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.
Dr. Ratcliff was born and raised in Austin. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and completed his medical degree at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. After a General Surgery Internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital, he remained at UT-Southwestern and Parkland Memorial Hospital to complete a total of six years of research and Otolaryngology training in 2003. Dr. Ratcliff returned home to Austin in 2007 after several years of private practice in Santa Fe, NM. His medical research has been selected for publication as well as presentation at national meetings. He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery as well as the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy.
Dr. Zapalac received his medical degree from the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Upon completion of his internship in General Surgery and residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, he returned to Austin to join Austin Ear, Nose, and Throat Associates in 2002. Dr. Zapalac is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.
Nicole Basa, MD, is an experienced general surgeon with a proven track record of creating outstanding results for patients in Cedar Park, Texas, and beyond. Through her practice with Cedar Park Surgeons, Dr. Basa is honored to play a role in improving the health and overall wellness for those in her care.
Dr. Basa earned her bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology with an emphasis in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, and attended medical school at Rush Medical College in Chicago. After medical school, she completed her general surgery residency at USC and was voted Chief Resident of the year by the surgical faculty for her outstanding patient care and excellent surgical and teaching skills. Dr. Basa also completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she also served as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Surgery.
Dr. Basa has conducted research at both the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and the UCLA Cure: Digestive Diseases Research Center, with a special interest in the control of appetite. She is the author of several papers on bariatric surgery and ghrelin (one of several hormones that controls appetite), and has presented her work at national meetings around the country.
Dr. Basa also enjoys teaching and has earned many awards for outstanding teaching from her students at USC and UCLA. She currently serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery for the Texas A&M Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, is Medical Director for Bariatric Surgery at Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, and performed the first fully robotic Gastric Bypass ever to be done in Central Texas (from Dallas, The Valley, and El Paso). She is the 2nd surgeon to do this in the entire State of Texas.
Dr. Basa is Certified in Breast Ultrasound by the American Society of Breast Surgeons and is the first, and currently the only breast surgeon in Austin and the surrounding areas to be certified in Breast Ultrasound. She is board certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is also a member of the American College of Surgeons. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Texas Medical Association, and Williamson County Medical Society.
She has also received the Vitals.com “Patient’s Choice 5 Year Anniversary Award” and “Compassionate Doctor Award”, as well as the Hill Country News’ “Best Surgeon Award,” the Austin Monthly’s “Top Doctor Award,” and Texas Monthly’s “Super Doctors Rising Star Award.”
Alan Abando, MD, is a dedicated, board-certified surgeon in Cedar Park, Texas. At his practice, B+A Medical Wellness, he treats patients with compassion and uses his in-depth knowledge and skill to provide impressive results in total health and wellness.
Dr. Abando graduated cum laude from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He earned his medical degree with alpha omega alpha honors from Chicago’s Rush Medical College and completed his general surgery residency at Huntington Memorial Hospital, which is affiliated with the University of Southern California (USC).
Based on his remarkable work, Dr. Abando was asked by his mentors to join their group, which focused on minimally invasive bariatric surgery. He worked for two years at Huntington Memorial Hospital, an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery designated Center of Excellence. Also during those two years, Dr. Abando was a volunteer teaching faculty member for Huntington Memorial Hospital’s general surgery residency program.
Dr. Abando is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons, Texas Medical Association, and Williamson County Medical Society.
He has received Texas Monthly’s “Super Doctors Rising Star Award.”
Dr. Alina Sholar is blazing a trail in female-led health care businesses, owning and leading Serenity Medical Centers, Skin Science Soul, and Sage Practice Solutions. At Serenity Medical Centers, Sholar’s leadership style is centered on personal and professional development to give her team the resources to expand their careers. Through these businesses, and in honoring her own professional upbringing in biomedical sciences, medicine, surgery and business, she mentors young women in STEM and medicine and passes on her business acumen to women around the globe to build their own startups.
Dr. Sholar is the first physician in her family, but she knew even in her elementary years what she may become. At age 7, she predicted she would be a doctor- either for people or animals. After receiving a full-tuition merit scholarship from the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation in Orange, she received her BS degree in Biomedical Sciences with Magna Cum Laude honors from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University in December 1994.
She started medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1995. During her medical education, it became apparent that a surgical specialty was her calling. She did surgical research in an esteemed scientific laboratory at University of Texas with her culminating in publication in a prominent scientific journal, Perfusion. She was there awarded the prestigious Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award and Achievement Citation for Women in Medicine, along with other meritorious honors and accolades like the Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship Award in medicine. She graduated from University of Texas Medical Branch in 1999 then went on to her surgical residencies.
She completed a full five-year residency, including Chief Resident, in General Surgery at the University of Louisville in 2004, where she was awarded Best Resident Instructor and Mentor by the students of the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Dr. Sholar published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology during her General Surgery residency.
She continued her study of surgery by completing an additional residency in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Tennessee, serving as Chief Resident in 2006. Her plastic surgery training included not only aesthetic surgery, but also dermatology, non-invasive and laser aesthetic treatments, reconstruction related to cranio-facial surgery, microsurgery, hand surgery, burn surgery, and breast surgery. She received multiple awards and publications in research areas such as the efficacy of treatment at Tertiary Care Wound Centers and the advanced reconstructive techniques required after major facial trauma and infections in journals including the prestigious Annals of Plastic Surgery. During this time, she also had the privilege of spending time on mission trips in the Republic of Panama where she repaired cleft lip and palates and assisted in complex reconstructive craniofacial procedures for children. She was certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 2008.
She has additionally received training and certification from the World Health Organization in Operational Planning regarding preparedness and response for COVID-19, as well as from Johns Hopkins for Epidemics & Outbreaks.
Serenity Medical Centers has a global service initiative as well as locally in the Austin and San Antonio communities.
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