Dr. Leonor Frierson-Stroud, MD, FACP

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Get to know Internist Dr. Leonor Frierson-Stroud, who serves patients in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Frierson-Stroud is a board-certified internist who is currently serving patients in the out-patient and in-patient setting, including Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, a leading medical and surgical acute care center.

In addition to having admitting privileges at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, she is affiliated with Ascension Seton Northwest and Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas. What’s more, she is an Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Dell Medical School – University of Texas at Austin.

In regards to her education, Dr. Frierson-Stroud earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. This was followed by a residency in internal medicine at Scott & White Medical Center in Temple, Texas. 

Throughout her education, she has been honored with several awards, including the Clinical Scholar Award from Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in 1989, as well as the All-Star Preceptor Award and the Top Doc Award from UT Medical Branch — Galveston in 2011 and 2012, respectively. She has also earned board certification in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.  She was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) in 2018.

Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine, like Dr. Frierson-Stroud, are called internists. 

Her community service includes being a troop committee member with the Boy Scouts, a music librarian, a cantor at St.Therese of Lisieux Roman Catholic Church, and a committee member with the Catholic Diocese Commission of the Aging and Disabled. 

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