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Balcones Woods Family Medicine
11149 Research Blvd. #210
Austin, TX 78759
About
Each room has a computer and an electronic medical records system has been in place since 2000.
In addition to providing excellent care from an academic perspective we also strive to incorporate the art of medicine into our practice and deliver compassionate care.
Office visits are generally 25-30 minutes for chronic issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis etc. and 10-15 for same day sick visits. New patient visits are generally longer. This is considerably longer than many primary care offices and due to this we do not accept all insurances including many HMOs. We are however on most PPO insurances including Aetna, BC/BS, Humana and United. We also work closely with self pay patients to help deliver affordable care. For an appointment call 512-231-1901.
In addition to Dr. Sharon Hausman-Cohen, the office has two other providers, both who also work to provide a similar style of compassionate care mixed with evidence based medicine:
Other providers are:
Koren Weston, MD (dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics) and
Laurelin Mullins, FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner, who has been working with Dr. Hausman-Cohen for over 9 years).
Sharon Hausman-Cohen, MD
Dr. Hausman-Cohen, graduate of Harvard Medical School (1993) founded Balcones Woods Family Medicine. Her goal in establishing this practice was to create an office offering comprehensive care to individuals of all ages that stressed the combination of evidence based medicine (ie; based on the available medical research) but not limited to only prescription drugs. The practice has a strong interest in vitamins, nutrition and complementary and alternative medicine in addition to the use of prescription medications when needed. All of our practitioners maintain the highest levels of maintainence of certification of continuing education. and we strive to give outstanding care in a comfortable and compassionate setting. In addition to practicing full spectrum medicine we also have an interest in nutrition and complementary medicine (use of various natural medications, herbal medications and vitamins when appropriate). A distinguishing feature of our practice is that when we do discuss any treatment (including herbal and vitamin options) we provide information for the patient regarding where/ how this treatment has been studied and thus only recommend treatments that fall into the category of evidence based. Patients leave our office with a print out of their plan, so as to eliminate the chance of misunderstandings/ confusion. We are constantly using resources such as "pubmed" to search the published medical literature for the latest information on a topic and "Up to Date", a reference that we subscribe to maintained by the faculty of Harvard Medical School and other prestigous schools, to make sure our patients get the best treatments available.Each room has a computer and an electronic medical records system has been in place since 2000.
In addition to providing excellent care from an academic perspective we also strive to incorporate the art of medicine into our practice and deliver compassionate care.
Office visits are generally 25-30 minutes for chronic issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis etc. and 10-15 for same day sick visits. New patient visits are generally longer. This is considerably longer than many primary care offices and due to this we do not accept all insurances including many HMOs. We are however on most PPO insurances including Aetna, BC/BS, Humana and United. We also work closely with self pay patients to help deliver affordable care. For an appointment call 512-231-1901.
In addition to Dr. Sharon Hausman-Cohen, the office has two other providers, both who also work to provide a similar style of compassionate care mixed with evidence based medicine:
Other providers are:
Koren Weston, MD (dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics) and
Laurelin Mullins, FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner, who has been working with Dr. Hausman-Cohen for over 9 years).
Years In Practice
27
Primary Specialty
Family Doctor
Gender
Female
Education
Harvard Medical School, MD 1993
Harvard Division Of Medical Science, Masters Degree 1987
Harvard Division Of Medical Science, Masters Degree 1987
Training
Central Texas Medical Foundation (Family Medicine Residency); completed 2007
Affiliations
Hospitalizations are done generally with the help of a hospitalist with whom we stay in contact with. Dr. Weston does do some hospital admissions for the practice as well at Seton NW, Austin Heart, NAMC. Both Dr. Weston and Dr. Hausman-Cohen have courtesy or full priveledges at most of the Austin area hospitals.
Office Staff
RNs; Karen Ptacek and Kirin Hahn
Head Medical Assistant; Tashira Ortiz
Head Medical Assistant; Tashira Ortiz
Services
Balcones Woods Family Medicine treats patients of all ages, from young children to mature adults.
We offer full spectrum family medicine including well visits for all ages including annuals with Pap smears when indicated, sports/school exams and other well exams.
We do save slots for same day sick visits, although priority is given to established patients.
We are trained to take care of most of your outpatient needs including dermatology (skin issues), non surgical minor orthopedic issues (shoulder, knee, ankle pain etc) and allergies. We also have a strong interest in managing osteopenia/ osteoporosis (Dr. Hausman-Cohen is a member of the National Osteoporosis Foundation),thyroid issues, other endocrine issues such as high blood sugars/ diabetes and issues such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Additional Services Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Osteoporosis
We offer full spectrum family medicine including well visits for all ages including annuals with Pap smears when indicated, sports/school exams and other well exams.
We do save slots for same day sick visits, although priority is given to established patients.
We are trained to take care of most of your outpatient needs including dermatology (skin issues), non surgical minor orthopedic issues (shoulder, knee, ankle pain etc) and allergies. We also have a strong interest in managing osteopenia/ osteoporosis (Dr. Hausman-Cohen is a member of the National Osteoporosis Foundation),thyroid issues, other endocrine issues such as high blood sugars/ diabetes and issues such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Additional Services Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Osteoporosis
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