Jorge Duchicela, M.D., founder of the program, was born in Ecuador and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1984. He is a board certified Family Medicine physician. Dr. Duchicela has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatric Medicine and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Dr. Duchicela has been in private practice for twenty one years and is co-founder of the Youens and Duchicela Clinic in Weimar, Texas. The Youens and Duchicela Clinic serves a patient population of approximately 12,000 of several surrounding communities/towns in south central Texas.

Maria Elena Guallpa