Directors Team
At Texas Bariatric Specialists we specialize in offering the most highly skilled and professional directorial team at our world class health facilities in San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, Austin, Temple, Killeen, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Laredo, and soon to be Boerne.
From nutrition, the military, or a fortune 500 company our directorial team has extensive backgrounds in many professional environments. Our programs are implemented and maintained with that world class support that can only be obtained from a wide group of backgrounds. At the heart of any successful team there is a group of skilled directors making things happen.
Donna Adames, Bariatric Surgery Program Director
The first thing you will notice about Donna is her patience, through thick and thin she will always be there with a kind word of support. Donna is the heart and soul of the practice. As Program Director, she is charge of all aspects of the practice including: patient acquisition, insurance authorization, clinical affairs and billing.
Donna was born in the Midwest and settled in San Antonio at the age of 2 with her parents and 5 older brother and sisters. Donna’s mother is her heart and soul and she will be the first to tell you where she received her heart and patience from. Donna strives to continue to be as active and passionate as her mother in the years to come; like mother, like daughter.
Donna began her education at UTSA to study nursing and found another passion in the financial avenue. Donna worked with USAA for 11 years, pioneering the customer service training department. Donna worked hard to instill her kind heart and practicality with her co-workers. She found her calling in leadership and teaching, she found she was able to transform the mind set of the staff to treat each customer as an individual and treats their needs as family.
Donna has worked with this practice for 3 years and has been a bariatric patient herself for the past 2 years. Donna is embracing her new found life through bariatrics and has been very successful in completing the goals she has set before her. We are still always amazed by her multi-tasking ability, all the while staying calm, cool and collected.
On top of her hard work, Donna is the mother of 3 teenagers! Between work phone calls, emails and meetings, Donna balances homework, football, and volleyball while still making time for her pets at home. If she had a dollar for every time she was called upon by all those who rely on her she’d be a rich, rich woman! The most amazing thing is all 3 of her children will be the first to tell you that they will always run to her to talk about anything, and even their teenage years she continues to be their friend and confidant.
As we welcome you into our practice, we hope you get the opportunity to get to know Donna, as she betters the lives of all of those around her. We are blessed to have that glue in our practice and our lives.
Tonya Kramer, Director of Patient Relations
Tonya is the voice of our practice, she is the behind scenes director the keeps the show going. Tonya shares her belief in the life change of this surgery with each patient. Being a patient herself she realizes the struggle each individual is going through and excels in lending a helping hand to guide you in your choices and ease your personal tension and confusion. We all jab fun, but pride Tonya in her precision and creativity in her work.
Tonya also growing up in a military family, spent a big portion of her life in Okinawa, Japan and a variety of places around the world. Tonya began her educational career in the military, which lends great skills to her current achievements in the work place. Tonya spent 10 years in the military and endured an accident while serving in the military that unfortunately still contributes to pain, although she perseveres and finds her passion in soccer and even dance. She would like to share her new change in life with health and fitness to add on the role of personal trainer for women who have or are struggling the way she did in the past.
Not only is she a great hard working leader, but a hard working friend, and dedicated wife and mother of 3 girls. We like to look up soccer mom in the dictionary and find Tonya’s picture. She shuttles her family across town it seems almost every night of the week, and therefore is so thankful that she has a husband who likes to cook. Tonya prides herself in her 3 beautiful girls, works hard, but still seems to find the time to entertain them.
Tonya agrees that she is a helpful friend almost to a fault and is always there for her family and friends no matter what the case may be. She is the person you can depend on to always be there until the job gets done. Tonya seems to be the person we run to with computer and internet questions, and she is the person who will not settle until she finds the answer.
Tonya is the keystone of our arch way, you will hopefully have the opportunity to speak and share with Tonya your story. She is not only there from the beginning of your journey, but continues to stay on top of your after care process. She realizes the vital importance of follow-up after surgery, and plays a critical role in the path of our program.