Physician Profiles

Matt McCarty, MD

Dr Matt McCarty is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist who is also ACGME Fellowship Trained in Pain Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Baylor University and medical school education from the University of Oklahoma. He completed his Anesthesiology residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Afterwards, he and his wife moved to Tyler, Texas where he practiced Anesthesiology for over 13 years. While there his desire to provide full time Chronic Pain Management matured. He then completed a one year fellowship at the University of South Florida receiving his Advanced Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine.

He then moved to Austin with his precious wife and 4 children and now has been practicing pain management since 2003. He continues to enjoy helping restore function to his patients caught in the grip of chronic pain through the use of advanced interventional techniques, behavioral therapy, physical therapy and medications.

Gus Lowry, MD

Dr. Gus Lowry is board certified in internal medicine and anesthesiology as well as board eligible in pain medicine. A native Texan, Dr. Lowry obtained his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and his medical degree from the University Of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He is board certified in internal medicine, anesthesiology as well as in pain medicine. Having developed a desire to improve the lives of chronic pain patients, he went on to complete a one year pain management fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lowry is available for consultation in all three of our locations in Austin, Lakeway and Marble Falls.

Kim Kosatka, RN, MSN, FNP-C

Kim graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelors degree in Spanish, and then began her nursing studies at the University of Texas at Arlington where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She practiced as an RN in Med/Surg and Nephrology in Waco, TX for a year before moving to Austin to begin work on a Masters in Nursing. While completing her education, she worked as a charge nurse in Nephrology and Dialysis. She graduated in 2005 from the University of Texas at Austin with a Masters degree in Family Nurse Practitioner studies. Upon graduation, Kim decided to move into the field of Pain Management, as working with dialysis patients had opened her eyes to the world of chronic pain. She now enjoys working with chronic pain patients in order to help diagnose, treat and manage their pain in an effort to improve their quality of life.

Yari Tran, PA-C

Yari graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor degree in Psychology in 2003. She then completed her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at Texas Tech University in Midland, TX in 2005. She worked in neurosurgery for five years before transitioning into Pain Management. Yari became very familiar with surgical evaluation and treatment for neck and low back pain and she was exposed to patients who deal with chronic pain. She enjoys working with patients to manage their chronic pain and improve their quality of life.