Austin Monthly January/February 2023

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

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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Natural Selection

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

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ALYSSA G OLVERA

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

Scout 17

Author Austin Kleon makes a case for stealing 18

Fill your home with priceless art, one year at a time 20

The best dive bars, brunches, and beer on Burnet Road 22

Feast 29

What’s behind the magic of Oye Chico’s Cubano 30

The spiciest family feud in Texas barbecue 32

A roundup of stellar new plant-based restaurants 34

Beat 37

Will Austin ever have a world-class art scene? 38

A former Olympian is now racing for a more creative and inclusive community 40

Mayoral highs and lows over the past two decades 42

Dr. Carlos Mery, by Dave Creaney

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

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Waking Life

MEET THE COVER DOCTOR

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.

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.

Chris Hughes Editor in Chief chughes@austinmonthly.com

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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

Come and Take It

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.

DARE TO BE GREAT

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.”

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.”

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.”

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

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.

Clockwise from top left: a piece by Ellsworth Kelly; founder Keli Hogsett; a Josef Albers painting.

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

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

Christmas and Zombie Christmas. To watch the big game, drop by Pinthouse Pizza for an Electric Jellyfish IPA or one of its many nitro beers, like The Dude imperial milk stout.

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. 4

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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

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

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

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.”

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

Tensions simmered beneath the surface like clouds of post-oak smoke anxious to erupt into a greasy flareup. And that’s exactly what happened in 2021 when Kent caught wind that his brother’s

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.”

owners Sarah and Ray McMackin proves their most ambitious concept yet. Instead of mimicking meat, like so many vegan spots, the duo explores the vast possibilities of vegetables in dishes like a coffeerubbed cauliflower steak plated over a rich carrot mole, and tempura-battered poblanos stuffed with mashed elotes. tellusjoe.com

Nissi VegMex (3)

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

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

Sunny’s Backyard (1)

After decamping from LA during the pandemic, husband-and-wife team Merritt and Char rissa 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

Tellus (2)

Coffee shop by day, Oaxacan restaurant by night, this new Tarrytown restaurant from Beer Plant

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?

BY SARAH THURMOND

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?

“This is something we’ve been talking about for years and years, and no one has found a satisfactory solution to this problem,” says Matt Rebholz, an

artist, educator, and original member of the ICOSA art collective who has lived in Austin since 2005. 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

Art signifies a shift in the city’s art scene.

THE BIG PICTURE

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

$150,000

Estimated cost for construction, framing, lighting, and painting for a major installation.

21,000

Approximate number of pieces in the Blanton’s collection.

500,000

Approximate number of pieces in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s collection.

13

Number of visual arts museums in the Austin metro area.

$1.6 billion

Endowment for the Museum of Fine Art, Houston in 2020-2021.

Ellsworth Kelly’s “Austin” at the Blanton Museum of

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.

Raasin McIntosh

Community Organizer

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

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

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 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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

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

Mayor Crowning Achievement

Kirk Watson 1997-2001

Gustavo “Gus” García 2001–2003

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.

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.

Will Wynn 2003–2009

Lee Leffingwell 2009-2015

Steve Adler 2015-2023

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Biggest Blunder Fun Fact

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BY BRYAN C. PARKER

Austin FC defied expectations with a stunning second-year playoff run that turned a Texas town into a soccer stronghold and ushered in a new era for MLS.

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.

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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. The expansion club had transformed itself into a postseason darling, nearly doubled the number of

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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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. “Taking those seconds before you actually receive the ball helps a lot, because you already know what to do once you get it.” It sounds simple, but that keen awareness allows him to see how a play will unfold

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

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.

That frigid Saturday night, winger Cecilio Domínguez was the first to take out his frustrations in the second minute of play, delivering a goal that sent fans into a jubilant frenzy. Captain Alex Ring scored again just 12 minutes later, and when Driussi slotted a third goal home in the waning minutes of the first half, Q2 Stadium dissolved into uncontrolled bedlam. At the press conference following the 5-0 shutout, fans congregating near the media room broke into a beer-soaked rendition of “Happy

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.

Fans in Q2 Stadium’s supporters section celebrate Austin FC’s first-ever playoff win.

