About Star Wellness MD

“Tell me about yourself. What would you like life to feel like six months from now?

Every visit at Star Wellness MD begins with this question — whether you come to us about weight, hormones, sleep, hair, or confidence. It was written by our founder Dr. Nwando Okafor, MD, and it is the reason this practice exists.

Universal City · Greater San Antonio · Texas

Dr. Nwando Okafor, MD, Founder & Medical Director

Nwando Okafor, MD

Founder & Medical Director

Meet the Physician

From the emergency room to a different kind of medicine.

Dr. Okafor spent years on the front lines of emergency care, treating crises that — again and again — could have been prevented.

A board-certified physician with more than a decade of experience, she saw a pattern the ER cannot fix: patients told their labs were “normal” while they quietly lost their energy, their sleep, and their confidence. Star Wellness MD is her answer — a physician-led practice where prevention, wellness, and aesthetics are one continuous conversation, before crisis ever arrives.

Texas is home. From our clinic in Universal City — minutes from San Antonio — and through telehealth across the state, Dr. Okafor personally leads every program: medical weight loss, hormone therapy for women, testosterone replacement, snoring & sleep apnea care, and medical aesthetics. Every plan starts with your story, not a protocol.

B.S. Biology

University of California, Riverside

Where a career in medicine began.

Doctor of Medicine

UCLA

Medical degree from one of the nation’s leading medical schools.

Residency

Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago

Trained to make the right call under the highest pressure — and to see the whole patient, fast.

Today

Founder, Star Wellness MD — Universal City, TX

Physician-led weight, hormone, sleep, and aesthetic care for all of Texas.

Medicine with Heart · Wellness with Purpose

We are not a med spa. We are a place where you are seen.

We don’t treat flaws — we care for people. Star Wellness MD was created to be a place where vulnerability is welcomed, conversations are never rushed, and you never have to justify why you want to feel better.

The STAR Method™

Not a service. A culture.

Every visit — with every member of our team — follows the STAR Method™. It isn’t a service. It’s our culture.

S

See

See the person before the problem. Every patient has a story.

T

Take Time

Listen with curiosity and compassion. Your concerns are never rushed.

A

Align

Build a plan around your goals, lifestyle, and values — not a protocol.

R

Restore

Restore health, confidence, quality of life — and hope.

A Note From Dr. Okafor

Medicine with heart. Wellness with purpose.

As an emergency medicine physician, a wife, and a mother, I know firsthand how hard it is to put your own health first while carrying everyone else’s.

My years in the ER showed me how many crises begin quietly — in the symptoms we dismiss and the visits we postpone. I built Star Wellness MD so that taking charge of your health doesn’t require a crisis first.

Every person who walks through these doors is carrying something you cannot see. We treat them with the compassion we’d want for someone we love.

Nwando Okafor, MD

Founder & Medical Director, Star Wellness MD

Common Questions

About Dr. Okafor & the practice

Star Wellness MD is founded and led by Dr. Nwando Okafor, MD, a board-certified physician with over a decade of experience. She earned her medical degree from UCLA and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Chicago.

Both. In-person visits and procedures are available at our Universal City, TX clinic near San Antonio, and weekday and weekend telehealth visits are available to patients anywhere in Texas.

Begin With a Conversation

Your story is where your plan begins.

In person in Universal City, or by telehealth anywhere in Texas — weekday and weekend virtual visits available.

Universal City · Greater San Antonio · Texas