Esse Health South County Internal Medicine Welcomes New Physician

ST. LOUIS - May 1, 2018 - PRLog -- Esse Health South County Internal Medicine Welcomes New Physician

ST. LOUIS –Esse Health South County Internal Medicine welcomes Internal Medicine physician Rowena Santos, M.D. to its practice. Dr. Santos is seeing patients at the office located at 5034 Griffin Road in St. Louis. (A photo of Dr. Santos is available at bit.ly/rowenasantos)

Dr. Santos is board certified in Internal Medicine. She has a special interest in health maintenance and disease prevention. Before joining Esse Health, Dr. Santos worked as a hospitalist with St. Anthony's Medical Center in South County.

Dr. Santos joins board certified physicians Kathleen Cizek, M.D., Kathryn Henderson, M.D., Gary Maassen, M.D., Carol R. Martin, M.D., Marc Merbaum, M.D., Robert Saitz, M.D., and Christopher Wedell, M.D. along with Nurse Practitioners Stacie Detmer, Lauren Hesterberg, and Megan McDermott and Dietitian Mindy Musselman. Appointments with Dr. Santos can be made by calling 314.843.7333.

Esse Health is a St. Louis-based, independent physician group that strives to improve the overall well-being of its patients through patient education, lifestyle modification and prevention.  Esse Health's adult and pediatric primary care offices have been awarded Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) 2014 Level 3 recognition by the National Committee on Quality Assurance. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Million Hearts Initiative recognized Esse Health as a 2014 Hypertension Control Champion for its success in helping patients control their high blood pressure.  With 43 locations throughout the St. Louis and Metro East area, Esse Health's services include asthma, allergy and immunology, family medicine, gastroenterology, internal medicine, nutrition, orthopedics, pediatrics, radiology and urology.  Esse Health is a recognized leader in using technology in health care and physician accountability for both quality and cost-of-care.  For more information on Esse Health, visit www.essehealth.com.