hospital 8611 N. Mopac Expy.

737-220-8200

Kyle Rhodes Lake Travis Eye & Laser Center 3503 Wild Cherry Drive, Ste. 3, Lakeway 512-263-9000 Stanley Michael Saulny Jr. Westlake Eye Specialists 5656 Bee Caves Road, Ste. F200 512-472-4011 Ami Shah Vira Texas Neuro Eye & Plastic Surgery 210 N. Lakeline Blvd., Ste. 100, Cedar Park 512-553-9545 R. Todd Smith Eye Institute of Austin 3300 W. Anderson Lane, Ste. 308 512-454-8744 Natalie Stanciu Westlake Eye Specialists 5656 Bee Caves Road, Ste. F200 512-472-4011 Zarmeena Vendal Westlake Eye Specialists 5656 Bee Caves Road, Ste. F200 512-472-4011 Elizabeth Roberts Vreeland Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Shannon Wong Austin Eye 2700 Bee Cave Road 512-250-2020

Orthopedic Surgery Michael M. Albrecht Advanced Pain Care 1106 College St., Ste. C, Bastrop 512-244-4272 Michael A. Andreo ARC Medical Park Tower Orthopedics 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 102 512-454-4561

Shelby H. Carter The Center for Hip & Knee Replacement at St. David’s Medical Center 3000 S. I-35, Ste. 500 737-202-2500 Gregory E. Catlett Jr. Orthopedic Specialists of Austin 4611 Guadalupe St., Ste. 200 512-476-2830 J. Albert Diaz Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5330 Overpass Road, Ste. 100, Buda 737-999-6600 Matthew D. Driscoll ARC Medical Park Tower Orthopedics 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 102 512-454-4561 Nathan McGill Drummond Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234 Douglas Elenz Austin Sports Medicine & Orthopedics 900 W. 38th St., Ste. 300 512-450-1300 Joshua Fox Ascension Medical Group Seton Orthopedics 3707 S. 2nd St., Ste. 100 512-324-9170 Tyler D. Goldberg Austin Orthopedic Institute 11675 Jollyville Road, Ste. 207 512-856-1000 E. Matthew Heinrich Orthopedic Specialists of Austin 4611 Guadalupe St., Ste. 200 512-476-2830

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Austin Daniel Hill Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-439-1000 Joel H. Hurt Austin Orthopedic Institute 11675 Jollyville Road, Ste. 207 512-856-1000

Karl Marc Koenig UT Health Austin Musculoskeletal Institute 1601 Trinity St., 9th Floor 833-882-2737 David C. Laverty Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-485-0526

Grayson Moore Legacy Bone & Joint Orthopedics + Sports Medicine 3944 Ranch Road 620 S., Bldg. 6, Ste. 203, Bee Cave 512-894-2294

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Esther Cheung-Phillips River ENT 6611 River Place Blvd., Ste. 301 512-677-6368

John “Caleb” Simmons ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics 3816 S. First St. 512-443-1311

Anjuli Desai Capitol Pain Institute 8015 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 103 844-562-0518

Vilas Saldanha Texas Orthopedics, a Division of OrthoLoneStar 3755 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. 160 512-485-0538

Mark O. Dammert Austin ENT Clinic 5625 Eiger Road, Ste. 125 512-600-8090

Karen Stierman ENT & Allergy Center of Austin 2765 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 205 512-328-7722

Bennett J. Ezekiel Austin Interventional Pain 12309 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 125 512-400-4195

Chad Wayne Whited Austin Ear Nose Throat Clinic 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 320 512-454-0392

Genaro J. Gutierrez Pain Specialists of America 7201 Wyoming Springs Drive, Ste. 400, Round Rock 512-953-8133

David C. Savage Ascension Medical Group Seton Orthopedics 3707 S. Second St., Ste. 100 512-324-9170 Edward Seade Orthopedic Specialists of Austin 4611 Guadalupe St., Ste. 200 512-583-4212 Kristopher G. Stockton Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 911 W. 38th St., Ste. 300 512-485-0534

David H. Michel ARC Medical Park Tower Orthopedics 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 102 512-454-4561

Jeffrey Padalecki ARC Medical Park Tower Orthopedics 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 102 512-454-4561

