BEST GENERAL PRACTITIONER
Jaime Vasquez, D.O.
The Vasquez Clinic
2929 Welborn St.
Open Monday–Friday at 9 a.m.
214-528-1083
VasquezClinic.com
In today’s doc-in-a-box society, a visit to your local sawbones can feel more like a NASCAR pit crew change than a physical checkup to assess your health. That’s not the case with Jaime Vasquez. He’s the kind of doc that remembers your name, not just your chart, and takes the time necessary to really figure out what’s really ailing you. In other words, he gives great bed…side manner. It’s not uncommon to enter Dr. V’s office complaining of a cold and leave feeling like you just finished a cheesecake on the lanai with Blanche, Rose and Dorothy. And if that’s not enough to love, he can also hook you up with the youthful glow of Botox on your way out the door. Forget the politics of HMOs and Obamacare. We vote for HOMOs and no-drama care. Oh, and that cute Jaime Vasquez smile, too.
— Jef Tingley
BEST CHIROPRACTOR
Eric Peay, D.C.
COREhealth Wellness Center
3131 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 820
Open Monday–Friday at 8:30 a.m., Saturday at 10 a.m.
214-219-3300
CoreHealthWellness.com
You avoided sidewalk cracks all your life for fear of breaking your mother’s back. You lifted with your legs. You ate plenty of calcium-rich foods and drank your milk. Yet here you are, filled with aches that simply won’t go away no matter how hard you work through the power of positive thinking. That’s where Eric Peay of COREhealth Wellness Center comes in. His hands of magic make the pain go away, whether in your neck, your lower back or even that cramp in the troublesome middle toe on your left foot. Through traditional chiropractic adjustments, massage and cold laser treatments, Peay and his team are experienced in working with each patient as an individual, so no cookie-cutter treatment plans here. And for everyone looking to get in better shape — and really, who isn’t? — patients can participate in nutritional education classes, small-group training and Peay’s Booty Camp group fitness program. From head to toe, Peay and his COREhealth team provide a one-stop shop for living a better, healthier life.
— Steven Lindsey
BEST OPTOMETRIST
William Henderson
Uptown Vision
2504 Cedar Springs Road
Open Monday–Saturday at 10 a.m.
214-953-3937
UptownVisionDallas.com
What makes a successful optometrist? Certainly Bill Henderson, having been in practice for 19 years, knows something. We could ask his patients, but we decided to ask another doctor. “He’s really one of the best optometrists in town in patient care and diagnostic ability,” says Nick Bellos, M.D. Of course, Bellos isn’t unbiased — for 14 years, the two have been a couple. It’s not just his care in the exam room but in the community that helps Henderson stand out: He’s played with DIVA and has volunteered at Legacy Counseling Center while co-rearing the couple’s two children, daughter Aryn, 14, and son Bryce, 13. “I think he’s a great guy,” says Bellos. Readers definitely agree.
— David Taffet
BEST PLACE TO TAKE
A FIST TO THE FACE
Oak Lawn Boxing Gym
1339 Crampton St.
972-497-1767
OakLawnBoxing.com
When Travis Glenn talks, you should listen. The Oak Lawn Boxing Gym owner knows his stuff when it comes to throwing a punch. Taking one? Well, you can do that, too. It’s easy to pass his gym, located on the industrial side of Oak Lawn — there’s no big signage. Inside, the place is a pristine modern gym with a boxing ring, punching bags and all the equipment you’d ever need to kick, duck and bob. Glenn, pictured, holds instruction for boxing, grappling and martial arts alongside the discipline for using them the right way and not as tools of aggression. But we know you’ll think it’s cool to be a downright badass if need be. Right?
— Rich Lopez
BEST DERMATOLOGIST • TIE
Jeri Beth ‘J.B.’ Foshee, M.D.
Dermatology Center of Dallas
Presbyterian Professional Bldg. III
8230 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 500
Open Monday–Friday
by appointment only
214-739-5821
DermCenterOfDallas.com
Farhad Niroomand, M.D., P.A.
2501 Oak Lawn Ave., Suite 450
Open Monday–Friday
214-303-1102
UptownDerm.com
BEST HIV SPECIALIST
Gene Voskuhl, M.D.
Uptown Physicians Group
2929 Carlisle St., Suite 260
Open Monday–Friday
214-303-1033
UptownPhysiciansGroup.com
BEST DENTIST
Clint Herzog, D.D.S.
Herzog Dentistry/Floss
2828 Routh St., Suite 310
Open Monday-Thursday
214-969-1000
HerzogDentistry.com
BEST MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
Chad Collom, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Solace Counseling
1475 Prudential Drive
214-522-4640
SolaceCounseling.com
BEST HOLISTIC HEALER
Michelle Bardwell
Flower Road Natural Therapies
4123 Cedar Springs Road,
Suite 1428
Monday–Friday by appointment
214-987-2766
FlowerRoad.net
BEST PERSONAL TRAINER
Billy Young, C.P.T.
COREhealth Wellness Center
3131 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 820
Monday–Saturday by appointment
214-219-3300
CoreHealthWellness.com
BEST GYM
L.A. Fitness
4540 W. Mockingbird Lane
(and additional locations)
Open daily
214-453-4899
LAFitness.com
BEST YOGA STUDIO • TIE
Sunstone Yoga
2907 Routh St.
(and additional locations)
Open daily
214-219-3300
SunstoneYoga.com
Uptown Yoga
2636 Thomas Ave.
(and additional location)
Open daily
214-965-9642
UptownYoga.com
BEST PHARMACY
Walgreens
3802 Cedar Springs Road
(and additional locations)
Open daily
214-443-5160
Walgreens.com
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This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 18, 2011.
