Ruben Velez, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Viceroy Office Practice
1420 Viceroy Dr
Dallas, Texas 75235
Phone: 214-358-2300

Dialysis Centers:
Waxahachie Dialysis Center
1300 South Rogers
Waxahachie, TX 75165
Phone: 972-938-2212

FMC Pleasant Run
900 Polk St., #146
DeSoto, TX 75115
Phone: 972-228-8780

Hospital Links:
Methodist Hospital
Dallas, TX

Education:

M.D., University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, P.R.


Currently at DNA:

President & CEO - 2000 to current; Executive Committee, 2nd Vice President 1996 - 2000; Chairman, Governance & Quality Management Committee - 1996-97; Medical Director, Oak Cliff Dialysis Center; Co-Director - Dallas Transplant Institute’s Pre-Transplant Department
 

Memberships:    

Fellow, American College of Physicians; American Medical Association; American Society of Transplant Physicians; Texas Society of Internal Medicine; Dallas County Medical Society; Texas Medical Association; Dallas Academy of Internal Medicine; American Society of Nephrology; Intl. Society of Nephrology; Intl. Society of Transplantation

 

Board Certified:
Internal Medicine, Nephrology

Teaching/University Affiliations:
Teaching Staff, Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Internal Medicine Teaching Staff/Clinical Instructor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Appointments:
Past Medical Director, Hemodialysis Unit, Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Chairman, Patient Care Committee 1995-96 Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; President, Medical Staff 1996-97, Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, Texas ; Chairman, Corporate Medical Board, Methodist Hospital of Dallas 1997-1998; Nephrology Representative Texas Carrier Advisory Committee 1997-Present; ESRD Task Force Committee - Texas Department of Health 1997-Present; Best Doctors in America 1998; Medical Review Board Network - 2000 to present; National Kidney Foundation of North Texas - Medical Advisory Board - 2000 to present