Hello! My name is Lisa Elliot, and I’m grateful to serve our community as the Clinical Director here at Abundant Hospice. My journey toward helping those facing the end of life (along with their families) began when I, too, walked alongside someone I loved who was dying. Only twenty at the time, I watched as a hospice nurse cared for my grandma. She was a remarkable woman. She served another human being in a way that has forever left an imprint on my heart and life. She cared for my grandma as if she were her own and provided a shoulder to cry on, a listening ear, and unwavering support to my family and me.
I started my nursing career on a medical-surgical floor. I learned much in those years, but more than that, it was there that the calling on my heart to serve people in hospice care grew louder and louder. I responded to the call. While death and dying are a shared human experience, our response to extreme vulnerability often drives the journey. I desire to provide care, love, support, and a path of understanding for my patients and their families.
I am also a very proud mom of two wonderful growing boys. Evenings and weekends are filled by schoolwork, rugby, football, and grocery shopping (of course). I am very grateful to have the opportunity to work alongside exceptional people who, like me, are working to leave a positive imprint on our patients, their families, and our hospice community.
Michelle Balero has been working in the hospice arena for over 15 years and it has been her unwavering passion. Michelle obtained her Bachelor and Master’s Degree from The University of the Incarnate Word, here in San Antonio, Texas.
Michelle currently serves as the Director of Marketing; it is her job to educate clinical staff on the benefits of hospice care. Michelle partners with doctors, case managers, and nurses on addressing complex symptoms of their critically ill patients and explain why they should choose Abundant in an ever-expanding and competitive healthcare market.
Michelle is very lucky to have a hospice sales position with Abundant which allows her to make a difference in the lives of so many people with a team of compassionate, expert professionals doing their best to make a difference.
Michelle’s favorite quote is “They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel”.
Ruben L. Tenorio, Jr., D.O., a health care provider in San Antonio, Texas has worked in a poor and working poor under resourced community since 1987. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from the University of North Texas in 1977. His Doctor of Osteopathy degree was earned from Michigan State University – College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1982. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital and Bi-County Community Hospital in Detroit, Michigan in 1986. Dr. Tenorio is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine through the American College of Osteopathic Internists and is also, board certified in Ringside Medicine through the American Board of Ringside Medicine and USA Boxing. He is a board member of the Magik Children’s Theatre and outpatient medical director for Prospect Physicians Group (Independent Practice Association). Dr. Tenorio provides training as a clinical professor for 3rd and 4th year medical students at the University of North Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University School of Osteopathic Medicine and University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine.
