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Donna Adames, Bariatric Surgery Program Director

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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.