Dr. David H. Korfin Provides Personalized Treatment Plans for Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery

David H. Korfin, DPM, FACFAS is board certified in foot and ankle surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. He received his doctorate of Podiatric Medicine in 1982, graduating from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. Dr....

Straighten Your Teeth Without Braces

In the dental office, the C&C Dental team hears it just about every day: “Hey, doc.  I would love straight teeth, but I don’t want to wear braces!” Let’s face it. Who does? Teenagers don’t mind, since all of their friends wear them. Adults, on the other hand, are a different...

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Recognizes Breast Cancer Survivors Sixth Annual Pink in the Park Event Draws in $6,800 for Breast Cancer Services

Families were decked out in pink attire at the sixth annual Pink in the Park on Friday, May 18th at Constellation Field in Sugar Land. The annual event presented by the Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital and the Sugar Land Skeeters is an opportunity to recognize breast cancer survivors living in the Sugar...

Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital and Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Announce New Chief Executive Officer

Memorial Hermann Health System has named Malisha Patel, FACHE, as the new Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Hermann Southwest and Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospitals, effective August 1st. “As Vice President of Operations, Malisha has contributed significantly to the success...

Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Hosts Annual Sports Physicals

Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Sugar Land is offering annual student physicals from 9 am to noon on July 28th for Fort Bend ISD, Stafford MSD and any other student athlete needing a physical. The University Interscholastic League (UIL) requires all high school athletes to undergo and...

New and Expectant Moms Invited to Community Baby Shower

Houston Methodist Childbirth Center at Sugar Land invites new and expectant moms – along with their partners and babies – to the annual Community Baby Shower from 10 am to 2 pm on Thursday, August 2nd, in the Brazos Pavilion Conference Center on the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital campus. The event...

Women with Risk Factors for Heart Disease Need to Start a Prevention Plan Before Menopause

Women with risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and a family history, should start a dialogue with their primary care physician in their 40s so they can begin a prevention regimen that will keep them healthy. “Women have a low prevalence of the disease until...

Are You Pondering Pregnancy?

Making sure your body is ready to support a healthy pregnancy is an essential part of pregnancy planning.  “Addressing modifiable risks and making dietary changes can have a measurable benefit for mom and baby,” said Brandi Compton-Joseph, M.D., obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) with Houston Methodist...

OakBend Medical Center First to Offer New Device to Predict Worsening Heart Failure

New technology in implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) is now available at OakBend Medical Center. Dr. Siddharth Mukerji of EP Heart implanted the first Resonate™ ICD designed to not only shock a patient out of a life-threatening rhythm but also give physicians important information to...

Latifa Fakoya, D.O. joins Houston Methodist Rheumatology Associates

Latifa Fakoya, D.O., has recently joined the medical staff at Houston Methodist Rheumatology Associates, located in Medical Office Building 2 on the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital campus. Fakoya is a fellowship-trained rheumatologist who is board-certified in rheumatology and internal medicine. She...

A Look at Stroke in Younger Patients Stroke Seminar

Stroke is often considered a condition that almost exclusively strikes older people. Although people over 50 still comprise the vast majority of stroke patients, research findings published in the 2016 Journal of the American Heart Association suggest a disturbing trend that indicates an increase in stroke...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Celebrates 20 Years of Serving the Community

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital opened in March 1998 with 22 beds and 160 employees, but it soon became evident that the rapidly growing community needed more. Today, Houston Methodist Sugar Land has more than 300 beds and more than 2,200 employees.  “The strategy at the time was to offer a few...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Offers “Beat the Pack” Program

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is offering the community a proven program to help people quit smoking.   The complimentary program, called “Beat the Pack®,” was developed by Pfizer Inc. and is sponsored by Houston Methodist Sugar Land Respiratory Therapy Department and Cancer Center. The next...

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Celebrates Breast Cancer Survivors 6th Annual “Pink in the Park” Event Planned for May 18th

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital and the Sugar Land Skeeters will team up for “Pink in the Park” on Friday, May 18th at Constellation Field in Sugar Land.  Join the Skeeters and proudly wear your pink as they take on the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in the “Pink Out” game starting at 7:05...

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Now Offering Latest in Robotic Surgery Technology

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital recently enhanced its patients’ surgical experience with the addition of a new robot, the da Vinci Xi®. The new robotic surgical system can be used in a variety of fields, including colon and rectal surgery, gynecological surgery, urologic surgery, bariatric surgery,...