ST. LOUIS – Esse Health Southroads Internal Medicine welcomes internal medicine physician Howard B. Hsu, M.D., (pronounced “Sue”) to its South St. Louis County office located at 12345 West Bend Drive. Dr. Hsu will begin seeing patients Aug. 1.

Hsu is completing his residency in internal medicine at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis where he is the chief resident. Originally from Santa Clarita, Calif., Hsu graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine. He won the B.K. Werner Scholars Award for Outstanding Academic Performance by an Internal Medicine Resident, 2010-2011. He has a particular interest in preventive health.

Hsu joins Drs. Richard Muchnick, Robert Oertli and Donald Richardson. Appointments with Hsu can be made by calling 314-849-6000.
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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