Best Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision Doctors in Galveston, TX

My goal as a physician and surgeon is to provide the best quality of care to patients through an individualized, compassionate, and evidence-based approach. I take pride in advocating for patients under my care and working as part of their treatment team. I am dedicated to developing and nurturing lasting relationships and am honored to offer my expertise across a range of diseases of the ears, nose, and throat at Houston Methodist Hospital.

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Dr. Yin Yiu is a board-certified otolaryngologist who specializes in the care of voice, airway, and swallowing disorders. She also maintains a practice taking care of patients with general ENT issues such as sinus disease, disorders of the thyroid and parotid glands, and neck masses. After growing up in Texas, she completed her undergraduate degree at Duke University before returning to Houston for her medical education and surgical internship at Baylor College of Medicine. She then pursued residency training in otolaryngology head & neck surgery with the highly-ranked ENT department at the Ohio State University. She completed a year of advanced fellowship training in laryngology (voice, swallowing, and airway disorders) in New York City through the Voice and Swallowing Institute at Columbia University Medical Center and the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice at Weill Cornell Medicine. She feels privileged to have had the unique experience of caring for high-level voice professionals and performers in New York and is eager to share that expertise with the community in her hometown of Houston. Dr. Yiu maintains broad clinical interests encompassing the breadth of laryngology and hopes to help care for patients with diverse voice, airway, and swallowing pathologies. She has published peer-reviewed research and presented nationally on a variety of topics including vocal fold atrophy, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, airway stenosis, and thyroid cancer. She also has a passion for education and plans to maintain lifelong educational pursuits including the training of resident physicians and medical students alongside her clinical and research endeavors.

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My goal as a physician is to improve the quality of life for my patients. I take pride in considering all treatment options with the patient, including alternative natural-based treatments as well as less invasive surgical options. I enjoy developing relationships with patients and love overseeing the care of entire families.

Women at all stages need to stay healthy and strong, and I treat each woman like a sister and do my very best to help her live her best, healthiest life.

Dr. Asham bases the success of his surgical practice on his patients' long-term good health and well being through personal compassionate and highly skilled care.

Dr. Sherry Lim, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in Houston, TX. Dr. Sherry Lim, MD is affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist.

Dr. Fernando A. Angarita grew up in Bogota, Colombia. He received his medical doctorate from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia. After graduating from medical school, he completed a Master of Science in oncolytic virotherapy at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. He completed general surgery residency at the University of Toronto. Dr. Angarita became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2020. He was certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery in 2021. He completed a Society of Surgical Oncology-approved breast surgical oncology fellowship at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY. Dr. Angarita has joined the division of Surgical Oncology at Houston Methodist Hospital after completing his fellowship. His clinical focus includes both breast cancer and benign breast disease. Dr. Angarita's research interest is in geriatric oncology, particularly in studying how treatment outcomes and decision-making can be optimized in older women with breast cancer.

Dr. Ray Chihara grew up in the mid-west and received his bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Michigan and medical degree from Indiana University. He stayed in Indiana University to complete general surgery training and earned a doctorate in Cellular and Integrative Physiology studying pig to human xenotransplantation. He then went on to train in cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University in Atlanta where he received formal training in VATS and robotic assisted thoracic surgery and completed the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Foundation Robotics Fellowship. Dr. Chihara has joined the division of Thoracic Surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital out of training and his interests are minimally invasive surgery for benign and malignant diseases of the thoracic cavity, which include lung, esophageal, mediastinal, diaphragm and chest wall pathologies. He is also interested in respiratory failure, lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation.

As thoracic surgeon, I provide the best thoracic surgical treatment for thoracic disease using minimally invasive techniques.