Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital will start the new year by opening a multispecialty facility in Aliana. This new Houston Methodist Comprehensive Care Center is designed to meet the growing health and wellness needs of families in Richmond and surrounding areas. The facility will offer primary care and a variety of specialty care – including orthopedics and sports medicine, rheumatology, and physical therapy – complete with onsite lab services for quick and accurate test results....

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome board-certified urologist Zachary Mucher, M.D. Dr. Mucher is joining Laura Martinez, M.D., at Houston Methodist Urology Associates, located in Medical Office Building 2, Suite 401 on the Houston Methodist Sugar Land campus. Dr. Mucher earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, and completed his urology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He has received several awards,...

Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital is pleased to welcome gastroenterologist Valentine Millien, M.D., Ph.D., to its medical staff. Millien is opening a new office for Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates at Clear Lake – located at 14903 El Camino Real in the Houston Methodist Primary Care Group building – to serve patients from across the Bay Area. She specializes in a wide range of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders, including reflux, indigestion, inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowel...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, Joseph Elias, M.D., to its medical staff. Elias will open a new practice, Houston Methodist Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Associates at Sugar Land, with two office locations on the Houston Methodist Sugar Land campus. He will treat spine and musculoskeletal injuries and perform electrodiagnostic (EMG/NCS) testing and ultrasound injections at the Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine building located in Sugar...

The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a measure naming Dr. Ben Raimer the president of the University of Texas Medical Branch, effective immediately. Raimer was appointed interim president of UTMB in August 2019 with the expectation that he would be in the position for a short period while a national search for a new president was conducted. But then the coronavirus pandemic hit. As interim president, Raimer has steered the 130-year-old medical...

Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is pleased to welcome Lola Okunnu, M.D., who is serving patients at the Sugar Land practice located at 16605 Southwest Fwy., Medical Office Building 3, Suite 400. Okunnu is a family medicine physician whose clinical expertise is in treating and/or managing acute and chronic medical needs, and keeping everyone in the family healthy. She received her medical degree from The University of Texas at Galveston, and then completed her family...

Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is pleased to welcome Zenithe Pierre Ware, M.D., who has relocated to our Riverstone practice, located at 18717 S. University Blvd., Suite 105, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. “I like to get to know my patients and collaborate with them to provide individualized personal care,” said Ware, who served patients in the Clear Lake area prior to her move. Ware is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She focuses on preventive...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to announce that board-certified endocrinologist Travis Goodale, M.D., has joined Houston Methodist Endocrinology Associates. Goodale earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and completed his internal medicine residency at Houston Methodist Hospital. Goodale also completed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at Houston Methodist Hospital. “I am proud to join Houston Methodist Endocrinology Associates,” said Goodale. “After completing my residency and...