ApogeeCare Welcomes Jill Cheong, NP, as Geriatrics Provider

Joining the Houston Methodist Team

ApogeeCare is pleased to welcome Jill Cheong, NP, as a Geriatrics Provider. In this role, Jill will provide telehealth geriatric consultations for older adults in the Houston Methodist Hospital Emergency Department. She will work closely with ED physicians and care teams to identify underlying geriatric needs and to build care plans that support safe transitions home or to the next level of care.
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Background and Experience

Jill is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with more than a decade of experience caring for patients across outpatient clinics, hospitals, long-term care facilities, psychiatric hospitals and palliative care. She most recently served as Family Nurse Practitioner and Center Medical Director at Oak Street Health in Houston, where she focused on value-based primary care for older adults and on improving clinic quality and operations. Earlier in her career, Jill practiced with Sugar Land Geriatrics and Medical Associates, where she managed acute and chronic conditions for older adults in multiple facilities and provided palliative care assessments. At Sanitas Medical Center, she built a year-long training and mentorship program for advanced practice providers.
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Her Role at ApogeeCare

At ApogeeCare, Jill will bring this deep experience with older adults and value-based care to the emergency department. She will help Houston Methodist patients and their caregivers get the specialized geriatric expertise they need at a critical point in their care.
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Advancing Emergency Care for Older Adults

ApogeeCare’s model integrates telehealth-enabled specialty care with on-site clinical teams to improve patient outcomes, reduce unnecessary admissions, and optimize hospital capacity. Jill will help carry that mission forward in Houston, supporting older adults with complex care needs.

Learn more about ApogeeCare’s launch at Houston Methodist Hospital on November 10, 2026 here.

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