| She’s one of us—she grew up here in Galveston County, went to medical school here—and now she’s back practicing here.Tricia came back to Galveston County in late 2010 after having spent seven years with the Baylor College of Medicine and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, the last two of them as director of their Kelsey-Seybold Family Medicine Residency Program.
Since her arrival, Dr. Elliott has served as the director of the Family Medicine Clinic – Island East, here at UTMB Health and as the director of the Family Medicine Residency Program. In her role as medical director of Island East, she works to make sure we provide the highest quality service to all our patients. “I’m excited to be a part of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and to be here in this community. It means the world to me,” she tells us. Dr. Elliott has quickly become a dynamic member of the Department of Family Medicine, bringing her own vibrancy and enthusiasm to an already passionate group. “To me, family medicine is about people,” she says,
“It’s always about people.” Tricia sees herself, and other family physicians, as the type of doctors who will be there for you through everything, through lumps and bumps and colds and coughs to chronic diseases and more serious medical or family issues. She finds the diversity of the care she can provide energizing and interesting, “We never know what is going to walk through that door, and it makes us excited. We like the diversity we’re able to see in our practice. It makes us different that we can see all ages. We’re not focused on one age group or one gender – we see all age groups and all genders.” Tricia particularly loves to listen to her patients and take care of them and their whole family. “To me it’s about sitting there and listening to my patient and really getting to know them and be a part of their family and their community, and that we get to know each other well.”
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