Kelsey-Seybold Doctor Receives High Honor from HCAFP
HOUSTON (July 1, 2009) - Patrick M. Carter, MD, MBA has been named the 2009 Harris County Family Physician of the Year by the Harris County Academy of Family Physicians.
“Dr. Carter is committed to both the local and state Academy, as well as issues that impact the medical community. Also, he is devoted to sustaining the quality of care provided by family physicians, as evident through his work with residents at Baylor and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic,” the HCAFP comments.
He has been practicing with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic since 1994, and is currently Chair of the Department of Family Medicine as well as Medical Director for Care Coordination and Quality Improvement at Kelsey-Seybold. Dr. Carter is also a Clinical Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and his specialties include Family Medicine and Geriatrics. He received his undergraduate degrees in honors biology and chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and attended medical school at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Carter also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University.
Among his many duties at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Dr. Carter writes on the topic of health care reform for his blog, “A Doctor’s Perspective on Health Care Reform.” For more information, please visit http://drpatrickcarter.blogspot.com/.
About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier community-based physician group, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's famous Texas Medical Center. More than 350 Kelsey-Seybold physicians practice at 18 locations in the greater Houston area. Medical services offered by Kelsey-Seybold include outpatient medical care in more than 50 medical specialties, outpatient surgery centers, nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Centers and Cancer Centers, advanced radiology services, onsite and online Kelsey Pharmacy services and secure communication portals for patients to communicate with their health care team. Kelsey-Seybold has proudly served the National Aeronautics and Space Administration since 1966 and today provides medical services onsite at the Johnson Space Center, the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, and in Moscow.
