Best Diaphragmatic and Hiatal Hernia Doctors in Conroe, TX

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Group providers are committed to building long-lasting relationships with their patients and families. Our board-certified physicians provide continuous patient-centered care, while using the latest technology for diagnosis and treatment. They have all-access to outpatient and inpatient services offered by St. Luke's Health, as well as leading medical specialists to consult on diagnosis and treatment

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Dr. Ilyas Memon, MD is a Board Certified Gastroenterologist practicing in Conroe, the Woodlands, and Spring area of Texas. He has more than 12 years of real world practice and experience in diagnosis & treatment of digestive and liver diseases. This experience includes various Endoscopic procedures including Upper Endoscopy, Colonoscopy and ERCP, and much more. He offers treatment for abdominal pain, celiac disease, hepatitis C, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and Crohn's disease. His offices also perform colon cancer screenings, colonoscopy, and GI consultations. Dr. Ilyas Memon is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Gastroenterology since 2002. He is affiliated and has privileges with most Local Hospitals including Conroe Regional Medical Center, St.Luke's The Woodlands Hospital, and Memorial Hermann Hospital. He is equipped to, and would be glad to, provide his patient with a referral as needed and utilize his extensive network to better serve his patients. Whether a patient goes in to see Dr. Memon for a routine, maintenance-based procedure or something more involved, he is armed with his arsenal of previous cases and tried-and-true methodologies. Dr. Memon's practice philosophy is to provide each patient with excellent care while utilizing latest medical technology and to ensure complete safety, comfort, and satisfaction of every patient. He is committed to thorough diagnostics, understanding that nothing can be treated or cured if it is not found in a timely and comprehensive fashion. Dr. Memon strongly believes in patient education and is committed to providing high-quality gastroenterology health information to his patients. To more comprehensively meet the needs of his patients, Dr. Memon takes great pride in offering convenient and urgent appointment times. In his vast years of experience, Dr. Memon has observed that pain, discomfort, and illness do not operate on the patient's or doctor's schedules. When you need him, Dr. Memon can be available. It is Dr. Memon's belief that no person should have to forgo the medical attention he or she needs as a result of insufficient funds. To be available to the largest subset of patients, Dr. Memon accepts a wide variety of coverage options and payment types. Call the office to determine if the coverage you carry is in the network for Dr. Memon.

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Dr. Ilyas Memon, MD is a Board Certified Gastroenterologist practicing in Conroe, the Woodlands, and Spring area of Texas. He has more than 12 years of real world practice and experience in diagnosis & treatment of digestive and liver diseases. This experience includes various Endoscopic procedures including Upper Endoscopy, Colonoscopy and ERCP, and much more. He offers treatment for abdominal pain, celiac disease, hepatitis C, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and Crohn's disease. His offices also perform colon cancer screenings, colonoscopy, and GI consultations. Dr. Ilyas Memon is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Gastroenterology since 2002. He is affiliated and has privileges with most Local Hospitals including Conroe Regional Medical Center, St.Luke's The Woodlands Hospital, and Memorial Hermann Hospital. He is equipped to, and would be glad to, provide his patient with a referral as needed and utilize his extensive network to better serve his patients. Whether a patient goes in to see Dr. Memon for a routine, maintenance-based procedure or something more involved, he is armed with his arsenal of previous cases and tried-and-true methodologies. Dr. Memon's practice philosophy is to provide each patient with excellent care while utilizing latest medical technology and to ensure complete safety, comfort, and satisfaction of every patient. He is committed to thorough diagnostics, understanding that nothing can be treated or cured if it is not found in a timely and comprehensive fashion. Dr. Memon strongly believes in patient education and is committed to providing high-quality gastroenterology health information to his patients. To more comprehensively meet the needs of his patients, Dr. Memon takes great pride in offering convenient and urgent appointment times. In his vast years of experience, Dr. Memon has observed that pain, discomfort, and illness do not operate on the patient's or doctor's schedules. When you need him, Dr. Memon can be available. It is Dr. Memon's belief that no person should have to forgo the medical attention he or she needs as a result of insufficient funds. To be available to the largest subset of patients, Dr. Memon accepts a wide variety of coverage options and payment types. Call the office to determine if the coverage you carry is in the network for Dr. Memon.

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Charles F. Dendy, DO, FACOS, received his Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University and attended medical school at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. He completed his general surgery internship at Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas and general surgery residency at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc, Michigan.Dr. Dendy is board certified in surgery and is a member of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, The American Osteopathic Association and The American Medical Association.Charlie F. Dendy, DO, has special interest in minimally invasive surgery. Minimally invasive surgery, sometimes called laparoscopic surgery, is done through small incisions. Using specialized techniques, miniature cameras with microscopes, tiny fiber-optic flashlights and special instruments, Dr. Dendy can perform surgery through incisions that require only a stitch or two to close.Minimally invasive surgery means less trauma to the body, less blood loss, smaller surgical scars and less need for pain medication. Patients leave the hospital sooner after minimally invasive surgery and return to normal activities sooner than with conventional open surgery.Dr. Dendy has extensive training in laparoscopic colon resections and laparoscopic hernia repairs including inguinal, ventral/incisional and hiatal hernias. He is committed to bringing the latest surgical advancements to Conroe, Texas.

