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KSF Orthopaedic Center was founded in 1976 to bring the highest quality of orthopaedic care to the residents of Northwest Houston and the Greater Houston area. Its thirteen doctors offer patients complete orthopaedic care,including sports medicine, joint replacement,spine surgery, hand surgery, fracture management, pain management and physical therapy. KSF has on-site diagnostics and its own surgery center. For the second year in a row, two of KSF's orthopaedic surgeons have been recognized as... [More Info]

Our bodies are designed to withstand a lot of wear and tear, but sometimes, age and injury get the best of us. One of our most vulnerable joints is the knee. It bears the weight of our body; we bend it hundreds of times each day, and often, we twist or flex it in ways it was not designed to go.

Albert D. Cuellar, M.D. - A bio-engineering major in college, Dr. Cuellar continues to find the application of technology to the human body fascinating. With a subspecialty in hip and knee replacements, Dr. Cuellar believes that joint replacements are one of the greatest inventions of the last century. "Chronic pain due to arthritis can be very debilitating and depressing for people," he says. "A joint replacement gives people dramatic pain relief and is really a new lease on life."