Hightstown Medical Associates

HIGHTSTOWN MEDICAL ASSOCIATES

CARING, COMPASSIONATE, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE CLOSE TO HOME

Serving the communities of East and West Windsor, Hightstown, Plainsboro, Cranbury, Robbinsville, Washington, Monroe and Princeton for more than 35 years

Julius S. Richter, MD, FACP James A. Robin, MD Hank R. Lubin, MD
Ginger Azarchi, MSN, APRN-BC Valerie A. Layne, DNP, APRN-BC Elizabeth (Betty) Teixeira, MS, APRN-BC, CDE

Welcome to the website for Hightstown Medical Associates, a primary care internal medicine practice. The physicians of Hightstown Medical Associates are all board certified internists, specialists in the care of adult patients. We care for patients from age 18 through adulthood. When medical conditions outside of our specialty arise (such as pregnancy or the need for surgery), we coordinate care with these specialists to assure that our patients' needs are met. To learn more about internists, click here. To learn more about us, browse through the links on the left or visit our office (directions are on the Travel Directions Page). Welcome!

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WELCOME Betty Teixeira and Welcome Back DOCTOR Layne!

Join us in welcoming our new Nurse Practitioner, Betty Teixeira. Betty joins us after 13 years with Princeton Pike Internal Medicine. She is also a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and will assist Ginger in our Diabetic Teaching Program. Betty will initially see patients on Tuesday and Friday, but we hope her hours will expand soon. You can read more about Betty on the Our Staff page and can make an appointment with her by calling the office.

Not long after she left for Boston, Valerie Layne has returned to NJ and to HMA! Join us in welcoming her back and in congratulating Valerie on the recent passage of her doctoral exams. She completed the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and is now officially Doctor Layne! She will begin seeing patients on September 12.

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