Mark Parrella Orthopedic Associates of Central Texas 5625 Eiger Road, Ste. 175 512-326-2800

Mark Santman Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Earl Kilbride Austin Orthopedic Institute 11675 Jollyville Road, Ste. 207 512-856-1000

Donavan Kip Murphy Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

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Otolaryngology/Ear Nose Throat Rachel Elizabeth Arffa Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Ryan Boerner Austin ENT Clinic 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 320 512-454-0392 Russell Briggs ENT & Allergy Center of Austin 2765 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 205 512-328-7722

Achal R. Dhruva ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581 James R. Eskew Austin ENT Clinic 4315 James Casey St., Ste. 300 512-444-7944 Kent Jones ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888 Alison Kartush The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-1111 Joseph M. Leary ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888 Matthew M. Meigs ARC Round Rock 940 Hesters Crossing Road, Round Rock 512-244-9024 Robert Nason ENT Specialists of Austin 720 W. 34th St., Ste. 110 512-346-7600 Jeremy (Scott) Sebastian ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics 3816 S. First St. 512-443-1311

Michael J. Yium Austin ENT Clinic 4315 James Casey St., Ste. 300 512-444-7944 Jeffrey S. Zapalac Austin ENT Associates 7200 Wyoming Springs Drive, Ste. 1400, Round Rock 512-458-6391

Kristen Jarzombek Greater Austin Pain Center 5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 6, Ste. 150 512-865-5329

Pain Management

David Kim Tricity Pain Associates 4544 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 740 844-789-7246

Raimy Amasha Capitol Pain Institute 8015 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 103 844-562-0518

Mark Thomas Malone Advanced Pain Care 2000 S. Mays St., Ste. 201, Round Rock 512-244-4272

Timothy Bednar Greater Austin Pain Center 5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 6, Ste. 150 512-298-1645

Robert S. Marks Diagnostic Pain Center 12176 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. D 512-981-7246

Hasan Chowdhury Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Pankaj Mehta Pain Specialists of America 3310 E. Central Texas Expy., Bldg. B, Ste. 201, Killeen 254-247-3322

Ali Daha Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

Asad Nawaz Williamson Pain Institute 1603 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. 3, Ste. 330, Cedar Park 512-244-4383

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Mahan Ostadian Republic Spine & Pain 13617 Caldwell Drive, Ste. 100 512-219-8787 Devin Peck Georgetown & Austin Interventional Pain 12309 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 125 512-400-4195 Alan Silberberg Greater Austin Pain Center 5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 6, Ste. 150 512-298-1645 Martin V. Thai Advanced Pain Management & Rehab 12309 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 125 512-206-8000 Christopher Vije Pain Partners of Texas 14425 Falcon Head Blvd., Ste. F-103 512-534-5039 Clement Yeh Republic Spine & Pain 13617 Caldwell Drive, Ste. 100 512-219-8787

Pathology Timothy F. Kolda Clinical Pathology Associates 3445 Executive Center Drive, Ste. 250 512-579-4000 Megan Kressin Clinical Pathology Associates 3445 Executive Center Drive, Ste. 250 512-579-4000 Margaret B. Listrom Clinical Pathology Associates 3445 Executive Center Drive, Ste. 250 512-579-4000

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Craig J. Peterson Clinical Pathology Associates 3445 Executive Center Drive, Ste. 250 512-579-4000

K. Anitha Jayakumar Texas Children’s Specialty Care Austin 8611 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 300 737-220-8200

Ronald George Tee Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

Hanoch Patt Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Associates 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 102 512-777-2917

Pediatric Developmental Behavioral

Ravneet Donegan Texas Children’s Hospital 8611 N. Mopac Expy.

737-220-8200 Alison Humphrey Texas Children’s Specialty Care 8611 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 300 737-220-8200 Jackee D. Kayser Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1870 Pooja Varshney Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1870

Pediatric Anesthesiology Scott M. Brandt U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Texas 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 570 512-454-2554

Hasti Sanandajifar Texas Children’s Hospital 8611 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 300 737-220-8200 Kenneth Shaffer Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Associates 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 102 512-777-2917 Karen Wright Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Associates 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 102 512-777-2917

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Samantha Heather Dallefeld Pediatric Critical Care Associates 4900 Mueller Blvd.

