Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome gastroenterologist Svetang Desai, M.D., who will begin seeing patients in December.
Desai is joining Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates at Sugar Land, located in Medical Office Building 1, Suite 250 on the Houston Methodist Sugar Land campus.
Desai earned his medical degree at the University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, in Memphis, Tennessee. He completed his internal medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Desai also completed two fellowships, including a gastroenterology fellowship at Duke University and an advanced therapeutics fellowship at Duke University.
Desai’s clinical expertise includes abnormal liver functions, colon cancer prevention, endoscopic ultrasound, inflammatory bowel disease, liver/biliary disease, and therapeutic endoscopy.
“My goal as a gastroenterologist is to listen closely to my patients and create a strong therapeutic relationship with the goal of improving health. I enjoy creating partnerships with my patients and the other members of the treatment team with the goal of improved wellness,” said Desai. “I’m excited to join Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates, where I will offer the same quality and patient-centered care that patients know and expect from Houston Methodist Sugar Land.”