Steven E. Flores, M.D. Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Fellowship Trained & CAQ Certified Sports Medicine

Dr. Flores is board certified and fellowship trained in orthopedic surgery with an additional certificate of added qualification in sports medicine and arthroscopy. He has almost twenty years of practice experience in the Houston area where he completed his orthopedic sports medicine fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Flores is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and is the Program Director for the Orthopedic Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellowship. He served as the head team physician for the NBA’s Houston Rockets for ten years and has been a member of the Houston Texan’s medical staff since 2009 currently serving as the Head Team Orthopedist. In addition to his team coverage, he spends most of his practice caring for local athletes and adult patients of all backgrounds. He specializes in both sporting and non-sporting knee and shoulder injuries in patients ranging from teenagers to adults.

Dr. Flores completed his undergraduate studies in Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University while on scholarship, graduating summa cum laude. He was awarded a scholarship to Baylor College of Medicine where he completed his medical degree and graduated with honors and election into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society. He completed an internship and residency at Northwestern University in Chicago in orthopedic surgery, working with the physicians caring for the professional sports teams in the area. He returned to Houston to complete fellowship training in sports medicine at the Baylor Sports Medicine Institute serving as an assistant to the team physicians for the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, University of Houston athletics and various area high schools.

Dr. Flores has been involved in various projects concerning knee and shoulder injuries, with publications and presentations at the local and national level and is involved in teaching surgeons the latest techniques. He believes in appropriate non-operative and operative treatment, emphasizing the importance of rehabilitation in both instances.