512-324-0000

Pediatric Dermatology

Genevieve P. Mounce U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Texas 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 570 512-454-2554

Lucia Z. Diaz Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1920

Pediatric Cardiology

Moise L. Levy Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1920

D. Byron Holt Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Associates 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 102 512-777-2917

Jennifer Shuley Ruth Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1920

Sheri Michelle Ravenscroft Dell Children’s Medical Group 5339 N. I-35, Ste. 100 512-324-0098 Nhung Thi-Vien Tran Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 200, Cedar Park 512-324-0098

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Sujit S. Iyer U.S. Acute Care Solutions 4900 Mueller Blvd.

512-452-8533 Robert Martin Vezzetti La Costa Centre 6300 La Calma Drive, Ste. 200 512-452-8533

Pediatric Endocrinology Rajani Prabhakaran Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1830 Shona K. Rabon Dell Children’s Medical Group 5301 Davis Lane 512-628-1830 Stephanie L. Tacquard Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 200, Cedar Park 512-628-1830

Pediatric Gastroenterology D. Dyer Heintz Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1810 Marisa R. Izaguirre Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1810 Anees A. Siddiqui Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 401 512-628-1810 R. Jeff Zwiener Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1810

Pediatric Genetics James B. Gibson Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1840

Pediatric Hematology Oncology Shannon M. Cohn Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1900 Raven Cooksey Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1900 Philip Neff Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1900

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Linda G. Shaffer Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1900 Donald T. Wells Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1900

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Lauren Kate Gambill Mueller Pediatrics 4900 Mueller Blvd.

512-324-0165

Pediatric Infectious Disease Marisol Fernandez Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1820 Sarmistha B. Hauger Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1820

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Pediatric Neurology Lindsay Elton Child Neurology Consultants of Austin 7940 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 100 512-494-4000 Jeffrey Kane Child Neurology Consultants of Austin 5301 Davis Lane, Ste. A200 512-494-4000 Karen Keough Child Neurology Consultants of Austin 7940 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 100 512-494-4000

Pediatric Ophthalmology Megyn Leonor Busse Austin Pediatric Ophthalmology 4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 150 512-345-3595

Pediatric Nephrology

Megan McRee Geloneck Dell Children’s Medical Group 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 220 512-324-6755

Kartik Pillutla Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1860

Lan T. Hoang Dell Children’s Medical Group 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 220 512-324-6755

Alyssa A. Riley Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1860

Pediatric Orthopedics

David H. Simon Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1860

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Kelly E. Cline Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-485-0539 Matthew Ellington Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 300 512-478-8116

Hilton Gottschalk Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 300 512-478-8116

Corrie E. Roehm Dell Children’s Medical Group 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-324-2720

Jason J. Fullmer Dell Children’s Medical Group 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 400 512-380-9200

Brian Kaufman Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 300 512-478-8116

Pediatric Palliative Care

J. Brian Kang Dell Children’s Medical Group 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 400 512-380-9200

Ryan Murdock Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 300 512-478-8116 Catherine Sargent Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 300 512-478-8116 Chris Souder Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 300 512-478-8116

Pediatric Otolaryngology/Ear Nose Throat Robert Arthur Williamson Jr. Dell Children’s Medical Group 9010 N. Lake Creek Pkwy., Bldg. 2, Ste. 203 512-324-2720 James Attra Dell Children’s Medical Group 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-324-2720 Stacey L. Clark Dell Children’s Medical Group 3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-324-2720

Dianna Yip Dell Children’s Medical Group 4900 Mueller Blvd.

512-324-0197

Pediatric Pathology Chandra Krishnan Clinical Pathology Associates 3445 Executive Center Drive, Ste. 250 512-579-4000

Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Glendaliz Bosques Dell Children’s Medical Group 4910 Mueller Blvd., Ste. 300 512-628-1893

Pediatric Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Sarah Frommer Texas Children’s Specialty Care 8611 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 300 737-220-8200

Pediatric Pulmonology Lisa Marie Barber Dell Children’s Medical Group 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 400 512-380-9200 Danielle C. Beachler Dell Children’s Medical Group 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 400 512-380-9200

Kavita Patel Texas Children’s Specialty Care 8611 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 300 737-220-8200 Jordan V. Scalo Dell Children’s Medical Group 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 400 512-380-9200

Pediatric Radiology Shaheen M. Hussaini ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Gael J. Lonergan ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Eugene Tong ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Christopher J. Yen ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

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Pediatric Rheumatology Ruy Carrasco Pediatric Rheumatology Consultants 7940 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 100 512-494-4000 Vy Khanh Do Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1880 Mailan Nguyen Texas Children’s Hospital 8611 N. Mopac Expy.

