James Huysman

James Huysman, PsyD, LCSW , has 30 years of medical and behavioral health experience in nonprofit and for-profit corporate leadership roles. In 2002 he cofounded and became Executive Director of The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation. Today he works as a Vice President of Provider Relations and Government Affairs for a San Antonio-based, physician-owned primary clinic organization called WellMed Medical Management, an innovative senior care model. Dr. Huysman is also the Senior Clinical...See more

James Huysman, PsyD, LCSW , has 30 years of medical and behavioral health experience in nonprofit and for-profit corporate leadership roles. In 2002 he cofounded and became Executive Director of The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation. Today he works as a Vice President of Provider Relations and Government Affairs for a San Antonio-based, physician-owned primary clinic organization called WellMed Medical Management, an innovative senior care model. Dr. Huysman is also the Senior Clinical Consultant for the Hanley Center Boomer and Older Adult program. He broadcasts a weekly radio show for the Clear Channel Network throughout South Florida, writes monthly columns for Florida MD magazine and Caregiver SOS Newsletter and blogs for Psychology Today . He was the featured caregiving expert in a video series entitled Caregiver Connections with Dr. Jamie for United HealthCare TV. Prior to that, he was featured for five years in the Health Corner series for Walgreens, with then colleague Leeza Gibbons. He co-authored the acclaimed Take Your Oxygen First: Protecting Your Health and Happiness While Caring for a Loved One with Memory Loss , as well as Voices of Caregiving and Voices of Alcoholism . See less