Our Orthopedic Specialists Evan D. Collins, M.D. Graduating Cum Laude with his Doctor of Medicine and completing an Orthopedic residency from the State University of New York Health and Science Center, Dr. Collins completed his Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He has worked in the department since 1998 as Assistant Professor, Director of the Hand Fellowship and Chief of the Hand and Upper Extremity Section. He has received a number of awards for outstanding achievement in surgical research, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and spinal research. He has contributed to a number of books and journal articles on Orthopedic surgery and conditions affecting hand, wrist and upper extremities. And he was recently a lead clinical investigator for the HealthTronics OssaTron study of Extracorporeal Shock Waves for the Treatment of Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis. Certification: CAQ Hand, the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and the National Board of Medical Examiners. Professional Memberships: Harris County Medical Society; American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, American Medical Assoc.; and Western Orthopedic Assoc. David H. Hildreth, M.D. Completing his Doctor of Medicine and receiving the Merck Scholastic Achievement Award from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences, Dr. Hildreth spent his Orthopedic residency at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. He was a Christine Kleinert Fellow in Hand Surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and an Amelia Brown Fellow in Reconstructive Microsurgery from the University of Louisville. He practiced at The Texas Hand Center and the Institute for Hand and Upper Extremity Disorders at Hopestar Orthopedic Group before coming to the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Orthopedic Surgery, where he is an Associate professor at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Clinical associate professor in the department of surgery, division of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He specializes in the hand, wrist and elbow and has extensive experience in wrist arthroscopy, endoscoic carpal tunnel release, arthritis surgery, hand and upper extremity trauma surgery and congenital hand anomalies. Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. C.A.Q. in Hand Surgery. Professional Memberships: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery; American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery; American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Fellow; Harris County Medical Society; Houston Orthopaedic Society; and Texas Orthopaedic Assoc.

The Tennis Elbow Institute at the Texas Medical Center raises the level of patient care by using advanced technology and treatment to help Tennis Elbow sufferers. Respected in the field of Orthopedics for their advanced research and study of this condition, doctors Evan D. Collins and David H. Hildreth, orthopedic surgeons specializing in hand and upper extremity at Baylor College of Medicine, have the only center in Houston that offers among their treatment options the first non-invasive, FDA-approved procedure for treating Tennis Elbow.

Also known as lateral epicondylitis, Tennis Elbow is caused when the elbow is overstressed or repetitively overused and affects the outer area of the elbow, rather than the inner area often identified with Golfer’s Elbow. Until the high-energy shockwave therapy produced by the OssaTron, patients not responding to anti-inflammatory medications, Cortisone shots, physical therapy and other conservative treatments were left only with the option of surgery to repair the damaged area. Following extensive research and careful progress tracking, the doctors of The Tennis Elbow Institute can now expand the application of this progressive treatment - which was previously used to treat kidney stones and heel pain. Now Tennis Elbow sufferers can find relief from a 20-minute outpatient procedure that repairs the damage and promotes rapid healing, without the risks and healing time of surgery.

The Tennis Elbow Institute at the Texas Medical Center raises the level of patient care by using advanced technology and treatment to help Tennis Elbow sufferers. Respected in the field of Orthopedics for their advanced research and study of this condition, doctors Evan D. Collins and David H. Hildreth, orthopedic surgeons specializing in hand and upper extremity at Baylor College of Medicine, have the only center in Houston that offers among their treatment options the first non-invasive, FDA-approved procedure for treating Tennis Elbow.

Also known as lateral epicondylitis, Tennis Elbow is caused when the elbow is overstressed or repetitively overused and affects the outer area of the elbow, rather than the inner area often identified with Golfer’s Elbow. Until the high-energy shockwave therapy produced by the OssaTron, patients not responding to anti-inflammatory medications, Cortisone shots, physical therapy and other conservative treatments were left only with the option of surgery to repair the damaged area. Following extensive research and careful progress tracking, the doctors of The Tennis Elbow Institute can now expand the application of this progressive treatment - which was previously used to treat kidney stones and heel pain. Now Tennis Elbow sufferers can find relief from a 20-minute outpatient procedure that repairs the damage and promotes rapid healing, without the risks and healing time of surgery.