737-220-8200 Janet Ellen Orrock Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1880

Pediatric Surgery Nilda M. Garcia Austin Pediatric Surgery 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 400 512-708-1234 Erich J. Grethel Austin Pediatric Surgery 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 400 512-708-1234 Jeffrey R. Horwitz Austin Pediatric Surgery 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 400 512-708-1234 Michael D. Josephs Austin Pediatric Surgery 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 400 512-708-1234 Tory A. Meyer Austin Pediatric Surgery 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 400 512-708-1234 Ankur R. Rana Austin Pediatric Surgery 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 400 512-708-1234

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Julie I. Sanchez Austin Pediatric Surgery 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 400 512-708-1234

Pediatric Urology

Bradley Ross Berg Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Jose C. Cortez Children’s Urology 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 302 512-472-6134

Nicole Bernard Texas Children’s Pediatrics Lone Star Pediatrics 12120 Ranch Road 620 N. 512-833-7334

Leslie T. McQuiston Children’s Urology 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 302 512-472-6134

Scott A. Broberg ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics 3816 S. First St. 512-443-1311

Vani S. Menon Children’s Urology 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 302 512-472-6134

Ari Brown 411 Pediatrics 925 Westbank Drive, Ste. 100 512-675-5485

George M. Seremetis Children’s Urology 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 302 512-472-6134

Goddy Tapang Corpuz Baylor Scott & White Clinic 910 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 512-260-6100

Pediatrics General Martha B. AbreuMacomber Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Lakshmi Venkata Naga Atkuri Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Grace C. Averitt ARC Georgetown 940 W. University Ave., Ste. 101, Georgetown 512-819-0264 Lynn Mildred Azuma Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Avis Meeks Day ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics 3816 S. 1st St. 512-443-1311 Samantha Elizabeth Dieterich Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Mai X. Duong ARC Southwest 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 490 512-282-8967 Michael J. Gennrich ARC Quarry Lake 4515 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 220 512-338-8388 William F. Getman ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611

Helena C. Gonzalez ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611 Danielle D. Grant Beansprout Pediatrics 20424 Haystack Cove, Spicewood 512-610-7030 Claire M. Hebner Lirios Pediatrics 4201 S. Congress Ave., Ste. 202 512-502-5205 Anna (Liz) E. Holliman ARC Kelly Lane 2100 Autumn Slate Drive, Ste. 150, Pflugerville 737-220-7200 Juliette Howes Owens GROW Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 105 512-467-7334 Elizabeth C. Knapp ARC Far West 6835 Austin Center Blvd.

512-346-6611 Sharon C. Leong ARC Quarry Lake 4515 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 220 512-338-8388 Marjan A. Linnell ARC Kyle Plum Creek 4100 Everett St., Ste. 400, Kyle 512-295-1333 Tammy S. McConnell Children’s Medical Group 1912 W. 35th St. 512-451-5161 Ryan P. Peterson ARC Kelly Lane 2100 Autumn Slate Drive, Ste. 150, Pflugerville 512-259-3467 Keerti K. Peterson ARC Cedar Park 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. C, Cedar Park 737-220-7200

Knema P. Rezaei Bazazizad ARC Southwest 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 490 512-282-8967 Maria C. Scranton ARC Round Rock 940 Hesters Crossing Road, Round Rock 512-244-9024 Sapna Shah ARC Anderson Mill 10401 Anderson Mill Road, Ste. 110-B 512-250-5571 Sunaina Suhag ARC East 7th 2785 E. Seventh St., 737-910-6700 Kelly Thorstad Texas Children’s Pediatrics Lone Star Pediatrics 12120 Ranch Road 620 N. 512-833-7334 Judith Whitmire Enders ARC Kelly Lane 2100 Autumn Slate Drive, Ste. 150, Pflugerville 737-220-7200

