Dr. Jackie Snell started practicing in 2000 with a passion to keep people well. For her, prevention is the heart of family medicine. “If we can control blood pressure, get asthma in check, do cancer screenings, encourage exercise and good eating habits, then we can keep people out of the hospital and living their best lives,” says Dr. Snell. Dr. Snell treats infants, children, teens and adults, performing adult physical exams, well woman exams, well child exams and Medicare annual wellness visits. “I enjoy getting to know the whole family.”Dr. Snell earned her undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Texas. She then attended the UT Health Science Center at Houston and graduated in 1997. The school has since been renamed McGovern Medical School. While there, Dr. Snell completed a research project about cancer screening reminder strategies that was published in a scientific journal. She completed her family medicine residency at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston, TX, and is board-certified by the American Academy of Family Medicine. In her free time, Dr. Snell enjoys reading and walking on the beach. She married her college sweetheart, and they have three kids, including one who has special needs. Dr. Snell loves to teach. She homeschooled her children for several years. She taught science, health and nutrition courses in the homeschool community, and she taught English to refugee women in Houston. Dr. Snell and her husband have volunteered their time in the Boy Scouts, and both of their sons are Eagle Scouts. They are active in their church, and their family loves to visit US national parks.