Shirley Chan-Ramirez, MD

Dr. Shirley Chan-Ramirez, known to patients as Dr. Chan, is a pediatrician at Blossom Pediatrics and Lactation in Bellaire, Texas. She has practiced pediatrics for almost ten years, and over that time she watched how low insurance reimbursement pushes pediatricians to rush through several patients an hour just to keep a practice running. That pattern is what led her to change how she practices medicine.

By stepping outside the insurance system, Dr. Chan no longer loses hours to their red tape, and that time goes straight back into the families she sees. Her work has been recognized twice, with Houstonia Magazine naming her a Top Doctor in consecutive years.