Jose R Hinojosa, M.D.
Program Director

Medical School: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Residency: Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Collins, Colorado
Undergraduate School / Degree: University of Texas-Pan American. B.S. Biology
Things I Enjoy Teaching: Difficult patient interviewing, outpatient procedures
Special Areas of Intrest in FM: Resident education and evaluation, information mastery and procedural training for preparation for rural practice
Personal Quote: “Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?” Derek Zoolander

Darrick Nelson, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Undergraduate School / Degree: University of Texas at Dallas / BS Biology
Things I Enjoy Teaching: I enjoy teaching all Family Medicine (Adult Medicine, Pediatrics, OB, and Geriatrics) Outpatient procedures, C-section.
Special Areas of Intrest in FM: Medical Informatics, EMR
Personal Quote: "It is better to regret embarking on adventure, than to regret not embarking on adventure."
What I like best about CCFM: I suppose I like the people the best. In particular I enjoy watching a new resident develop and grow into a skilled, competent, compassionate physician. I am confident that our graduates leave this program with all the tools necessary to practice full-scope Family Medicine. I enjoy helping train physicians that I know will make a difference in the lives of many others.

Kathleen Soch, M.D.
Geriatric Fellowship Director

Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston, TX
Undergraduate School/Degree: University of Dallas, BA in Biology
Things I Enjoy Teaching: Geriatrics including Home Visits, Long Term Care, Preventive Medicine
Personal Quote: "When caring for frail elders, the best treatment is often a simple conversation, explaining why we don’t want to recommend any treatments, order any more tests or prescribe more medications."
What I like best about CCFM: There are so many things that make the Corpus Christi Family Medicine Residency Program a great place to work and teach. We have a strong patient base and a never ending variety of challenges. But the main attraction is the people I work with-- our great residents, faculty and staff.

Gerald Kizerian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Medical School/Graduate schools: MSW-University of Utah, Graduate School of Social Work, Ph.D.Brigham Young University
Undergraduate School / Degree: BS in Soc. and psych. from Weber State University
Things I Enjoy Teaching: inpatient FM, Out patient FM, OB, C-section, Geriatrics, Sports Medicine, Coloposcopy,etc.
Teaching residents about themselves as well as how to avoid being controlled by their patients while assisting that patient to help him/her self are my most enjoyable teaching moments.
I also gain much satisfaction witnessing the personal and professional growth in the three years the resident is with us.
Special Areas of Intrest in FM: Hypnosis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Personal Quote: "Without faith there cannot be any hope."
What I like best about CCFM: I started out not an advocate of medicine. That was in the ‘80s. My first experience with residents was a lecture presentation to help residents deal more effectively with difficult patients. Being a bit devious, I decided to role-play a difficult patient and doctor situation; my being the difficult patient. My initial thought and plan was to really stump the resident. That was my cruel and malicious side. To my surprise, I was so taken by the effective and compassionate way the resident “handled” me that I found new perceptions of medicine that have remained to the present. Shortly after that experience I was asked to be the Behavioral Science faculty. That was in 1990. I’ve been here ever since, never regretting that decision to join the medical world.

Connor C. Chase, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Medical School: University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Undergraduate School / Degree: Stanford, B.A. English
Things I Enjoy Teaching:OB, C-section, Inpatient FM, Colposcopy, Adolescent medicine procedures and the bio-psycho-social model of medicine
Special Areas of Intrest in FM:Balint training, Office surgery and procedures, Family-centered maternity care and deliveries, cosmetic medicine (peels, Botox, fillers).
Personal Quote: “You can’t have it both ways.”
What I like best about CCFM:I looked for the best FM Program to join as faculty for four years and finally found my “dream position” here. I wanted to be part of a faculty that allowed a great deal of resident autonomy and wanted to teach family doctors to provide the entire spectrum of medical care traditionally given by family physicians.

Robert Caro, M.D.
Assistant Professor