Meet Our Hospice Physicians

At Community Healthcare of Texas, our physicians are a vital part of the hospice team. Physicians provide guidance and medical oversight in the care of patients living with a life-limiting disease. Some primary care providers or specialty physicians may choose to follow their patient’s care while the patient is on our hospice service. Others defer primary/attending physician care to the hospice physician. If the hospice physician serves as the attending physician, a patient may continue to see their PCP or specialist for care not related to the hospice diagnosis.

If the primary care physician or specialist chooses to continue as the patient’s attending physician, they are jointly responsible with the Community Healthcare of Texas interdisciplinary team in establishing, reviewing, and updating the patient’s plan of care.

In order for hospice care to be provided, Community Healthcare of Texas must obtain an order for hospice assessment and treatment as well as a certification that, based on the physician’s clinical expertise, the patient’s prognosis is for a life expectancy of six months or less if the terminal illness runs its normal course.

Our hospice physicians offer a wide range of specialties and experience. Our physician team members are:

Chief Medical Officer

• David Capper, M.D., Family Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Community Healthcare of Texas – Fort Worth

• Maria Asprilla, D.O., Internal Medicine
• Karen Godfrey, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Ramu Ranganeni, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Kimberly Ward, M.D., Internal Medicine

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital

• Muhammad Naeem, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Nadeem Patel, M.D., Internal Medicine

Texas Health Fort Worth Hospital

• Vishnu Ilineni, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Bhumika KC, M.D., Internal Medicine

Community Healthcare of Texas – Cleburne

• John Daramola, M.D., Family Medicine
• Stan Johnson, M.D., Family Medicine

Community Healthcare of Texas Hospice House at Texas Health Huguley – Burleson

• Jason Seiden, M.D., Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care
• David Troutman, M.D., Internal Medicine

Providence Hospice – Waco

• Joshua Wesley, M.D., Medical Director, Family Medicine
• Jeremy Seely, M.D., Family Medicine
• Christopher Vera, D.O., Family Medicine

Ascension Providence Hospital – Waco

• Joshua Wesley, M.D., Family Medicine