Orthopedics in Sugar Land, TX

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Steven E. Nolan, MD is a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon practicing sports medicine with an office in Sugar Land, Texas. Dedicated to his patients and his community for over 20 years, Dr. Steven Nolan has been named as the best orthopedic surgeon in the Fort Bend Sun and featured in three of H Texas Magazine's "Top Doc" issues. Dr. Nolan is currently in private practice in the Houston area and uses his extensive training and skill to treat patients in need of arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Nolan began his medical career with an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin before receiving his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Throughout this time, he completed an internship and residency in orthopedic surgery at Scott and White Memorial Hospital. He then completed a sports medicine fellowship with a focus on reconstructive surgery of the knee under R.G. Stone, MD. In addition to being certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Nolan is now a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Nolan's other achievements include serving as the chief of staff and on the board of directors at Memorial Hermann Fort Bend Medical Center. His coworkers also voted him best surgeon of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital in 2009. Dr...

John Z. Zhao, MD, is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon focused on foot and ankle surgery. His clinical interests are reconstructive surgery, fracture care, arthroscopic surgery, and total ankle replacement. He utilizes evidence-based medicine to optimize operative and nonoperative care for all foot and ankle pathologies. He is particularly interested in advancing minimally invasive techniques, using smaller incisions than traditional open techniques to accomplish the same surgical goals, potentially improve patient outcomes, decrease postoperative pain, and reduce scarring.Zhao is also an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2017. He remained in Boston for five years of orthopedic residency training at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program, completed in 2022. Following his residency, Zhao completed a one-year subspecialty foot and ankle surgery fellowship in 2023 at Campbell Clinic Orthopedics in Memphis, Tennessee.He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society.Outside of work, he enjoys sports, exercise, and travel.