Dr. Ellenbecker
Get to know the philosophy, physician, and team behind your care.
Dr. Beau Ellenbecker, DO
Dr. Beau Ellenbecker founded Ellenbecker Personalized Medicine, an MDVIP-affiliated practice, after fifteen years watching primary care move further from the reason he became a doctor in the first place: the relationship between a physician and a patient.
Personalized Medicine is his answer to that drift- a practice built on deliberate presence, unhurried attention, and the belief that real change starts with knowing the person in front of him.
Life & Experience
Roots
Born in central Wisconsin and raised in Bedford, Texas. Dr. Ellenbecker is an Eagle Scout and Black Belt in American Karate. He graduated from Euless Trinity High School and earned a degree in Movement Science from Texas Christian University.
Medicine, the Military, and a Family
After college Dr. Ellenbecker moved around quite a bit, earning his Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) from Des Moines University in Iowa where he was commissioned into the US Army through the Army HPSP program. Dr. Ellenbecker met and married his wife, Elizabeth, while living in Iowa. He later completed a residency in Family Medicine at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu before being stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany where Elizabeth and him welcomed their first child, Jude. While there he deployed for one year to Afghanistan.
Coming Home
Dr. Ellenbecker and family returned to North Texas and settled in Roanoke in 2013 where he founded Baylor, Scott & White Family Medicine - Roanoke. Shortly after their second child, Emma, was born. The family currently resides in Roanoke with with several family pets as well. Dr. Ellenbecker served as the lead physician for fifteen years before establishing Ellenbecker Personalized Medicine.
Why Personalized Medicine
To practice medicine with time to listen, understand the whole person, and build long-term relationships. To trade production for partnership and make a lasting impact on health and lives.
Areas of Clinical Focus
Obesity
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Preventive Medicine
Life Outside the Clinic
Dr. Ellenbecker lives in Roanoke with his wife, Elizabeth, and their children, Jude and Emma.
Outside the office, he enjoys cooking, travel, reading, healthcare policy, the arts, and following pro sports - especially football and hockey.