Natural Selection

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!

By Madeline Hollern

Higher Purpose

The state’s largest medical marijuana producer prepares for massive growth, as it continues to fight for expanded coverage in Texas. BY

SABA RAHIMIAN

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.”

CEO Morris Denton wants medical marijuana to be legalized for patients with anxiety and chronic pain.

(less than .3 percent Delta-9 THC)—so long as it is hemp-derived.

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.

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.

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.

taken. As long as they are hemp-derived, they are legal for consumption in Texas.

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. On the day of her journey, a trained practitioner came to her home to administer the MDMA and guide her through the process. After taking two pills 45 minutes apart and covering her face with

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-

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.”

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

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

Herbal Essences

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

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

HIGH & DRY

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

Run

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

ELIZABETH

Booze without the Buzz

Have you had your nootropics today?

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

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

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

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.

MIND OVER PLATTER

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

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.

Matcha Green Tea

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.

Eggs

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.

Tuna

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.

Almonds

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.

Seeds of Change

A decades-old dietary regimen is beginning to sprout up again, and it’s proving an allencompassing boon to women’s health.

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 menopause at 24?’” she remembers. As Morton (pictured) prepared to go on Accutane, her dermatologist first recommended that she try seed cycling, a ritual in which women 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

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

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

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

AUSTIN’S 2023

Photo by Dave Creaney

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

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

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

Mauricio Hong

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

Thomas K. Kurian

Ascension Texas

Cardiovascular 1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440

Jason D. Zagrodzky

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia

4316 James Casey, Bldg. C, Ste. 201 512-807-3150

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

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

Parul M. Desai

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

Deborah L. Ekery

Austin Heart

900 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-206-3600

Caitlin M. Giesler

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

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

Leticia Castillo Kontak

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

910 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park

512-260-6100

Regina A. Koshy

ARC Northwest Hills Specialty

6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 205 512-344-0450

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

Vinh D. Nguyen

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

Vu D. Nguyen

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

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

Cardiology: Heart Failure

Kunjan A. Bhatt

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

Raymond E. Bietry

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

Clay A. Cauthen

Ascension Texas

Cardiovascular 1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 514 512-681-0500

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

Vamsi Sistla Krishna

Ascension Texas

Cardiovascular 1180 Seton Pkwy., Ste. 450, Kyle 512-504-0860

Thomas R. McMinn

Austin Heart

900 W. 38th St., Ste. 400 512-206-3600

Sachin Mehta

Ascension Texas

Cardiovascular

1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 300 512-324-3440

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

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

Vanessa PenaRobichaux University Physicians Group

313 E. 12th St., Ste. 103 512-324-9699

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

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

Jay L. Viernes

ARC Far West Medical Tower

6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888

Dermatology Surgery

Susan E. Dozier

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

Matthew Charles Fox

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

Michael S. Graves

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

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

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

Connie I. Hsu

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

Felix Lee Lin Baylor Scott & White Clinic

300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0100

John E. Manning

ARA Diagnostic Imaging

6818 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 101 512-795-8505

Russell D. Putnam

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

Yvonne Queralt

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

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

Emergency Medicine

Brandon Alban Browne

Baylor Scott & White

Medical Center

300 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0100

Jody Henson

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center

300 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0100

David William Kaylor

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

Jana Lee

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center

305 Mallard Lane, Taylor 512-352-7611

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

Amar Vira U.S. Acute Care Solutions

6300 La Calma Drive, Ste. 200 512-452-8533

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. 512-901-4005

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

Mark S. Ambler

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

Matthew Brimberry

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

Donald R. Brode

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

Harrel D. Butler

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

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

Christopher Chang

ARC Far West

6835 Austin Center Blvd. 512-346-6611

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

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

Megan Deliberato

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

9521 Hwy. 290 W, Ste. 105 512-654-4300

Samuel Deliberato

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

5000 W. Slaughter Lane, Bldg. 6, Ste. 100 512-654-4000

J. Adrian Dennington

The Austin Diagnostic Clinic

5701 W. Slaughter Lane, Bldg. C 512-334-2500

Nina Desai

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

2608 Brockton Drive 512-654-4050

Amy K. Easterling

South Austin Medical Clinic

2555 Western Trails Blvd., Ste. 101 512-892-6600

Sarah J. Ferrero

ARC Cedar Park

801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. C, Cedar Park 512-259-3467