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Kenneth Bunch Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-485-0510 Erik Stuart Diebolt The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-1111 Mihnea Dumitrescu Precision Regenerative & Functional Medicine 1101 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Bldg. F, Ste. 101, West Lake Hills 512-892-0490

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Jim B. Fernandez Austin Sports Medicine & Orthopedics 900 W. 38th St., Ste. 300 512-450-1300 Christopher J. Garrison Ascension Medical Group Seton PM&R 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 312 512-324-7131 Lee E. Moroz Ascension Texas Spine and Scoliosis 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 200 512-324-3580

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Patrick D. Combs Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 301 512-324-0918 Jeffrey D. Cone Jr. Wellspring Plastic Surgery 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 206 512-600-2888 Lauren Crawford Synergy Plastic Surgery 11200 Menchaca Road, Bldg. 2, Ste. 201 512-244-1439

Ai Mukai Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 3755 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. 160 512-485-0514

David Dellinger Elysian Plastic Surgery 11623 Angus Road, Ste. C15 512-229-1978

Mark Vincent Queralt UT Health Austin Musculoskeletal Institute 1601 Trinity St. 833-882-2737

Brent M. Egeland Ascension Medical Group Seton Plastic and Hand Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-D 512-324-8320

Kristin A. Wong Ascension Medical Group Seton PM&R 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 312 512-324-7131 Bonny Wong Austin Rehabilitation Specialists 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 660 512-236-1310 Esther Yaniv Austin Spine Health 3345 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 101 512-428-4500

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Marcelo Antunes Face Austin 12309 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 100 512-339-1661

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John M. Eggleston III Breast Reconstruction Associates 12201 Renfert Way, Ste. 100 512-763-4545 Christine Fisher Austin Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2905 San Gabriel St., Ste. 100 512-815-0123 Ashley Gordon Restora Austin Plastic Surgery Centre 901 W. 38th St., Ste. 401 512-371-8817 Scott Haydon Austin Plastic Surgery Institute & Skin Care Clinic 4701 Bee Cave Road, Ste. 202 512-300-2600

Steven L. Henry Ascension Medical Group Seton Plastic and Hand Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-D 512-324-8320 Brian P. Kelley Ascension Medical Group Seton Plastic and Hand Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-D 512-324-8320 Patrick Kelley Dell Children’s Medical Group 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 301 512-324-0918

Ned Snyder IV Snyder Plastic Surgery 1510 W. 34th St., Ste. 100 512-523-6030 Galen S. Wachtman Ascension Medical Group Seton Plastic and Hand Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-D 512-324-8320 Adam Bryce Weinfeld Ascension Medical Group Seton Plastic and Hand Surgery 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 420 512-324-2765

Podiatry

Claude-Jean Langevin Wellspring Plastic Surgery 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 206 512-600-2888

Andrew Bruyn Baylor Scott & White Clinic 5330 Overpass Road, Buda 737-999-6600

Jeff H. Luh Ascension Medical Group Seton Plastic and Hand Surgery 5235 Overpass Road, Ste. 100, Buda 512-504-0879

Kenneth L. Cornell ARC Round Rock 940 Hesters Crossing Road, Round Rock 512-244-9024

David Mosier Plastic Surgery Center of Austin PA 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 206 512-338-4404 Rocco Piazza The Piazza Center for Plastic Surgery & Advanced Skin Care 5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 7, Ste. 200 512-288-8200 Elisabeth Potter 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 204 512-867-6211 Dustin Reid Restora Austin Plastic Surgery Centre 901 W. 38th St., Ste. 401 512-371-8817

Vikas A. Godhania ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888 Daniel T. Halloran ARC Cedar Park 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. B, Stes. 100 & 101, Cedar Park 512-259-3467 Amanda Willrich Hudson Baylor Scott & White Clinic 910 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 512-260-6100 Elliott Hudson Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

David Pytowski ARC Kyle Plum Creek 4100 Everett St., Ste. 400, Kyle 512-295-1333 Carlos Romero ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics 3816 S. First St. 512-443-1311 Jonathan Smedley Precision Podiatry 7200 Wyoming Springs Drive, Ste. 1150, Round Rock 512-255-0125 Craig H. Thomajan Austin Foot and Ankle Specialists 5000 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 202 512-328-8900

