Best Vascular Surgery Specialists in Houston, TX

Kristofer Charlton-Ouw graduated from Vassar College in New York with a B.A. in History. After a brief career in the Netherlands working with a medical device company, he pursued his M.D. at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed his general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center in New York City where he served as the Administrative Chief Resident. He was a research fellow in cardiovascular surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital. After completing his clinical fellowship in vascular surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, he continued on as a faculty member. As of September 2020, he will be Professor in the UT Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. He was Program Director for the UT Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Integrated Residency and Director of the Memorial Herman Heart and Vascular Institute's Vascular Ultrasound Laboratory. He is interested in clinical trials to improve evidence-based Practice, authored or co-authored over 100 journal manuscripts, book chapters, and reviews, and is the principle investigator of several sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical trials.His clinical and research interests include aortic aneurysm and dissection, prosthetic graft infection, hemodialysis access, peripheral arterial disease, and postoperative pain control. Dr. Charlton-Ouw joined HCA Houston Healthcare and helped found Gulf Coast Vascular in August of 2020. Dr. Charlton-Ouw welcomes new patients and referrals. The practice offers telehealth visits when appropriate.

Rema Malik, M.D. is a Vascular Surgeon with Gulf Coast Vascular. Dr. Malik received her BA in Chemistry from North Carolina State University. She then went on to gain her Doctorate in Medicine from Ross University. Dr. Malik completed her General Surgery residency at North Eastern Ohio Medical University followed by a Surgical Critical Care fellowship with Wright State University. She completed her Vascular Surgery training at Wayne State University. Dr. Malik is triple board certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Vascular Surgery by the American Board of Surgery. She is a member of the Society of Vascular Surgeons. Dr. Malik has been a part of several publications, posters, and presentations throughout her career. She has been an instructor for the Fundamentals of Critical Care, is registered physician in vascular interpretation, as well as certified in advanced surgical skills for exposures in trauma.She has clinical interests in vascular and endovascular surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome, abdominal and thoracoabdominal aneurysm disease, carotid, brachiocephalic and upper extremity arterial disease, aortic reconstruction of aortoiliac disease, peripheral and mesenteric occlusion/aneurysmal disease, hemodialysis access, and venous disease.Dr. Malik is bilingual in both English and Urdu. When not treating patients, Dr. Malik enjoys henna art, singing, cooking, running, and photography.Dr. Malik welcomes new patients and referrals.

Dr. Ramineni practices patient centered care with compassion. He strongly focuses on preventative care but interventional approach will be used at appropriate times.

Kristofer Charlton-Ouw graduated from Vassar College in New York with a B.A. in History. After a brief career in the Netherlands working with a medical device company, he pursued his M.D. at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed his general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center in New York City where he served as the Administrative Chief Resident. He was a research fellow in cardiovascular surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital. After completing his clinical fellowship in vascular surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, he continued on as a faculty member. As of September 2020, he will be Professor in the UT Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. He was Program Director for the UT Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Integrated Residency and Director of the Memorial Herman Heart and Vascular Institute's Vascular Ultrasound Laboratory. He is interested in clinical trials to improve evidence-based Practice, authored or co-authored over 100 journal manuscripts, book chapters, and reviews, and is the principle investigator of several sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical trials.His clinical and research interests include aortic aneurysm and dissection, prosthetic graft infection, hemodialysis access, peripheral arterial disease, and postoperative pain control. Dr. Charlton-Ouw joined HCA Houston Healthcare and helped found Gulf Coast Vascular in August of 2020. Dr. Charlton-Ouw welcomes new patients and referrals. The practice offers telehealth visits when appropriate.