Dr. Cristina Boccalandro
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Dr. Cristina Boccalandro

TEXAS ENDOCRINOLOGY GROUP

713.800.6212
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CONTACT INFO

TEXAS ENDOCRINOLOGY GROUP

6560 Fannin Suite 2020 Houston , TX 77030

713.800.6212 cbocc@txendocrine.com

Speciality

Endocrinology
Internal Medicine
Diabetes & Metabolism
  • Professional Associations
  • Member of American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
  • Member of The Endocrine Society
  • Member of The Hispanic Medical Association
  • Member of Texas Medical Association
  • Areas of Expertise
  • Thyroid Ultrasound
  • Thyroid Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration
  • Thyroid radiofrequency ablation
  • Diabetes
  • Insulin Pumps
  • Turner Syndrome
  • Education
  • Fellowship of McGovern Medical School (formerly The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Houston, TX
  • Internship and Residency of McGovern Medical School (formerly The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
    Houston, TX
  • Medical School of Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
  • Graduate School of The University of Texas School of Public Health Masters in Public Health Houston, TX

Dr. Cristina Boccalandro


Biography

Dr. Boccalandro completed her specialty training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 2001 and received a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) at The University of Texas School of Public Health shortly after. Although Houston has been Dr. Boccalandro’s home since 1996, she spent the first part of her life in Venezuela where she obtained a Medical Doctor degree at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas. Following, she had the opportunity to spend a year in the Venezuelan Amazon jungle, in the upper Orinoco Basin, working as a jungle physician, with the Yanomami Indians, for Dr. Boccalandro, one of her most proud and important personal experiences. She holds board certification in Endocrinology and has been practicing Endocrinology since 2001. She transitioned to private practice in the fall of 2007, after three productive years as Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.

Dr. Boccalandro’s passion for all things thyroid includes performing in-office ultrasounds and biopsies and, most recently, interventional endocrinology, which involves using less invasive methods for endocrine conditions that offer options other than surgery to her patients. She completed specialized training in radiofrequency ablation of the thyroid with world-renowned head and neck surgeon, Dr. Leonardo G. Rangel, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Boccalandro is the first endocrinologist in the greater Houston area to perform this innovative technique to treat thyroid nodules.

She enjoys the cultural variety of the patients seen at the Texas Medical Center, the largest in the world, helped by her fluency in English and Spanish.

Board Certification(s): Endocrinology
Cristina Boccalandro perform rfa

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Community Health Choice Medicaid
  • Medicaid TX
  • Medicare Traditional
  • Superior Health Plan TX
  • UHC Community Plan
  • BCBS TX
  • Cigna Healthspring
  • Humana
  • Medicare Railroad
  • Multiplan/PHCS/Beechstreet
  • UHC Commercial
  • Wellcare
  • Insurance plans may change. Please verify your plan is accepted when scheduling an appointment.

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