About Us

Dr. Ronald Kimmel, D.C., FNP-C was born in Miami, Florida. The son of an Army Officer, he and his family moved to Destin, Florida, and Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Kimmel attended and graduated from Moanalua High School in 1978. After attending the University of West Florida during his sophomore year, he decided he wanted to be a health care provider.

Dr. Kimmel wanted to be a chiropractor as he was introduced through the family business and found the mechanics of the human body, especially neurology, interesting.

He attended Life Chiropractic College (LCC), the only chiropractic college in the state of Georgia. He was class president for four years and graduated in 1990. He began practicing in Marietta, Georgia for approximately 17 years. He established 11 clinics , 4 in Georgia, 1 in Colorado and 6 in Texas. After this Dr. Kimmel went to on to complete studies and graduate on the Presidents list as a Nurse Practitioner at Middle Tennessee State University. His focus was on Pain Management, Neurology, and teaching. Dr. Kimmel completed a year of surgical neurophysiology which involved seeing patients in the office as well as spending every day in surgery with different surgeons. He started another company providing surgical neurophysiology services throughout the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex as well as Houston. Dr. Kimmel began working in Corpus Christi in 2019 and continues to practice there to this day

Dr. Kimmel was able to use his relationships with medical doctors in the community, developing a referral base from diverse types of MD’s, Chiropractors, and attorneys. Dr. Kimmel chose to focus serving his patients with a Rehabilitation, Chiropractic, Pain Management and medical model which involves solving the biomechanical fault driving the patient’s pain as well as teaching the patient how the keep the pain from returning through exercise and lifestyle management.

Therefore, his intent has always been to solve the patient’s problem as quickly as possible. This philosophy has served the community well as South Texas Pain and NeuroCare and Corpus Pain and Health and has served many thousands of patients.

Dr. Kimmel married Tonya Anne in 2015 and has 5 sons between them ranging in ages, from 19 to 27. Dr. Kimmel frequently travels with his family and has a variety of interests and hobbies. He serves the community as a Chiropractor/Nurse Practitioner and manages staff and business delivering quality care.

The physicians at South Texas Pain & NeuroCare are a team of experts that care about you and want to help you treat your pain. We have an extensive network of professionals with experience treating a variety of conditions.

We have dedicated our practice to you because we understand how chronic pain can affect the quality of your life and our team wants to use our years of expertise and training to provide you with effective treatments. Our providers offer a wide range of procedures, from conservative pain management to the most advanced minimally invasive procedures in Texas. We create personalized treatment plans for each patient that integrate a variety of effective techniques for managing pain.

We put your comfort and providing excellent care first. We provide the best and most cutting-edge technologies and treatment options. We provide adults and children in our area and the surrounding towns with serene, family-focused care.

We would love to have you as a part of our family. Our office is warm and comfortable. When working with us, you can always count on a warm welcome and the utmost dignity and respect. You will actively participate in your healthcare and receive recognition when you have questions or concerns.