Mayra Cordova, PA-C

"Mayra is a Texas native, born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from The University of Texas at Brownsville in 2010. After completing her undergraduate studies Mayra was accepted to UT Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, and graduated with a Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies in 2014.

Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Prior to her career as a physician assistant, Mayra completed a research internship at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, focusing on health-related problems resulting from long term space missions. Her career in medicine then took her to Laredo, TX where she practiced internal medicine before transitioning into sports medicine, in which she treated a wide array of sports-related injuries and developed a passion for the field of orthopedics."

"Direct Orthopedic Care, DOC, is a walk-in, immediate access orthopedic clinic. We are open 7 days a week with no appointment necessary. If you have an orthopedic injury or chronic condition, you can receive immediate care by orthopedic specialists without the time or expense of an ER visit.

The ER will refer you to orthopedic experts for surgery, placing a cast on a broken bone, physical therapy treatment or more thorough diagnosis of an injury or condition. So why not eliminate additional expenses by skipping the ER and going straight to DOC?

The DOC team consists of Board-certified, Fellowship trained Orthopedic Surgeons and specialty-trained Physician Assistants; Pain Management physicians and Pain Management specialty-trained Physician Assistants. You can avoid the wait at the ER by coming to DOC first. There is never a facility fee or high co-pay at DOC."