Name and Title:
Kenneth Acha, MD
Board Certified in Family Medicine
Education:
Residency: UCR Family Medicine Residency Program, Waco Family Medicine Residency Program.
Medical school: Texas A&M College of Medicine
Professional Biography:
Dr. Acha is a board-certified family medicine doctor at UCR Health where he enjoys seeing patients of all ages, from newborns to elderly patients. He offers preventive care, treats a wide range of disease processes, and performs many different procedures. Dr. Acha graduated from medical school in 2009. Even before then, he had been serving people in need for several years. Since 2005, he has led an orphan care organization he founded to serve the less privileged in Cameroon. He believes working with the poor has made him the kind of compassionate physician he is today. His dream of becoming a doctor started when he was a 5-year-old boy living as an orphan and vulnerable child in a small village in Cameroon. He is so excited that he now gets to live that dream caring for patients. He views patient care as a sacred calling and seeks to put the patient’s needs first in his practice.
Conditions treated:
- Treat newborns, infants, toddlers, children and adults (all ages)! From birth to death.
- Children’s wellness visits / Well child checks
- Sports physicals, School Physicals, and Camp Physicals
- Adult annual physical exams
- Preventative medicine
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular risk assessments
- High blood pressure
- Weight management / Obesity
- Wellness Examination (General Physical)
- And many more.
Procedures Performed:
- Newborn circumcision
- Skin biopsies (Punch, Shave, and Excision biopsies)
- Cryotherapy
- Pap smears
- Ingrowing toenail
- Skin tag removal
- Joint Injections
- Nexplanon placement and removal
- Incision and drainage
- Laceration Repair
- Anoscopy
- Ear examination & Cerumen extraction and washing
Special Interests:
- Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes
- Preventive Medicine including dietary and lifestyle choices.
- Cardiovascular disease screening
- Spirituality and Medicine
- Total Health
- Living a meaningful ife.
- Immunizations
Professional websites: KENNETHMD.COM
Languages spoken: English, French
Tell me about your practice, clinical interests, ideal patient
I see everybody from newborns to elderly patients. I love them all. My ideal patient is
someone who is motivated to get healthy. I think I’m a pretty good shepherd but even good shepherds can take a horse
to the stream but they can’t force it to drink.
What is your philosophy of care? Or how do you approach caring for each patient?
To me, patient care is a calling to put the needs of patients first and to love them unconditionally.
What makes you most proud professionally?
Taking care of my patients is my joy, passion, and calling. It’s a dream I have had since I was only a child. So getting to help
people makes me most proud.
What would you like patients to know about you personally? Hobbies, charities, achievements?
My father was born a complete orphan at birth. I lived as an orphan and vulnerable child. Since 2005, I have operated an orphan
Care organization in Cameroon called ShapingDestiny.org that has helped thousands of children. Whether it’s my patients
or orphans, I am excited to serve people who are in need.
Do you like to speak in public? What topics interest you?
Yes. I love public speaking. Favorite topics include:
- How to Lose Weight and Keep it off without dieting
How to achieve your greatnessHow to find your calling/purpose and live it to the fullest. - How to find meaning in life.
- Performance Enhancement: How to take your game to the next level.
- Slim Fit Lifestyle: How to live a slim fit lifestyle and increase your health, lose weight, increase your energy, lower your blood pressure, treat your depression, stress/anxiety, and lower your risk for heart attacks and many cancers.
- Shaping your Destiny: How to shape your own destiny and create the future you want.
- How to overcome your adversity to achieve your dreams.
- Mentoring: How to leave a legacy by reproducing Leaders.
- How to recruit the right players for the right job at the right time.
Is there anything else you feel is relevant for patients to know about you as it relates to patient care?
I know that the healthcare system isn’t good and has pushed some doctors to practice in ways that don’t put the patient’s interest first. My heart and goal are that you will trust me and work with me so that together we can make you the healthiest you can possibly be.
One way to help me help you is to plan your visits ahead of time and write down what you wish to get done. My dream is to spend unlimited time with my patients. Unfortunately, the current healthcare system limits most follow up visits to 15 minutes. Only 15 minutes for me to see you enter all orders and complete paperwork after you leave. I want you and I to get a lot done at each visit because I know you are taking time to come to see me.
If we need to, I will set up a follow-up visit to take care of the rest. Planning your visit will make sure that we hit the road running and get much done for you in the short time we have.
Thank you!