Dr. Carmen Cawley worked in a small mission church with her Mother when young and her experiences created a desire to help others. She attended Baylor University where she was awarded top Pre-Med student her freshman year and graduated with an English degree. Medical school and residency in Internal Medicine were completed at U.T.H.S.C.S.A. She has participated and led medical mission trips to Mexico and to underserved areas along the Texas border, and looks forward to having more time to dedicate to medical missions in the future.
Dr. Cawley is a board certified Internal Medicine Physician who was selected as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians in 2018. She served on the clinical faculty of University of Texas Health Science Center for 14 years where she enjoyed teaching medical students, working as a medicine consultant on complex cases for the Family Practice Division from 1994-97, then as a clinician in the General Medicine Division. In 2000, she was recruited to be the first medical director of the Adult Medicine clinic at the Texas Diabetes Institute where she enjoyed working for 8 years under Dr. Ralph DeFronzo and Dr. Charles Reasner, two of the top diabetes experts in the country. In 2008, she was awarded Physician of the Year at the Texas Diabetes Institute. At the ceremony, she summarized her philosophy of practicing medicine–”treat every patient the way that you would want to be treated.” From 2008-2009, she provided primary care for our nation’s finest, the injured veterans on the Spinal Cord Unit of the Audie L. Murphy V.A. Hospital. After leaving ALMMVAH in September 2009, she has been in private practices in northeast San Antonio and in Stone Oak. She started her own private practice, Sage Medicine, in October of 2012. She was selected as one of San Antonio’s Best Doctors 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020 acknowledging her diagnostic and management skills as a General Internist. Her journey into Functional Medicine started in 2014. Because the potential to put diseases into remission was so great, the ability to relieve symptoms that other doctors could not explain or manage was so remarkable, she has been taking courses and implementing the principles taught by the Institute of Functional Medicine for 4 years. Her fascination and interest in the field drive her to continue learning to help her patients.
Carmen Cawley is married and has two sons, loves Zumba, walking her dogs Banjo and Daisy, traveling to new places, and she actually studies functional medicine as a hobby! She is blessed with a supportive husband, Steve, who is a great cook, computer expert among other talents. Her oldest son, Matthew, is married and works as a programmer in Seattle, WA. Her youngest son, David holds degrees in both Biomedical Engineering and Music Composition, and he’s now pursuing a career in the music industry.
Keeping patients healthy, happy and living their lives to the fullest is the focus of her clinic. Key to this is the proper diagnosis and treatment of disease processes. In an effort to find more solutions to health problems, Dr. Cawley remains open-minded to new ideas and education. Communication is key and her goal to make patients feel comfortable sharing all of their health concerns with her and in turn to share the latest health research and treatment ideas with them.