Mark Garza, MD

EDUCATION

Fellowship: Pain Medicine-John Peter Smith Hospital (Fort Worth, TX)

Fellowship: Sports Medicine-John Peter Smith Hospital (Fort Worth, TX)

Residency: Family Medicine-John Peter Smith Hospital (Fort Worth, TX)

Doctor of Medicine: University of Texas  Medical Branch at  Galveston ( Galveston, TX)

Undergraduate: Biology- Texas A&M University  ( College Station, Texas)

SPECIALTY INTERESTS

Spine Care

Sports Medicine

Orthobiologic (Regenerative) Medicine

Non-Operative Management for Osteoarthritis & Tendinopathy

BACKGROUND

Dr. Garza is a native of the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, but calls Fort Worth home since his John Peter Smith days.  He was heavily involved in athletics during high school. He has always had in interest in sports and helping people. At an early age, he was always working  partime in various medical clinics when he was not playing sports.  This background drove him towards a career in sports medicine and interventional pain to try to  help  those who are in need.

His training led to a diverse background of sports coverage.  He was a TCU football team physician from 2010-2014.   Additionally, he was one of the lead boxing and UFC physicians in Texas for many years and had the privilege of being a ringside physician for the  2009 UFC 103 Championship event in Dallas, Texas.

The cornerstone of Dr. Garza’s practices focuses on providing compassionate, personalized care to each patient and understanding each patient’s unique walk of life.  Dr. Garza’s practice specializes in the multimodality treatment of pain and sports medicine. Based on each patient’s unique situation, Dr. Garza and his team design a comprehensive treatment plan that can encompass ultrasound guidance treatments, interventional procedures and conservative treatments such as physical therapy and non-surgical alternatives.

HONORS

Dr. Garza, voted by his medical peers, is perennially selected as a “Texas Rising Star” for Pain Management by the Texas Monthly Magazine.