Our Providers
Everett H. Allen, MD
Dr. Allen was born in Dallas TX. He attended Austin College in Sherman, TX where he graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1992. He was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio where he received his medical degree in 1996. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He stayed in Portland for his rheumatology fellowship before moving back to San Antonio in 2001 with his wife and two children. He has been in private practice in San Antonio since 2001.
Dr. Allen is board certified in Rheumatology since 1999. He is a fellow member of the American College of Rheumatology and a member of the Bexar County Medical Society as well as the Texas Medical Association. He has maintained a connection with the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio as Adjunct Assistant Professor in the department of Internal Medicine. He is also Voluntary Faculty at Christus Santa Rosa Residency Program. Dr. Allen has been named by his peers to the Super Doctors® list, published in a special advertising section in Texas Monthly, for 10 consecutive years.
Rheumatologist
Kevin J. Kempf, MD
Dr. Kempf was born and raised in San Antonio, TX and attended Churchill High School. He graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Psychology in 1986. He then attended Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX and graduated in the top 15% in 1991. He was awarded a naval scholarship and entered the U.S. Navy in 1991. He completed his internal medicine internship at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD). After internship, he served as a General Medical Officer and a Naval Flight Surgeon.
After his operational tours, he finished his residency at NMCSD. While there, he received the Aequanimitas Award and was selected Chief of Residents. He completed his rheumatology fellowship at Scripps Clinic and Research Institute in La Jolla, CA in 2000. While there, he was selected as the Chief Fellow and received the Tom Waltz Teaching Award. After this, he served as the Division Head of Rheumatology at NMCSD. During this time, he became certified as a medical acupuncturist and remains very interested in complementary, alternative and integrative medicine.
After 11 years of military service, Dr. Kempf returned to San Antonio with his wife and 2 children. He has been in private practice since 2002. He is a fellow member of the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians. He is a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association and the International Society of Clinical Densitometry. He is also Voluntary Faculty at Christus Santa Rosa Residency Program. He is a regular speaker and educator for community groups and physicians on rheumatology topics. Dr. Kempf has been named by his peers to the Super Doctors® list, published in a special advertising section in Texas Monthly, for 10 consecutive years.
Rheumatologist
Thomas A. Rennie, MD
Dr. Rennie was born and raised in Ponca City, OK. He attended the University of Oklahoma where, based upon his academic achievement, he was selected as a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. He received his medical degree in 1994 from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. He completed his Internal Medicine internship and residency at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, CO and Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, GA. Dr. Rennie completed his Rheumatology Fellowship in 1999 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC. During this time he also completed a Research Fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
In 1999, Dr Rennie was assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. During his assignment there, he served as the Chief of Performance Improvement and Risk Management for the Department of Medicine, Co-director of the Uveitis Clinic and Chief of the Rheumatology Service. He completed his 16 years of military service in May 2006. Although born and raised a Sooner, Dr Rennie and his family have loved living in San Antonio and now call it their home. Besides caring for his patients, Dr Rennie’s other interests include spending time with his family, Tae Kwon Do, music and all sports and outdoor activities.
Dr. Rennie has been recognized as one of “San Antonio’s Top Doctors” by Scene in SA Magazine.
Rheumatologist
Gautam Moorjani, MD
Dr. Moorjani is a native Texan and grew up in Houston. He went to college at the University of Texas at Austin where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Microbiology. From there, he attended medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, training two years in Lubbock, followed by two years in El Paso. Following his interests in Internal Medicine and the Southwest, he completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. He practiced as a Hospitalist for one year before returning to train in the Rheumatology program at the University of New Mexico. He was named “Texas Super Doctor®” by Texas Monthly in 2013.
Dr. Moorjani is Board Certified in Rheumatology. Research interests included pain perception in arthrocentesis and syringe procedures. His hobbies include traveling, exercising, basketball, football and spending time with his family.
Rheumatologist
Emily Triana Marx, MD
Dr. Emily Triana Marx is a native of San Antonio, TX. She is of Cuban descent and speaks fluent English and Spanish. She attended Trinity University in San Antonio, TX where she graduated Cum Laude and received a BS in Biology with a Minor in Chemistry and Sociology in 1999. While at Trinity University, she was also inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society and the Mortar Board National Honor Society. She received her medical degree in 2003 from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston where she became a John A. Hartford American Federation for Aging Research Medical Student Geriatrics Scholars Grant recipient and a Hispanic American Medical Association of Houston (HAMAH) Medical Scholars premier academic scholarship recipient. She then traveled to Miami, FL to complete her internal medicine internship and residency at The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and she received the Garnet Peter Outstanding Teaching Resident award. She remained at Jackson Memorial Hospital for her rheumatology fellowship and then joined a rheumatology private practice group in Hallandale Beach, Florida. She moved back to San Antonio, Texas, in 2010 and is very excited to have the opportunity to help those in need of a rheumatologist here in her home town.
Dr Marx has been named one of “San Antonio’s Top Docs” as voted by her peers in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Dr. Marx has also been named as a “Texas Super Doctor” as seen in Texas Monthly magazine yearly from 2012-2021 and Dr. Marx was awarded “2021 San Antonio Best Female Doctor” in the First Annual Survey as referred by her peers in “Scene In S.A.” Magazine.
Rheumatologist
Jane B. Ayala, MD
Dr. Ayala is a Board Certified Rheumatologist and has been in private practice since 2010 and has earned the trust of her patients and colleagues. Before private practice, she had six years of post medical school training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, where she was selected to be a Chief Resident/Clinical Instructor and participated in multiple academic committees.
Dr. Ayala has been named by her peers to be one of the Super Doctors* for the years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 as seen on Texas Monthly Magazine. In 2013, Dr. Ayala has also received the Award of Honor by the National Institute of Medicine for the year 2013 in the specialty field of Rheumatology for Excellence. She received the 2014 Vitals Patient’s Choice Award and most importantly, patients have highly recommended Dr. Ayala to their friends and family. In August 2015 she was selected as a Top Rheumatologist in San Antonio by the International Association of HealthCare Professionals as spotlighted in The Leading Physicians of the World.
She is passionate about taking great care of her patients! She loves God, is active in her Church and is proud to say she is a soccer fan and a soccer mom!