There are many vaccine-preventable diseases that may cause serious medical complications and even death. These disease complications are drastically reduced in populations that maintain a high rate of vaccination.

You may have noticed that certain vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, have been on the rise within the U.S. due to the decline in vaccination rates over the past several years. These diseases, as well as the other vaccine-preventable diseases, can range from mild to severe and even life-threatening. In most cases, there is no way to know if an unvaccinated child will develop a mild or severe disease case.

Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases tend to cluster in a given area, and highly contagious diseases, such as measles, will spread quickly among people who are not immune.

Parents often question the safety of vaccinations. The decline in vaccination rates has been attributed to parental fear of childhood autism as a potential result of vaccines. Many rigorous studies have shown there is NO LINK between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine or vaccine preservatives, such as thimerosal, and autism.

Additionally, other concerns about the number and timing of childhood vaccines should be discussed with your child’s physician during the well child visit. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention childhood vaccine schedule is designed to provide optimal protection for your child at the earliest possible time against serious diseases. 

Visit our health library to learn more about the recommended vaccination schedule  or call our UT Health Primary Care office at 210-450-9100 to schedule an appointment for your children at one of our three convenient locations.

Phyllis MacGilvray, M.D., is a primary care physician at our UT Health Hill Country location.

Beginning in September, we will be offering Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) appointments at our Hill Country location. Maternal Fetal Medicine physicians are specialists in high-risk pregnancy that have completed additional training to learn best evidence-based practices for the care of women and their developing baby. Our providers are experts in prenatal diagnosis and are trained in using testing to diagnose potential birth defects or genetic disorders.

Advanced prenatal diagnostic services we offer include:

• Genetic counseling
• Management of medical complications in pregnancy
• Ultrasound screening to take a closer look at your baby
• First and second trimester aneuploidy screening
• Cell-free fetal DNA testing
• Evaluation of abnormal aneuploidy screening tests
• Amniocentesis

For more information or to make an appointment with one of our Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists, please call 210-450-6800.

UT Health Hill Country is located at 25723 Old Fredericksburg Road, Boerne , TX 78015.  See Google map

Henneth Corado Montenegro, M.D.
Primary Care

Dr. Maxim Eckmann
Pain Medicine




Angelica Davila, M.D.
Geriatrics and Palliative Care



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Ashley Hadaway, M.D.
Urology

UT Health Pain Consultants is now accepting appointments for September in the Hill Country!

UT Health Hill Country is pleased to announce that Dr. Maxim Eckmann, board-certified pain medicine specialist will begin seeing patients in September. Dr. Eckmann provides patient-centered, evidence-based methods of care for patients suffering with chronic pain. He takes a collaborative approach to pain management by working with your health care providers to create a customized treatment plan to help you achieve greater mobility.

Services offered at UT Health Hill Country:

• Expert consultations for painful conditions
• Ultrasound directed treatments
• Soft tissue and joint pain
• Nerve pain
• Opioid avoidance

For more information or to make an appointment with Dr. Eckmann, please call 210-450-6800. 

 
UT Health Hill Country is located at 25723 Old Fredericksburg Road, Boerne , TX 78015.  See Google map