Janice Elliott

In 1986 Jan graduated with an Associate Degree in Nursing from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. She later returned to school graduation from Kaplan University with her BSN in Nursing. She continued with furthering her education and graduated in December 2017 with a Masters Degree with a specialty in Family Practice Nurse Practitioner from Purdue Global.During her work as a Registered Nurse she was a long term member of the Emergency Nurses Association. Some of her accomplishments during this time are as follows:1. Awarded United Way grant making it possible to start a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program at Shannon Hospital in San Angelo and is very pleased that the program is still functional and successful.2. She was awarded the United Way Friends of the Victims of Crime award for her work in establishing and working with victims of sexual assault.3. She also was instrumental in the establishment of an EMS helicopter program at Shannon Hospital which is still functioning and successful.Once she obtained her certification as Family Practice Nurse Practitioner, she opened her own clinic in Castle Hills area of San Antonio called Best Choice Primary Care. Several years later she sold the clinic to Dr. Derin Patel. She is now very excited about being able to work with Dr.Patel in one of his many clinic throughout San Antonio. She is looking forward to providing high quality, compassionate care with the team at Hillside Primary Care.