Evan D. Collins, MD, MBA

Dr. Collins’ advanced patient care and research projects are internationally recognized. He is chief of the Houston Methodist Hand & Upper Extremity Center at the Texas Medical Center and the hand specialist for The Center for Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM). Prior to joining the faculty at Houston Methodist Hospital and accepting a faculty appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Collins was the director of the Hand Fellowship and Chief of the Hand and Upper Extremity department for many years at Baylor College of Medicine. He is today also an attending physician at First Street Surgical Center.His work with sports injuries and degenerative conditions of the hand and upper extremity has lead to advances in arthroscopic surgery and other less invasive treatment options. Following an FDA-sanctioned study establishing Dr. Collins as a lead investigator to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new electrohydraulic shockwave treatments for chronic tennis elbow, he opened the Tennis Elbow Institute and was named the same year among H Texas Magazine’s “Top Docs.” His new joint reconstruction procedure has changed the way small bone implants are addressed – dramatically reducing recovery time for patients – and earning him a spot among Texas Monthly’s “Super Doctors.”Dr. Collins is dedicated to research, in an ongoing effort to provide the most effective techniques and treatment options to his patients, as well as preventative early diagnostic imaging protocol for the medical industry.His research efforts continue to produce articles for publication and findings that are influencing current surgical and diagnostic practice and standard of care. His research findings on high-energy shockwave therapy in the treatment of chronic tennis elbow will be published this year in Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery. And his latest book chapter, Volar Wedge Bone Grafting and Internal Fixation of Scaphoid Nonunuions, was published in Wiesel S. Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery Vol 4 (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) 2010 edition.