J. Alan Przybyla, M.D., is a board certified general surgeon with North Pines General Surgery in Conroe, Texas. Dr. Przybyla received his bachelor degree from the University of Texas, and received his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. He completed his surgical residency at the Baptist Health System in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Przybyla is board certified in surgery and is a member of both the American Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association. As a native Houstonian, Dr. Przybyla could not be more excited to be serving patients close to home. Dr. Przybyla enjoys his partnership with other surgeons whose primary focus is also excellence in patient care. He has received extensive training in advanced surgical disciplines including advanced laparoscopy, endocrine surgery and endoscopy. His areas of particular interest include laparoscopic colon resection for benign and malignant diseases, laparoscopic anti-reflux procedures, as well as surgery for diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Dr. Przybyla's practice also encompasses routine surgical issues such as diseases of the gallbladder and appendix, breast surgery and wound care. He currently serves as the Medical Director of Robotics for HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe. Like his colleagues, Dr. Przybyla is committed to providing the people of Montgomery County with the most advanced and highest quality surgical care. He welcomes new patients and referrals.As a native Houstonian, J. Alan Przybyla, MD, could not be more excited to be joining North Pines General Surgery. Dr. Przybyla looks forward to his partnership with other surgeons whose primary focus is also excellence in patient care. He has received extensive training in advanced surgical disciplines including advanced laparoscopy, endocrine surgery and endoscopy.His areas of particular interest include laparoscopic colon resection for benign and malignant diseases, laparoscopic anti-reflux procedures, as well as surgery for diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Dr. Przybyla's practice also encompasses routine surgical issues such as diseases of the gallbladder and appendix, breast surgery and wound care.Like his colleagues, Dr. Przybyla is committed to providing the people of Montgomery County with the most advanced and highest quality surgical care.

It is our mission at Lakeside Gastroenterology to provide quality care to all our patients in a warm and compassionate environment that results in patient satisfaction Our personalized approach does not stop with diagnosis and treatment it begins and continues with continuous patient communication and education Knowing more about your problem how to prevent it, how we would treat it, and how to live with it that is our mission.

Kenneth Helmer, MD, FACS, received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas and attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He completed his general surgery internship and residency in general surgery, along with his Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston.Kenneth Helmer, MD, is a specialist in trauma surgery with a sub-specialty in surgical critical care.Dr. Helmer is board certified by the American Board of Surgery-Surgical Critical Care.

My approach to patient care is simply to keep the patient first at all times. The patient is our universe and everything else is secondary. This leads to excellence in all other related realms of health care , It urges us to provide the best level of care to the patient and makes us strive for an unrelenting effort to constantly improve.

Dr. Robert Stephen Ellis graduated from the Temple University School of Medicine in 1996. He completed his general surgery residency at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons at Harlem Hospital. During his residency, he conducted research at the Chanin Cancer Institute of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine as a Charles E. Culpepper Research Fellow. During his final year of residency he served as the executive chief resident. The following year he was awarded a position as clinical instructor at Harlem Hospital and during that time he completed a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care and Endoscopy. Leaving the cold winters of New York behind, Dr. Ellis traveled to Florida where he completed two additional fellowships in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the Ryder Trauma Center at the University of Miami. The trauma program at the University of Miami was regarded as the most comprehensive trauma training program in the country. While completing this fellowship, Dr. Ellis was highly recruited by some of the premier academic trauma programs in the country. In May of 2005, Dr. Ellis arrived at Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas where he has helped to create a model Acute Care Program that seamlessly integrates Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Emergency General Surgery and the care of devastating wounds. In 2015, CareChex named Mother Frances the number one in Texas for Excellence in Trauma care. During his tenure in Tyler, Dr. Ellis has distinguished himself as a conscientious, thoughtful and skilled practitioner. He is highly regarded by his peers as one of the preeminent surgeons at Mother Frances hospital, which has 160 surgeons on staff and where over 20,000 operative cases are conducted annually. Dr. Ellis routinely performs some of the more complicated and challenging operations on the most critical patients in the hospital with exceptional results. He joined HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe in January of 2017 and has replicated his exceptional trauma care and organizational development. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Chest Physicians. In addition, he is a member of numerous other medical and surgical organizations. Dr. Ellis has special interests in optimizing critical care outcomes in the ICU and the resuscitation of the trauma and critical care patient. He has been invited to speak at numerous medical and surgical society meetings as well as surgical grand rounds. Dr. Ellis is married to Jaishree, an Obstetrician-Gynecologist. They have three children: Taylor; Bobby; and Jimmy. In his limited spare time he loves to watch soccer and play golf.