Psychiatry Deepak Manappallil Davidson Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Kristin Yeung Lasseter Reproductive Psychiatry and Counseling 4022 Menchaca Road 512-982-4116 Laura Katie Maxwell Affiliated Psychological Services 9501 N. Capital of Texas Hwy., Bldg. 1 & 3 512-877-2878 Robin May-Davis Robin May-Davis Psychiatry 2224 Walsh Tarlton Lane, Ste. 110 512-291-6370 Karen Seroussi Vibrant Minds Psychiatry Clinic 1914 Justin Lane 512-300-0428

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Karen Anne Valdez Baylor Scott & White Clinic 4945 Williams Drive, Georgetown 512-819-0500

Esther L. Fields Georgetown Pulmonary Associates 1900 Scenic Drive, Ste. 2220, Georgetown 512-819-0132

Blair E. Walker Ascension Medical Group Seton Behavioral Health 1500 Red River St. 512-324-2080

Sean Gilbey Austin Pulmonary Consultants 5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 1, Ste. 150 512-441-9799

Pulmonology

Laura K. Gilbey Austin Pulmonary Consultants 3600 W. Parmer Lane, Ste. 106 512-977-0123

Matthew Anderson Austin Pulmonary Consultants 3600 W. Parmer Lane, Ste. 106 512-977-0123 Harsh Babbar U.S. Acute Care Solutions 512-452-8533 Rajesh Babu Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234 William Bartek Austin Pulmonary Consultants 5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 1, Ste. 150 512-441-9799 Huaizhen Chen Austin Pulmonary Consultants 3600 W. Parmer Lane, Ste. 106 512-977-0123 John David Dallas Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340 Dominic R. deKeratry Georgetown Pulmonary Associates 1900 Scenic Drive, Ste. 2220, Georgetown 512-819-0132

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Jadvinder Singh Goraya Baylor Scott & White Clinic 302 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Shailaja J. Hayden Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340 John D. Hinze Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340 Shenil Shah Austin Pulmonary Consultants 3600 W. Parmer Lane, Ste. 106 512-977-0123 Michael Shapiro Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340

Jordan S. Weingarten Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-324-3340

Radiation Oncology Karen Cohen Texas Oncology 2410 Round Rock Ave., Ste. 150, Round Rock 512-341-8724 Shannon D. Cox Austin Cancer Center 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. Ll2 512-505-5500 Richard Garza Austin Center for Radiation Oncology 1020 W. 34th St. 512-687-1950 Michael Herman Texas Oncology 2410 Round Rock Ave., Ste. 150, Round Rock 512-341-8724 Mehul K. Patel Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0099 Douglas J. Rivera Austin Cancer Center 2000 Scenic Drive, Ste. G002, Georgetown 512-505-5500 Courtney Sheinbein Texas Oncology 301 Seton Pkwy., Ste. 104, Round Rock 512-687-2300 Ryan Tierney Texas Oncology 4101 James Casey St., Ste. 100 512-447-2202 Kirsten Warhoe Austin Cancer Center 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. Ll2 512-505-5500

Catherine Wu Texas Oncology 4101 James Casey St., Ste. 100 512-447-2202

Thomas Vaughn Texas Fertility Center 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 1 512-451-0149

Radiology

Rheumatology

Peter Koplyay Baylor Scott & White Medical Center 100 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway

Stephanie Booth 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 110 512-454-3631

Rajeev Shah ARA Diagnostic Imaging 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-5100

Reproductive Endocrinology/ Infertility Maya B. Bledsoe ARC Seton Northwest 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 475 512-338-8181 Natalie Crawford Fora Fertility 715 W. 34th St. 512-956-5006

Tina C. Bunch ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888 Eduardo J. Cepeda The Austin Diagnostic Clinic – Cedar Bend 2400 Cedar Bend Drive 512-901-4018 Anurekha B. Chadha ARC Far West Medical Tower 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888

Lisa Hansard Texas Fertility Center 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 1 512-451-0149

