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Kenya I. Sekoni Etim, MS, MD, FAAFP

4.8 out of 5 
Specialty: 
Family Medicine
Physician Group: 
UT Health East Texas Physicians

UT Health East Texas Physicians Jacksonville - Primary Care

203 Nacogdoches St.
Ste. 280
Jacksonville, TX 75766
903-541-5396
Hours: 

Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

UT Health Jacksonville

501 S. Ragsdale St.
Jacksonville, TX 75766
903-541-5000

Kenya I. Sekoni Etim, MS, MD, FAAFP, is a board-certified family medicine physician who sees patients of all ages at UT Health East Texas Physicians in Jacksonville. “I chose family medicine to teach patients how to break unhealthy family habits. Diabetes, hypertension, colon cancer, cardiovascular disease and a host of other conditions can go back generations in families. They can sometimes be prevented with education and patience.”

Teaching the next generation of physicians is particularly important to Dr. Etim. She has served as an assistant professor for Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and will now teach for The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine. Abroad, she holds the status of adjunct professor for Kenyatta University School of Medicine. “I thoroughly enjoy teaching medical students how to transform their science knowledge to problem differentials. I teach them to combine the patient story with the physical exam to minimize ordering tests that increase patient costs.”

Dr. Etim believes that healthy people make healthy communities. Thus, community service is the thread that ties her heart to the communities she works in. She has served Jacksonville since 2011 by being a board member of the Fred Douglass Community Development Coalition. That same year she was inducted as a board member for Pan African Christian Exchange ministries in the country of Kenya. Her mission there is to advise and teach at the onsite clinic.

“I am blessed to be a blessing,” Dr. Etim said.

Dr. Etim is employed as a clinical faculty physician at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler under the UT Tyler School of Medicine.

Board Certifications: 

American Board of Family Medicine, Board Certification

Education: 

Residency: Family Medicine, Sparrow Family Practice, Lansing, Mich.

Doctor of Medicine: Michigan State University, East Lansing

Master of Science: University of California, Santa Barbara

Bachelor of Science: University of California, Santa Barbara 

American Academy of Family Practice, Member

American Medical Association, Member

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Member

Platinum Champion of Diversity in Healthcare, Recipient

Michigan State Univsersity College of Human Medicine Outstanding Community Volunteer Faculty Award, Recipient

American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award, Recipient

Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice, Recipient

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 02/13/2024

Dr Etim is a WONDERFUL doctor, she really cares about her patients. She takes the time to make sure all your questions are answered and doesn't try to rush. I am so very lucky to have her as my physician!

   — Valerie Sanford


 11/27/2023

Caring and knowledgeable Doctor. Highly recommend.

   — Tracy Clark


 07/12/2023

So blessed I found a wonderful primary physician!

   — Clark Calvert


 05/12/2023

My fiance has begun seeing Dr. Etim as Dr. Roberson left the practice and speaks highly of her stating she "listens, shows genuine concern, has formed a plan to proceed forward to help him with his problems (back broken in two places) and she appears extremely professional knowledgeable and compassionate"!

   — Heather Lynne Johnson


 10/12/2022

I love here she is always comes in with a high beat and is always glad to see you,and I feel the same way. She shows her concerns and try's to explain it to me that I understand,some times I don't get,then I have to have her explain it again so I do finally get it. She is awesome to have as a Doctor ! ! The facility is always friendly and caring wouldn't change a thing

   — Susan Goodwin


 07/03/2022

Very concerned about patient. Took time to explain and discuss concerns.

   — Karen Bogan