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Biography: Farhan F. Lalani, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician at Dallas Medical Specialists located on the campus of Medical City Dallas.Dr. Lalani is passionate about longevity, preventative, and lifestyle medicine. In addition to being board-certified in Internal Medicine, he is also a board-certified Clinical Hypertension Specialist by the American Society of Hypertension as well as in Critical Care Ultrasonography by The American College of Chest Physicians. He teaches point-of-care ultrasonography for the Society of Hospital Medicine and is course co-director of a national ultrasound conference. He is currently pursuing board-certification in Lifestyle Medicine from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.Dr. Lalani is a native Texan, from Houston, and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Lalani then went to work at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, University of California in San Francisco and UT Southwestern in Dallas. Dr. Lalani enjoys spending time with his family, playing guitar, rock climbing, surfing, mountain biking, reading, and the great outdoors. Dr. Lalani was voted D Magazine's Best Doc for 2024.

Biography: Dr. Brad Boccaccio was born and raised in Austin, Texas. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at the University of North Texas in Denton and graduated summa cum laude in 2010. He graduated from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth in 2015 and then moved to Oklahoma with his wife (and dogs) to pursue his Ob/Gyn residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City. Throughout his residency, Dr. Boccaccio received the Resident Teaching Award four consecutive years in a row, won Best Quality Improvement Award, earned his certification on the da Vinci robotic surgical system, and published articles in various peer-reviewed journals. During his final year of training he was named Outstanding MIS Resident and was honored with the Resident Achievement Award from the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. He was also recognized by the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists for Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology and received the Senior Resident Award for Evidence Based Medicine. He believes in patient-centered, evidence based medicine and works diligently to stay up to date on the most recent developments in the field so that he can act as a resource for his patients. Dr. Boccaccio's scope of practice includes routine and high-risk obstetrical care, well-woman care, transition to menopause, contraception management, gynecology, and minimally-invasive and robotic-assisted surgical procedures including hysterectomy and myomectomy. When he is not in the office, on L&D, or in the operating room, he can usually be found working around his house, spending time with his wife Rachel and their sons Oliver and Elliott (and the dogs), or at the ballpark cheering on the Rangers.

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Biography: Selam Whitfield, MD is an OB/GYN surgeon. She joined Matlock OB/GYN in 2021 and provides general obstetric and gynecological services for women of all ages. Dr. Whitfield enjoys providing comprehensive care for women throughout some of the most challenging, vulnerable, and empowering stages of life. She is passionate about improving health literacy in her patients in order to facilitate shared decision making. Her clinical interests include contraception management, adolescent care, and minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Whitfield received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky in 2017. In 2021 she completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she served as Administrative Chief Resident in her final year and was awarded Resident of the Year and Outstanding Resident in Minimally Invasive Surgery. She is a member of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons. While away from the office, Dr. Whitfield enjoys cooking, baking, watching any Netflix series pertaining to those two activities, and spending time with her husband and newborn son.