Medical Spa in San Antonio, Texas

Founder & Family Nurse Practitioner

Dr. Anita E. Gould, DNP, MPA-H, APRN, FNP-BC

Yellow Belt Certified (TJC)

Anita, the founder of our medical spa in San Antonio, Texas, was born and raised in Ossining, NY. She is a Christian. She entered the U.S. Army and retired after a total of 30 years of service (10 enlisted, 20 officer) as a Lieutenant Colonel. She received multiple awards and medals in the military, the highest was a Legion of Merit, and she was inducted into the Office of Military Medical Merit.

Dr. Gould, FNP-BC holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice-Healthcare Systems Leadership; Master of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner; Master of Public Administration-Healthcare Service Administration; and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing-Registered Nurse in addition to various certificates and certifications.

While deployed to Iraq, she was part of the HBO documentary Baghdad ER. She completed a one-year fellowship with the Joint Commission (TJC) through the Training with Industry (TWI) Army program. While at TJC she also completed their yellow belt program. She has published an article dealing with High Reliability Organizations in the Uniformed Family Physician magazine and recently co-authored a book dealing with counseling and PTSD in healthcare providers.

Over her 30 year career, she has provided care in a variety of areas including:

• Family Medicine
• Wellness Visits
• Sports Physicals
• VA Physicals
• Labor & Delivery
• Ante/Post-Partum
• Newborn Nursery
• Pediatrics
• Nurse Case Management
• Medical Surgical
• Clinical FNP Instructor
• Flight Nurse
• Trauma ICU
• ADN/BSN Instructor (Didactic and Clinical)
• LPN didactic and Lab Instructor

Dr. Gould has contributed to the literature in her field, including an article titled “High Reliability Organization (HRO) 101” published in The Uniformed Family Physician magazine. This article, authored by Nicole Powell-Dunford, Anita Gould, Lu Downing, Mark McPherson, Felicia Pehrson, Joseph Pina, and John Smyrski, provides valuable insights into high-reliability organizations in healthcare.

You can find the article “High Reliability Organization (HRO) 101” in The Uniformed Family Physician magazine, Volume 353, 2016, page i2139.