Dr. Humberto Varela MD

Family Practice Physician - Laredo, TX

Dr. Humberto Varela specializes in family practice and legal medicine in Laredo, Texas. Details of Dr. Varela's 35 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at Universidad de Monterrey are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Varela

Dr. Humberto Varela
Healthcare Alliance
506 Gale St
Laredo, TX 78041

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Humberto Varela identified specializing in Family PracticeFamily Practice
A family physician is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family, and is trained to diagnose and treat a wide variety of ailments in patients of all ages. The family physician receives a broad range of training that includes internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and geriatrics. Special emphasis is placed on prevention and primary care of entire families, utilizing consultations and community resources when appropriate. and Legal Medicine. He obtained board certification from the member board for Family Practice.

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Varela is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Laredo Medical Center
1700 E Saunders St
Laredo, TX

Education

Dr. Varela attended medical school at Universidad de Monterrey Facultad de Medicina, Division de Ciencias de la Salud and graduated in 1977 having 35 years experience. Additional Family Practice training was conducted at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.