Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
“I have been going here for weight loss and I received their “pellets “ … extremely happy with all the results and also with the knowledge and experience that each member working in this off displays… they are highly recommended-very happy”
Shannon Wait was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. She attended University of Akron in Ohio for her undergraduate studies where she received her Bachelor of Science (BSN) in Nursing.
She went to work at UF Health Shands Hospital and worked in the Neuro ICU while completing her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at the University of South Florida.
From there, she spent 2 years working in an Allergy and Asthma clinic, 1 year in Pain Management, and 1 year in Orthopedics/Sports Medicine. She moved to San Antonio with her husband who is in the Air Force and is stationed at Lackland AFB. They have one daughter and two dogs.
Currently she works in a busy practice doing primary care, urgent care, personal injury, workers compensation, and hormone replacement therapies.
She does minor injections such as trigger points and joint injections as well as minor procedures like toenail removals, biopsies, and suturing lacerations.
Melissa Kempf, MD, is a board-certified family medicine physician and urgent care specialist in San Antonio, Texas. She serves patients as a provider and the medical director of Injury and Health Urgent Care.
Dr. Kempf was born and raised in San Antonio and attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She remained there through medical school and spent time studying at both the Lubbock and El Paso campuses. After residency, Dr. Kempf spent three years in the United States Air Force, stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. She deployed to Turkey during this time, providing ER coverage for active duty personnel and their families.
After the Air Force, Dr. Kempf moved back to San Antonio to be closer to her family and the community she loves so dearly. She is certified through the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). In addition to several post-graduate programs, Dr. Kempf continually researches and stays updated on the latest developments in the field of medicine.
At Injury and Health Urgent Care, Dr. Kempf and her team focus on delivering urgent care services with an unmatched dedication to compassionate, individualized care. They routinely provide care for children and adults with illnesses of all kinds.
Dr. Melissa Ann Walker is a family medicine physician and the owner and founder of Carol Clinic for Family-Centered Healthcare in San Antonio, Texas. Carol Clinic is named for her late mother, Mrs. Carol Williams Walker.
Dr. Walker has made it her mission to provide education to not only her patients, but to the entire world. She also continues to play an active role in her local community. She was recently appointment to the advisory board of San Antonio’s Rivard Report.
Dr. Walker also strives to give back as a mentor to students pursuing a career in medicine. She likes to report a 100% success rate with her mentees over the years. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the newly-opened University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Walker believes that medicine is a ministry for which she was chosen. She often states, “My goal is to make a difference in the lives of families, all families.”
“They're Friendly, Professional, Knowledgable, Very Smart, and will help you anyway they can. Once you've been there you will not want to go anywhere else.”
Board-certified in Family Medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine, Andrea Pana, MD, has treated patients in various settings since 1994. Her expertise is in Sports Medicine and the care of Musculoskeletal Injuries. Dr. Pana sees patients throughout Austin and San Antonio, Texas, at Serenity Medical Centers.
After receiving her Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health degrees from George Washington University, Dr. Pana completed a Family Medicine Residency at UCLA and a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University. She also served as a physician in the United States Air Force.
Dr. Pana has treated athletes for every major college sport as well as professional and Olympic athletes. She served on the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine Board from 2008-2012.
Academically, Dr. Pana has been involved in educating physician assistants, medical students, residents, and athletic training students. She has several publications relating to concussions in athletes and has assisted in editing the 5 Minute Sports Medicine Consult. Dr. Pana has joined Serenity Medical Group to help care for patients with work-related injuries and active patients in the area with musculoskeletal or sports-related injuries.
In her free time, Dr. Pana enjoys swimming and walking. She also enjoys movies and exploring all the local family-friendly events with her 8-year-old son.
Specialty Board Certifications: Pediatric Pulmonology & Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Professional Memberships: Harris County Medical Society, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, Indian Doctors Association of Houston, American Academy of Physicians of Indian Origin
Special Interests: Asthma, recurrent childhood wheezing, infantile apnea, allergic/interstitial lung diseases, obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-related breathing disorders
Office Locations: Memorial City, Sugar Land, The Woodlands
College: University of Texas at Austin, BS Biology
Medical School: UTMB Galveston, MD
Residency: Pediatrics, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology, Texas Children’s Hospital; Baylor College of Medicine
Hobbies and Outside Interests: Tennis, Gardening, Guitar, International travel
Marital Status and Number of Children: Married, 2 children
Publications
Feigin’s Handbook of Pediatrics and Neonatology (in press, 1st ed. 2010), contributing author “Hemoptysis in children”.
Porter P, Susarla SC, et al. Link between allergic asthma and airway mucosal infection suggested by proteinase-secreting household fungi. Mucosal Immunology 2009. 2(6): 504-17.
Susarla SC, Fan, LL. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndromes in children. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2008 19(3):314-320.
