KOREN WESTON, M.D.
     
Dr. Koren Weston is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She joined our practice in 2009 and has expanded our ability to provide excellent care for patients young and old.
     
Dr. Weston obtained her medical degree from UTMB in Galveston in 1998. She then went on to complete her residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Florida in Gainesville. As an internist who also worked as a hospitalist for a number of years, she has extensive hospital experience and training in addition to her outpatient training. Her expertise in the more critically ill patient has helped us to better manage our senior population as well as our younger patients.
     
She enjoys helping individuals of all ages obtain and maintain their health, from birth through senior years. She is dedicated to our offices model of staying current on advances in medicine and engaging the patient in their care. Patients who have had a visit with her have told us they particularly appreciate her calm manner and great listening skills.

LAURELIN MULLINS, FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
     
Laurelin graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1997. She gained nursing experience in the nephrology/neurology unit at North Austin Medical center and in the pediatric emergency department at Brackenridge Hospital. In 2000 she returned to UT for her Masters of Science in Nursing and certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, receiving awards for academic excellence. She enjoys working with patients of all ages, and especially cherishes the rapport that develops over the years between patients and their providers in the specialty of family medicine. She and Dr. Hausman-Cohen have been working as a team since 2002.

Laurelin has a particular interest in diabetes and high cholesterol and has worked with our patients to get them to outstanding control of these risk factors and has often helped patients not only manage but also sometimes "reverse" these diseases

CHARIS BEARDEN, FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
     
Charis recently rejoined our practice. She comes to us with a wealth of different experiences. Prior to becoming a board-certified nurse practitioner, she enjoyed a long and varied nursing career, including six years in the Air Force. She has worked in surgery, family medicine, and intensive care nursing; her first job as a nurse practitioner was working in an Ear, Nose and Throat specialty office. She joined our health care team so she could use her full spectrum of family medicine skills and work with patients of all ages, helping them to plan and achieve their healthcare goals.

ELLEN ELMORE, M.D.
     
Dr. Ellen Elmore works part-time throughout the year at BWFM to help us during our busy seasons and when our physicians are out of the office due to continuing education and vacations. She brings an array of knowledge to the office, as she has worked throughout the world in various jobs, ranging from medical director of a hospital in rural Alaska, to cruise ship medical director. She enjoys travel medicine, pediatrics, and is well-trained in emergencies as well as full-spectrum family medicine since she was often hundreds of miles away from specialty back-up.