A History of Caring
As famous for the NASA luminaries they treated as they were for practicing preventive medicine, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic had its beginning in 1949 when Doctor Mavis P. Kelsey decided to leave the Mayo Clinic and return to his home state of Texas to build his own group practice.
Dr. Kelsey opened an office near the fledgling Texas Medical Center. On January 15, 1949, he saw his first patient, and on March 15, he moved into the Hermann Professional Building. Within two years, Dr. William D. Seybold and Dr. Willam V. Leary formed the Kelsey, Seybold and Leary partnership, which lasted in various forms for more than 30 years.
Kelsey-Seybold Today
Today, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic combines the experience and expertise of more than 350 physicians providing primary care and specialty care at 20 clinic locations throughout the greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic cares for more than 400,000 patients each year, including members of managed care plans, employer groups and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
In addition to physician services, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic offers a vast array of imaging and diagnostic services, including mammography, MRI, CT scans, and our Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS), which provides instantaneous transmission of medical images to physicians throughout our network of clinic locations. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic's Main Campus houses a fully accredited Ambulatory Surgery Center serving more than 12,000 patients a year. For a listing awards and distinctions for Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, click here.
Accreditation
Kelsey-Seybold is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). The Clinic received "Accreditation with Full Standards Compliance," which is awarded to a health care organization that demonstrates satisfactory compliance with applicable AAAHC standards in all performance areas.
Appointments – By Phone or Online
Kelsey-Seybold's Contact Center operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which means extra convenience for you. Call us any time of the day or night, or visit us online to schedule a future appointment.
- Online: www.kelsey-seybold.com
Saturday Appointments
To accommodate our patients' busy schedules, Kelsey-Seybold offers appointment hours on Saturdays at our West, Spring and Clear Lake Clinics. These regional clinics offer pediatric and adult primary care services as well as routine lab and radiology services during clinic hours. Our Katy, Fort Bend and Kingwood locations also offer Saturday pediatric appointments. To schedule a Saturday appointment, please call our Contact Center at 713-442-0427.
MyKelseyOnline Now Available at All Locations
Kelsey-Seybold patients currently enjoy another value-add. MyKelseyOnline, the secure, online connection to Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, gives patients the ability to establish a unique and secure log-in at www.MyKelseyOnline.com. With this log-in, patients can:
- Request an appointment with any Kelsey-Seybold specialist.
- Directly schedule an office visit or preventive exam with a Kelsey-Seybold primary care physician.
- Send secure electronic messages to your physician's office
- View past and future appointments
- Request updates to insurance and demographic information
- View certain test results online - ask your physician!
Any Kelsey-Seybold patient can sign up for MyKelseyOnline. And it's free!
A high level of security is paramount with MyKelseyOnline. All communications between patients and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic health care providers are carried over a secure, encrypted connection, so no one can read them during transmission. Health records are stored behind a firewall to prohibit unauthorized access. And any access requires a MyKelseyOnline ID and password that patients create themselves. Learn more at www.MyKelseyOnline.com.
"After-Hours Nurse Hotline" Service
When you call 713-442-0000 after regular business hours, you can speak to a trained registered nurse for immediate assistance with symptoms or illnesses. Registered nurses are available 24 hours a day to provide advice on routine, urgent and emergency medical conditions and help patients decide on the best course of action to meet their medical needs. To access a registered nurse, patients can call their personal care physician's office during normal business hours and ask to speak with a nurse. For urgent medical needs after business hours, on weekends or holidays, patients can call 713-442-0000.
Physicians and Providers
At Kelsey-Seybold, our patients have access to more than 350 doctors practicing in more than 50 medical specialties and sub-specialties (click here for a list of our specialties). All of our doctors have completed a medical degree at an accredited university and are licensed by the Texas Board of Medical Examiners. Most are also board certified. Many serve as faculty members at Baylor College of Medicine or The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Choosing a Primary Care Physician
Our patients are encouraged to choose a primary care physician for their medical needs. Over time, a supportive patient-physician relationship can develop, allowing doctors to track medical history and detect health problems earlier. At Kelsey-Seybold, the primary care physician is a partner with the patient in addressing their medical needs.
Open Access to Specialty Care – No Referrals Necessary
Kelsey-Seybold is a leader in multi-specialty, outpatient care. This means that in addition to your primary care physician, you and your family have access to our entire team of specialists. Depending on your health plan, Kelsey-Seybold offers open access to more than 50 medical specialties and subspecialties. This means you can schedule an appointment with any Kelsey-Seybold specialist without a referral from your primary care physician.
Your Team of Physicians and Providers
In addition to our primary care and specialty care physicians, Kelsey-Seybold provides a team of experienced providers, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners that provide our patients with many services. Advanced Practice or Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are registered nurses (RNs) who have earned master's degrees or have advanced education, training and skills in a health care specialty. Physician Assistants (PAs) are trained at accredited medical schools and have completed clinical rotations in several health care areas. Both NPs and PAs perform medical interviews and physical exams to identify, evaluate and treat problems. They advise patients on health risk behaviors and facilitate access to appropriate medical resources. At Kelsey-Seybold, the patient, the physician, the nurse practitioner and the physician assistant collaborate as a team in meeting a patient's medical needs.
