Southwest Surgical Associates

What Southwest Surgical Associates does

Southwest Surgical Associates is a private, multi-specialty surgical practice headquartered in Stafford, Texas, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The firm was founded in 1996 and operates through seven distributed office locations covering Southwest Houston, Sugarland, Katy, Memorial City, Downtown, Pearland, and Cypress. It employs 19 board-certified surgeons, many holding FACS (Fellow of the American College of Surgeons) and FASCRS (Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons) credentials, organized across general surgery, colorectal surgery, breast surgery, bariatric surgery, and endocrine surgery subspecialties.

The practice delivers a portfolio of approximately 21 surgical and diagnostic services spanning hernia repair, gallbladder removal, thyroidectomy, adrenalectomy, mastectomy, lumpectomy, liver resection, Nissen fundoplication, complex wound care, bariatric procedures, colonoscopy, fissurectomy, hemorrhoid banding, and pelvic floor testing. Advanced surgical techniques are a stated capability focus, including robotic-assisted surgery for general and colorectal procedures and minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery across multiple service lines. Operational infrastructure is built on eClinicalWorks (eCW) for electronic medical records and patient portal, and LeadingReach for online appointment booking — both third-party SaaS integrations rather than proprietary platforms.

Commercially, Southwest Surgical Associates operates a direct-to-consumer, fee-for-service model. Patients are acquired primarily through the practice website (southwestsurgical.com), search-driven digital channels, and physician referrals, with revenue generated per procedure via billing to patients and accepted insurance plans. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and prospective patients are directed to contact the office for cost information. The firm is independently operated with no disclosed parent company, no external investors, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no public-company filings — a structural profile typical of a stable community practice rather than a venture-backed or PE-backed healthcare asset.

Name

Southwest Surgical Associates

Legal name

Southwest Surgical Associates

Website

https://southwestsurgical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Southwest Surgical Associates is a private, multi-location general and colorectal surgical practice serving the Greater Houston area with 19 board-certified surgeons across seven offices and 21 surgical and diagnostic procedures.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

General Surgery Practice

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (6211), Outpatient Care Centers (6214), Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) (HLAFAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Endoscopy & GI Procedure Centers (HLAFAIAE)

Keywords

• General surgery services
• Colorectal surgery
• Bariatric surgery
• Robotic surgery
• Hernia repair

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Surgical Services: Fee-for-service surgical procedures including hernia surgery, colorectal surgery, bariatric surgery, breast surgery, gallbladder removal, thyroid surgery, and other general surgical procedures. Revenue is generated through one-time surgical procedures billed to patients and insurance providers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Southwest Surgical Associates is a multi-location surgical practice based in the Greater Houston, Texas area, providing general, colorectal, bariatric, breast, and hernia surgery through a team of approximately 19 board-certified surgeons. The practice operates across several office locations and affiliated hospitals, delivering inpatient and outpatient surgical care with advanced minimally invasive and robotic-assisted techniques.

Product overview

Southwest Surgical Associates is a general and colorectal surgical practice serving the Greater Houston area with multiple locations. The practice operates as a unified offering of surgical and diagnostic medical services rather than a software platform. Their portfolio includes 21 distinct surgical and diagnostic services spanning general surgery, colorectal procedures, breast surgery, bariatric surgery, and advanced surgical techniques including laparoscopic and robotic surgery approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Surgery Inpatient and outpatient general surgical procedures, including hernia repair, gallbladder surgery, and abdominal surgery, delivered by board-certified surgeons for adult patients in the Greater Houston area.
• Colorectal Surgery

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Surgery Partners: U.S. owner and operator of short-stay surgical facilities and ambulatory surgery centers across multiple specialties — directly comparable multi-specialty ASC focus.
• Surgical Specialty Center of Houston: Houston-area multi-specialty ambulatory surgical center offering general, GI and specialty outpatient procedures; direct submarket competitor in the same geography.
• Surgical Affiliates (US Acute Care Solutions): National physician group providing surgicalist and acute care surgery programs at hospitals; comparable model of multi-location employed/affiliated surgical practice at scale.
• Texas Surgical Associates: Texas-based independent general/colorectal surgical practice group; highly comparable business model, subspecialty mix and physician-practice structure to Southwest Surgical Associates.

Emerging players

• Privia Health Group: Physician enablement platform supporting multi-specialty medical groups with technology, payer contracting and population health tooling; analogous model for taking independent practices to scale.

Regional players

• Kelsey-Seybold Clinic: Large Houston-area multi-specialty physician group providing general surgery and select surgical subspecialties; same geography, multi-specialty practice model.

Broad incumbents

• Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group: Houston Methodist's employed multi-specialty surgical group; competes head-to-head on physician recruitment and patient referrals across the same Houston submarkets.
• United Surgical Partners International (USPI / Tenet): Largest U.S. operator of ambulatory surgery centers jointly owned with Tenet Healthcare; competes for the same multi-specialty outpatient surgical demand in Houston.
• Memorial Hermann Surgical Group: Affiliated physician group of Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston; overlapping general, colorectal and bariatric surgery capability backed by system-level infrastructure.
• HCA Houston Healthcare: Large Houston-area hospital system with affiliated outpatient surgery and surgical specialty programs competing on referrals and payer contracts across all of Southwest Surgical's service lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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