Providers

Quality Care from Certified Medical Staff in Corpus Christi

Whether your visit brings you to our Dermatology Department, or Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Department, you can rest assured that our staff will work as a team to provide for all your medical needs. Adding a family nurse practitioner and a physician assistant to our staff has enabled us to provide our patients with prompt and convenient accessibility. Learn more about our providers below.

Alma S. Rigonan
MD

Dr. Alma Rigonan is a board-certified physician who has been in practice since 1998. She is a member of the Texas Dermatological Society and worked closely with Dr. James Caplin for more than 7 years at the Corpus Christi Allergy, Asthma, and Dermatology Clinic. Under the guidance of Dr. James Caplin, she was trained on allergy testing, immunotherapy and rhinoscopy. She also trained on the diagnosis and treatment of dermatological conditions and basic skin surgery. She attended De La Salle University College of Medicine and completed her medical training at the University of the Philippines. She graduated with honors and accepted academic positions in the field of psychology and anatomy. Dr. Rigonan completed her pediatric residency training at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and published a research on monoclonal antibodies in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Her years of clinical experience and training in the field of allergy testing, immunotherapy and allergic skin diseases led to her being accepted as a member of the Texas Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Society, the Pan American Allergy Society, the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. She has completed training and workshops by the American Academy of Dermatology. She is currently a physician member of the Medical Dermatology Society and the National Psoriasis Foundation.

Jeffrey T. Green, Jr.
PA

Mr. Jeffrey Green, PA is a physician assistant and senior medical provider at the Corpus Christi Allergy, Asthma, and Dermatology Center. He worked alongside Dr. James Caplin for 17 years, diagnosing and treating various allergy, asthma and dermatological illnesses. Starting with his primary care training followed by his 36 years of clinical experience, Mr. Green has studied his chosen specialty areas in a variety of ways: on the job training with specialists like Dr. James Caplin, numerous hours of continuing medical education on dermatology, allergy, asthma and immunology, lectures and seminars, attendance in hospital rounds, print or online training of updates and new developments in dermatology, allergy, asthma and immunology. Mr. Jeffrey Green, PA, graduated from the US Army Physician Assistant Program in 1982 under the auspices of Creighton University. His didactic training was at San Antonio Military Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, TX and his clinical training was at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He obtained extra training in dermatology and podiatry at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital in Fort Polk, Louisiana. He is an active fellow member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants; The First Nations Council of Physician Assistants; the Texas Academy of Physician Assistants; the Society of Army Physician Assistants; The Veteran Caucus of AAPA, the Society of Physician Assistants in Pediatrics; the Society of American Academy of Physician Assistants in Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; the Society of Physician Assistants in Dermatology; and the Society of Physician Assistants in Family Practice.