Grapevine Internal Medicine Centre

12/03/2025

Care Access is a medical research clinic with locations worldwide who are offering free screening to assess patient's risk for developing heart disease and Alzheimer's Dementia. This screening includes blood testing for lipid profile including the Lp(a) fraction which is not generally included in routine blood panel testing but is an important factor in vascular disease development. Other lab tests include evaluation of liver and kidney function as well as a marker for inflammation, the highly selective C-reactive protein. In additions an evaluation of the phosphorylated Tau protein may be done which is a marker thought to be a primary factor in t he development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Elevation of this protein is associated with increase in dementia risk but is not 100% predictive. Likewise, lack of elevation is not a guarantee that dementia will not occur later in life. It can be helpful to know this value as newer medications are available and more are coming through research that will allow earlier intervention in order to delay the progressive memory loss and disability associated with this dreaded disease. Screened persons with significant risk factors may be offered to participate in further paid medial studies in order to clarify how these markers and subsequent treatments can modify medical risks. Care Access will provide participants who meet their criteria for screening a $45.00 remuneration for their participation. Locally, the closes center is in Irving on N McArthur just about a mile north of hisar 114 at the Medical Cities Hospital / clinic facility (6750 N McArthur suite 310). The testing involves a simple blood draw and takes no more than 15 minutes. If you would like to participate and learn your results of this important screening click on the link below to sign up and see if you meet the criteria for the study (Must be age 45 and above). I highly encourage your participation.

A no-cost blood test can provide you insight into your Lp(a), A1c and creatinine levels

12/02/2025

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Care Access is a research testing facility that is currently screening for the markers of heart disease and Alzheimer's. Dementia. It involves a 15 minute visit and simple blood draw procedure.
Early indicators and subsequent early diagnosis can be helpful as newer medication may offer disease modification and delay progression. Testing centers are located world-wide, but locally in DFW one is located in Irving, just North of Hwy 114 on McArthur.
Sign up soon and receive a $45 gift card for participating in this important study.

A no-cost blood test can provide you insight into your Lp(a), A1c and creatinine levels

06/15/2025

I have recently been named as the regional Medical Director of a multi-center nationwide research study being coordinated by the Cleveland Clinic. This study is to assess the effect of cutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation placed around the ear on Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. There is very little discomfort noted during placement of the leads.
A preliminary study showed a response of greater than 70% improvement in the pain / discomfort of peripheral neuropathy. Additional benefit was marked improvement in blood sugar control with reduction in diabetic medications and some weight loss.
Too often the medications prescribed for this condition such as Lyrica, Neurontin, Elavil, etc have side effects and are of little benefit. This non-pharmacy alternative so far looks quite promising.
Patients with Diabetic Nerve damage have seen improvement of up to 1 1/2 years duration.
We are recruiting patients for this study which in many cases is covered by health insurance policies. During the study, the patient's physician will be informed of the patient's progress.
Feel free to contact me via message if you would like additional information about this potentially life-altering therapy and possibly enrollment in this study.

05/23/2025

It is with a deep sadness that I must notify you that Sherry McLean passed away after a relatively brief illness. As many here will recall, she was the one responsible for establishing John S. Ferris MD's. medical practice which later became Grapevine Internal Medicine Centre. Under her direction, the practice began on Main Street in Grapevine, Texas in Dec. 1982. Later, Sherry was a driving force in moving the practice to the Baylor Grapevine Medical building and then in 1989 she directed the construction of and relocation of the practice to it's current location at 1604 Lancaster Dr. Grapevine, Tx. Not only did she manage the practice, but she deftly dealt with the architects and construction company. Sometimes, we both felt like we had no clue what we were doing but her dedication, drive and assurance was a steadying force. She was initially the office manager, receptionist, front office staff, nurse, and part-time janitor. She wore all hats with aplomb. Luckily she hired her best friend Colleen Evers as my nurse and the three of us persevered through our early days of practice. I have to smile a bit despite the grief, knowing that she and Colleen are together again! Sherry will surely be missed by her family and all who knew her !

10/12/2024

It's that time of year again. October 15 to Dec. 7 is open enrollment time for Medicare Patients. During this time medicare-covered patients can change their insurance plans without penalty. Choices include traditional Medicare Coverage (Medicare A [hospital care] and B [physician care] with or without Medicare D (prescription coverage); and Medicare Advantage programs offered by multiple companies.
I strongly recommend patients consider the Advantage programs such as offered by Aetna, Humana, Blue Cross and United. Each program has a few different benefits. The PPO options of the Advantage Programs generally are less restrictive and allow for patients to see any physician that accepts Medicare patients. These plans are offered without an additional premium above the required Medicare Part B monthly payment as opposed to traditional Medicare-covered plans which would require the purchase of a Supplemental plan with premiums generally from $100 - $200/month plus a Medicare part D plan for medication coverage.

Drs. Ganpath and Gordon accept assignment for traditional Medicare and most Medicare Advantage plans.

If you do not make an election between Oct. 15th - Dec. 7th, your insurance coverage for 2025 will remain the same as it is in 2024.

