ST. LOUIS – Esse Heath South County Internal Medicine welcomes board-certified adult nurse practitioner Lauren Hesterberg, ANP.

Hesterberg will work with the office’s physicians to provide quality preventive and acute care to adults. Hesterberg’s previous nursing experience includes critical care nursing and nursing education, most recently working at St. Louis University Hospital as a staff nurse. She received her Master of Science in Nursing from St. Louis University. Hesterberg is married with one daughter.

Esse Health South County Internal Medicine staff includes six board-certified physicians, plus the addition of Dr. Kathryn Henderson on Sept. 5. Hesterberg joins nurse practitioners Teresa Brewer and Stacie Detmer. Appointments with the South County Internal Medicine can be made by calling 314-843-7333.

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 32 locations throughout the St. Louis and Metro East area, Esse Health’s services include asthma, allergy and immunology, family medicine, internal medicine, nutrition, pediatrics, radiology and urology. Esse Health is recognized as a 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.

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