JUNE, 2021
​BEST OF MIDLAND
​​AWARD: PSYCHIATRIST

SILVA PSYCHIATRIC CARE (SPC) HAS again BEEN SELECTED AS THE WINNER IN ITS CATEGORY BY THE MIDLAND AWARD PROGRAM AND DR. SILVA WAS NAMED 2021'S BEST PSYCHIATRIST.

THE MIDLAND AWARD PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO HONOR AND GENERATE PUBLIC RECOGNITION FOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN AND AROUND WEST TEXAS. THE PROGRAM'S STATED MISSION IS TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE PRIVATE COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUAL ENTREPRENEURS AND COMMUNITY FIGURES WHOSE EXEMPLARY BUSINESS PRACTICES AND SERVICE-ORIENTED POLICIES ENHANCE THE POSITIVE IMAGE OF THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. wIth their SERVICE efforts TO CUSTOMERS, CLIENTS, AND PATIENTs alike, THESE EXCEPTIONAL COMPANIES HELP MAKE MIDLAND/ODESSA A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

 OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:

SELECTION AS A 2021 AWARD WINNER WAS DETERMINED BY SPC'S MARKETING SUCCESS WITHIN THIS CATEGORY IN MIDLAND, TEXAS, MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER i RELOCATED TO HOUSTON AND LAUNCHED my ONLINE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE WITH A SMALL and LOYAL FOLLOWING OF LONG-TIME WEST TEXAS OUTPATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS SMALL COHORT OF PRE-EXISTING PATIENTS ACCEPTED my INVITATION TO CONTINUE UNDER my CARE DESPITE my RELOCATION BY AGREEING TO EMBARK with me On AN EXPERIMENT IN TELEMEDICINE, scarcelY a YEAR AFTER LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN TEXAS WERE ENACTED IN 2017 which made THE current PRACTICE MODEL possiblE, YET A FULL 18 MONTHS BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CRISIS would CULMINANTE in the united statEs, SHUTTERING VIRTUALLY ALL PUBLIC SPACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, in some cases LITERALLY overnight, and FOR WELL OVER one YEAR…a year that made TELEMEDICINE A HOUSEHOLD WORD.

ALTHOUGH I LEFT THE PERMIAN BASIN IN SEPTEMBER 2018, uncertain as to whether or not the new practice model would succeed, it proved to be extremely popular with patients, even before covid, and SPC CONTINUES TO LEAD IN THE PSYCHIATRIST CATEGORY. THE AWARD PROGRAM RELIES UPON EMPIRICAL DATA COLLECTED, PROVIDED AND CERTIFIED BY INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES. SPC WAS ALSO NAMED THE BEST IN THIS CATEGORY IN midland in OCTOBER 2018, COINCIDING ALMOST EXACTLY WITH my LEAVING west texas, AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF INPATIENT SERVICE, Teaching, SUPERVISING MID-LEVEL PRACTITIONERS, MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS over the years, BEFORE ACCEPTing AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CLINICAL FACULTY OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IN 2017. FOR MORE, PLEASE SEE BIO AND CV.