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Walter R. Lowe, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist with an emphasis on diagnosing and treating a wide range of knee, shoulder, and elbow injuries and disorders. He is the head team physician for the Houston Texans, the University of Houston Cougars, the Houston Rockets, the North Shore Mustangs, the B.F. Terry Rangers, and other local high schools.
Lowe is a professor, department chair, vice president of strategy and development for orthopedics, and the Edward T. Smith, M.D., Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. He also serves as the chief of orthopedic surgery at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. He is also the medical director of the Memorial Hermann | Rockets Sports Medicine Institute.
Currently, Dr. Lowe serves as head team physician for the NBA’s Houston Rockets and the University of Houston Cougars. He also serves as team physician with Texas A&M Athletics and provides orthopedic care for several Houston-area high school athletic programs. Previously, he spent 20 years as head team physician for the NFL’s Houston Texans.
Lowe is board-certified in orthopedic surgery and in orthopedic sports medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He completed fellowship training in sports medicine at the renowned Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles, where he studied under the late Frank Jobe, MD, a well-known sports medicine baseball surgeon.
Official Head Team Physician, Preferred Orthopedic Surgeon for the NCCA, 1993 – Present, University of Houston Cougars
Official Head Team Physician, Preferred Orthopedic Surgeon for the NFL, 2001 – 2022 Houston Texans
Official Head Team Physician, Preferred Orthopedic Surgeon for the NBA, 2005 – Present, Houston Rockets
President-Elect of the NFL Physicians Society and Chairman of the Professional Review Committee, 2015 – 2016
Official Team Physician, 1997 – 2003 Houston Comets
NASA Consultant, 2000
Official Team Physician, 1995 – 1997 Houston Oilers
President, Herodicus Society, 2024-2025
Memberships
Lowe is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, a fellow of the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, a member of the NFL Physicians Society, and a member of the ACL Study Group.
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