WellMed news archives
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June 2, 2026
All-new WellMed at New Braunfels opens its doors
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May 15, 2026
WellMed brings home 16 honors from 2026 Communicator Awards
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April 1, 2026
WellMed physician, nurse, leader among 2026 Health Care Heroes award winners
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Nov. 26, 2025
New dementia initiative focuses on earlier diagnosis, more comprehensive care for patients and caregivers
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Sept. 15, 2025
WellMed physician featured on blackdoctor.org
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Aug. 12, 2025
WellMed named Best Family Practice by Dallas-area magazine
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June 13, 2025
WellMed, WCF bring home 11 honors in 31st annual Communicator Awards
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May 8, 2025
San Antonio names WellMed No. 1 in Readers’ Choice Awards
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May 7, 2025
New research shows value-based model of care yields better care, lower costs
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May 2, 2025
WellMed’s model of care for older adults gets two major commendations
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Aug. 29, 2024
Teamwork saves the day at San Antonio renal clinic
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Aug. 28, 2024
Dr. Manuel Jain is the People’s Choice in Haines City, Florida
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Aug. 15, 2024
Laura Cisneros honored by the Aging in Texas Conference
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July 29, 2024
Dr. S. Liliana Oakes honored by Bexar County Medical Society
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July 17, 2024
Peaches Hall named San Antonio Light
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May 31, 2024
Three WellMed nurses honored by the San Antonio Express-News Salute to Nurses program.
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May 24, 2024
WellMed earns 21 honors from The Communicator Awards
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April 19, 2024
WellMed NP, RN named Health Care Heroes by San Antonio Business Journal
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April 18, 2024
WellMed garners top billing in San Antonio’s Reader’s Choice Awards
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April 10, 2024
Dr. Elizabeth Glazier, WellMed, honored with prestigious 2024 Visionary Award
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April 5, 2024
WellMed clinics are open and ready during solar eclipse
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Sept. 29, 2023
Austin Hispanic business group honors Luz Lopez-Guerrero
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Sept. 28, 2023
One year later: WellMed looks back at Hurricane Ian
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Aug. 1, 2023
Jimmie Keenan receives 2023 Women in Leadership Award
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June 13, 2023
Laura Keller, RN, named Nurse of the First Quarter
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May 22, 2023
Celebrating AAPI Month
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May 16, 2023
Congratulations to WellMed’s 2023 Health Care Heroes award winners
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April 19, 2023
Mary Eich, RN, named 2022 WellMed Nurse of the Year
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April 6, 2023
WellMed Charitable Foundation celebrates 51st anniversary of Senior Nutrition Program
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March 22, 2023
WellMed and Optum host 2023 Florida OneTeam Excellence summit
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March 6, 2023
Community health workers bringing “missing” patients into the fold
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March 3, 2023
Women’s history month: It runs in the family
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Feb. 27, 2023
Dr. Rapier named a finalist for the Dr. Martin L. Block Award
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Feb. 23, 2023
Colorectal cancer screening: Battling the No. 2 cause of cancer deaths
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Feb. 22, 2023
Tammie Sander, BSN, RN, CCM, named Nurse of the Fourth Quarter
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Feb. 17, 2023
What does Black History Month mean to you?
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Feb. 13, 2023
Telehealth during COVID-19 and beyond
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Nov. 2, 2022
Carol Zernial earns 2022 Nonprofit and Corporate Philanthropy Award
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Oct. 3, 2022
What does Hispanic Heritage Month Mean to you?
