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    MediFind found 247 doctor with experience in Painful Swallowing near Pearland, TX. Of these, 207 are Experienced, 35 are Advanced and 5 are Distinguished.

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    247 providers found
      Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology
      Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology

      Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, PLLC

      16100 S Fwy, 
      Pearland, TX 
       (6.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Michel Kafrouni is a Gastroenterologist in Pearland, Texas. Dr. Kafrouni is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Diverticular Disease, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Gastrostomy, and Gastrectomy.

      Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology
      Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology

      Gastroenterology Diagnostic Clinic

      5050 Crenshaw Rd, 
      Pasadena, TX 
       (9.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Maurice Haddad is a Gastroenterologist in Pasadena, Texas. Dr. Haddad is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Gastritis, Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Esophagitis, Gastrectomy, and Colonoscopy.

      What does Elite, Distinguished, Advanced, Experienced mean?
      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology
      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Neil Gross is an Otolaryngologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Gross is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Laryngectomy.

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      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Nurse Practitioner | Otolaryngology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Nurse Practitioner | Otolaryngology

      Next Level Mv LLC

      8325 Broadway St, Suite 220, 
      Pearland, TX 
       (3.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Tonya Carter is a Nurse Practitioner specialist and an Otolaryngologist in Pearland, Texas. Ms. Carter is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Mikulicz Disease, and Ethmoiditis. Ms. Carter is currently accepting new patients in some locations.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology | Pediatric Otolaryngology | Plastic Surgery
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology | Pediatric Otolaryngology | Plastic Surgery
      2225 County Road 90, Suite 123, 
      Pearland, TX 
       (4.9 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English, Farsi, Portuguese, Spanish, Urdu
      Accepting New Patients

      Omid Abbassi is an Otolaryngologist and a Pediatric Otolaryngologist in Pearland, Texas. Dr. Abbassi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Hearing Loss, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Infant Hearing Loss, Gastrostomy, and Thyroidectomy. Dr. Abbassi is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Internal Medicine

      Shan Medical Association

      11717 Highland Meadow Dr, Suite 300, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.9 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients
      Offers Telehealth

      Dat Bui is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bui is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Bui is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Family Medicine | Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Family Medicine | Internal Medicine
      13630 Beamer Rd, Suite 114, 
      Houston, TX 
       (5.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English, Hindi, Spanish, Urdu
      Accepting New Patients

      Jawad Sarwar is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Sarwar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Gangrene, Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, Prostatectomy, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Sarwar is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Family Medicine

      Centerwell Senior Primary Care Tx PA

      4435 W Fuqua St, 
      Houston, TX 
       (10.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Majaz Khan is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Khan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Hypertensive Heart Disease, Pediatric Myocarditis, Enlarged Liver, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Khan is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Amy Hessel is an Otolaryngologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Hessel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Salivary Gland Tumors, Throat Cancer, Laryngectomy, and Tissue Biopsy.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Mehnaz Shafi is a Gastroenterologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Shafi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Gastroparesis, Gastric Dysmotility, Barrett Esophagus, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Carol Lewis is an Otolaryngologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Lewis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Tongue Cancer, Olfactory Neuroblastoma, Teratocarcinosarcoma, Gastrostomy, and Laryngectomy.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Jeffrey Myers is an Otolaryngologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Myers is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), Tongue Cancer, Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Thyroidectomy, and Gastrostomy.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology | Surgical Oncology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology | Surgical Oncology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Experience:
      43+ years
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Ehab Hanna is an Otolaryngologist and a Surgical Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Hanna has been practicing medicine for over 43 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Olfactory Neuroblastoma, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Sinus Cancer, Turbinectomy, and Endoscopy.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Ryan Goepfert is an Otolaryngologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Goepfert is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Glands, Throat Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Yinghong Wang is a Gastroenterologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Wang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Trichohepatoenteric Syndrome, Colitis, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology
      Experienced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology

      MD Anderson

      2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Univ Of Tx M D Ande Life, 
      Houston, TX 
       (12.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Mark Zafereo is an Otolaryngologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Zafereo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Laryngectomy.

      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology
      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Otolaryngology

      Texas Ear, Nose And Throat Specialists, PLLC

      10905 Memorial Hermann Dr, Suite 117, 
      Pearland, TX 
       (6.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      James Grant is an Otolaryngologist in Pearland, Texas. Dr. Grant is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Empyema, Sinusitis, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Septoplasty, and Myringotomy. Dr. Grant is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Advanced in Painful Swallowing

      Texas Ear, Nose And Throat Specialists, PLLC

      10905 Memorial Hermann Dr, Suite 117, 
      Pearland, TX 
       (6.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Richard Johnigan is an Otolaryngologist in Pearland, Texas. Dr. Johnigan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Sinusitis, Empyema, Perichondritis, Parathyroid Adenoma, and Thyroidectomy. Dr. Johnigan is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology
      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology

      Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, PLLC

      16100 S Fwy, 
      Pearland, TX 
       (6.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Sumanth Daram is a Gastroenterologist in Pearland, Texas. Dr. Daram is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Intestinal Cancer, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology
      Advanced in Painful Swallowing
      Gastroenterology

      Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, PLLC

      444 Fm 1959 Rd, Suite A, 
      Houston, TX 
       (6.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Shahid Ali is a Gastroenterologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Ali is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Gastrectomy, and Gastrostomy.

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      Last Updated: 10/30/2025

      What is the definition of Painful Swallowing?

      Painful swallowing is any pain or discomfort while swallowing. You may feel it high in the neck or lower down behind the breastbone. Most often, the pain feels like a strong sensation of squeezing or burning. Painful swallowing may be a symptom of a serious disorder.

      When should I see a Painful Swallowing doctor near Pearland, TX?

      There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

      • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
      • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
      • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
      • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
      • You want a second opinion.  

      What should I consider when choosing a Painful Swallowing doctor near Pearland, TX?

      It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

      How does MediFind rank Painful Swallowing doctors near Pearland, TX?

      MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

      What types of insurance are accepted by Painful Swallowing doctors near Pearland, TX?

      Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

      How can I book an appointment online with a Painful Swallowing doctor near Pearland, TX?

      MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Painful Swallowing doctor search results page. 

      Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Painful Swallowing doctor?

      Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

      How can I prepare for my appointment with a Painful Swallowing doctor near Pearland, TX?

      Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

      • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
      • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
      • Family history of disease 
      • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
      • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
      • List of questions and concerns 
      • Your insurance card 

      You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

      What questions should I ask my Painful Swallowing doctor?

      Here are some sample questions: 

      • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
      • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
      • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
      • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
      • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

      How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Painful Swallowing doctor may know about?

      MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

      MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

      Can I filter my search to show male or female Painful Swallowing doctors near Pearland, TX?

      Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Painful Swallowing doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

      Can I filter my search to find a Painful Swallowing doctor that offers video calls?

      Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Painful Swallowing doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

      Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

      By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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