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El Paso Children’s Hospital-Urology Clinic
Shumyle Alam, MD
Belen Terrazas-Ponce, NP
What is your specialty?
Our board certified pediatric urologist, focuses on providing medical and surgical management of the genitourinary system in children. Our amazing pediatric nurse practitioner has years of experience caring for pediatric urological patients.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
Dr. Alam’s subspecialty is genitourinary tract reconstruction so patients in El Paso no longer have to travel to treat their child’s urologic condition. From urinary tract infections to complex bladder reconstruction, our team is ready to help.
Why do you choose to serve the El Paso community?
Dr. Alam’s goal is to extend the availability of urological care for pediatric patients across the region. Our team is building a service line and advancing the availability of complex care for patients with congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tracts (CAKUT). The ultimate goal is to create a destination center for urologic care at EPCH.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
By engagement with Pediatric Providers to develop our service line and expand surgical services. We also provide prenatal consults for urologic conditions to put families at ease and streamline the care of their children after delivery.
Sudheer
Rini
What is your medical specialty?
We are board certified pediatric cardiologists. Our clinic treats patients ranging from neonates through early adulthood, and in some instances we care for adults with congenital heart problems.
What do you want readers to know about you?
Our goal is to provide families with the best clinical outcomes as close to their home as possible. We are dedicated to treating patients with pediatric heart conditions. Before the El Paso Children’s Hospital was built, children with heart problems traveled hundreds of miles to access care. Now families can rest assured knowing that the same care is available here in El Paso.
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
We understand that being referred to a pediatric cardiologist by their pediatrician can be cause for worry, so when we treat our patients we are actually treating their family too.
How would you describe your team at EPCH?
It is important for our families to understand how to care for their child at home, so we make sure that our highly advanced clinical teams take time to explain their child’s diagnosis, their treatment plan and connect them with other specialties if necessary.
What is your medical specialty?
Ijeoma C. Ibeanu, MD
Abraham Lopez, PhD
Deyanira Zambrano, MHNP
Charity Vizcaino-Strand, LPC Saira Bissuett, Psychometrist
Our team includes a child and adolescent psychiatrist, neuropsychologist, nurse practitioner, licensed counselor and psychometrist. Together we evaluate and treat pediatric and adolescent patients across a spectrum of behavioral and mental health conditions.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
We believe it is important for children and teens to have good mental health so they can thrive at home, school and in their communities. Our team works with our patients and their families to help them understand how to cope with a variety of things ranging from behavioral and learning deficiencies to serious medical diagnoses.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
It is important for families to seek professional help when their child exhibits any sign of mental distress or behavioral problems.
Our behavioral health team is dedicated to improving the lives of children in our community. We encourage parents and families to talk to their pediatrician first about any concerns they may have about their child’s mental wellness or behavioral changes. We work closely with the child’s pediatrician to evaluate and treat young patients to improve their overall mental health.
What is your medical specialty?
We specialize in high quality home health and hospice care in the comfort of your own home.
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
We strive to provide comprehensive care for our patients by taking a multidisciplinary approach that includes clinical, social work, spiritual, and community based programs.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
With over 30+ years of community care experience, our agency was built on integrity, love, kindness, and trust. We are committed to providing the care you need and the compassion you deserve.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
Home health and hospice care consists of education, preventative measures, facilitating access to care, collaborating with local organizations, and leading the path towards patient centered care.
What are the best parts of your job?
Making a difference in patients lives and fostering strong community connections while delivering personalized care in the comfort of their own home.
100 E Schuster Ave El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 317-5900 epqdsmile
What is your medical specialty?
As a pediatric office, we are passionate about bringing a personal approach to healthcare that can truly make a difference in the lives of your children from birth to 20 years of age.
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
At our office, we want you and your child’s visit with us to be a positive one each time you walk through our doors. To us, it’s more than just another doctor visit, it’s a personal doctor visit!
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
The right pediatrician can make a big difference in your child’s health and well-being. Your child deserves excellent medical care from the day you deliver your precious newborn until they go off to college.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
We want to be the place that you turn for routine yearly checkups and vaccinations as well as to provide superior care when your child is ill or injured.
What are the best parts of your job?
