Stephanie Herrera M.D.
Dr. Stephanie Herrera completed her undergraduate studies in biomedical engineering with a focus on fluid mechanics at Tulane University in New Orleans. She then went on to attend the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio; she completed specialty training in otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery at UT in Houston. During her medical training, Dr. Herrera received several awards, and her research was published in Clinical Cancer Research and Laryngoscope. After completing her education in 2011, Dr. Herrera moved to Lake Jackson to join the well-respected practice of Dr. Thomas Lunsford. During this time, she has served the Brazosport community and beyond for their ENT needs. She’s worked hard to develop a comprehensive practice for patients of all ages. Outside of work, Dr. Herrera stays busy with her husband, Vincent, together raising two busy boys. She enjoys running and is proud to have completed her first half-marathon in 2016. Her biggest passion, however, is travel. Her most memorable trips include Glacier National Park in Montana, the Outer Banks of North Carolina and a mission trip with First Baptist Church of Lake Jackson to the interior of Alaska.
Sarah Chittum HIS
Sarah Chittum is a hearing instrument specialist. Sarah is originally from Lufkin, Texas, and moved to Galveston Area in 2014. Sarah became licensed as a repair technician when she began working at a private audiology clinic in 2002. As soon as her mentoring audiologist saw her passion for saving hearing lives and how she excelled in patient care, she received her licensing from the state of Texas as a hearing aid dispenser.
Sarah was drawn to the profession because not only did she enjoy repairing hearing aids and becoming the “hero of the day” for whomever needed to hear better that day, but she really loved the way a patient would light up when hearing again for the first time. She strives to show her patients compassion and love as she believes her patients are friends like family.
Outside of saving hearing lives, Sarah loves swimming, camping and relaxing to the sound of the waves at the beach. She also enjoys hiking to see beautiful waterfalls, seeing her flowers bloom and getting “loved on” by her border collie, Zeus.
Rachel Jones APRN, FNP-C
Rachel completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from West Texas A&M University in 2008. She earned her Master of Nursing Administration from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2011 and continued her studies at the University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center to become a Family Nurse Practitioner with a secondary post master’s certificate in emergency/trauma in 2014. She has experience in the emergency/trauma setting for the first 10 years of her career and transitioned to the ENT specialty in 2018.
She is passionate about serving others, prioritizes education and learning with a goal that at the end of each encounter, her patients and their families feel heard and understand their condition so they may actively participate in their healthcare. Rachel has served the Lake Jackson community as a nurse practitioner since 2015 and lives there with her husband Clint and their two children.
She enjoys spending time with her family and traveling as well as working in the garden. They are members of the Brazospointe Fellowship church in Lake Jackson.
