Chapala Med

Chapala Med Primary Care Practice & Medical Services. Chapala Med serves the EXPAT community of the Chapala-Ajij We offer services for everyone in your family.

MISSION:
To provide the English-speaking Lakeside community with the best comprehensive patient-centered care in a manner which they have come to expect, demand and above all, understand. To combine knowledge, resources, relationships, and creativity to help each one of our patients accomplish his/her life goals in an optimum state of health and well-being . VISION:
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our primary care doctor is your most important source of health care. In fact, from the time of birth, almost everyone sees a primary care doctor for most of their medical needs. CHAPALA MED is a comprehensive primary care facility where you and your entire family can obtain the highest quality of individualized care in an environment that is modern and with care that is compassionate, respectful, private and responsive to your needs. CHAPALA MED's network of physicians are highly trained family medicine specialists and of other specialties whom have been screened and personally vetted by Dr. Hernandez. The specialists use state-of-the-art technology and the latest advances. Our dedicated doctors and staff can offer you the best care, that is on par with U.S. and Canadian standards of care. We focus on every aspect of your health, beginning with prevention measures and patient education plans that are practical and beneficial. Whether you need treatment for an injury, management of chronic health concerns, an outpatient procedure or assistance with other health issues at any stage in life, you can find prompt, professional, and cost-effective services all under one roof CHAPALA MED. We take the time to understand your needs and concerns, and we speak in FLUENT ENGLISH that you can understand. You and your health are our top priority, so we also offer convenient and easy access your MEDICAL RECORDS through safe, secure and easy to use ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS(EMR) that is HIPPA compliant,

A brief list of our services include:

Acute care of Geriatric, adult and childhood illnesses and injuries

School/sport/camp physicals

Dermatology and skin disorders (e.g. rashes, acne, eczema, biopsy of suspicious
lesions etc) as well as FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENING

Facial Rejuvination with Botox & Dermal fillers such as Restylane and Juvederm

Obesity, weight control management and FULL NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING & education

Well woman care (PAP smears, breast health, cardiovascular health, health maintenance)

Men's health care (e.g. cardiac risk assessment, erectile dysfunction)

Behavioral health problems (e.g. anxiety, depression, relational issues, substance and alcohol abuse issues)

Pulmonary disorders (e.g. COPD, emphysema, asthma, pulmonary function testing)

Endocrine disorders (e.g. diabetes, thyroid, osteoporosis, lipids, etc.) Sports/non-sport injuries and joint problems (e.g. arthritis, joint/back pain, etc)

Headache disorders

Cardiovascular disorders (e.g. high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, etc.) Gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. esophageal reflux, constipation, diverticulosis, etc)

Genitourinary disorders (e.g. urinary tract infections, ge***al infections, etc)

Ear, Nose and Throat disorders (e.g. allergies, sinus problems, ear infections, etc)

Travel Medicine (medical planning, immunizations, medicines)

Procedures: minor skin procedures, mole, wart and skin tag removal, ingrown toenail removal, wound cleaning and care

Diabetic Foot care

Inpatient (hospitalization) services (except OB) are provided by inpatient specialists in our network of healthcare providers of all specialties

01/06/2026
01/06/2026

A 77-year-old marathon walker started having headaches. She went to her primary care office and saw a nurse practitioner. Then a PA. Then back to the PA. Then an ER. Then the PA again. The PA decided she had anxiety and prescribed fluoxetine. Then she finally got back to her neurologist, who took her history, examined her temporal arteries, and ordered a sed rate. It was 41. She had giant cell arteritis, a vision-threatening diagnosis that had been sitting in front of every clinician she saw for months.

Reeta Achari, MD, a neurologist in solo private practice in Houston for 25 years, is the one who finally caught it.

By the time the patient reached her, she had been through two Medrol dose packs, a course of NSAIDs, a misdiagnosis of anxiety, an ER visit that bounced her back to the same primary care office, and four separate clinicians across the cascade, none of whom was her physician. She had never actually seen her primary care physician. She saw "people in that clinic." The patient herself told Dr. Achari, "if you think I need fluoxetine I'll be on it, but I don't think I'm anxious and this headache is just crazy."

The team-based-care model treats physician time as substitutable. It is not. Holistic differential diagnosis on a multi-system presentation in a 77-year-old requires single-clinician continuity. The cascade above is what non-continuity produces. Giant cell arteritis is not simple. You have to think about it. You have to connect a headache, joint pain, jaw claudication, and an elevated sed rate in a patient who has never had headaches before. You have to put your hand on her temple. None of that happens in a five-stop cascade where every clinician inherits a partial story.

Dr. Achari opted out of Medicare years ago. She now runs a subscription model with a quarterly fee that middle-class patients can afford, with scholarships for the patients she has cared for over decades. She is a fourth-generation physician. She watched her father practice 40 years ago, when not everybody had managed care. She is not nostalgic. She is operational. Her argument is simple: if physician time is the diagnostic instrument, then a workflow that puts the physician at the end of a five-step escalation has broken the instrument.

"No physician touched her."

Listen to the full conversation on The Podcast by KevinMD. Link in the comments.

30/05/2026

ISSCA CERTIFICATION. I am proud to be part of this medical community and group of worldwide experts.

28/05/2026

CHAPALA MED - Dr. Hernandez speaks to the EXPAT community about TRUST.

27/05/2026

Good morning from JOYA HOSPITAL, AJIJC.

Dirección

Libramiento Chapala-Ajijic No. 132 Int. 21 Plaza Interlago
Ajijic
45922

Horario de Apertura

Lunes 9am - 5pm
Martes 9am - 5pm
Jueves 9am - 5pm
Sábado 9am - 5pm

Teléfono

+523339509414

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