The BEST part of my job is having the privilege of caring and interacting with the best patients and families. Working alongside some amazing individuals and physicians such as Dr. David Jimenez.
Thank you for your friendship and being a dedicated, thoughtful, and compassionate doctor!
Your guidance and wisdom will be missed by all who knew you! Thank you for your dedication and your outstanding contributions that you have made to the field of Neurosurgery. You will always be remembered by your colleagues and all the patients that you have helped throughout your brilliant career.
What is your medical specialty?
Our Prosthodontist Specialists & highly trained dentists focus on treating adults needing Complex Dentistry, Implant Reconstructions including Implant Dentures, TMD & all aspects of Cosmetic Dentistry.
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
We deliver quality care one patient at a time! We are committed to supporting each patient during all phases of treatment, providing individualized attention while creating a safe & caring experience.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
Our experience, expertise & supportive team allows us to deliver comfortable, functional & beautiful smiles for the most complex cases. Our goal is to deliver clinical excellence & long term results!
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
We believe our direct care improves quality of life one patient at a time. In a bigger spectrum we share our knowledge & expertise, & provide support to colleague dentists through our Dental Study Club.
What are the best parts of your job?
Connecting with patients, building trusting relationships, knowing we make a difference, seeing patients smile with confidence and appreciating our commitment, and working with an amazing team!
What is your medical specialty?
Benjamin Shahabi-Azad, M.D.
NeuroRestorative Texas
4360 Doniphan Drive El Paso, TX 79922 neurorestorative.com
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specializing in Brain Injury Medicine and Neuromuscular disorders.
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
NeuroRestorative El Paso is a unique rehabilitation center that specializes in treating individuals with brain injury and other neurological pathology. It stands out as the sole facility of its kind within a 350-mile radius of El Paso, TX.
Why should readers turn to you for their needs?
Readers can benefit from our specialized expertise, personalized approach, innovative treatment, and dedication to delivering exceptional healthcare outcomes in the field of neurological rehabilitation.
Why do you serve El Paso?
El Paso is my hometown and holds a special place in my heart. My goal has always been to give back to the community that nurtured my growth.
What do you love about your job?
Within the realm of devastating neurological disorders, there is a broader scope of co-morbidities that often accompany them. Addressing these complex conditions necessitates a holistic and comprehensive approach, and it is the opportunity to provide such care that I find truly rewarding, with the utmost emphasis on enhancing functional abilities and overall quality of life for our patients.
What is your medical specialty?
Anesthesiology/Pain Management
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
Our approach is catered to treating patients like I would a family member, mother, grandmother, etc. Patients with chronic pain look for doctors who empathize and understand their pain.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
At West Texas Pain Institute, we care about our patients and tailor our care to each individual’s needs. Every patient is different, and we don’t practice cookie-cutter medicine.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
By mitigating chronic and acute symptoms, we are able to keep patients living a healthy and functional lifestyle that they were not able to live prior to their pain conditions.
What are the best parts of your job?
Seeing patients’ quality of life improve after they have been suffering from pain by utilizing conservative interventional pain procedures.
Dr. Michelle Espina, Owner El Paso Family Orthodontics epfamilyorthodontics.com
5925 Cromo Dr. El Paso, TX 79912 (915) 307-9688
What is your medical specialty?
Board Certified Orthodontist Master in Dental Science PHD in Dentistry Master in Microbiology
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
My goal in orthodontic care is to provide affordable orthodontic treatment to patients from all economic backgrounds. I am here to help them achieve a beautiful healthy smile.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
I am a board certified orthodontist that has been serving the El Paso Community since 2011. I provide a concept of orthodontic care in a state-of-the-art service facility.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
I enjoy being a part of community events to help spread oral health awareness. I also enjoy mentoring future dental professionals.
What are the best parts of your job?
Knowing that I bring a smile to patient and parents faces after the completion of their orthodontic treatment. Which can help improve their confidence.
What is your medical specialty?
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
We pride ourselves in excellent patient care. We treat each patient as if they were our family and ensure to make the experience as pain and stress free as possible.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
We have years of experience in patient care. The patient experience is of highest importance to us and we strive to make each experience a pleasant one.
