Dr. Dr. Odelsa M. Diaz Andres, MD

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Get to know General Practitioner Dr. Odelsa M. Diaz Andres, who serves patients in Beverly Hills, Florida.

Dr. Andres is a general practitioner who has been with Access Health Care Physicians in Beverly Hills, Florida since August of 2016. Her focus is on a wide variety of patients, most of whom are seniors with serious chronic disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, thyroid disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She assists her patients with self-management, prevention, and wellness, as well as provides a full range of primary care services, wellness checks, clinical screening, HEDIS preventive measures, and annual school and athletic physical exams.

Access Health Care Physicians is a multi-service medical practice consisting of over 170 healthcare providers and more than 1000 employees at over 150 locations across Florida. The doctors combined speak 18 different languages and work with one accord. This unison ensures the physicians, specialists, and medical staff have any information needed to provide the best care possible to their patients.

Prior to her current endeavours, Dr. Andres tended to patients at Christ Medical Center in Crystal River, where she also served as a general practitioner and diabetes educator. A member of the American Diabetes Association, she holds certificates in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and advanced cardiac life support. 

Pertaining to her educational background, Dr. Andres completed a comprehensive rotation internship in all core clinical areas in internal medicine, OB/GYN, general surgery, emergency medicine, and pediatrics at HIMA – San Pablo Caguas Hospital in Puerto Rico. 

Her continuing education included: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Puerto Rico Chapter; Do No Harm: Economic Impact of Medical-Hospital Malpractice conducted by the Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons; and Current Concepts in Dermatopathology conducted by the Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

The holistic approach of general practice aims to take into consideration the biological, psychological, and social factors relevant to the care of each patient’s illness. In the medical profession, a general practitioner is a medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education to patients. They manage types of illness that present in an undifferentiated way at an early stage of development, which may require urgent intervention.

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