Teresa Chavez Baylor Scott & White Clinic 16018 W. Hwy. 71, Bee Cave 512-654-3900

Shahryar K. Kavoussi Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine 300 Beardsley Lane, Bldg. B, Ste. 200 512-444-1414

Brock E. Harper The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 2400 Cedar Bend Drive 512-901-1111

Angela Kelley Aspire Fertility 911 W. 38th St., Ste. 402 512-479-7979

Robert J. Koval Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-485-0516

Kenneth K. Moghadam Austin Fertility Institute 2200 Park Bend Drive, Bldg. 1, Ste. 402 512-339-4234 Kaylen Silverberg Texas Fertility Center 6500 N. Mopac Expy., Bldg. 1 512-451-0149

David C. Kung ARC Medical Plaza Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581

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Allyson Kristen McDonough Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Matthew J. Geck Ascension Texas Spine & Scoliosis 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 200 512-324-3580

Ricky C. Mehta ARC Kyle Plum Creek 4100 Everett St., Ste. 400, Kyle 512-295-1333

Robert Josey Orthopedic Specialists of Austin 4611 Guadalupe St., Ste. 200 512-400-4149

Samuel Pegram Advanced Pain Care 3316 Williams Drive, Ste. 150, Georgetown 512-244-4272

Craig A. Kuhns Austin Spine 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 708 512-347-7463

Darush Rahmani ARC Round Rock 940 Hesters Crossing Road, Round Rock 512-244-9024

Michael Moghimi Orthopedic Specialists of Austin 4611 Guadalupe St., Ste. 200 512-476-2830

Brian S. Sayers 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 110 512-454-3631

Mustasim N. Rumi Ascension Medical Group Seton Orthopedics 16020 Park Valley Drive, Round Rock 512-324-9170

Olga V. Szalasny Baylor Scott & White Clinic 425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 Monty Tew The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 1499 E. Old Settlers Blvd., Ste. B, Round Rock 512-901-4033

Sleep Medicine

Rick M. Wupperman Austin Spine 3000 N. I-35, Ste. 708 512-347-7463

Ashwin Gowda Texas Sleep Medicine 1221 W. Ben White Blvd., Ste. A100 512-440-5757

Sports Medicine

Reddiah Mummaneni Cedar Park Neurology & Sleep Medicine 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg.

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Mark Santman Baylor Scott & White Clinic 300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200 John K. Stokes Ascension Texas Spine and Scoliosis 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 200 512-324-3580

Sonia Yousuf ARC Southwest 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 490 512-282-8967

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Deborah A. Bergfeld Ascension Medical Group Seton PM&R 1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 312 512-324-7131

Ross E. Hairgrove ARC Kyle Plum Creek 4100 Everett St., Ste. 400, Kyle 512-295-1333 Alexandria Joann Haselhorst Ascension Sports Performance 3724 Executive Center Drive, Ste. G10 512-324-7131 John E. McDonald Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar 4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-485-0517 Brett Robin Advanced Pain Care 2000 S. Mays St. S., Ste. 201, Round Rock 512-244-4272 Brandon Keith Zinn ARC Cedar Park 801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. B, Stes. 100 & 101, Cedar Park 512-259-3467 Jerett A. Zipin ARC Kelly Lane 2100 Autumn Slate Drive, Ste. 150, Pflugerville 737-220-7200

Surgical Oncology Richard Y. Fleming UT Health Austin Surgical Oncology 1601 Trinity St. 833-882-2737 Rob Alan Fuller Texas Oncology 901 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-421-4250 Shaun P. McKenzie Texas Oncology 12221 Renfert Way, Ste. 120 512-421-4250 Rebecca L. Wiatrek Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-421-4250

Trauma Surgery Carlos V. Brown Ascension Medical Group Seton Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-F 512-324-7873 Marc D. Trust Ascension Medical Group Seton Surgery 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-F 512-324-7873

