ST. LOUIS –Esse Health welcomes board-certified Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease physician James H. Hinrichs, M.D., MPH effective May 1, 2015.  Dr. Hinrichs will follow patients admitted to DePaul Health Center.   He also will see patients at Esse Health’s Florissant Internal Medicine office located at 1225 Graham Rd building C, Suite 1330 Florissant MO 63031.

Dr. Hinrichs graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine and completed his residency training at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.  He previously served as Vice-President of Medical Affairs at SSM St. Joseph Health Center.   Dr. Hinrichs joins Esse Health as a Hospital Medicine and Infectious Disease specialist.

Esse Health is a St. Louis-based, independent physician group that strives to improve the overall well-being of its patients through patient education, lifestyle modification and prevention.  With 36 locations throughout the St. Louis and Metro Ease area, Esse Health’s services include asthma, allergy and immunology, family medicine, internal medicine, nutrition, pediatrics, radiology, urology, cardiology and gastroenterology. Esse Health’s adult and pediatric primary care offices have been awarded Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) 2011 Level 3 recognition by the National Committee on Quality Assurance.  Esse Health is a recognized leader in using technology in health care and physician accountability for both quality and cost-of-care.  For more information on Esse Health, visit www.essehealth.com.