Laura Houston, MD

Dr. Houston comes from Washington, Pennsylvania, a small town south of Pittsburgh, PA. She graduated from John Carroll University in Cleveland, OH, obtaining a Bachelor in Science with a major in biology in 2007. She earned her Medical Degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2011. Excited to provide primary care, she chose Family Medicine as her specialty and completed Family and Community Medicine Residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX in 2014. Throughout residency she learned the value of the doctor-patient relationship and keys to maintaining good continuity chronic care. She came to understand addiction as a chronic disease needing compassion, empathy, and continuity, just like diabetes and hypertension. She took time to understand addiction in more depth by doing an elective in addiction medicine at the VA in San Antonio. She also pursued and obtained the Data 2000 waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in order to help patients struggling with opioid addiction in 2014. Now, partnering with Bright Heart Health, Dr. Houston looks forward to helping patients achieve their mental and physical health goals.In her spare time, Dr. Houston enjoys spending time with her husband, son, and the family greyhound dog. She also enjoys walking, hiking, golf, tennis, traveling and cooking.