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Sept. 29, 2022
Sabrina Booth, LPN named WellMed’s Nurse of the Second Quarter
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Sept. 27, 2022
Hurricane Ian Emergency Shelters
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Sept. 23, 2022
Congratulations to WellMed’s 2022 Health Care Heroes Award Winners
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Aug. 8, 2022
Andrew Morgan Honored as Man of the Year
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Aug. 2, 2022
Studying the mental health impact of COVID-19 on health care workers
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July 22, 2022
WellMed earns 16 honors from The Communicator Awards
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June 30, 2022
WellMed teams up with Landmark
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June 6, 2022
Trevor Jackson accepts bronze President’s Volunteer Service Award
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May 2, 2022
Six Named Corpus Christi’s Top Doctors
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March 31, 2022
Texas Ramp Project
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March 18, 2022
Dr. Rapier Block Award Finalist
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Jan. 25, 2022
WellMed Charitable Foundation Brings Season Full of Warmth to San Antonio Charities
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Nov. 17, 2021
Faces of Resiliency
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Nov. 9, 2021
ET3: Rethinking Emergency Services
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Nov. 2, 2021
Dr. Beth Chmelik named Chief of Enterprise Hospitalist Services
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Oct. 29, 2021
Clinical Innovation Team Honored For Exhaustive COVID-19 Pandemic Work
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Oct. 28, 2021
Dr. Matthew McGlothlin Named Outstanding Health Care Executive –Nonhospital-Based
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Oct. 27, 2021
Jimmie Keenan Named a 2021 Veterans in Business Honoree
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Oct. 25, 2021
Dr. Cindy Johnston honored with Women Leaders in Medicine award
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Sept. 29, 2021
Delivering Care Safely During COVID-19
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Aug. 23, 2021
WellMed welcomes 15 doctors to our new internal medicine residency program
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July 1, 2021
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Names Dr. Huete Woman of the Year
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June 10, 2021
WellMed Nurses Recognized by Express-News Salute to Nurses
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May 26, 2021
Texas Nursing Organizations Honor Liliana Mondragon
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April 19, 2021
Carol Zernial Recognized with Corporate Responsibility Award
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Oct. 15, 2020
Hurricane Prep Kit
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July 9, 2020
UnitedHealthcare Donates More Than $1 Million to Nonprofits in Texas
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March 19, 2020
Síntomas de la enfermedad del coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC)
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March 19, 2020
Symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC)
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March 11, 2020
10 things you can do to manage your health at home (COVID-19) (CDC)
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March 3, 2020
Qué hacer si se contrae la enfermedad del coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)(CDC)
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March 3, 2020
What to do if you are sick with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)(CDC)
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March 2, 2020
COVID-19: What you need to know (English)(CDC)
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March 1, 2020
Lo que necesita saber sobre la enfermedad del coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)(CDC)
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Aug. 30, 2019
Links for Emergency Services in Florida
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Nov. 13, 2018
Women in Medicine: Taking Care of Others While Taking Care of Yourself (San Antonio Medicine)
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Nov. 2, 2018
Value-based health care programs and the impact on the economy (SABJ)
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June 24, 2018
WCF presents $125K to nine Corpus Christi charities (Corpus Christi Caller Times)
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June 20, 2018
Quench your thirst for better health (Wilson County News)
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June 9, 2018
San Antonio seniors at play (San Antonio Express-News)
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May 11, 2018
Peek inside the bag of a San Antonio house-call doctor (San Antonio Express-News)
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May 8, 2018
San Antonio workshop offers seniors tips to detect scams (San Antonio Express-News)
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April 27, 2018
Mental Health and Baby Boomers: Reducing Stigma Key to Healthy Aging (My Mature Times)
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Nov. 29, 2017
WellMed opens a new, grander clinic in Lower Valley (Mature Times)
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Oct. 18, 2017
