Dr. Steve Alley, MD

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Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Steve Alley, who serves patients in Houston, Texas.

A prominent pediatrician, Dr. Alley works with patients at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

Founded in 1925, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (TMC) is the primary teaching hospital for the McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). It provides leading-edge care in heart, neuroscience, orthopedics, women’s health, general surgery, organ transplantation and much more.

In regards to his educational background, Dr. Alley graduated with his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1996, and completed his residency in pediatrics at the same educational venue in 1999.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends individuals be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. Pediatricians provide medical care to people ranging in age from newborns to young adults. They are trained to examine, diagnose, and treat children with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses through all of their developmental stages, as they grow and mature.

Among his various accolades, Dr. Alley has been the recipient of the Patients’ Choice Award (2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008), Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2014, 2013, 2011, 2010), Top 10 Doctor – Metro Area (2014), and Top 10 Doctor – City (2014).

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