Dr. Enrique "Henry" Gonzales is a board-certified pediatrician and a lifelong Texan. He was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, went to college at UT Brownsville (now UTRGV), and received both his MD degree and general pediatrics residency training at UTHSC in San Antonio. He then practiced for two years in the Austin area before joining SBCHC in 2020.
He is passionate about preventative health for children and spending time providing education to his patients and their parents. His goal is for each family to leave the clinic knowing more about the patient's health than when they came in.
In his free time, he enjoys reading, drawing, and even playing video games. While he's rarely silent for very long, if you want to get him talking, bring up Star Wars or Batman!
Nicole Bishop is a Family Nurse Practitioner with almost 10 years of pediatric primary care experience who earned both her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Cizik School of Nursing. She is board-certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners to provide care to individuals across any life span, focusing on disease screening and prevention.
Nicole is passionate about pediatric primary care and serving the underserved children of the Houston area. She believes in using evidence-based practice and research, along with interprofessional collaboration and patient and family education to promote the best outcomes. Her goal is to create a compassionate and collaborative relationship with patients and their families to provide the best care possible. Nicole was born in Mexico and is fluent in Spanish. In her free time, she enjoys working out, traveling, and spending time with her family.
Jessica Briones is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in 2020. She has worked with pediatric patients in various healthcare settings including hospitals, home health, and school-based nursing. Jessica is passionate about working with children and has over 10 years of pediatric experience as a medical professional. Jessica is a Texas native who is originally from the Rio Grande Valley and has been living in Houston since 2013.
She enjoys listening to music, traveling, trying new restaurants, and spending time at home with her family. She brings positive energy and a caring attitude to her pediatric patients and their families.
Dr. Adaobi Ekweani earned her medical degree at the University of Texas at Houston McGovern Medical School, where she also stayed to earn her pediatric internship and residency training.
Dr. Ekweani treats infectious diseases, asthma, allergies, developmental and behavioral conditions, obesity, and rashes, along with completing routine health maintenance visits, sports physicals, and vaccine administration.
She values building a strong therapeutic alliance with her patients and their families as well as meeting the comprehensive medical needs of her patients and is looking to bringing her experience, energy, and expertise to her patients at Whole Life and to Spring Branch Community Health Centers.
Dr. Ashraf Elmeery earned his medical degree in Egypt at Cairo University School of Medicine, followed by a post-graduate degree and fellowship in pediatrics and pediatric GI-liver and nutrition. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Columbia University’s Harlem Hospital in New York City.
In practice since 1997, Dr. Elmeery is board-certified in pediatrics and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. His primary clinical interests include prenatal counseling and education, newborn care, and gastrointestinal (GI) and liver diseases, such as fatty liver disease, in children.
A fluent speaker of Arabic, Dr. Elmeery treats children from birth through age 18. In his leisure time, Dr. Elmeery enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, reading, and playing soccer and tennis.
Dr. Kamdar loves and enjoys working with children. She is dedicated to understanding their needs and catering to the dynamics of the entire family to provide a superior level of care.
She received her medical degree from India and did her Pediatric Residency in New York and Corpus Christi. She has special interest in children and adolescence mental health. She enjoys exercise, jogging, meditation, reading, and travel.
Dr. Krishnakumari Kanesan was born in Malaysia and earned her medical degree in India. She later completed her residency in Pediatrics at Shreveport Health Science Center in Louisiana. She comes with great experience in Public Health, Research, and, of course, caring for young ones. She has been trilingual from a young age but is striving daily to learn Spanish, however slowly. Dr. Kanesan loves Pediatrics and cannot imagine another field of interest! In her free time, she loves to go for walks and to cook. She describes her cooking style as “experimental fusion,” combining different ingredients from various cultures. As she says, “It’s fun and interesting!”
Dr. Karla Querales is a Texas-licensed pediatrician dedicated to providing compassionate and comprehensive care to children and their families. She received her medical degree from La Universidad del Zulia in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 2011, followed by her first pediatric residency in 2016. She recently completed her pediatric residency in the U. S. at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo, Texas, where she distinguished herself by serving as Chief Resident during her final year of training.
Dr. Querales strives to educate and empower parents to support their children’s health and well-being at all stages of life. Outside of medicine, she enjoys watching documentaries, sharing coffee, and spending quality time with her loved ones.
Denise Rosales is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who earned her Bachelor's and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Florida International University in Miami. She worked for a large community health system in Miami before moving to Houston. She has provided high-quality and compassionate care to all patients and their families since 2020.
Raised in Venezuela, Denise is fluent in Spanish. Her interests and hobbies include outdoor activities, singing, dancing, and spending time with her family.
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Dr. Tiorra Johnson Ross is a dedicated, Board-Certified Pediatrician who provides compassionate care to patients ranging from newborns to 18 years old. A proud graduate of Howard University, where she majored in Chemistry, Dr. Ross earned her medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in 2018. She then completed her pediatric residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 2021.
Outside of her medical practice, Dr. Ross enjoys spending quality time with her fiancé and daughter. Although a passionate traveler and fitness enthusiast, she also channels her creativity as a content creator, sharing relatable and insightful content about motherhood and her journey in pediatrics.
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Dr. Naila Soorty graduated from the Government College for Women in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1982, and earned her medical degree in 1990 from Sind Medical College, affiliated with the University of Karachi. She is board-certified in pediatric medicine and brings over 30 years of clinical experience to care for her patients. Her professional interests include Pediatric Endocrinology, in which she completed a three-year fellowship, learning to manage Pediatric Obesity, Diabetes, growth disorders, pubertal issues, and other endocrine disorders. She speaks English, Urdu, and Hindi well, as well as Medical Spanish, of which she is learning more every day. She likes to walk, travel, explore National Parks, and watch movies and TV.
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