A bit about me

I grew up as the son of a farmer and coach in Claude, Texas.  I always knew that I wanted to be a physician.  The thought of being able to help others was always a motivation for me.

I went to college at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas.  I attended medical school at Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center, and I completed my family practice residency at the McLennan County Family Practice Residency program in Waco, Texas.  I have been in private practice in Amarillo, Texas, since 1997.

I spent nearly three decades practicing medicine, most of that time in family practice. Over the years, my interests increasingly shifted toward hormone and thyroid care, especially the patients who did not fit neatly into traditional treatment guidelines or standard protocols. 

That experience eventually led me to create Healthy Hormones as an educational platform. My focus now is on helping medical providers think more clearly about hormone therapy, particularly when symptoms, laboratory results, and physiology do not line up the way a textbook says they should.

I am the author of The New Thyroid Handbook and am currently developing Healthy Hormones: Beyond the Basics, a clinical education course for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who already treat hormone patients and want to become more confident managing the difficult cases that do not respond predictably to standard protocols.

Healthy Hormones also includes a library of patient-focused articles on thyroid and hormone health that I wrote during my years in clinical practice. While my current focus is provider education, I have kept those resources available for patients who may still find them helpful.

Outside of medicine, I also work as a financial advisor. I have been married to my wife, Pam, since 1989, and we have three children and three grandchildren. I enjoy golf, travel, sports, music, and spending time with my family.