3 stay informed EL PASO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FEATURED PROVIDER Expanding our expertise David Jara, MD, is a boardcertified physician in pediatrics and allergy and immunology who has joined the El Paso Children’s Hospital team. Dr. Jara is an El Paso native with over 10 years of experience caring for kids. He completed medical school and his pediatric residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston before completing a fellowship in allergy and immunology at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He also has over 7 years of experience working in their Urgent Care Center. Dr. Jara is excited to be back home and hopes to give back to the community by providing quality care to children with allergies and immunological problems. Being board-certified in both pediatrics and allergy and immunology allows him to tailor management of childhood diseases. His experience in acute care medicine has also helped him identify gaps in patient care that may lead to loss of management or control of a child’s medical condition. He is a great addition to the team and will work collaboratively with several of our other specialists to improve health outcomes in the region. Special services for children of traveling farmworkers El Paso Health has special Medicaid services for the children of traveling farmworkers. The services include assistance with scheduling their upcoming Texas Health Steps exams, as well as vision, mental health, and transportation benefits for them. If you have any questions or would like to receive more information about these services for children of traveling farmworkers or would like for the program coordinator to provide an in-service to your staff, please call the Outreach Coordinator at 915-532‑3778, Ext. 1075. David Jara, MD
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