Gerald T. Fincken

ARC Far West

6835 Austin Center Blvd. 512-346-6611

Maryann Gamble

ARC Buda

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

Derrick J. Garcia

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

Serena Hon

ARC Four Points

11714 Wilson Parke Ave., Ste. 150 737-247-7200

Grace Honles

The Austin Diagnostic Clinic

5701 W. Slaughter Lane, Bldg. C 512-334-2500

Dominique J. Isaac

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

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

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

Lori Naglieri River Hills Family

Medicine 7011 Ribelin Ranch Drive, Ste. 200 512-345-7436

Mark A. Nugent

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

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

Benjamin L. Smith

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

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

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

Eimile DaltonFitzgerald

Austin Gastroenterology

4310 James Casey St., Ste. 4A 512-448-4588

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

Sushil Duddempudi

Austin Gastroenterology

7200 Wyoming Springs Drive, Ste. 1300, Round Rock 512-244-2273

Kenneth K. Ellis

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

Harish K. Gagneja

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

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

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

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

Vu Nhu Nguyen

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Binh V. Pham

Austin Gastroenterology

7951 Shoal Creek Blvd., Bldg. B, Ste. 200 512-454-4588

Erik Rahimi

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

Rajesh Rasik Shah

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

5330 Overpass Road, Ste. 100, Buda 737-999-6600

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

Robert E. Askew Jr.

