Best Sports Medicine Specialists in Houston, TX

I am committed to provide compassionate individualized patient care and to exhaust all appropriate non-operative treatment options. My goal is to deliver the highest level of care while helping my patients understand their diagnosis and return to their de

Dr. Ronak Mukesh Patel is a board certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic sports medicine surgeon who specializes in the treatment of hip, knee, shoulder, and elbow injuries. He practices at Fondren Orthopedic Group in serving Houston, Sugar Land and Pearland, Texas. Dr. Patel is committed to guiding his patients to a complete recovery and a life without pain or restrictions through a full range of non-operative and operative treatment options, biologics, minimally invasive arthroscopy, and open surgery. His patient care philosophy is a team-based approach, where the doctor and patient work together to obtain excellent results and achieve the patient's specific goals.

I personally evaluate and treat patients. If surgery is necessary, I perform the procedure. Communication with the patient is an essential part of our success.

Dr. Gombera welcomes patients with all orthopedic conditions, with a focus on sports-related injuries of the shoulder, hip, and knee. His objective is to provide high-quality care to patients, and to return athletes to an active and fulfilling lifestyl

Dr. Taylor Brown, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist who practices in Houston, TX. Dr. Taylor Brown, MD is affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist.

Dr. Roy Smith, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist who practices in Houston, TX. Dr. Roy Smith, MD is affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist.

Dr. McCulloch a Board-certified, fellowship-trained, CAQ-certified Orthopedic Sports Medicine Surgeon, and holds the John S. Dunn endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital. He is a long-time Team Physician for the Houston Astros, and the President-elect of the Major League Baseball team physician association. He is also the Head Team Physician for Rice University. In addition, he works with the Houston Ballet and the NASA Astronaut Corps. He performs arthroscopic shoulder, elbow and knee procedures. These include ligament and tendon repairs, reconstructions and fracture surgery. He treats labrum and meniscus tears, and articular cartilage injuries- including cell therapies and cartilage transplants. In addition to acute sports injury and instability, Dr. McCulloch treats all degenerative shoulder conditions including rotator cuff repairs and shoulder replacements. He graduated from Harvard with Honors where he was a varsity athlete. He graduated at the top of his class from the University of California (UCSF) School of Medicine, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society and was President of the student body. Dr. McCulloch returned to Harvard to complete internship at Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital and residency in at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Surgery Program. He completed a fellowship in sports medicine at Rush Medical Center in Chicago. He subsequently completed the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) European Traveling Fellowship. He was faculty at Baylor College of Medicine for three years before joining the Houston Methodist Hospital staff where he holds academic appointments from Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Texas A&M, and is the Associate Fellowship Director. He teaches fellows and residents and is a founding editor of Orthobullets, which is a free orthopedic education website. His research interests include clinical and laboratory studies pertaining to baseball, knee, shoulder and elbow instabilities, emerging technologies, cell therapies, as well as meniscal and articular cartilage repair.

Dr. Roy Smith, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist who practices in Houston, TX. Dr. Roy Smith, MD is affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist.

Dr. Gillian Wooldridge, DO is a Sports Medicine Specialist who practices in Houston, TX. Dr. Gillian Wooldridge, DO is affiliated with Houston Methodist and Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital.