Our philosophy of Family Medicine at Victory Medical is to incorporate the personal bedside manner of old with the future of medical technology. This leads to a higher standard of health care that delivers effective patient care while containing health care costs. The broad based training of family practitioners and the intimate relationships they form with patients transcend the role of technician to that of sensitive, compassionate, caring physician with vast interpersonal skills.

These qualities lend our physicians toward promoting patients overall well being in the context of their own psychosocial environments to stop disease before it occurs and treat it quickly and accurately when it does.

Department Heads

Michelle Holle, Practice Administrator
Michelle is from Austin, Texas and graduated Summa cum Laude from Southwest Texas State University with a Bachelor's degree in Health and Fitness. As practice administrator of Victory Medical, she represents the business and operations management. She is dedicated to doing everything she can to ensure a pleasant and fulfilling experience for our patients. By providing an enjoyable, challenging work environment for her employees, she strives to promote the best possible healthcare services available to our patients. Her free time is spent working out, enjoying athletic activities and spending time with the loves of her life, her 3 beautiful children, 2 stepchildren and her husband.
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Kim Wiley, Patient Care Coordinator Victory Medical and Club Longevity
Kim grew up in Buda, Texas, where her extended family still lives. She is an integral part of the family at Victory Medical. Her warmth and efficiency as a department head over the first and second floors set the tone daily for Victory's medical staff and patient base. She is also Dr. Franklin's (Victory Medical's Medical Director) Personal Assistant and manages his daily schedule and outside speaking arrangements. She coordinates daily with the 3rd floor Club Longevity division and markets to and works with Club patients. She is always available to resolve patient issues and concerns. Kim is the mother of 3 beautiful daughters and combines both her personal and professional life in her own unique and special way.
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Eric Holle, Physical Medicine Director
Eric has lived in Austin, Texas most of his life and attended the University of Texas at Austin. He then spent 5 years in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs. After retiring from the NFL in 1991, he began work in the Physical Medicine field. His primary focus at Victory Medical is to ensure that our patients with muscoskeletal injuries receive the most appropriate mode of treatment and/or rehabilitation for their injuries. In order to give our patients the best care, he oversees and coordinates the efforts of 3 physical therapists, a chiropractor and 4 massage therapists. Once rehabilitated, the patients are educated in activities of daily living, proper lifting techniques and ways to return to a normal, active way of life. He has 5 wonderful children who keep him very busy. His hobbies include working out, participating in or viewing just about any sporting event, and spending time with his wife and children.
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Medical Staff

William G. Franklin, M.D.

John S. Kim, M.D., F.A.B.F.P.
Dr. Kim completed his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was on the Dean's List while he received a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry. He received his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He performed his Family Practice residency at the John Sealy Hospital at UTMB, where he received the William A. Wilson Award for Scholarly and Clinical Achievement during his training. He also received Commendation for the highest score on the Departmental In-training Exam. He has been a research assistant at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston and at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He is a Fellow of the American Board of Family Practice and volunteers at the Volunteer Health Care Clinic. Dr. Kim is originally from Houston, and joined the Victory Medical staff in 1997. He is married to Dr. Mousumi Chanda-Kim and they have two dachshunds - Daisy and Oscar. In his spare time, Dr.Kim enjoys salsa and swing dancing, playing basketball, overseas travel, art history, classic films, theatre and following Texas Longhorn sports.
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Ralph M. Hadley, Jr. - P.A-C.
Ralph is from western New York and holds an Associate of Science in Mathematics and Science from Jamestown Community College in Jamestown, New York. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science and Physical Education from the State University of New York. His post graduate degrees include a Master of Science in Sports Medicine from Ohio University, and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science degree from George Washington University. Ralph is a certified Physician Associate in Primary Care and is trained in Family Practice, Urgent Care, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Some of his positions/job titles have included, Physician Associate and Director of Sports Medicine at Hill Country Sports Medicine, where he also oversaw the Athletic Competitive Edge program. He has been a certified Athletic Trainer and Strength Conditioning Specialist for several different places/programs, including Rio Grande College in Ohio, the Empire State Games in Buffalo, New York and the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball, Minor League Program (AA), in El Paso, Texas. His duties included treatment and rehabilitation as well as giving first aid to athletes and assisting physicians. He also has been an instructor of Anatomy at the Community College of Rhode Island in New York and an Anatomy Lab Instructor at the State University of New York in Brockport, New York. Ralph is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the National Commission of Certified Physician Assistants, the National Athletic Trainer's Association, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He joined the Victory Medical staff in January 1995. When he is not treating patients, Ralph enjoys running and spending time with his wife and two boys.
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Jose Garcia, MSN, F.N.P.-C.
Jose is originally from Las Vegas, Nevada and completed his undergrsaduate work at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas where he received a Bachelor of Science. He completed his Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner training and Master of Science degree in 1992 at Wichita State University in Wichita , Kansas. He has been an Emergency Medical technician and has special training in Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Triage. Jose has been a staff nurse in the Emergency department performing assessments and protocol treatmenst of general, emergent, acute and chronic conditions with an emphasis on Trauma, Hypertension, and Diabetes Type I and II. At Lake Mead Medical Center in Las Vegas, he was responsible for code management and unit education and floated consistently to the ER and ICU. Jose is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and by the National Commision on Certification of Physcian Assistants. He is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and has been a member of the Victory Medical staff since September, 2001. When he's not at Victory caring for patients, Jose can be found hard at work at the Waco and Dallas Emergency Rooms on the weekends. Jose is fluent in Spanish, is married and has three children.
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Angelica Lopez
Angelica was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas where her family still resides.  She is a graduate of UT Medical Branch-Galveston.  She has extensive experience in minor emergency and, family practice settings with an emphasis on allergy and asthma conditions.  She is fluent in Spanish.  She is certified by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants.  She is a member of the American Association of Physician Assistants as well as the Texas Association of Physician Assistants.  When she is not caring for her patients, Ms. Lopez enjoys spending time with her fiance and friends.

