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Biography: This physician is accepting telehealth visits. Dr. Shaunna Mason is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist. Although she is not a Houston native, she has been happy to call Houston home for the past 15 years. Originally from Greenville, TX, a small town in East Texas, she knew very early on that she wanted to be a physician and care for families. After graduating high school, she attended Rhodes College in Memphis, TN earning Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority and the Biology Honor Society. During her time in Memphis, she enjoyed volunteering at St. Jude's Children's Hospital. She also spent time at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital where she participated in an undergraduate pediatric internship, as well as outside research in infection disease with a focus in RSV. In 2004, she relocated to Houston, TX to pursue her medical doctorate at The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston. During medical school she participated in teaching through the JAMP undergraduate pre-med program with a focus in embryology. She was also a member of the American Medical Women's Association and graduated in the top 1/3 of her class. Given her ongoing love of caring for women through different seasons of life, she pursued her intern and residency training the Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed her training from the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston and Memorial Hermann Hospital in 2012. During her time in training, she served on the residency selection committee and was selected as Outstanding Chief Resident in Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery. She has been practicing in the Greater Houston Area ever since where she continues to foster lasting relationships with her patients. She has been named a Rising Star of Texas, Top Doctor in Texas Monthly and one of Houston's Top Doctors several times throughout her 7.5 years in private practice. She maintains privileges at The Woman's Hospital of Texas, in the Texas Medical Center. She provides full obstetric care, including preconception counseling, infertility, high-risk pregnancy and focused postpartum care. She enjoys seeing her patients build the families of their dreams. She also provides full gynecologic services including well-health exams, adolescent care and menopause. For gynecologic problems that cannot be improved with life-style changes or medications, she always attempts to provide minimally invasive surgical options including laparoscopic and hysteroscopic outpatient surgery. She plans to pursue her certification in robotic surgery, Da Vinci in the near future. When not with her patients, she enjoys time with her family: her husband Chad, native New Orleanian, and three children, Henry, Eloise and George. She also loves her aging King Charles Spaniel, Winston. She enjoys running the beautiful parks of Houston, gardening in her backyard box vegetable garden and loves expanding her culinary horizons both at home and away.

Care Philosophy: Dr. Shannon Hardy grew up in Houston, Texas, and attended St. John's School. She then did her undergraduate studies at Rice University where she graduated Pre-med with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Linguistics and Literature in 2003. She then earned her Medical Doctorate at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 2007, where she graduated in the top quarter of her class. She stayed at UTMB to complete her four years of residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology. While in residency, she received several awards for Outstanding Resident and Student Teaching, and was elected Administrative Chief Resident from 2010-2011. She has been in private practice in Houston since 2011, and is very excited to join Complete Women's Care Center in 2014.