Intracare of Grapevine Internal Medicine Centre has an on-site independent insurance agent available to provide information and assistance on all the plans available, including the traditional and Advantage options.

Audrey Moore, of Connie Health is an agent who can answer all your questions and assist in any changes or enrollments you may elect at no charge to you. She can be reached at 469-480-1121 or you can contact the office of Intracare Grapevine at 817-481-8661 to schedule a time to consult with her. Alternatively you can consult with any health insurance agent but I would not recommend you take advice from Joe Namath or J J Walker !!

07/17/2024

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Intracare's Grapevine Internal Medicine Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Shopana Ganpath is now fully credentialed by Medicare and Medicare Advantage Programs to accept patients covered by those plans. She also accepts most non-government insurance covered patients as well as private-pay patients.
If you, or anyone you know is seeking adult health care, Grapevine's Intracare facility is happy to see you in a timely manner and strives to make your health care our priority.
Dr. Ganpath is joined at Grapevine Intracare by Dr. Martyn Gordon and Jorge Candiotti, Physician Assistant.
Call 817-481-8661 to make an appointment with Dr. Ganpath or our other providers.

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06/13/2024

If you or anyone you know are looking for medical care in the North Texas area, look no further than Grapevine's Intracare Internal Medicine Center. Our office accepts most insurance plans and accepts both traditional Medicare plans and most of the Medicare Advantage Plans that have become popular for seniors.
Dr. Ganpath is a board-certified Internal Medicine Specialist who provides care to patients from 18 - Senior aged. She is a certified Medicare provider and can now accept Cigna Medicare Advantage patients. Blue Cross / Blue Shield , United Health, and many other Medicare Advantage plan patients will be welcomed soon as those plans work through their cumbersome credentialing process. We anticipate this process to be completed in just a few weeks.
She has assumed the care of the patients who have seen Dr. Ferris and has received high reviews and praise for her expertise, listening, and care.

Jorge Candioti has joined the practice as a physician assistant. He has vast experience as the former director of the Intensive care Unite of the largest hospital in Lima, Peru for a five year period. He has specialty training in Infectious Disease from an Antwerp, Belgium Medical Facility.
He is currently accepting all adolescent and adult / senior patients including all Medicare and most Medicare Advantage covered patients.
Doctor Ferris, Doctor Ganpath and Doctor Gordon are very pleased to have Jorge Candiotti as an associate in the practice of Internal Medicine here at Intracare's Grapevine Internal Medicine Center.

This IntraCare Health Center - Grapevine location can be found at 1604 Lancaster Dr., Grapevine, TX 76051. This location has Dr. Martyn Gordon, Dr. Shopana Ganp

02/27/2024

Introducing Dr. Shopana Ganpath, M. D.
We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Ganpath as the newest Internal Medicine Physician to join Intracare Health's Grapevine Internal Medicine practice.
Dr. Ganpath joins our practice, having been in private practice most recently in Frisco and Van Alstyne, Texas. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, having completed her training at the Wayne State University Hospital system in Detroit, Michigan. She is a member of the American College of Physicians and American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care. Her focus is on primary adult care and preventative health issues. As an internist, her practice encompasses the overall care of patients from 13 years of age to advanced adulthood.

She has received extensive training in Aesthetic Medicine and will continue to offer such aesthetic procedures as Neuromodulators (Botox, Xeomin, Daxxify) for facial wrinkling; filler therapies; laser therapies for skin resurfacing, pigment reduction, rosacea and hair removal. Hair restorative treatments utilizing medical therapies, PRP and Exosomes are additional treatments she offers. Microneedling with platelet-rich plasma (Vampire Facial) to improve facial skin smoothness and appearance is another treatment offered at our clinic.

We invite you to join us in welcoming Dr. Ganpath as she joins Dr. Gordon as an Intracare Internal Medicine Specialist and provides continuous care to the patients of Dr. Ferris and Dr. Fojt.

Intracare's Internal Medicine at Grapevine welcomes new patients, including Medicare (Traditional and Medicare Advantage) patients, as well as patients covered on multiple private and employee insurance plans and those who prefer a private-pay approach to health care. Call our office for more information or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Ganpath at 817-481-8661.

Medical Clinic specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of Adult and Adolescent Patients. Established in 1982 serving the DFW airport area and surrounding communities.

12/21/2023

Merry Christmas Y'all!

Changes are coming to Intracare Healtcare's Grapevine Internal Medicine Practice in the New Year.

We are extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Neesha Settipalle to the practice of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Settipalle will begin seeing patients in early January 2024, assuming the position previously held by Dr. James Fojt. Dr. Fojt has made the decision to return to the acute care practice of in-hospital care after focusing on clinic work here at Intracare's Grapevine office for the past 1 1/2 year. We wish him the best and thank him for his expert care to our patients.

We are confident that Dr. Settipalle will continue the tradition established over the last 42 years, beginning with the establishment of Grapevine Internal Medicine by Dr. John Ferris, of providing personalized Internal Medicine professional care.

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and most joyous New Year.