Austin Surgeons

3901 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 202 512-467-7151

Christopher W. Bailey

ARC Medical Plaza

Specialty 1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581

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

Semyon Gambarin

ARC Far West Medical Tower

6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888

Joseph E. Garcia

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

Mark R. Lindsey

Austin Surgeons

3901 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 201 512-467-7151

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

Brant E. Victor

Austin Surgeons

3901 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 202 512-467-7151

Jack L. Walzel

Capital Surgeons Group

505 W. Louis Henna Blvd., Ste. 220 512-498-4860

Geriatric Medicine

Liam Fry

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

Geriatric Psychiatry

Gayle Y. Ayers

Ascension Medical Group Seton Behavioral Health

1301 W. 38th St., Ste. 700-B 512-324-3380

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

Lynne Knowles

Texas Oncology 6204 Balcones Drive 512-427-9400

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

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

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

Marian Yvette WilliamsBrown

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

Hand Surgery

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

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

Anas Daghestani

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

Sangeetha Dayalan

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

4945 Williams Drive, Georgetown 512-819-0500

Chandima Dehipitiya

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

Emily Anne Fisher

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

5330 Overpass Road, Ste. 100, Buda 737-999-6600

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

Sharon F. Liu

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

James Crawford

Marroquin

Capital Medical Clinic

1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 400 512-454-5171

David Murdy

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

3108 Ranch Road 620 S., Lakeway 512-654-4200

Manish M. Naik

ARC Cedar Park

801 E. Whitestone Blvd., Bldg. C, Cedar Park 512-259-3467

Mohinder S. Pegany

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

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

Rawah Tannous

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

Brad Venghaus

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

Gladys Weng

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

5251 W. Hwy. 290, Ste. 200 512-654-3000

Hayan Yacoub

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

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

Peter Miller

Austin Kidney Associates

321 W. Ben White Blvd., Ste. 205 512-451-5800

Nidhi Munshi

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Paul Nader

Austin Kidney Associates

4100 Duval Road, Bldg. 4, Ste. 102 512-451-5800

Yasser Nasser

Austin Kidney Associates

408 W. 45th St. 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

Alexa Bodman

Austin Brain & Spine – Central

3000 N. I-35, Ste. 600 512-306-1323

Mark G. Burnett

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

Judson Cook

Central Texas Brain & Spine

2217 Park Bend Drive, Ste. 400 512-730-0000

Douglas J. Fox

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

Glenn Edward Harper

Advanced Pain Care

2000 S. Mays St., Ste. 201, Round Rock 512-244-4272

Matthew Hummell

Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurosurgery

5103 Kyle Center Drive, Ste. 104, Kyle 512-504-0893

Craig Kemper

Austin Brain & Spine

3000 N. I-35, Ste. 600 512-306-1323

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

Juan Ramon OrtegaBarnett

Ascension Medical Group Seton Neurosurgery

5103 Kyle Center Drive, Ste. 104, Kyle 512-504-0893

Anant Patel

Central Texas Brain & Spine

2217 Park Bend Drive, Ste. 400 512-730-0000

Daniel L. Peterson

Austin Neurosurgeons

3003 Bee Cave Road, Ste. 201 512-314-3888

Richard Stovall

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

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

John Allen Bertelson

Bertelson Clinic Senior Adult Specialty

Healthcare

3215 Steck Ave., Ste. 205 512-981-5192

Scott Boruchow

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

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

Andrea Raymond NeuroAustin Neurology Associates

4544 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 760 512-509-0200

Patience Reading The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy. 512-655-3737

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

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

Obstetrics & Gynecology

**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

Rachel L. Breedlove

ARC South Ob/Gyn

4315 James Casey St., Stes. 105 & 200 512-383-9752

Diane L. Brinkman**

ARC Far West Medical Tower

6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 512-346-8888

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

Robert Cowan

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

Alinda R. Cox**

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

Wendy Cutler

The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy. 512-901-4013

Laura Eastep

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

Bailey Escarzaga

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

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 S. Hughes**

ARC Seton Northwest 11111 Research Blvd., Ste. 475 512-338-8181

Natasya Ikbal

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

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

Whitney C. Keller

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

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

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

Matthew T. Romberg

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

Anita R. Sandhu

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

Christopher Seeker

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

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

Diana Wang

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

Oncology

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

Christal E. Murray

Baylor Scott & White Cancer Center

300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0099

Krishna Patel

Texas Oncology

1500 Rivery Blvd., Ste. 2215, Georgetown 512-688-5579

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

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

Earl Kilbride

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

David H. Michel

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

Grayson Moore Legacy Bone & Joint Orthopedics + Sports Medicine

3944 Ranch Road 620 S., Bldg. 6, Ste. 203, Bee Cave 512-894-2294

Donavan Kip Murphy

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

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

Vilas Saldanha

Texas Orthopedics, a Division of OrthoLoneStar

3755 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. 160 512-485-0538

Mark Santman

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

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

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

Esther Cheung-Phillips

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

Mark O. Dammert

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

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

John “Caleb” Simmons

ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics

3816 S. First St. 512-443-1311

Karen Stierman ENT & Allergy Center of Austin

2765 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 205 512-328-7722

Chad Wayne Whited

Austin Ear Nose Throat Clinic

3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 320 512-454-0392

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

Pain Management

Raimy Amasha

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

Timothy Bednar

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

Hasan Chowdhury

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

300A University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Ali Daha

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

200 Medical Pkwy., Lakeway 512-654-1234

Anjuli Desai

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

Bennett J. Ezekiel

Austin Interventional Pain

12309 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. 125 512-400-4195

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

Kristen Jarzombek

Greater Austin Pain Center

5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 6, Ste. 150 512-865-5329

David Kim

Tricity Pain Associates

4544 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 740 844-789-7246

Mark Thomas Malone

Advanced Pain Care

2000 S. Mays St., Ste. 201, Round Rock 512-244-4272

Robert S. Marks

Diagnostic Pain Center

12176 N. Mopac Expy., Ste. D 512-981-7246

Pankaj Mehta Pain Specialists of America

3310 E. Central Texas Expy., Bldg. B, Ste. 201, Killeen 254-247-3322

Asad Nawaz

Williamson Pain Institute

1603 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. 3, Ste. 330, Cedar Park 512-244-4383

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

Craig J. Peterson

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

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

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

Genevieve P. Mounce

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

Pediatric Cardiology

D. Byron Holt

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

K. Anitha Jayakumar

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

Hanoch Patt

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

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

Lucia Z. Diaz

Dell Children’s Medical Group

1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1920

Moise L. Levy

Dell Children’s Medical Group

1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1920

Jennifer Shuley Ruth Dell Children’s Medical Group

1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1920

Ronald George Tee Baylor Scott & White Clinic

425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Pediatric Developmental Behavioral

