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Meet Richard Coleman, FNP-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified

About

Richard Coleman, FNP-BC, has served the Falfurrias community for more than 10 years, with healthcare experience in family medicine, emergency care, pediatrics, urgent care, and nursing home care.  Fluent in both English and Spanish, he is committed to making patients feel heard, understood, and comfortable in their care.  Throughout his career, serving patients in underserved communities has remained especially important to him.  He believes healthcare is about more than treating an illness.  It is about truly listening to patients, understanding their concerns, and treating each person with the same compassion, care, and attention he would want for himself or his own family!

Education & Experience 

Richard attended both the University of Texas-Pan America (UTPA) and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), with education and training in psychiatric care, family practice, and emergency care.  His professional experience includes pediatric and adult emergency care in Edinburg, pediatric care and urgent care in Rio Grande City, and approximately 7-8 years providing care to nursing home residents in Hebbronville and Falfurrias.  He also spent 10 years with Falfurrias Medical Group (FMG) in Falfurrias, where his work included rounding with dialysis patients alongside nephrologist Dr. Andrew Levine,  where he expanded his knowledge of kidney care.

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