Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Sugar Land is pleased to announce that Nader Ayub, D.O., will be joining the group and will begin seeing patients in August.

Ayub is a primary care sports medicine physician who will office at Houston Methodist Primary Care Group’s new building located near Sienna Plantation at 8330 Highway 6 in Missouri City. His focus is on family medicine and the treatment of common sports injuries. He will also have office hours every Wednesday in Sugar Land at the Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine facility, located at 16811 Southwest Frwy., Suite 200.
 
Ayub is a graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree at the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. He recently completed the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program.

He specializes in providing primary care and sports medicine for adolescents and young adults. He can handle everyday illnesses and provide specialized care for sports injuries, concussion management and orthopedic conditions. This unique blend of expertise is ideal for active pre-teens and teenagers, as well as others who have outgrown their pediatrician.

“Primary care sports medicine is a rapidly growing field that provides significant benefits to patients who actively participate in sports,” said David Braunreiter, M.D., primary care sports medicine physician with Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Sugar Land and mentor and fellowship director of the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. “With his training and background, Dr. Ayub will be a tremendous asset to our team as well as to our patients.”
 
Ayub will be a team physician for Rice University Athletics and for Fort Bend ISD schools. He has extensive experience in sports and family medicine, completing a residency in family medicine and serving on the medical teams for both the Houston and The Woodlands Marathons. Before joining Houston Methodist, he coordinated high school athletic physicals and conducted preseason physicals for athletes at Houston Baptist University. Ayub was also a venue physician for the 2016 NCAA Final Four in Houston as well as a physician for the 2016 Houston Texas Livestock Show and Rodeo. He is also an athlete himself, enjoying basketball, bodybuilding, soccer, softball, volleyball and scuba diving.
 
To schedule an appointment with Nader Ayub, D.O., or another Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine physician, visit houstonmethodist.org/appointments or call 281.690.4678. To learn more about Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, please visit houstonmethodist.org/orthopedics.