There is a moment after injury when the body stops feeling reliable and the mind begins calculating what might be lost. The question is no longer simply what broke. It becomes whether the life that used to fit inside that body can still be recovered.
A board-certified orthopedic surgeon and subspecialty-certified sports medicine physician with Fondren Orthopedic Group, Dr. Boutris has spent his career helping people return to the field, the gym, the trail, the golf course, their jobs, their families, and the everyday moments that make life feel like their own. He is a surgeon, yet surgery is never the automatic answer. His deeper focus has always been finding the right solution—understanding the problem clearly, determining what stands in the way, and building the smartest path forward. Sometimes that path includes the operating room. Often it does not.
In February 2026, Fondren Orthopedic Group opened its newest clinic in Creekside, bringing one of Houston’s most established orthopedic practices into a community that still values the feel of a neighborhood office. Founded in 1973, Fondren has grown into the largest private orthopedic group in Houston and the largest in Texas, with fourteen clinic locations and approximately 44 physicians covering every major specialty. The scale is impressive, yet the Creekside location was intentionally designed to feel different—smaller, more personal, and still fully connected to the depth of the larger system.
At the clinic, Dr. Boutris practices alongside Drs. Baylee Birkmeyer, Omar Dimachkieh, Ugo Ihekweazu, and Wade Karam. Patients who need highly specialized care can draw on the expertise of Fondren physicians across the entire Houston network without starting over somewhere new. It is neighborhood medicine backed by institutional strength.
Injury rarely arrives with patience. A twisted ankle becomes a sleepless night of questions. Knee pain that refuses to quiet down starts rewriting weekend plans. A shoulder that no longer lifts cleanly changes how someone moves through an ordinary day. The Creekside team understands that waiting for answers can feel almost as difficult as the injury itself. When schedules allow, they work hard to see patients the same day. For Dr. Boutris, that urgency is simply part of respectful care. His clinical range is broad: ACL and meniscal injuries, rotator cuff and labral tears, fractures, dislocations, cartilage injuries, shoulder separations, tendon ruptures, muscle strains, ankle sprains, arthritis, back pain, and any pain of the shoulder, elbow, hip, or knee joints.
