Dr. Derick Young, MD
Family Practitioner
415 Embassy Oaks Suite 200 San Antonio TX, 78216About
Dr. Derick Young is a family practitioner practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Young specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Young possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Univ of Tx Med Sch At San Antonio, San Antonio Tx 1998
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 1998
Board Certification
American Board of Family Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Vascular Disease
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Get to know Family Physician Dr. Derick Young, who serves patients in Texas.
Dr. Young, a board-certified family physician, serves as the Senior Medical Director at WellMed at Windcrest in San Antonio, Texas.
Locally, he is affiliated with Northeast Baptist Hospital and St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital.
Back in the early days of his academic career, Dr. Young graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. He then went on to earn his medical degree from the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 1998, after which he performed his residency in family medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from 1998 until 2001.
With years of experience to his credit, the doctor is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.
Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility.
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