Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome fellowship-trained hematologist oncologist Patrick E. Prath, M.D., to Houston Methodist Oncology Partners at Sugar Land. Dr. Prath is a graduate of University of Kansas. He completed his residency in internal medicine at University of Kansas Medical Center. Following his residency, Dr. Prath completed a hematology-oncology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. “I am thrilled to join Houston Methodist Sugar Land and work alongside the team at...

Houston Methodist is pleased to welcome board-certified surgeon Michelle O’Shea, M.D., to its medical staff. She joins Sandra Templeton, M.D., at Houston Methodist Breast Surgery Partners at Sugar Land. O’Shea comes to Houston Methodist from Hackensack Meridian Health’s Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, N.J., where she served as medical director of breast services and as a member of the hospital’s cancer committee. She earned her medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital has named Wamda Ahmed, M.D., as medical director of comprehensive stroke.   Ahmed is a board-certified neurologist with a specialization in neurocritical care. She will also serve as a neurohospitalist at Houston Methodist Sugar Land working directly with inpatient stroke patients.   “Houston Methodist Sugar Land has made tremendous strides in its stroke program, recently earning the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award,” said...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome board-certified interventional cardiologist, Rasi Wickramasinghe, M.D., who joins Toussaint Smith, M.D., and Sherman Tang, M.D., at Houston Methodist Cardiology Associates in Sugar Land. Wickramasinghe earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University, followed by his medical degree and PhD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine at the Osler Medical Service of Johns Hopkins Hospital....

Houston Methodist is pleased to welcome board-certified colorectal surgeon Lisa Haubert, M.D., to its medical staff. She joins Ali Mahmood, M.D., at Houston Methodist Surgical Associates at Sugar Land.   Haubert earned her medical degree and completed a general surgery residency at The Ohio State University College of Medicine & Public Health in Columbus. She completed a fellowship in colorectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston.   She specializes in surgery and minimally...

Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is pleased to announce Johneca Broussard, D.O., is welcoming patients at the Riverstone practice, located at 18717 S. University Blvd., Suite 105, Sugar Land, Texas 77479. Broussard is a board-certified family physician providing preventive, chronic, and acute care for adult men and women. Her clinical expertise includes complete physicals, health screenings, routine immunizations, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes management, thyroid concerns, rash and skin problems, men health, women’s health,...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is pleased to welcome Margaret Umah, M.D., board-certified family medicine physician. Umah will begin seeing patients at the Houston Methodist Primary Care Group practice located on the hospital’s campus at 16605 Southwest Fwy., Medical Office Building 3, Suite 400, Sugar Land, TX 77479. She specializes in men’s and women’s health issues, adolescent health, preventive medicine, chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and cholesterol disorders, and common illnesses and...

UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken announced that Ben Raimer, M.D., a physician-leader whose service to the Galveston community and the state of Texas has spanned five decades, has been appointed interim president of UT Medical Branch.   Raimer will take the reins from David Callender, M.D., who announced that he would be stepping down as UTMB president to become president and CEO of the Memorial Hermann Health System.   Raimer will serve as interim...

Memorial Hermann Health System is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Greengold as SVP, Chief Consumer Experience Officer, effective Sept. 16, 2019.   Nationally recognized for quality and safety, Memorial Hermann is bolstering efforts to further personalize care in order to deliver consistently exceptional experiences for patients, their families, and its caregivers. In this newly created role for the system, Greengold will be charged with leading these efforts.   “We are extremely proud to...

Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine – Clear Lake is pleased to welcome J. Sawyer Croley, M.D., to its medical staff. Croley is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in partial and total knee replacement, hip replacement, reconstructive surgery of the knee and hip; and minimally invasive surgery. His expertise includes the ability to perform direct anterior hips, which drastically reduce time for recovery, as well as unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, also known as “uka” or partial...