Kiss A, Montes M, Susarla SC, et al. A new mechanism regulating the initiation of allergic airway inflammation. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2007 120(2): 334-42.
ABSTRACTS
American Thoracic Society, May 2008 (Poster Presentation): “Reassessmentof the Interleukin 13 Paradigm for Proteinase-Dependent Allergic Lung Disease”
Honors / Awards
McLaughlin Fellowship Award – “Expression of antigen-presenting elements of murine mucosal epithelium”
Virginia McFarland Award for Oral Presentation of Research (1 of 4 chosen clinical postdoctoral fellows)
• Doctor of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence RI, 1995.
• Master of Medical Science, Community Health- Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence RI, 1995.
• Honors Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1991. Professional Licenses and Board Certification
• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology- Special Qualifications in Child Neurology.
• American Board of Sleep Medicine.
• American Board of Pediatrics
• Medical Licenses: Texas – 2005 to present; Pennsylvania, 2001-2006 (inactive); New York 1996 to 1998 (inactive).
Academic Appointments
• Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurology University of Texas Health Sciences Center of Houston 2009 to present
• Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center of San Antonio, 2003 to 2011.
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center of San Antonio, 2003 to 2011
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology (secondary), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2001 to 2006 Professional Experience
San Antonio, TX
• Private group sleep medicine focused practice serving Greater Texas
• Special interests in epilepsy, cerebral palsy, neonatal neurology, developmental disorders.
• President & Medical Director, Academy Diagnostics LLC. July 2007 to present, San Antonio, TX.
• Independent diagnostic and treatment facility offering neurophysiologic and sleep diagnostic services.
• Serve children and adults.
• Sleep Center with American Academy of Sleep Medicine certification pending.
• Provide high quality sleep services for health care organization.
• Sub-Investigator – Road Runner Research. July 2006 to present, San Antonio, TX Independent clinical research corporation performing Phase 1 (pediatrics) and Phase 2-3 (all ages) clinical research.
• Chief, Division of Pediatric Sleep Medicine. 2005 to July 2006. San Antonio Military Pediatric Center. San Antonio, TX.
• Selected to lead new specialty division in the military’s and largest military pediatrics center.
• Lead initiative to establish the first pediatric sleep laboratory in DoD.
• Staff Pediatric Neurologist, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center.
• Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology. 2003 to 2005. San Antonio Military Pediatric Consortium, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center. San Antonio, TX.
• Led pediatric neurology services at the USAF “flagship” medical center and largest military pediatrics center offering international ana regional consultation as well as telemedicine support.
• Inpatient consultative services include NICU, PICU and pediatrics ward.
• Administrative supervision of2 neurologists and one neurology nurse practitioner.
• Directed subspecialty clinics in sleep, neurogenetics, headache and cerebral palsy/spasticity.
• Significant experience with botu linum toxin injections and vagus nerve stimulators.
• Initiated programs for intrathecal baclofen pumps and polysomnography.
• Initiated neonatal neurology program with EEG/cerebral function monitoring.
• Pediatric neurology clerkship director.
• Supervised pediatrics & neurology trainees from three residency programs and one fellowship.
• Fellow, Child and Adolescent Neurology. National Capital Consortium. 2000 to 2003. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center, National Institutes of Health; Washington DC & Bethesda MD.
• Served on 1) Pediatric Working Group on Biological and Chemical Tenorism, and Committee on Nuclear, Biologic and Chemical Terrorism, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 2) Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Casualty Care Team, Walter Reed AMC.
• Completed visiting clinical rotations at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; and Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore MD.
• Staff Pediatrician, Walter Reed AMC/National Naval Medical Center 2000-2003.
• Resident Physician. Department of Pediatrics. 1997-2000. Wright State University, Wright- Patterson USAF Medical Center/ Children’s Medical Center. Dayton, OH.
• Lecturer, Wright State University, Dayton Ohio.
• Deployed on Operation New Horizons, medical humanitarian mission, June 1999.
• Awarded Resident Teaching Award, 2000.
• Chair of House Staff Council and House staff Representative to the Professional Education Committee, Wright-Patterson USAF Medical Center 1998-2000.
• Initiated and organized an academic “Journal Club” 1998-1999.
• Served on Hospital Ethics Committee, Children’s Medical Center, Dayton, OH, 1 999-2000.
• Aerospace Research Physician. Combined Stress Branch, USAF Research Laboratory, Wright- Patterson Air Force Base. 1996 – 1997
• Directed experimental research to improve aircrew performance in the high gravitational (G) environment of maneuvering flight. Supervised all medical personnel and medical facilities at the branch.
• Member, Human Use Review Committee– oversaw and approved all human experimentation at Armstrong Laboratory, WPAFB.
• Resident Physician. Department of Internal Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY. 1995
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