Top Joint Replacement Doctors in Texas 2026

Dr. George is the Medical Director at TOPS Surgical Specialty Hospital in Houston and serves as the National Medical Director for the total joint arthroplasty service line at United Surgical Partners International. That national role means he sets the standards for how hundreds of surgeons across a large hospital network approach hip and knee replacement. In Houston, he sees patients for primary hip and knee replacement at KSF Orthopaedic Center and operates at a hospital purpose-built around orthopedic surgery.

Dr. Mathews practices at Texas Orthopedic Hospital and runs Mathews Orthopedics in Spring. His focus is adult hip and knee reconstruction, including patients whose earlier fracture fixation failed and who now need a joint replacement to get walking again. His first-author work on femoral neck nonunion ¹ and research on revision hip outcomes ⁴ reflect that reconstructive focus, and his team has also studied how non-clinical factors like insurance and social support affect recovery time after knee replacement ⁵.

Dr. Patel is an orthopedic surgeon with Fondren Orthopedic Group at Texas Orthopedic Hospital. He treats patients who need hip or knee replacement, including complex revision cases where a previous implant has worn out or loosened. His research looks closely at how implant design choices play out over time: the length of the stem used in revision knee replacement ⁶, newer bearing surfaces that show low wear at 10 years ¹⁰, and outcomes with constrained knee implants in primary surgery ⁹.

Dr. Sinha practices at AdventHealth Central Texas in Killeen and has one of the deepest research records in this group, with more than 80 published works. His studies on how bone cells attach to implant metals ¹¹ and on bone loss patterns after hip replacement ¹⁴ are foundational for understanding why some implants last and some loosen. His highly cited work on long-term antibiotic suppression in infected joint replacements ¹² is a reference for patients whose infection cannot be cleared with a full revision surgery.

Dr. Taunton is a joint replacement surgeon based in Bedford with privileges at Medical City Dallas, Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin, and Baylor Scott and White in Temple. That multi-hospital reach means patients across North and Central Texas can see him through whichever system their insurance prefers. He focuses on hip and knee replacement for patients whose arthritis or joint damage is no longer manageable with medication and physical therapy.

Dr. Mathis is a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and operates at Houston Methodist Hospital and Memorial Hermann. His research has been cited more than two thousand times and centers on a question every knee replacement patient cares about: will I actually be satisfied? His John Insall Award paper ¹⁶ showed that patient expectations going into surgery strongly predict satisfaction afterward, and his follow-up work on knee function ¹⁷ and the activities patients most want to get back to ¹⁸ continues to shape how surgeons counsel patients before surgery.