34 LEADING ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE
NEW HIRES TERRY A. CLYBURN, MD, joins Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine as a nationally recognized orthopedic surgeon who specializes in hip and knee joint replacement. Clyburn has led numerous advancements in the treatment of hip and knee pain, and has designed and developed several joint replacement products.
JASON LEASEBURG, MD, brings a passion for helping active adults and athletes with their foot and ankle orthopedic injuries to Houston Methodist St. John Hospital. Leaseburg attained his postdoctoral clinical fellowship in orthopedic foot and ankle adult reconstruction at the Mayo Clinic.
ASHVIN K. DEWAN, MD, arrives at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital having recently completed a sports medicine fellowship — including training in the most current arthroscopic surgical techniques — at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dewan served as assistant team physician for the St. Louis Rams and St. Louis Blues, as well as the university’s athletic teams. Dewan specializes in knee and shoulder surgery with an emphasis on sports medicine.
EDWARD LEE, MD, brings his expertise in orthopedic sports medicine and joint replacement to Houston Methodist St. John Hospital. Lee specializes in minimally invasive arthroscopic procedures, using the latest technology to repair acute ligament, tendon and cartilage injuries to the shoulder. Lee also does extensive work with athletic shoulder injuries and has published numerous scientific articles.
JOHN FACKLER, MD, comes to Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital as an orthopedic surgeon with an interest in sports medicine. Fackler completed a combined orthopedic residency at Texas Tech/William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.
KENNETH FIRST, MD, joins Houston Methodist St. John Hospital. First completed a combined orthopedic residency program at Harvard Medical School and was awarded the Jack McDaniel traveling fellowship in Switzerland, where he studied joint replacement. First then completed a trauma fellowship at The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, followed by a sports medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins.
B. CHRISTOPH MEYER, MD, brings 20 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of complex spinal disorders and deformities to Houston Methodist West Hospital. As an orthopedic surgeon, Meyer instructs international surgeons in advanced techniques and is a member of the North American Spine Society.
LUIS PULIDO, MD, comes to the Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine team with experience in cutting-edge orthopedic surgical techniques, such as minimally invasive hip replacement surgery. Pulido completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Rothman Institute Orthopaedics in Philadelphia and a fellowship in hip and knee adult reconstruction at the Mayo Clinic.