Afreen Pappa Joins the Houston Business Show and LookingSuccessful.com

7/21/2008

Houston Business Show announces the addition of Afreen Pappa, MD as a Lifestyle Advisor to the Houston Business Show

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Kevin Price, Host of the Houston Business Show, is proud to announce the addition of Afreen Pappa, MD as a Lifestyle Advisor to the Houston Business Show (M-F at 11 AM on CNN 650) and www.LookingSuccessful.com. Price said “Dr. Pappa is a leader in healthcare and we are delighted to have her as a part of our media.”

About Dr. Pappa

Afreen Pappa, MD is owner and Medical Director of JAVĀNI Med Spa in Sugar Land, Texas.

She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has been practicing medicine in the Houston area for 15 years. A native Houstonian, Dr. Pappa graduated from Houston Baptist University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry. She completed her medical school training at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and Family Medicine Residency with the Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. She worked in a small group practice after completing her training before joining Baylor College of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine. After one year with the department, Dr. Pappa assumed the role of Associate Program Director for the Baylor Family Medicine Residency Program. During her 9 years with Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Pappa provided medical care to the medically underserved population of Harris County and trained over 100 Family Medicine residents and numerous medical students in the Harris County Hospital District Community Health Centers as well as Ben Taub General Hospital. She has vast experience in managing acute and chronic illnesses, as well as providing preventive health care.

Dr. Pappa’s interest in aesthetic medicine grew out of her personal struggles with skin problems and the inadequate response to traditional medical therapies. Researching new and innovative treatments to skin care led her to open up her own medical spa with the desire to assist women, men and teens achieve a healthy approach to skin care. Personal experience provides her with the unique ability to empathize with her patients and better understand their needs, making her the ideal personal physician. Her background in academia where she taught students, residents and patients provides her with unique skills necessary to educate her clients and assist them with their decision making process. At JAVĀNI Med Spa, focus is placed on providing clients with personalized attention, education, promotion of healthy lifestyles and results oriented treatments for the best outcomes for each individual.

Dr. Pappa is a member of the American Academy of Family Medicine, the Texas Association of Family Physicians, the American Association of Aesthetic Medicine, the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery and a member of Cambridge’s Who’s Who.

Dr. Pappa and her husband, Shafique, have been married for 20 years and have 3 children, Aadil, 13, Alia 10, and Shan 6.

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