Rabah Qadir, MD, is an experienced, board-certified orthopedic trauma surgeon at The Taller Institute, The Woodlands Sports Medicine Centre in The Woodlands, Texas.
Dr. Qadir provides emergency trauma care to severely injured patients. He has served as Orthopaedic Trauma Director, and Chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, guiding the facility in achieving Level 2 trauma recognition.
In providing trauma care to patients, Dr. Qadir has inserted intramedullary nails in over 1,000 patients for acute fractures and chronic deformities and leg length discrepancies. HIs trauma practice has naturally been able to accommodate those who seek surgical height correction with an intramedullary nailing procedure for cosmetic purposes.
Dr. Qadir earned his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated with honors while participating in varsity lacrosse and football at the Division 1 level, including an NCAA national championship lacrosse team. Dr. Qadir received his medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, earning numerous awards, including the E. Edward McCool Jr. Award for top surgery student, and induction into the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Honor Society.
He continued residency training in orthopedic surgery at Boston University Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Louisiana. There, he trained under team doctors for the New Orleans Pelicans and the New Orleans Saints.
Dr. Qadir completed an orthopedic trauma fellowship at world-renowned R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland, which is the only freestanding trauma hospital in the country. It houses the oldest, most distinguished fellowship of its kind.
He’s an active member of AO Trauma, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association. He’s authored numerous peer-reviewed journal article publications and presented his work locally, nationally, and internationally while earning numerous academic awards.
Dr. Qadir welcomes patients to The Taller Institute and looks forward to helping them reach new heights!
