Dr. James Schoenecker, Jr. is a native Texan. He graduated with a Chemistry degree from the University of Texas and earned his Medical Degree from the University of Texas at Houston School of Medicine. He finished his Internal Medicine residency in Houston at Hermann Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, and LBJ County Hospital. Dr. Schoenecker then completed a Gastroenterology Fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He entered private solo practice in Brownwood, Texas in 1994 and had served that community until 2006 when he joined Northwest Gastroenterology. Dr. Schoenecker is board certified in Gastroenterology. He is married and has four children and enjoys hiking, scuba, and aviation.