About Highland Family Medicine
From Our Family To Your Family
We know the importance of family. We take pride in providing excellent healthcare to families in Murfreesboro, TN. We protect our patient’s health so that they and their loved ones can benefit from a long and healthy life.
Meet Our Medical Team
Dr. Helton
Hi! I’m Dr. Helton,
I started practicing medicine in the year 2000, and over the past 18 years have treated and served over 15,000 patients. I’m the current President of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of Family Physicians, an Executive Board Member of the Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians and Chairman of St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital Family Medicine Department. I am a lifelong servant of God, and have completed 13 medical mission trips in 6 countries, donating medicine and healthcare to those in need.
Of all my achievements, what I’m most proud of is my family, wonderful wife and beautiful daughters. They inspire me everyday to work tirelessly and help care for the families of others.
Dr. Housden
Dr. Hardin
Debbie Foster was born in Nashville and has spent her entire life in Middle Tennessee. Debbie graduated from the Physician Assistant program at Trevecca Nazarene University. She is board certified and has been practicing for 24 years. Other than a short time practicing in correctional medicine and psychiatry, she has spent her entire career in family practice.
She and her husband moved to Murfreesboro in 1994 and have enjoyed raising their two children in this family friendly community. In her free time she enjoys writing, reading, gardening, and sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee and a good friend. She also enjoys bird watching, church activities, tennis with her daughter, baseball with her son, fishing and kayaking with her husband, and Friday night high school football games with lots of friends and neighbors.
Debbie Foster
Desirae Twilla
Desirae Twilla graduated from the Physician Assistant program at Lincoln Memorial University, she has 1 year of previous experience and 7 years of primary care experience. Desirae was born and raised in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia.
She had her husband move to Middle TN in 2014.
In her free time, she enjoys playing golf with her husband and friends. running, yoga classes with friends, watching Tennessee football, and sitting out on their back porch with a cup of coffee in the mornings. She is also very passionate about helping her husband who is an associate pastor with the youth group at their church, including chaperoning trips, and helping with youth and church activities.
Charity is originally from Washington state where she received her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Washington in 2015. She moved to Nashville to attend Trevecca Nazarene University and graduated with her Master of Science in Medicine in 2020. After falling in love with the area and the community, she decided to make Nashville her home.
Charity is a nationally certified PA with 2 years of experience. She is passionate about primary care and mental health and strives to enable her patients to live their best lives.
When she is not practicing medicine, Charity enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs, spending time outdoors, and staying active.