As a reminder, Intracare's Grapevine Internal Medicine Practice accepts assignment and welcomes Medicare patients, including traditional Medicare Part B patients as well as Medicare Advantage (Part C) covered patients on most Advantage plans. Please contact our office at 817-481-8661 to inquire as to to the Advantage Programs with which we participate, or consult your insurer to confirm.

04/23/2023

The practices of John S Ferris MD, James Fojt DO, and Martyn Gordon MD have entered a partnership with Intracare Healthcare, a company that provides managerial services for health care facilities. The office management responsibilities are now controlled by Intracare while the medical care and patient care decisions are solely under the direction of the physicians.

This partnership has allowed us to improve efficiency, enjoy a more equitable bargaining with insurance companies, and enhance the HR relationship with employees. During this time of transition we appreciate your patience as converting to the new systems of computerization, electronic medical records, and enhance the patient communication abilities with our patient portal. We will also see a more efficient interface with pharmacies with electronic prescribing. It is our hope that dealing with patients insurance companies electronically will speed-up the processes the insurance companies have enacted to obtain authorization for their coverage of needed tests and procedures.

During this transition we all may have times of frustration but it is our sincere hope that once our systems are fully implemented and functional our patients and staff will see the improvements in our ability to proved the care we have provided since 1982.

If you encounter any difficulties please direct your concerns to our office management - Jan will continue to serve as office manager, with the executives of Intracare ultimately responsible to implement the overall transition.

One additional benefit of this conversion to Intracare's management has been our ability to provide more cost-effective care to our elderly patients as we now are Medicare providers, accepting assignment of insurance benefits for traditional Medicare / Supplemental insured patients,(such that these patients no longer pay for services at the time of service as we now bill Medicare directly) and are now are credentialed to provide care for most of the Medicare Advantage Insured patients.

Should any of your adult / teen-aged family or friends need a physician for General Internal Medicine care we are accepting new patients in a timely manner. Our phone number remains unchanged - 817-481-8661.

It has been the great pleasure of my life to proved medical care to to those of the Grapevine area for that past 40 years. It is my hope that our Intracare doctors will continue to be available for you health-care needs for many years to come.

Thanks to all our patients for your understanding during this transition.

11/01/2022

Today, November 1 2022 marks the first day that our new operating managing partnership with Intracare officially begins. As Intracare begins non-clinical management of the practices of Drs. Ferris, Dr. Fojt and Dr. Gordon we anticipate some transition issues and ask patients to understand that the implementation of their policies may not be as smooth as we'd like, however the end result will be of great benefit to our ability to provide care. This will include transition to the electronic medical records, patient portals for communicating, acceptance of medicare assignment as well as accepting Medicare Advantage patients as of Jan 1 2023. (Pending credentialing by the insurers)
We are excited to be able to improve the services we can deliver and would like to be made aware of the patient's experiences throughout the transition and afterward.
I began this practice in Grapevine 40 years ago December and with Intracare's management and the doctor's medical decision making we anticipate a better experience for all our patients.

10/19/2022

Insurance issues are purposely made to be confusing, even more so when dealing with Medicare programs. This is the time of year (Oct. 15 - Dec. 7) that we start seeing all the commercials on television and hear them on radio discussing (and confusing us more) the options for picking your insurance plan for the next year, beginning Jan 1, 2023.

In order to address this, and better inform patients about the choices available to them, Intracare Health Care at Grapevine Internal Medicine Centre (the offices of Dr. Ferris, Dr. Fojt and Dr. Gordon) are hosting an informational seminar each Friday for the next two weeks. Join us at our office, 1604 Lancaster Dr. Grapevine Texas on October 21, and October 28 from 10:00 am to 11:30am. Agents of a independent insurance brokerage firm, Connie Health will sponsor this meeting, provide educational material and share their knowledge about all the different plans and policies available in this area. They will discuss traditional Medicare Part A and B plans as well as the supplemental plans for B coverage and Part D (pharmacy plan) coverage patients can purchase if on traditional Medicare. They will discuss the pros and cons of the alternative, Medicare Advantage Programs; speak to the cost savings patients enjoy with Advantage coverage as well as the benefits of Advantage plans not available to traditional Medicare-covered patients. (Dental, Eye care, Hearing care among other benefits).

Choosing the best coverage for the next year is a decision each person can make during this "open enrollment" time frame. If you would like to learn more, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of your current plan, see about the thousands of dollars a year you can save through Advantage plans please plan to attend one of these meetings, share refreshments with us, and leave with a better understanding of your health care options.

Please RSVP :1-888-291-2211 if planning to attend.
Or, if you can not attend, call Connie Health for a no-obligation phone consultation and discussion of your options.
Connie Health Insurance: 1-888-291-2211 or local agent,
Audrey Moore at 469-480-1121.

The offices of Dr. Ferris, Dr. Fojt and Dr. Gordon, in association with Intracare at GIMC will be accepting new and long-standing traditional Medicare Patients and Medicare Advantage patients with the same quality of care they have experienced since Dr. Ferris began the practice of Medicine in Grapevine, Texas in 1982.