"Melissa joined the MyMD Select team in 2016. She is a proud native Texan who grew up in the hill country and calls East Texas home. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2006 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in nursing, and moved to Lufkin where she began her nursing career. Her nursing experience includes ICU, pre-operative and post-anesthesia care nursing, case management and nursing education. She continued her education and graduated from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi in 2015 with a Master’s of Science in Nursing, family nurse practitioner degree. She is an active member of academic and professional nursing organizations including Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society, Texas Nurse Practitioners, and American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Melissa and her husband live in Lufkin, and have two sons. She loves good food, music, sports and spending time with her family and friends. Melissa is a woman of the outdoors and loves to hunt and fish. She enjoys volunteering within her community and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Lufkin. Melissa is passionate about helping others, and thanks God for her calling to do that for a living. She is excited to work in collaboration with the other providers at MyMD Select, to deliver quality health care to the patients of East Texas. She believes in concierge medicine and the ability to spend time getting to know her patients, empowering them to make informed decisions about their health care."