Urology Micaela Aleman 2911 Medical Arts Square, Ste. 1A 512-476-9850 Brett William Baker Urology Austin 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-477-5905 Carl Bischoff Urology Austin 16040 Park Valley Drive, Bldg. A, Ste. 111, Round Rock 512-248-2200 R. Grady Bruce Urology Austin 11410 Jollyville Road, Ste. 1101 512-231-1444 David Cuellar Urology Austin 16040 Park Valley Drive, Bldg. A, Ste. 111, Round Rock 512-248-2200 Melody Denson Urology Austin 11410 Jollyville Road, Ste. 1101 512-231-1444 Robert Dickinson Urology Austin 1180 Seton Pkwy., Ste. 125, Kyle 512-268-7200 Eric Giesler Urology Austin 11410 Jollyville Road, Ste. 1101 512-231-1444

Miranda Hardee Urology Austin 11410 Jollyville Road, Ste. 1101 512-231-1444 Bryan Kansas Urology Austin 11410 Jollyville Road, Ste. 1101 512-231-1444 Nikki P. Le The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

512-901-1111 Michael Lynn McClelland Urology Austin 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-477-5905 Ilana Michal Mendelow Baylor Scott & White Clinic 200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234 Sandeep Mistry NAU Urology Specialists 970 Hesters Crossing Road, Ste. 101, Round Rock 512-238-0762 Elizabeth Mobley Urology Austin 11410 Jollyville Road, Ste. 1101 512-231-1444 Robert Northway Urology Austin 608 Radam Lane 512-443-5988 Stacy Ong NAU Urology Specialists 970 Hesters Crossing Road, Ste. 101, Round Rock 512-238-0762 E.C. Osterberg III Ascension Medical Group Seton Urology 1601 Trinity St., Ste. 704-F 512-324-7871

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Matthew D. Pearson The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy.

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Michael Trotter Midtown Urology Associates 911 W. 38th St., Ste. 200 512-451-7935

David Phillips Urology Austin 608 Radam Lane 512-443-5988

Lawrence Tsai Austin Urology Institute 12319 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 200 512-694-8888

Robyn L. Roberts South Land Urology and Aesthetics 1180 Seton Pkwy., Ste. 320, Kyle 512-256-1237 Peter Ruff Urology Austin 608 Radam Lane 512-443-5988 Koushik Shaw Austin Urology Institute 12319 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 200 512-694-8888

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Vascular & Interventional Radiology Kirk Conrad ARA Diagnostic Imaging 6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-8505 Stephen Pan ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Jeffrey S. Sheneman ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100 Ryan W. Vancura ARA Diagnostic Imaging 12554 Riata Vista Circle 512-795-5100

Jeffrey S. Jobe Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753

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John K. Politz Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753

Jeffrey M. Apple Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753

Stephen M. Settle Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons 1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753

Joel Gotvald Austin Vascular & Vein Specialists 12319 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 250 512-339-9102

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The Texas State Lunatic Asylum believed that time spent outside could cure a host of illnesses.

It Takes a Village OPENED IN 1867 and boasting man-made lakes and lush gardens, the Texas State Lunatic Asylum (est. 1867) wasn’t just an asset to the mentally ill—it was one of Austin’s most popular date spots for locals.

While reasons for admittance varied from mania to a broken heart, early treatment was the same: Time spent outdoors was thought to heal anyone.

Over the years, the asylum became its own village, complete with everything from a power plant and ice factory to a bowling alley and barber shop. But as mattresses overflowed the living quarters, pleas to the state for more funding went unanswered.

A name change to Austin State Hospital (ASH) in 1925 signified a more accepting public opinion of mental health, but inside, militarization became an answer to overpopulation. Whistles, bells, and marches rang through the corridors. Prohibited to leave, staff lived at the hospital, while dating and marriage were decisions left to the superintendent.

Uniforms were sewn on-site, farming led to selfsustainability, and patients—who were now treated with hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive shock, and prefrontal lobotomies—were put to work.

Those institutionalized still found way to have fun. By the 1950s, vocational programs and weekly dances were popular, as was the hospital’s baseball team, The Asylum Nine, who played games in nearby towns.

Regardless, a nationwide movement against centralized mental health care was growing stronger by the day, and with an increase in psychotropic drugs and community-based clinics, the population at ASH slowly dwindled. In 1997, the front doors were locked for good.

Was the hospital a haven for the unstable—or was it a hell? When interviewed years later, staff member Dr. Elbert Leggett answered simply: “We did the best we could for as long as we could.”

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