Dr. Gerardo Guillen-Rivera, DMD, OMFS, MsD
Prestige Oral and Facial Surgery
5925 Cromo Dr. Ste B El Paso, TX 79912 (915) 283-4730 prestigesurgery.com
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
We are constantly investing in the continuous education of both our doctor and staff to ensure we are up to date with patient care and administration.
What are the best parts of your job?
The best part of my job is getting to work with like minded individuals that make up staff, esteemed partners who share a vision in patient care and each one of my patients!
Sunset West Health
1201 E. Schuster Ave. Building 7 El Paso, Texas, 79902 sunsetwest.health
(915) 229-6448
What is your medical specialty?
Infectious Diseases and Sexual Health Sunset West Health is to provide exceptional patient care, improve education and engage in research that impacts the health of West Texas and beyond.
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
Sunset West Health focuses on patient-centered care. Patients come to us as a safe place to help them with their healthcare. We work as a team to help them get the best outcomes possible.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
Sunset West Health provides the best infectious disease and sexual health care in the City. We do this on an individual patient basis using technology to make access easy AND with a team that cares.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
Sunset West Health models for the next generation of students how patient-centered care should be delivered in our community. We partner to offer the community innovative research access opportunities.
What are the best parts of your job?
If a team member at Sunset West Health can help a scared patient or their family realize there is hope...that honestly is Golden. That’s what we strive for every single day when we come to work.
Andrew Cleveland, MD
Sun City Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery Specialists
1387 George Dieter, Suite 106 D El Paso, Texas, 79936 915-581-0712 suncityorthoandhand.com
What is your medical specialty?
I am an orthopedic spine surgeon, and address pretty much anything that can go wrong between the base of the head and the bottom part of the spine, where it reaches the pelvis. There’s a wide variety of complex problems that can occur in between, and I pretty much do all of it. I was interested in the kind of nuanced and complex nature of spine care. I’ve had several family members who have had spine problems. And I’ve just felt a calling to this kind of work to be able to address those kinds of issues.
How would you describe your approach to patient care? What I strive to do for people is find out if surgery is the appropriate course of action once they’ve been through a trial of trying to get relief from whatever their problem might be. Once we’re at that point where we need to figure out if surgery is for you, we determine what would be the best approach to giving you the greatest amount of benefit. Sometimes that’s a smaller surgery, sometimes that’s a larger surgery, but ultimately having not just a short term, but a long term perspective.
Why did you decide to serve the El Paso community?
I’ve been in El Paso for a while. I trained here and have been practicing in the military for the last couple of years. I’ve now gotten out but my wife is still active duty, and I’ve always really liked El Paso to begin with. This is a great place to practice medicine with my skill set because there are not a lot of people practicing that kind of medicine in this region and it allows me to help a lot of people.
What is the best part of your job?
I enjoy complex work, and there’s definitely no shortage of that in doing surgeries. It’s very fulfilling to see a patient at three, six, nine months after surgery and having them reflect on the thing you did to make them better.
What is your medical specialty?
Our specialty is Family Medicine Wellness Medical Aesthetics.
How would you describe your approach to patient care?
We provide a compassionate and person-centered approach to address the physical, emotional, and social needs of the patient.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs?
Our healthcare professionals take the time to listen and understand the individual needs of each patient. We provide personalized care tailored to meet the specific requirements of each patient.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
Premier Clinic is committed to providing affordable healthcare services that are accessible to everyone. We accept most insurances to ensure our patients receive the care they need.
What are the best parts of your job?
I enjoy being able to provide care and support for each patient to help them achieve better health and feel better from inside out.
Karina Mendoza, DNP, FNP-C
Premier Clinic
11351 James Watt C-300
Premierclinic.us (915) 320-7707
What is your medical specialty? Family Medicine and also Palliative Medicine
How would you describe your approach to patient care? World-class, compassionate, comprehensive, and customized care.
Why should readers turn to you for their medical needs? My approach is holistic, and focuses on the whole patient and not only on a specific part of their body.
How do you work to improve the health of the community?
I teach at local universities to train the future providers and interact with specialists in town to help our patients.
What are the best parts of your job?
The best part of my job is the doctor-patient interaction.