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

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

Pediatric Nephrology

Kartik Pillutla

Dell Children’s Medical Group

1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1860

Alyssa A. Riley

Dell Children’s Medical Group

1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1860

David H. Simon

Dell Children’s Medical Group

1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 200 512-628-1860

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

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

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

Pediatric Orthopedics

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

Brian Kaufman

Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics

1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 300 512-478-8116

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

Corrie E. Roehm Dell Children’s Medical Group

3705 Medical Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-324-2720

Pediatric Palliative Care

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

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

J. Brian Kang 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

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

Julie I. Sanchez

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

Pediatric Urology

Jose C. Cortez

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

Leslie T. McQuiston

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

Vani S. Menon

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

George M. Seremetis

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

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

Bradley Ross Berg

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Nicole Bernard

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

Scott A. Broberg

ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics

3816 S. First St. 512-443-1311

Ari Brown

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

Goddy Tapang Corpuz

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

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

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

Ai Mukai

Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar

3755 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. 160 512-485-0514

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

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

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

David Dellinger

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

Brent M. Egeland

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

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

Claude-Jean Langevin Wellspring Plastic Surgery

1600 W. 38th St., Ste. 206 512-600-2888

Jeff H. Luh

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

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

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

Andrew Bruyn Baylor Scott & White Clinic

5330 Overpass Road, Buda 737-999-6600

Kenneth L. Cornell

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

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

Karen Anne Valdez

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

4945 Williams Drive, Georgetown 512-819-0500

Blair E. Walker

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

Pulmonology

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

Esther L. Fields

Georgetown Pulmonary Associates

1900 Scenic Drive, Ste. 2220, Georgetown 512-819-0132

Sean Gilbey

Austin Pulmonary Consultants

5920 W. William Cannon Drive, Bldg. 1, Ste. 150 512-441-9799

Laura K. Gilbey

Austin Pulmonary Consultants

3600 W. Parmer Lane, Ste. 106 512-977-0123

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

Radiology

Peter Koplyay

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

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

Lisa Hansard

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

Shahryar K. Kavoussi

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

Angela Kelley

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

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

Thomas Vaughn

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

Rheumatology

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

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

Teresa Chavez

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

Brock E. Harper

The Austin Diagnostic Clinic

2400 Cedar Bend Drive 512-901-1111

Robert J. Koval

Texas Orthopedics, a division of OrthoLoneStar

4700 Seton Center Pkwy., Ste. 200 512-485-0516

David C. Kung

ARC Medical Plaza Specialty

1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. B, Stes. 200, 211 & 220, Cedar Park 512-260-1581

Allyson Kristen McDonough

Baylor Scott & White Clinic

425 University Blvd., Round Rock 512-509-0200

Ricky C. Mehta

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

Samuel Pegram

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

Darush Rahmani

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

Brian S. Sayers

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

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

Sonia Yousuf

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

Sleep Medicine

Ashwin Gowda

Texas Sleep Medicine

1221 W. Ben White Blvd., Ste. A100 512-440-5757

Reddiah Mummaneni

Cedar Park Neurology & Sleep Medicine

1401 Medical Pkwy., Bldg. B, Ste. 412-A, Cedar Park 512-528-7202

Spine Surgery

Matthew J. Geck

Ascension Texas Spine & Scoliosis

1004 W. 32nd St., Ste. 200 512-324-3580

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

Craig A. Kuhns

Austin Spine

3000 N. I-35, Ste. 708 512-347-7463

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

Mustasim N. Rumi

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

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

Rick M. Wupperman

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

Sports Medicine

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

Matthew D. Pearson

The Austin Diagnostic Clinic 12221 N. Mopac Expy. 512-901-4021

David Phillips

Urology Austin 608 Radam Lane 512-443-5988

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

Michael Trotter

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

Lawrence Tsai

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

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

Vascular Surgery

Jeffrey M. Apple

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

Jeffrey S. Jobe

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons

1010 W. 40th St. 512-459-8753

John K. Politz

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

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It Takes a Village

Operating as its own small town, Austin State Hospital was both a refuge and a prison near today’s Hyde Park. BY

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.

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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.”

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