— Sylvia Martinez, MD, Barbara Lee Bass Centennial Chair for Surgical Education, Division Chief of Acute Care & General Surgery, Houston Methodist Department of Surgery
As leading general and acute care surgeons, we are the surgical backbone of
the hospital. In addition to our busy elective practice, we provide 24/7/365
tertiary surgical care from standard emergency procedures coming through the
ER to the rarest, most complex cases with patients already hospitalized who
We firmly uphold three missions:
excellence in patient care, a passion
for teaching and the determination to
exist on the front line of neurology
research. Led by our outstanding
faculty and researchers, these three
missions each hold greater and
greater potential for the future.
develop surgical needs. We’re in all corners of the hospital, and we’re proud to be
outstanding faculty and
outstanding faculty and
Jun Li, MD, PhD, FANA, FAAN
Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine
Sylvia Martinez, MD
Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery
that constant, reliable and collaborative presence.
sustainable choices for the health
procedures coming through the
ER to the most rare and complex
cases with patients already
hospitalized who develop surgical