Staff

The Team You Will Join

When you arrive at the Brenham clinic, you will step into a practice built on collaborative relationships and structured support. Your primary clinical colleague will be Mark Clancy, PA-C, who provides primary care, family medicine, and internal medicine services at the clinic. Clancy maintains a small personal patient panel while dedicating the majority of his schedule to physician support, handling same-day visits, walk-in needs, and overflow appointments.

This model means your established patients stay on your schedule for continuity, while acute and urgent needs are absorbed by a capable APP who already knows the clinic, the patient base, and the workflows. You will not be expected to see every patient who walks through the door. Instead, you will have the clinical partnership that allows you to practice thorough, relationship-based medicine without the volume pressure that erodes quality in many primary care settings.

• Mark Clancy, PA-C: On-site physician assistant practicing primary care, family medicine, and internal medicine; maintains a small personal panel while primarily supporting physician workflow with same-day and walk-in visits
• APP Model: Designed to protect physician schedules by absorbing acute/urgent needs and overflow
• Clinic Capacity: The facility has space for up to four total providers, allowing for future growth as the practice develops

Medical Assistant Support

The MA support model in Brenham is one of the strongest selling points of this practice. You will start with a dedicated medical assistant assigned exclusively to you. Once your daily patient volume reaches approximately 15 patients per day, a second MA is added to your team.

A float MA pool ensures that you never work a clinic day without MA coverage, regardless of scheduled absences, PTO, or sick calls. This level of support is uncommon in primary care, where many physicians share MAs across providers or work without dedicated support on busy days. In Brenham, the staffing model is designed to keep your workflow efficient and your focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks.

• Dedicated MA: Assigned exclusively to you from day one
• Second MA: Added automatically when volume reaches approximately 15 patients per day
• Float Pool: Backup MAs available to ensure uninterrupted coverage on every clinic day
• Staffing Philosophy: You will never work without MA support

The Physician Whose Practice You Will Inherit

Kelly McDonald, MD, has been the longest-tenured physician at the Brenham clinic and is departing at the end of June 2025 to relocate closer to family in West Texas. Dr. McDonald graduated with honors from Baylor College of Medicine after completing her undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University.

She brought more than 20 years of clinical experience to Brenham, with prior service in the U.S. Army and the Veterans Health Administration. During her tenure, she built a loyal patient panel of more than 1,400 established patients, provided multi-generational care across the full family medicine scope, and served as Area Medical Director for St. Joseph Health, supervising urgent care clinics and city-owned clinics in the Bryan/College Station area.

Her departure creates the opportunity for you to step into an active, established practice with patients who already trust the clinic and are looking for their next physician. You will not need to build a panel from scratch. These patients are ready to see you.

• Kelly McDonald, MD: Baylor College of Medicine (graduated with honors); Texas A&M University (undergraduate); 20+ years of clinical experience
• Background: U.S. Army and Veterans Health Administration prior to joining St. Joseph Health
• Panel Size: More than 1,400 established patients available for immediate takeover
• Leadership Role: Served as Area Medical Director for St. Joseph Health, supervising urgent care and city-owned clinics across the region
• Departure: Leaving end of June 2025 to move closer to family in West Texas

Operations and Medical Leadership

Your day-to-day operational support comes from Ryan Hancock, Director of Operations, who oversees clinic staffing, scheduling, resources, and workflow. Hancock is described by colleagues as approachable, relationship-driven, and genuinely invested in physician success. He understands both the recruiting process and the clinical environment, which means your concerns will land with someone who can act on them.

Medical leadership is provided by Clint Chang, MD, who serves as Chief Medical Officer for CHI St. Joseph Health. The split leadership structure gives you clear escalation paths: operational questions go to Hancock, clinical governance and quality concerns go to Dr. Chang. You will not navigate a maze of administrators to get answers or resolve issues.

• Ryan Hancock: Director of Operations; oversees clinic operations, staffing, scheduling, and physician support; primary point of contact for day-to-day needs
• Clint Chang, MD: Chief Medical Officer; responsible for clinical governance, quality, and medical leadership across the system
• Leadership Model: Split operations and medical leadership with clear, direct escalation paths

The practice you are joining is small enough that your voice matters and your contributions are visible, with a support structure designed to protect your time and let you focus on what you trained to do. You will inherit a panel of loyal patients, work alongside an experienced PA, and have the MA staffing and leadership access that many physicians in larger systems spend years trying to get.