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Matthew R. Greives, MD, is the Thomas D. Cronin Chair of Plastic Surgery and an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
He serves as the chief of plastic surgery for Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, and Harris Health’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. Dr. Greives joined UTHealth Houston as an assistant professor of pediatric plastic surgery in 2014 in the Department of Pediatric Surgery. He is the Director of the Texas Cleft-Craniofacial Team, one of the largest and longest running cleft teams in the state of Texas. He also is the director of the Vascular Anomalies Program at UTHealth Houston, a program that he helped found in 2014.
Dr. Greives completed his undergraduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis where he majored in biochemistry. As an undergraduate, he competed on the varsity swimming team, earning All American status in 2001. He then attended NYU School of Medicine, spending 4 years working in the Laboratory for Microvascular Research and Tissue Engineering before graduating with honors in 2007.
Following his graduation, he joined the integrated plastic surgery residency at the University of Chicago. During his chief year, he completed a clinical elective in ear reconstruction with Dr. Francoise Firmin in Paris. His fellowship in craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery was completed at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. As faculty at UTHealth Houston, he received his masters of science in clinical research from McGovern Medical School through the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine in 2019.
Dr. Greives is board certified in plastic surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. His clinical interests include cleft lip and palate care and surgery, craniosynostosis, orthognathic surgery, neonatal airway surgery, vascular anomalies, pediatric burn reconstruction, craniofacial distraction and ear reconstruction. He was named Houston Business Journal “40 under 40” in 2018 as well as a Health Care Hero Rising Star that same year. He has been consistently recognized by Houstonia Magazine and Texas Monthly Magazine as a “Top Doc” for the past few years. Most recently, he was listed as a 2021 Top Doctor by Houstonia Magazine for plastic and reconstructive surgery. Here at UTHealth Houston, he has been awarded the Dean’s Teaching Award every year he has been in practice.
Away from the Texas Medical Center, Dr. Greives remains active and enjoys swimming and biking around the city. He is an avid fan of food, always ready to try out new recipes or even better, the many new restaurants that Houston has to offer.
All patient experience ratings and comments are submitted by actual patients and are received and validated by a leading independent survey company, NRC Health.
We love Dr Greives!
I like that the doctors were very, they cared about my daughter's feelings. They understood, you know, her reasons for it. The doctors seemed very helpful, very understanding. They both were very good at explaining things and making sure that my daughter was comfortable and just the way that things were going to go if the insurance approved the surgery. Overall, I had a great experience and so did my daughter.
I appreciated that I did not have to wait a long time to be seen and did not have to wait long to see the doctor. We were in and out and I loved that.
I felt like the doctor was questioning why we were even being seen and annoyed we were wasting his time. He spent less than 2 minutes in the room after we spent an hour waiting to be seen. The PA was very friendly, the doctor seemed he is a great doctor outside of the rushed demeanor. I think our case was not worth his time.
My family was in and out of the office quick. I will say I really like the sign they have up in the waiting room which was " if you have not been called within 45 minutes please notify the staff "... personally I never seen that in a office waiting room I thought that was very thoughtful of them to have a sign stating that in there office!!!
Everything was very good, thank you for your attention, very good service.
Dr. Greives is amazing. He is so caring and really evaluated my son. He made conversation and built a relationship with him.
This visit felt different from most of our cleft visits. It seemed so, and I didn't know if the team was running behind. It felt kind of like the provider, who we've known since before [...] was born, had a little less patience than usual. Spoke mostly to my husband and some to me. I don't think [...] understood what was going on, and she was nervous about this visit. I appreciate and take the perspective that [...] has not had as many surgeries, and I did appreciate this reminder in a way that was straightforward and helped a bit. Also, she's [...], and before she was a toddler the last time she had surgery. So, yeah, she's gonna be gonna have some feelings about it, and mentioning the drama ain't helpful. So, I wonder if the cleft team was maybe running behind, because usually the demeanor is much more calm. We will make sure she's prepared; we've already begun the conversation well before this visit since it was broached in [...][...], our last cleft clinic visit. We love Dr. Greives, [...], and I guess the residents (whose names we never knew), so I'm just gonna chalk it up to it being a long day for all of us (our family and providers). A mom first and a [...] second will mention any concerns of this nature at the moment because we are all adults, and everyone can be [...] at times. So, it wasn't the worst I've ever witnessed as a patient or a parent. Let me say they are usually a 10/10, but this was like a meh 7 or 8 out of 10. Also, trust me that you need to convey the pertinent info even if my kid is vying for an Oscar so I want that, and also that kiddo is mine EGO track and all. Just being honest and love you all still as her team and doctors.