CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic expands care, surgery offerings
TEXARKANA, Texas – CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic has added two new physicians: Surgeon Dr. Michael Bortz and family medicine physician Dr. Matthew Ramage.
Dr. Ramage’s services include adult and pediatric sick and well visits, immunizations, annual wellness exams, lab and radiology, and other family health care needs. Dr. Bortz will provide general surgery services to patients at CHRISTUS St. Michael Hospital and has experience with endocrine surgery, with a focus on disease processes of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands.
Dr. Ramage earned a bachelor of science from Texas A&M before entering into the Medical Service Corps to complete medical school and receiving his medical degree from University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force and received his master of science in Aerospace Medicine from Wright State University in 2013.
“I want to treat everyone like they are family,” said Dr. Ramage. “I partner with my patients, providing them with care and understanding to get them through their illness or keep them at peak fitness.”
Dr. Bortz received his bachelor in science in Molecular Biology from Grove City College, Pennsylvania. He received his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Toledo, Ohio, and completed his general surgery residency from Baylor Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple.
Most recently, Dr. Bortz focused on disease processes of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands and completed a Endocrine Surgery Fellowship with NorthShore University Health System and the University of Chicago in Illinois.
“Each patient is unique and possibly experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime circumstance,” said Dr. Bortz. “My focus is to show each person that they are valuable, that their concerns are important and to work with them as a team in regard to their treatment.”
(Dr. Ramage will see patients at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic, 3502 Richmond Road. For an appointment call 903-614-5270. Dr. Bortz will see patients at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Surgery Associates, 1920 Galleria Oaks Dr. Consultations and telemedicine visits can be scheduled by calling.)