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...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome Phuc Vo, D.O., a palliative care specialist, to the medical staff. Vo joins Channon Hudgins, M.D., and Asha Wurdeman, M.D., as hospital palliative care specialists at Houston Methodist Sugar Land. Palliative care specialists work with patients to help relieve the pain, discomfort, and stress of serious, chronic illnesses. They also serve as liaisons between medical specialists and family members – explaining difficult concepts, answering questions, and...

Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is pleased to welcome Gilberto Sustache, M.D., and Naureen Ahmeduddin, D.O., beginning in January. Sustache and Ahmeduddin join Asisat Ope, M.D. and Ali Sawal, D.O., at the Brooks Street practice in Sugar Land. Sustache is a board-certified family medicine physician providing preventive care and wellness maintenance. His clinical expertise includes health screenings, minor procedures, men’s health, as well as thyroid concerns. Sustache received his medical degree from the University of...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome board-certified gastroenterologist Franz Schneider, M.D. Schneider is joining Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates, located in Medical Office Building 3, Suite 335 on the Houston Methodist Sugar Land campus. Schneider earned his medical degree at Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. He completed his internal medicine residency at New Britain General Hospital – University of Connecticut and served as a chief medical resident for the primary care program at...

Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is pleased to welcome Ali Sawal, D.O.. Sawal joins Asisat Ope, M.D., at the Brooks Street practice in Sugar Land. Sawal is a family physician providing preventive, chronic, and acute care to all his patients. His clinical expertise includes health screenings, men’s health, complete physicals as well as musculoskeletal and sports injuries. Sawal received his medical degree from The College of Osteopathic Medicine at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi,...

Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is pleased to welcome Monique Au, M.D., and Pamela M. Ayala, M.D., who will be serving patients in Fort Bend County. Au is a board-certified family medicine physician providing acute and chronic care to patients of all ages. Au graduated from Texas A&M College of Medicine in Bryan, Texas and completed her family medicine residency at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Round Rock, Texas. Au is committed to...

Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, M.D., Ph.D., director of robotic cardiac and vascular surgery for the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, is joining Marvin D. Atkins Jr., M.D., Charlie Cheng, M.D., and Tony Lu, M.D. with Houston Methodist Cardiovascular Surgery Associates at Sugar Land where he will focus on advanced, specialized cardiovascular surgery. Wyler von Ballmoos has a distinguished background as a surgeon and clinical investigator. He earned his medical degree and Ph.D....

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome general surgeon Katherine Baxter, M.D., to Houston Methodist Surgical Associates. Baxter will work alongside Timothy Oppermann, M.D., Michael Yaakovian, M.D., and Ashish Saharia, M.D. on the Houston Methodist Sugar Land campus in Medical Office Building 3, Suite 450. Baxter earned her medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, where she also completed a general surgery residency. During her residency, she served as a research fellow at...

Houston Methodist is pleased to welcome board-certified otolaryngologist (ENT) Brian Wang, M.D., M.P.H, to Houston Methodist ENT Specialists at Sugar. Wang comes to Houston Methodist from Houston Ear, Nose, Throat & Allergy Clinic in Houston, where he has been practicing for more than a decade. He earned his medical degree at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. He completed a residency in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at University of Texas...