Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Hand Therapy Residency Program Certified by AOTA

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s hand therapy residency program – which trains occupational therapists from around the country in the most advanced hand-related treatments – has been named an approved residency site by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The designation makes...

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sugar Land

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sugar Land is a 50 private bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital that provides a higher level of rehabilitative care to patients who are recovering from stroke and other neurological disorders, brain and spinal cord injury, amputations, and orthopedic, cardiac and...

Memorial Hermann Honored for Treatment of Patients Who Suffer Severe Heart Attacks

Six Memorial Hermann Hospitals, including Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital, Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, were...

OakBend Medical Group Adds Additional Obstetrician and Gynecologist

OakBend Medical Group is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Sadia A. Durrani. Durrani is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist who strongly believes in the power of effective listening, tender examinations and personal attention to each patient in a respectful atmosphere. Durrani focuses on a...

OakBend Medical Group Adds Interventional Cardiologist

OakBend Medical Group is pleased to announce the addition Dr. Vijaiganesh (VJ) Nagarajan. Born in South East India, Dr. Nagarajan is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology. Nagarajan’s primary specialty is Interventional Cardiology with a secondary...

Local Cancer Survivors Celebrate Life at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Event

More than 300 cancer survivors and guests joined staff and physicians from Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital on June 2nd to celebrate the 30th annual National Cancer Survivors Day® at the Sugar Land Marriott Town Square. The tropical-themed event, titled “Survivors: Let’s Wipeout Cancer,” featured...

2017 Fort Bend County Medical Society Board

The Fort Bend County Medical Society (FBMS) recently appointed Sapna Singh, MD as its board president and Asha Wurdeman, DO as secretary/treasurer for 2017. Dr. Singh is a board certified pediatrician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). She works at the Texas Children’s Pediatric clinic...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital to Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is joining nearly 15.5 million American cancer survivors celebrating the 30th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day® this year. Also being recognized are the many family members, friends and health care providers whose contributions to and support of cancer survivors...

Secretary of Commerce Presents National Award to Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross presented Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Greg Haralson with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award during the annual Quest for Excellence Conference in Baltimore, Maryland on April 2nd. Memorial Hermann Sugar...

Colorectal Cancer Seminar Fighting Rare, Genetic Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer has many known risk factors. Some are lifestyle related and within a person’s control, such as diet and weight. Others, such as family history and age, are beyond control. Having one or more of these risk factors does not mean that a diagnosis of colorectal cancer is inevitable. However,...

OakBend Medical Center Announces 2016 Physician of the Year

Dr. Gildardo Andres Ceballos has been named OakBend Medical Center’s 2016 Physician of the Year. The presentation was made at the annual physician party held at the Jackson Street Campus. The hospital received several nominations for the Physician of the Year award, and Ceballos was praised for his support...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Physician Performs Robotic Single-Site Hysterectomy

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is now offering single-site robotic hysterectomies to patients. Duc Le, MD, a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist, performed the procedure using the da Vinci surgery system, which utilizes advanced robotics, computer and optical technologies to provide enhanced...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Welcomes Breast Surgeon Dr. Sandra Templeton to the Specialty Physician Group

Board certified surgeon Sandra Templeton, MD, a longtime member of the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital medical staff, is joining Houston Methodist Breast Surgery Partners this month. Templeton specializes in diseases and surgery of the breast and is a well-respected breast surgeon of Fort Bend County....

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Receives Texas Ten Step Redesignation

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital was again designated as a Texas Ten Step facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The program encourages breastfeeding as the preferred feeding method for newborns and infants. Memorial Hermann Sugar Land has been designated a Texas Ten Step facility...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Earns Sixth Consecutive “A” Grade for Patient Safety

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital received its sixth consecutive “A” for patient safety in the Fall 2016 Hospital Safety Score ratings program. The Hospital Safety Score is an elite designation from The Leapfrog Group that sets the highest standards for patient safety in the United States. Developed...