{"id":120360,"date":"2026-01-12T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120360\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:50:08","slug":"lone-star-circle-of-care-expands-specialty-care-in-round-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120360\/","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star Circle of Care expands specialty care in Round Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/northwest-austin\/health-care\/2025\/05\/13\/lone-star-circle-of-care-expands-therapy-services-at-collinfield-location\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lone Star Circle of Care<\/a> is partnering with the Texas A&amp;M Health Science Center in Round Rock to expand local specialty care and launch a <a href=\"https:\/\/lonestarcares.org\/service\/endocrinology\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new endocrinology program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell<\/p>\n<p>The health care provider announced its new program Jan. 12, expanding its services beyond primary care.<\/p>\n<p>Services in the new specialty will be led by Dr. Avinash Ravipati, a board\u2011certified physician in internal medicine and endocrinology, per the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The details <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lonestarcares.org\/service\/endocrinology\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Endocrinology<\/a> services will be available to patients 18 and older, per the release. These include:<\/p>\n<p>Diabetes managementCare for thyroid disordersAdrenal and pituitary disordersMetabolic disordersBone healthReproductive endocrinologyWhat they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccess to endocrinology care has long been a challenge for many in our communities,\u201d Dr. Kathleen Butler, Chief Medical Officer at LSCC, said in the release. \u201cBy introducing this specialty service, we are closing care gaps and ensuring our Central Texas neighbors have access to comprehensive care for complex conditions like diabetes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opened Jan. 123950 N. A.W. Grimes Blvd., Round Rockwww.lonestarcares.org<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lone Star Circle of Care is partnering with the Texas A&amp;M Health Science Center in Round Rock to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,52431,52430,52432],"class_list":["post-120360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-lone-star-circle-of-care","tag-round-rock-health-care","tag-specialty-care-in-round-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}