Dr. Leticia Vargas, MD

Leticia Vargas, MD MBA, FACOG is an OB/GYN with over 15 years of experience providing compassionate, dedicated care for women. Dr. Vargas practices as an OB Hospitalist at Metropolitan Methodist Hospital and serves as one of the Core Site Directors for UIW School of Medicine and teaches at UIW SOM.

Dr. Vargas is a graduate of Incarnate Word College, Class of 1995. She earned her MD at UT Health Science Center, San Antonio and completed her OB/GYN residency at University Hospital in San Antonio in 2004.

Dr. Vargas holds herself to the highest standards of medical care. She was a National Health Scholar and an assistant clinical professor for the Department of Family Medicine and OB/GYN at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio educating both medical students and residents. She later went to Laredo, Texas to finish her National Health Service obligation and worked at a Federally Qualified Health Center.

In 2009, Dr. Vargas completed an MBA with an emphasis in health care at Texas Tech. She returned to San Antonio in 2012 and begun practicing on San Antonio’s South side. She is passionate about working with underserved and under resourced communities and has worked at Communicare Health Center on San Antonio’s East side. She currently serves as President of Quijotes of San Antonio medical mission group which has been providing medical care to the people of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Dr. Vargas is fascinated with people, cultures and travels. She enjoys doing community outreach in recruitment of preceptors and being a connector of services.