Best Vascular Surgery Specialists in Houston, TX

At CLS Health, we provide quality medical care. This care is provided in a safe, effective, and efficient manner. We utilize a culture of exceptional and state-of-the-art medical technology. CLS Health's mission is to passionately pursue the health and well-being service of our patients.

At CLS Health, we provide quality medical care. This care is provided in a safe, effective, and efficient manner. We utilize a culture of exceptional and state-of-the-art medical technology. CLS Health's mission is to passionately pursue the health and well-being service of our patients.

Kristofer Charlton-Ouw graduated from Vassar College in New York with a B.A. in History. After a brief career in the Netherlands working with a medical device company, he pursued his M.D. at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed his general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center in New York City where he served as the Administrative Chief Resident. He was a research fellow in cardiovascular surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital. After completing his clinical fellowship in vascular surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, he continued on as a faculty member. As of September 2020, he will be Professor in the UT Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. He was Program Director for the UT Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Integrated Residency and Director of the Memorial Herman Heart and Vascular Institute's Vascular Ultrasound Laboratory. He is interested in clinical trials to improve evidence-based Practice, authored or co-authored over 100 journal manuscripts, book chapters, and reviews, and is the principle investigator of several sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical trials.His clinical and research interests include aortic aneurysm and dissection, prosthetic graft infection, hemodialysis access, peripheral arterial disease, and postoperative pain control. Dr. Charlton-Ouw joined HCA Houston Healthcare and helped found Gulf Coast Vascular in August of 2020. Dr. Charlton-Ouw welcomes new patients and referrals. The practice offers telehealth visits when appropriate.