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Southwest Women’s Care

Contact

5701 Bryant Irvin Road, Suite 103
Fort Worth, TX 76132
Phone: (817) 346-4100
Fax: (817) 346-4105

For a detailed listing of services please go to www.southwest-womens.com.

Hours of Operation

Monday – Thursday | 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closed 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. for Lunch
Friday | 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Providers

Berkeley S. Merrill, M.D.

Dr. Berkeley Merrill has more than 33 years experience as an OB/GYN physician. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio and went on to complete his residency at Bexar County Hospital, where he was chief resident. Dr. Merrill has practiced medicine in Louisiana and Alabama and returned to Texas in 1992 to settle in Fort Worth. He received appointments in all three states, including chief of staff at Humana Women’s Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, chairman of the gynecology department in Birmingham, Alabama, and most recently the OB/GYN-pediatrics department’s clinical vice president at Baylor All Saints Hospital Southwest in Fort Worth. Dr. Merrill serves on the Cook’s Children’s Health System Credentials Committee and is a member of the Tarrant County Medical Society. Dr. Merrill and his wife Nancy have two daughters.

Margaret McElroy, D.O.

Dr. McElroy received her medical degree from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. She went on to complete her obstetrics and gynecology internship at the University of Oklahoma’s College of Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and her residency at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Now, returning to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex where she was born and raised, Dr. McElroy joins Dr. Merrill at Southwest Women’s Care and brings a fresh perspective with the latest OB/GYN training to the practice. Dr. McElroy is married with one child.

Nurse Practitioner

Southwest Women's Care is pleased to have a nurse practitioner (NP) as part of our health care team. NPs are registered nurses (RNs) who are prepared, through advanced education and clinical training, to provide quality care to individuals of all ages. Our NPs provide primary and some acute care, and are qualified to meet the majority of patients' health care needs.

Alicia Buescher, R.NC., R.D.M.S. has been a registered nurse for more than 33 years. She attended nursing school at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas and completed the Women's Healthcare Advanced Nurse Practitioner Training Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas to become a NAACOG Certified OB/GYN nurse practitioner. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor of Science degree in zoology at Texas A&M University. Alicia has worked in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Neonatal ICU, and has been an OB/GYN nurse practitioner and sonographer since 1984. She also has a Master of Liberal Arts degree from Texas Christian University.

Staff

Our entire staff is here to help you. Have a question about our location, services or policies? Give us a call at (817) 346-4100, and we’ll make sure to take care of you.

Office Manager: Pam Lawson

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