Attending Physician, Vecino Health Centers

Dr. Tamayo is an attending physician at Vecino Health Centers. Patients appreciate her ability to understand what they are going through and the time she takes to explain any issues.

Education: Dr. Tamayo received her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 2017. She completed a family medicine residency with Houston Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency at Vecino’s Denver Harbor Family Clinic in 2020.

Background: Dr. Tamayo is a first-generation immigrant and native Spanish speaker. She is one of four children raised in the Rio Grande Valley by a single working mother. 

With that background, she quickly understands and appreciates the challenges that many patients face.

Her interest in medicine began at an early age. Two of Dr. Tamayo’s uncles were doctors in Mexico when she was growing up. She remembers thinking about a career in medicine when she was just a child  playing with some of their medical tools.

Dr. Tamayo is fluent in English and Spanish.

Chief Medical Officer, Vecino Health Centers

Enjoli Benitez, MD, MPH, ABFM, ABOM, is the Chief Medical Officer for Vecino Health Centers. She leads the clinical staff and has devoted much of her career to advancing community health. With a strong commitment to improving healthcare access and quality, Dr. Benitez emphasizes the importance of community medicine, adherence to care standards, and continuous quality improvement processes.

Education — Dr. Benitez earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and holds a Master of Public Health with a focus on community medicine. She is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM). Following her medical training, she completed her residency in Family Medicine at the Houston Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, located at Vecino’s Denver Harbor site.

Background — Since joining Vecino in 2013, Dr. Benitez initially served as an attending physician and faculty member for the residency program, as well as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. Throughout her tenure, she has held various leadership roles, including Program Evaluation Committee Chair and Faculty Leader for the Prenatal Program. In recognition of her contributions to medical education, she received the Faculty Scholar Award from the Society of Teachers in Family Medicine in 2017.

As Chief Medical Officer since 2019, Dr. Benitez is dedicated to addressing the non-medical drivers of health that impact the well-being of her patients. As a resident of the Denver Harbor neighborhood, she is acutely aware of the challenges facing her community, reinforcing her commitment to ensuring that affordable and quality healthcare is accessible to her neighbors. Under her leadership, Vecino Health Centers has been nominated as a Health Center Quality Leader for the last five years, demonstrating her dedication to excellence in patient care.