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Lanny B. Brustein, D.C.
Dr. Brustein was born and raised in New York. He received his undergraduate Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Long Island. At the age of 19 he acheived his black belt 1st. degree from the Kyodai Karate school in New York. He then went on to recieve his Doctorate from The Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. He completed his internship in Glendale, California. He holds licenses in New York, California, Texas and Hawaii, where he has scored 100% on the clinical competency portion of his California state license exam and another 100% on the radiology portion of his Hawaii state license. Dr. Brustein moved to Austin, Texas in 1990 and began private practice with as the owner of Back in Action Chiropractic and of the Back Store. He is certified in Applied Kinesiology, Impairment ratings, Disability and Manipulation under Anesthesia. He enjoys sports medicine and physical rehabilitation.
He was the first Chiropractor in Austin to be certified in Impairment ratings in 1993 and is an approved Doctor with the Workers Compensation board of Texas. He originally joined the staff of Victory medical in
1998 where he practiced part time till 2001 and then returned full time in 2002. His hobbies are weight training, running, martial arts, theatre and theology.
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Jim Howard, P.A. - C
Jim Howard received his undergrad degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1994, graduating with honors. He continued his education in Houston, Texas at the Baylor College of Medicine, graduating in 2001 with his Physicians Assistant degree. Prior to receiving his PA license, Jim worked as an orthotech, and as a Physicians Assistant he has significant experience in both internal medicine and orthopedics. Jim has been married to his wife Arlene for 18 years. They enjoy the beach, and Jim loves to surf.
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Anne Pacheco, P.A.- C
Anne grew up in El Paso, TX and attended college at UT - El Paso. She attended PA school at the University of TX - Medical Branch at Galveston. Before joining Victory, she spent the last 6 years working as a Physicians Assistant in cardio, thoracic, and vascular surgery. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and kayaking.
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Mousumi Chanda-Kim, M.D.
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Marjorie Viscardi, M.D.
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Dr. Marjorie Viscardi is an Austinite. She graduated in the top ten percent of her class at Stephen F. Austin High School, where she enjoyed playing the stand-up bass in the orchestra and in the Dixie Land Band. She also won best actress in a UIL One-Act Play with the Austin High Red Dragons. She spent her senior year in Italy as an exchange student on a Rotary Club Scholarship. She then went on to earn her BA in Zoology from the University of Texas at Austin after completing 2 years on a scholarship at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. She earned her doctorate of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston where she was awarded the Lucy Massenburg Scholarship and first prize for her Outstanding Community Project. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. While there she received commendation for the highest score on the Departmental In-training Exam and earned the M. R. Lamar Award for Clinical Excellence 1991-1994. She served as an Associate Clinical Professor for UTMB. She is a member of the Travis County Medical Society and the Texas Medical Association. As soon as her husband retired from NASA-Houston, she moved back to Austin where she worked at the Salvation Army and the Rosewood-Zaragosa city clinics. Later she established the family medicine clinic at Progressive Car Insurance. She completed a clinical research study on Calotren, a health supplement for weight loss. She then enjoyed rural medicine in Bastrop and conducted a clinical research study on Calotren, a health supplement for weight loss. But with the arrival of her 5th child, being close to home became a requirement. She joined Victory Family Medical in late 2005 where she launched the aesthetic division of Victory called Medi-Bella. Medi-Bella offers professional-grade microdermabrasion and IPL (intense pulse light) treatments for a variety of conditions such as acne, age spots, unwanted hair, wrinkles, fine lines, and hair removal. Dr. Viscardi remains Board Certified in Family Medicine. She treats patients of all ages, but especially enjoys pediatrics. She has a special interest in helping patients achieve weight loss. Dr. Viscardi is fluent in Italian and Spanish. In her spare time she enjoys her five children and husband, swimming, camping, photography, and ballroom dancing.
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Irma Sigala, M.S.P.T.

Irma grew up in Eagle Pass, TX and attended college at The University of Texas at San Antonio where she received a Bachelors Degree in Biology.  Irma earned her Masters of Science Degree in Physical Therapy from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos.  She is fluent in Spanish.  Before joining the Victory Medical team Irma practiced as a therapist offering rehab in aquatic therapy, outpatient orthopedic and neuro, and acute care.  Her primary interests are in orthopedic and manual therapy.  Irma has been a member of the American Physical Therapy Association since 2002.  In her free time she enjoys exercising and spending time with family and friends.
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Vincy Thomas, P.T.
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Sharon Shepherd, A.C.N.P.
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Kelly Bull, P.A.
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