Dr. Mark Prasarn, MD – Houston, TX

Overview of Dr. Prasarn

Dr. Mark Prasarn is an orthopedic surgeon in Houston, TX and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including TIRR Memorial Hermann and Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center. He received his medical degree from New York University Grossman School of Medicine and has been in practice 14 years. Dr. Prasarn accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 16 doctors at TIRR Memorial Hermann and one of 126 doctors at Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center who specialize in Orthopaedic Surgery. He has more than 50 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

• University of RochesterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2009 - 2010

• Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Trauma, 2008 - 2009

• University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2003 - 2008

• New York University School of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

• FL State Medical License 2023 - 2025

• TX State Medical License 2011 - 2025

• NY State Medical License 2008 - 2013

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

• Proceedings of the 2023 Santa Fe Bone Symposium: Progress and Controversies in the Management of Patients with Skeletal Diseases.

  E Michael Lewiecki, Teresita Bellido, John P Bilezikian, Jacques P Brown, Azeez Farooki, Christopher S Kovacs, Brendan Lee, William D Leslie, Michael R McClung, Mark L...> ;Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 2023 Oct 14

• The effects of locking inserts and overtorque on the mechanical properties of a large fragment locking compression plate.

  Kathleen N. Meyers, Timothy S. Achor, Mark L. Prasarn, Jaimo Ahn, Kevin Khalsa, David S. Wellman, Dean G. Lorich, David L. Helfet> ;Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 2021 Nov 24
• 6 citations

  Is retrograde nailing superior to lateral locked plating for complete articular distal femur fractures

  K. Chandra Vemulapalli, Guillermo Pechero, Stephen J. Warner, Timothy S. Achor, Joshua L. Gary, John W. Munz, Andrew M Choo, Mark L. Prasarn, Milton L Routt> ;Injury. 2021 Nov 23
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Press Mentions

• Helmet and Equipment Removal with Dr. Prasarn – 325March 19th, 2017

• Three Sports Med News Items: NEW Guidelines for Spine-Injured Athletes // New Study Data on Athlete Surgery Risk // and More!July 27th, 2015

Hospital Affiliations

Insurance Accepted

• Aetna Choice POS II
  Aetna HMO
  BCBS Blue Card PPO
  BCBS Texas BlueChoice
  CIGNA HMO
  CIGNA Open Access
  CIGNA PPO
  

  First Health PPO
  Great West PPO
  Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
  Multiplan PHCS PPO
  Multiplan PPO
  United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
  United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
  

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