- Osteoporosis
- Pediatric CareSimply put, doctors of internal medicine are Doctors for Adults. But you may see them referred to by several terms, including “internists,” “general internists” and “doctors of internal medicine.” But don’t mistake them with “interns,” who are doctors in their first year of residency training. Although internists may act as primary care physicians, they are not “family physicians,” “family practitioners,” or “general practitioners,” whose training is not solely concentrated on adults and may include surgery, obstetrics and pediatrics.
- Primary CareHerbert Bautista hails from a suburb of the Philippines Islands. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila in 2004 and started as a staff nurse at its university hospital. He then immigrated to the United States in 2006 to continue his nursing career. He began as a telemetry/step-down nurse. He later worked as a cardiovascular ICU nurse around Texas, including Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Baylor Scott & White Heart Hospital Plano, Baylor Jack & Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, and Texas Health Presbyterian Plano. After 15 years of clinical bedside nursing, he decided to switch hats and complete his nurse practitioner program at the University of Texas at Arlington, focusing on adult-gerontology primary care. He became board-certified NP by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in 2019 and is licensed here in Texas. As an NP, he has served as a hospitalist and a primary care nurse practitioner for a Dallas hospitalist group before joining the Plano Internal Medicine Associates.
- Immunizations
- Obstetrics
- Internal MedicineDoctors of internal medicine focus on adult medicine and have had special study and training focusing on the prevention and treatment of adult diseases. At least three of their seven or more years of medical school and postgraduate training are dedicated to learning how to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases that affect adults. Internists are sometimes referred to as the “doctor’s doctor,” because they are often called upon to act as consultants to other physicians to help solve puzzling diagnostic problems.
- Depression
- Diabetes Care
- Thyroid