James E. Garza, MD
**** ***** **** ~ League City, TX 77573-6833
Cell Phone 281-***-**** ~ Email ad0qg7@r.postjobfree.com
P E R S O N A L
Hispanic male fluent in English; working knowledge of Spanish.
E D U C A T I O N & P R O F E S S I O N A L
Family Practice Residency, San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, Baytown, TX; July 1994-June 1997
MD, UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX; July 1989-June 1993
BBA-Management, UT @ Austin, Austin, TX; Aug 1984-May 1989
Unrestricted Texas Medical License and DEA Registration.
ABFM certified continuously since July 1997.
BLS certified thru Jan 2025. ACLS certified thru Dec 2024.
E M P L O Y M E N T
Staff Physician, Norton Sound Health Corp, Nome, AK, Jan 2019-present
Nursing home & ambulatory care clinic. Cerner EMR
Garza Medical Association, Aug 2013-Nov 2019
Locum tenens assignments. primary and urgent care. Practice Fusion, GE Centricity EMRs.
Staff Physician, CommunityCare, Pflugerville, TX, May 2009-Nov 2011
Ambulatory indigent medical care. NextGen EMR.
Independent Physician, Garza Medical Association, League City, TX, May 2004-May 2009
Urgent care, ambulatory care, house calls, ER fast track, inpatient care, hemorrhoid clinic, insurance physicals. eClinical Works EMR.
Medical Director, Chemical Dependency Health Services, Arlington, TX Jan 2000-April 2004
Outpatient opiate addiction treatment.
Locum Tenens, Concentra Medical Centers, D-FW, TX, Dec 2000-Aug 2001
Occupational injuries, accidents, exposures. Worker’s comp, Pre-employment, lacerations, foreign bodies, x-ray interpretation.
Staff Physician, Dell & Peeler P.A., Methodist Family Health Ctr, Grand Prairie, TX July 1997-July 1999
Full spectrum ambulatory family practice. Lac repair, biopsy, I&D,
excision, WWE, results interpretation, med mgmt, referrals, dictation/paper charting, E&M/ICD coding, care coordination, phone on-call, records review.