Hope Clinic’s website states that it exists to share the love of Jesus Christ by partnering with our community to provide primary health care and resources for healthy living to the underserved population.
The clinic, with the help of Baylor and the Health Texas Provider Network, provides care to at-risk patient populations as well as those who have problems accessing health care, the under-insured or those who have inadequate insurance plans.
Steven Arze, M.D., the organization’s medical director, along with numerous other individuals helps ensure that the health care is available.
Arze and his wife Karrie Ann have four sons and live in Rockwall. He attended Austin College in Sherman and medical school at Texas Tech. From an early age he knew that he wanted to save lives and said that using his skills for that purpose is a blessing. Before going to medical school he worked as an emergency medical technician.
Because his specialty is emergency medicine, Arze had not volunteered at Hope Clinic before he was approached to become the medical director but he believed in the clinic’s mission and felt that he could serve best by coordinating care and services through the Baylor Health Care System.
Arze said that even though he is technically the medical director, there are many others who deserve the credit for running the clinic. Dr. Jenny Kampas, the part-time assistant medical director and Jenny Williams, executive director, handle much of the day-to-day operation. The clinic is also fortunate to have full-time physician Scott Wang, M.D.
“I work to coordinate roles and activities between Hope Clinic and Baylor Health Care System and Health Texas Provider Network, the physician arm of the Baylor Health Care System so that we can provide medical care to these populations of people,” Arze said.
He was instrumental in getting these partnerships formed and the clinic’s range of services and number of patients served has increased significantly. In addition to these partnerships, Hope Clinic provides volunteer nursing staff and support staff in cooperation with the community and area churches.
The availability of care has transformed from the first group of physicians that volunteered at the clinic once a week to having one and one-half full-time physicians and two halftime volunteer physicians.
The main focus is primary care and it is just like going to any other family physician. Patients have their own primary care physician and their medical records are maintained on the Baylor system. One of the challenges is specialty care but there are volunteer specialists who work with patients who need them.
Mission: Hope Clinic’s mission is to provide Garland with a quality, cost-effective, integrated health delivery system for underserved populations.
About Hope Clinic: Physicians, nurses, and volunteer health care professionals of Hope Clinic give unselfishly of their time to provide a high level of quality services to the working poor population and children in the community. Our desire is to partner with patients in their health care journey toward wellness. Patient education is a key priority in health care management. We address all aspects of well-being: physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological and intellectual.
Steven Arze, M.D.: In addition to working with Hope Clinic, Arze serves as chief medical officer of Baylor Medical Center at Garland. He served as the hospital’s medical director from 2007-12 and has been instrumental in streamlining emergency procedures that decrease patient wait times and increase efficiency.