More than 50 Medical Specialties
At Kelsey-Seybold, our patients receive care from more than 350 doctors practicing in more than 50 specialties and sub-specialties. These include:
- Aerospace Medicine
- Allergy/Immunology - Adult
- Allergy/Immunology - Pediatric
- Audiology
- Cardiology - Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiology - General
- Cardiology - Interventional
- Chiropractic Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
- Dermatology - Adult
- Dermatology - Pediatric
- Dermatopathology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Family Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine – Hospitalist and Pediatric Hospitalist
- Nuclear Medicine
- Neurology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Occupational Medicine
- Ophthalmology - Adult
- Ophthalmology - Pediatric
- Optometry
- Orthopedics - Foot and Ankle
- Orthopedics - General
- Orthopedics - Hand
- Orthopedics - Joint Replacement
- Orthopedics - Shoulder/Elbow
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
- Otolaryngology (ENT)
- Pain Medicine
- Pathology
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Medicine
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Podiatry
- Pulmonary Medicine - Adult
- Pulmonary Medicine - Pediatric
- Radiology - Adult
- Radiology - Pediatric
- Rheumatology
- Sleep Medicine
- Surgery - Breast
- Surgery - Colon and Rectal
- Surgery - General
- Surgery - Hand
- Surgery - Oncology
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
- Urology
Diagnostic Services
Kelsey-Seybold offers a number of services seldom found in other outpatient facilities, including: computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), filmless X-ray technology and nuclear medicine.
Onsite Laboratory and X-ray at All Locations
Kelsey-Seybold's 20 convenient locations throughout the greater Houston area provide convenient access to physicians, onsite laboratories and X-ray services.
'Filmless' X-ray Technology
Kelsey-Seybold Radiology Department houses one of the largest 'filmless' X-ray systems in the nation. Our system stores electronic images that can be viewed on a computer screen and sent to the requesting physician via a high-speed computer network. Doctors can view images and consult with a radiologist via computer and telephone, eliminating the transportation and storage of bulky films.
Nuclear Medicine
The Nuclear Medicine Department provides complete nuclear medicine services including bone, kidney, liver, brain, thyroid and heart imaging as well as radionuclide treatments. We also offer SPECT myocardial imaging, a sophisticated heart test typically found only in hospitals. All exams are performed by licensed technologists and reviewed by a board-certified nuclear medicine physician.
Mammography
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic offers mammograms through the Kelsey-Seybold Radiology Department to patients who are referred by their primary care physician. Mammogram screenings are available at the following clinic locations: Cinco Ranch, Clear Lake Clinic, Fort Bend Medical and Diagnostic Center, Main Campus, West Clinic, The Vintage, The Woodlands Clinic and the Woman's Center. To schedule a mammogram, call the Radiology Department at 713-442-1161, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. If abnormalities are found from a mammogram screening, patients are then referred to the Kelsey-Seybold Breast Diagnostic Center. (Click here to learn more about the Breast Diagnostic Center.)
Pharmacy Services
Our Clear Lake Medical Center, Cypress, Fort Bend Medical and Diagnostic Center, Humble, Katy, Kingwood, Main Campus, Pasadena, Spring Medical and Diagnostic Center, The Vintage, The Woodlands and West Clinic locations offer onsite pharmacies providing both prescription medications and over-the-counter products. Kelsey-Seybold Pharmacists can perform a personalized "interaction check" comparing a current prescription to any other medications currently being taken. (Click here to learn more about our Clinic Pharmacies.)
Refill Prescriptions Online
Kelsey-Seybold offers the added convenience of refilling prescriptions online. Patients can order by credit card and request free mail-to-home delivery or pick up at one of 12 convenient Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Pharmacy locations. Click here to refill your prescription.
Surgery Centers
Ambulatory Surgery Center – Main Campus
Our Ambulatory Surgery Center at the Main Campus offers up-to-date technology for many outpatient surgical services. The Center provides streamlined admission procedures for easy access to outpatient surgery in a friendly, relaxed environment.
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Surgery Center at Spring
In October 2008, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic unveiled the newest addition to its cancer-fighting arsenal, the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Surgery Center at Spring. The Surgery Center's state-of-the-art technology includes an endoscopy suite and diagnostic imaging tools that assist Kelsey-Seybold gastroenterologists in spotting and removing pre-cancerous and malignant polyps.
Centers of Excellence
Breast Diagnostic Center – Main Campus and Spring Medical and Diagnostic Center
Patients with abnormal mammograms can be referred to the Breast Diagnostic Center where a team of physicians, nurses and technologists diagnose and treat breast abnormalities. The Center has a Stereotactic Unit that allows doctors to locate and diagnose lumps in the breast. The Breast Diagnostic Center also provides patient education and assessment of risk factors for breast cancer. (Click here to learn more about the Breast Diagnostic Center.)
Cancer Center – Main Campus and Spring Medical and Diagnostic Center
Kelsey-Seybold's Cancer Center is the nation's first freestanding cancer program to receive the prestigious American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer commended accreditation. The Main Campus location opened in 2001, and the Spring location opened in 2007. (Click here to learn more about the Cancer Center at the Main Campus and Spring.)
Patient Education
Diabetes Education Classes
To assist patients living with diabetes, we offer a nationally accredited diabetes education program focusing on patient knowledge and disease self-management. Call 713-442-0427 for an appointment with a Certified Diabetes Educator.
Nutritional Counseling
Kelsey-Seybold's registered dietitians provide nutritional counseling for individuals and families. Call 713-442-0427 for an appointment.
Research
Through the Kelsey Research Foundation, clinic doctors are involved in a variety of research projects with universities, pharmaceutical companies, governmental bodies and hospitals in the Texas Medical Center. Research areas include cancer, epilepsy, cardiology, diabetes and obstetrics. (Click here to learn more about the Kelsey Research Foundation.)
