Top Doctors

Houston's Top Doctors

Here are the city’s best doctors, according to their peers.

05/09/2022 By Houstonia Staff

More money more scrubs

Houston Based Medical Uniform Retailer Wins $25,000 Grant at Pitch Competition

The National Urban League & Courvoisier Cognac awarded a $25,000 financial grant.

10/11/2021 By Craig Hayes Edited by Shelby Stewart

Code Covid

Life on the Frontlines: The Nurses Fighting for Your Lives During the Pandemic

Health care workers speak about the challenges of working in a world ravaged by COVID-19.

05/25/2020 Photography by Arturo Olmos By Timothy Malcolm and Emma Schkloven

And they're always glad you came

Get Concierge Service at This Mom-and-Pop River Oaks Pharmacy

At Apteek Pharmacy, find a "Cheers" atmosphere.

04/29/2020 By Krupali Laxmidas

Coronavirus

Coughing at This Houston Restaurant? You're Out.

Jenni's Noodle House is demonstrating something of a zero-tolerance policy.

03/06/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Top Doctors

5 Incredible Medical Breakthroughs That Happened Right Here in Houston

At the Texas Medical Center, near-miracles happen every day.

07/22/2019 Edited by Dianna Wray

Top Doctors

At Houston Methodist, an Attempt to Reverse Aging on a Cellular Level

Dr. John Cooke is pioneering a treatment that could slow, and possibly reverse, progeria.

07/22/2019 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Top Doctors

At MD Anderson, Revolutionizing Complex Surgery Via 3D Printing

3D printing allowed Dr. Justin Bird to save one patient's knee.

07/22/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Top Doctors

At Texas Children's, a Novel Endoscopic Epilepsy Procedure

Dr. Sandi Lam is performing precise endoscopic brain surgeries on patients with epilepsy, which helps them heal faster.

07/22/2019 By Morgan Kinney

Top Doctors

At UTHealth, a Pioneering Prostate Cancer Treatment

Dr. Steven Canfield is conducting clinical trials on a procedure that could revolutionize prostate cancer treatment in the next decade.

07/22/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Top Doctors

At Baylor College of Medicine, a Cure for Blindness

Dr. Timothy Stout and his team are helping children see again.

07/22/2019 By Dianna Wray

Ace of Hearts

This World-Renowned Heart Surgeon Has a Few Tricks Up His Sleeve

Magic tricks, that is.

06/25/2019 By Jeff Balke

News

Can This New Research Program Teach Houston How to Tackle Opioid Abuse?

The opioid crisis hasn’t hit Texas as hard as other states. But opioid abuse is still a problem here, one that Dr. James Langabeer believes is more widespread than has been acknowledged.

04/25/2019 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Perfect Party

December's Perfect Party: Everybody-Gather-Round-Elton Edition

Rocket Man's coming through town, so of course he's at the head of our table this month.

11/26/2018 By Catherine Matusow

Top Docs

Survey: Top Doctors 2019

Medical professionals, vote for the colleagues you would call on if you or a loved one needed medical care.

11/01/2018 By Houstonia Staff

Medical Drama

Mimi Swartz's Ticker Captures the Heart of Houston

The Houston-based journalist reintroduces us to the cowboy surgeons who started the ongoing quest for an artificial heart.

08/06/2018 By Nicki Koetting

Health

Kids Health Annual 2018

This year's issue tells the stories of resilient children and Houston's world-class hospitals that are helping them succeed.

08/03/2018 Edited by Laura Furr Mericas

Kids Health Annual

One Mom's Journey from Crisis to Calling in the NICU

“The only thing we could count on were surprises—some good, some bad."

08/03/2018 By Gwendolyn Zepeda

Kids Health Annual

What Parents Need to Know About Their Teens and Opiods

Dr. Elisha Peterson, a pediatric anesthesiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital, breaks it down.

08/03/2018 By Jeff Balke

Texas Children’s Hospital and Angelman Syndrome Foundation Celebrate Official Opening of Angelman Syndrome Clinic

It's one of only seven Angelman syndrome-specific clinics in the country—and the first in Texas.

07/25/2018 With Laura Tracy