Mission
My central commitment professionally is to be the best possible diagnostician – to get answers for problems that have defied definition or that are unusual in their presentation, confounding the routine approaches of others. I defer to no other physician(s)’ prior diagnosis labels or medical case premises. I rebuild the entire case from the ground up, as needed.
Edward R. Rensimer, MD, FACP
After graduating from the Lewis Katz Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, in 1975, and completing his training at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 1975-78, and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, 1979-81, Dr. Rensimer has been practicing Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases subspecialty medicine in Houston, Texas since 1981 at Rensimer & Associates and the International Medicine Center.
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What We Treat
With board certifications in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, as well as special certifications in Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, and over 100,000 cases over 50 years since medical school graduation, as well as several years working in Emergency Medicine and serving as Chief of Staff of Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital, Houston, TX in 2010, a hospital then with approximately 1,000 staff physicians, Dr. Rensimer is experienced to handle any type medical situation, especially in Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine.
Insurance Plans
Edward R. Rensimer, MD, FACP contracts with most major health insurance companies.
What Makes Us Different
This practice has a unique capability delivering comprehensive care to multisystem, complex and acute care cases requiring timely and expert triage and appropriate intervention. I am “old school”, trained in 1970 by academic professors (who trained in the 1930’s-50’s) who were passionate and convicted about mastery of basic medical science joined to expertise in meticulous medical history-taking and physical examination. This is the foundation for correct diagnosis, for solving the most complex and challenging cases, and for configuring the least risky, most effective treatment plans. Fortuitously, the 1970s also was the emergence of medical high-technology. Those of us trained in that medical golden age got the best of the past as well as the skill in applying the emerging technology that became medicine’s future. Regardless, it is clear that there is no substitute for spending time with the patient to discern answers and solutions. The physician-patient encounter and relationship is central and essential to optimal medical practice and outcomes.
Ed Rensimer, MD