First Choice Emergency Room is the nation’s leading freestanding emergency room system; it is both largest and the oldest. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are innovative, freestanding, and fully equipped emergency rooms with state of the art diagnostic technology (CT Scanners, Ultrasound, Digital X-ray) and on-site labs. All First Choice Emergency Room locations are exclusively staffed with board-certified emergency physicians and emergency trained registered nurses.
Our San Antonio - Potranco ER is located on Texas Loop 1604 between FM 1957 and Military Drive.
Dr. Styskal received his medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, CO. He then completed his transitional year internship and emergency medicine residency at the Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. Prior to joining First Choice Emergency Room, Dr. Styskal served as an emergency physician at Seton Highland Lakes Hospital in Burnet, TX and at Methodist Health Systems in San Antonio, TX. He also served as the Medical Director of Baptist Emergency Hospitals-Hausman Rd. location, where he still serves as an emergency physician. Dr. Styskal currently serves as Medical Director of Kendall County EMS. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and has over 25 years of clinical experience.