San Antonio Medicine: WellMed Medical Group
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Sept. 25, 2017
WellMed awarded Gold Seal of Approval for Ambulatory Health Care from The Joint Commission
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Aug. 3, 2017
The Journey to Boerne: Dr. Lydia Avila (Fair Oaks Ranch)
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June 22, 2017
Seniors are flocking to Bexar (San Antonio Express-News)
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May 27, 2017
Dealing with West Nile – Dr. Edward Juarez (KFOX-TV El Paso)
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May 26, 2017
Health Care Hero: Outstanding Physician-Nonhospital-based Dr. Elizabeth Glazier (San Antonio Business Journal)
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May 9, 2017
Salute to nurses: Magda Borrego, RN, CCM, WellMed Medical Mgmt. (San Antonio Express-News)
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April 24, 2017
Grant to help low-income seniors make homes safer (Treasure Coast Newspapers)
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April 23, 2017
Multiple organizations host Senior Fiesta at Wonderland of the Americas Mall (KSAT San Antonio)
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March 14, 2017
WellMed to expand senior clinic in Lower Valley (El Paso Inc)
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March 9, 2017
Seniors celebrate Jimenez’s birthday (Corpus Christi Caller Times)
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March 3, 2017
WCF Donates Supplies To Aurora Apartments Residents Displaced By Bed Bugs
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Feb. 10, 2017
Coping through the camera (San Antonio Express-News)
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Jan. 27, 2017
Get fit at a nearby senior center (Corpus Christi Caller Times)
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Nov. 30, 2016
Dr. Rene Rodriguez – Helping patients live longer (Good Life Magazine)
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Nov. 20, 2016
Abren nuevo edificio de la clínica WellMed San José (La Prensa)
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Nov. 11, 2016
R.L. Worth builds to accommodate more WellMed growth (San Antonio Business Journal)
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Nov. 9, 2016
Welcome to WellMed
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Nov. 3, 2016
WellMed, USO Team Up For Veterans Job Fair (WOAI-TV)
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Oct. 21, 2016
Care in the Clinic, Care in the Home: Palliative Care at WellMed
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Oct. 18, 2016
Winning Nomination for 2016 SA Business Journal Health Care Hero FNP Noemi Scott
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Oct. 14, 2016
2016 SABJ Health Care Heroes – FNP Noemi Scott
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Sept. 7, 2016
WellMed ‘town hall’ celebrates its patients (The Polk County Democrat)
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Aug. 23, 2016
UTSA Alumni Cathy Starnes PhD honored at annual gala (UTSA Today)
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Aug. 4, 2016
Buses getting packed with school supplies (New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)
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Aug. 1, 2016
Surprise 103rd birthday party for WellMed patient (KTVT)
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July 29, 2016
Physician Groups and IPAs (San Antonio Business Journal)
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July 27, 2016
WellMed fetes its patients (Polk County News and Democrat)
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July 25, 2016
San Antonio woman celebrates 109th birthday with family, health care providers
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July 22, 2016
Local woman celebrates 109th birthday (Houston Chronicle)
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June 10, 2016
People on the Move: Drs. Patel, Gedia, Shingala, Avaiya (Tampa Bay Business Journal)
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April 22, 2016
People on the Move: Drs. Lee, Mittal, Hollinger, and Ms. Gloria Eze (San Antonio Business Journal)
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April 19, 2016
WellMed opens new clinic (Corpus Christi Caller Times)
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April 12, 2016
2016 Run for Seniors (San Antonio Living, News4 San Antonio)
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March 31, 2016
New senior center aims to improve senior health – KRISTV video
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March 1, 2016
WellMed and UnitedHealthcare Improving Patients’ Care in San Antonio
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Feb. 11, 2016
WellMed CEO George M. Rapier III, M.D., joins board of directors of Portrero Medical
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Feb. 9, 2016
WellMed adds three clinics (El Paso, Inc. Business Announcement)
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Feb. 5, 2016
WellMed Acquires Three Medical Centers in West Texas and New Mexico
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Jan. 8, 2016
What you should know about osteoarthritis (TexasMD magazine)
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Jan. 7, 2016
Dr. Armando Gutierrez comes home to WellMed at Weslaco (TexasMD Magazine)
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Jan. 4, 2016
WellMed Network Helps Artist Flaco Jimenez Get Back to Making Music (TexasMD Magazine)
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