UT Physicians Women's Center - Bellaire Station — An Honest Editorial Review

4.8 stars / 193 reviews. UT Physicians Women's Center - Bellaire Station is the Bellaire, TX outpatient OB/GYN office of UT Physicians, the clinical practice group of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston). It sits inside the larger UT Physicians Bellaire Station multispecialty campus on the West Loop, directly adjacent to Bellaire's southwest Houston corridor. This editorial is written for fertility-curious patients trying to understand what this academic OB/GYN practice does, what it does not do, and where Houston's reproductive-endocrinology (REI) specialists fit in within the broader landscape of fertility clinics in Texas.

This is an academic general OB/GYN and maternal-fetal medicine practice, not a reproductive-endocrinology and infertility (REI) clinic. That distinction matters if you are specifically searching for in vitro fertilization, and we unpack it below.

About the Practice

UT Physicians is the faculty practice plan of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, one of the nation's largest academic medical centers. The corporate entity "UT Physicians" is registered under NPI 1114355617, a multi-specialty group with its administrative hub at 6700 West Loop South in Bellaire — the same Bellaire Station campus that houses this Women's Center. The organization operates dozens of outpatient clinics across the Houston metro, each affiliated with McGovern faculty who also teach residents and fellows and admit to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.

The Bellaire Station Women's Center is specifically positioned as an academic OB/GYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) office for patients in southwest Houston and Bellaire. Providers who have publicly practiced at this location across recent years include:

Sandra M. Hurtado, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology; Assistant Professor and Vice Chair of Gynecologic Clinical Research, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Pamela A. Promecene, MD, FACOG — Obstetrics & Gynecology / Maternal-Fetal Medicine; Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at McGovern Medical School
Emma Qureshey, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology / Maternal-Fetal Medicine; Assistant Professor
Kelli Burroughs, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology
Andrea Baker, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kailey Caplan, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology
Angel Cho, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology
Danica Lapid, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology
Diana Racusin, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology / Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Olivia Dziadek, MD — Obstetrics & Gynecology

Academic faculty rotate across UT Physicians locations and between clinical, teaching, and research assignments. Verify current staffing and board certification through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) public lookup before your first visit.

Services Offered

UT Physicians Women's Center - Bellaire Station offers the breadth typical of an academic general OB/GYN office backed by a university department:

General obstetrics — prenatal care, delivery at Memorial Hermann in the Texas Medical Center, and postpartum care
Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) — high-risk pregnancy management, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, multiple gestations, prior preterm birth, advanced maternal age, and complex fetal diagnoses
Routine gynecology — annual well-woman exams, contraception counseling, cervical cancer screening, STI testing and treatment, menopause management
In-office diagnostics — pelvic ultrasound, colposcopy, endometrial biopsy
Preconception counseling — a particular strength at an academic center with MFM embedded in the practice
Coordination with subspecialty colleagues at other UT Physicians clinics, including urogynecology at the Texas Medical Center and Advanced Minimally Invasive Gynecology (AMIG) on the Bellaire Station campus

The Bellaire Station multispecialty campus also houses UT Physicians offices for heart and vascular care, endocrinology, general surgery, orthopedics, and healthy aging — which makes it convenient for patients with medical comorbidities that interact with pregnancy or fertility care.

Whether any given provider performs a basic infertility workup or IUI in-office is physician-specific. Some general OB/GYNs in academic practices routinely order day-3 labs, pelvic ultrasound for antral follicle count, hysterosalpingogram (HSG), and semen analysis coordination; others refer those steps out to a reproductive endocrinologist from the first visit. Ask directly at scheduling.

What This Location Is — and Isn't

UT Physicians Women's Center - Bellaire Station is not a SART-member IVF center. It does not appear in the SART Clinic Summary Report or the CDC ART clinic-level report — the two registries every U.S. clinic performing in vitro fertilization is legally required to participate in. If you need IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), egg retrieval, embryo transfer, donor-egg cycles, gestational carrier coordination, preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-A/M/SR), or egg freezing for fertility preservation, you will need a separate referral to a reproductive endocrinologist.

An important disambiguation: McGovern Medical School's own Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences publicly lists its divisions as General OB/GYN, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Fetal Intervention, Gynecologic Oncology, Genetic Counseling, Advanced Minimally Invasive Gynecology (AMIG), OB/Gyn Hospitalists, and Urogynecology. There is no REI division at McGovern Medical School in Houston. That is unusual for a department of this size, and it means UT Physicians OB/GYNs routinely refer fertility patients to outside Houston REI programs rather than to an in-network UT REI clinic. (The other UT campuses — UT Health San Antonio and UT Health Austin — do run REI programs, but those are separate institutions, not Houston-based.)

Houston is exceptionally rich in REI options regardless. Programs within Harris County and the surrounding metro include:

Houston Fertility Institute (HFI) / Aspire Fertility Houston — the longest continuously running ART program in the Southwest. See our Houston Fertility Institute editorial and Aspire Fertility Houston editorial.
CCRM Fertility Houston — part of the national CCRM network. See our CCRM Fertility Houston editorial.
New Hope Fertility Institute of Texas — Houston-based mini-IVF focus. See our New Hope Fertility Institute of Texas editorial.
Shady Grove Fertility — Shenandoah (The Woodlands / Spring) — national SGF network, north-metro location. See our Shady Grove Fertility editorial.
HART Fertility Clinic (The Woodlands / Conroe) — independent REI in north Houston. See our HART Fertility editorial.

You can compare the broader set at our Texas fertility-clinic directory.

Texas Insurance Context

Texas is not a fertility-mandate state. Texas law requires insurers that sell group coverage to offer IVF as a rider, but employers are not obligated to purchase it, and Texas Medicaid does not cover IVF. Most Houston-area patients pay out of pocket for IVF — typical self-pay ranges run $15,000–$25,000 per cycle before medications — unless they have an employer-sponsored fertility benefit through a carve-out administrator (Progyny, Carrot, Maven, WINFertility).

Where an academic OB/GYN like UT Physicians can help financially: the initial fertility workup — day-3 labs (FSH, LH, estradiol, AMH, TSH, prolactin), pelvic ultrasound for antral follicle count, HSG for tubal patency, semen analysis for the male partner — is frequently covered under standard medical benefits even when IVF is not. Having that workup complete before walking into an REI consult means the specialist starts with data, not blank lab slips. See our fertility insurance mandates guide and preconception health resources for a broader view.

Patient Experience

A 4.8 / 193 Google rating for an academic OB/GYN office is a strong signal at a scale where individual charting details still matter. Common praise themes in public feedback for UT Physicians clinics center on the depth of faculty expertise — MFM physicians who actually manage the high-risk piece rather than hand it off — and the convenience of the Bellaire Station multispecialty campus (parking is recommended at the rooftop level of the north garage to walk directly into the clinic). Recurring critiques mirror those at any academic faculty practice: scheduling lag behind private-practice pace, phone-tree friction, and occasional billing complexity when faculty, facility, and lab charges arrive on separate statements.

Rating volume is not a substitute for fit — and for fertility specifically, a Google rating tells you nothing about IVF outcomes, because this clinic does not perform IVF. Use SART and CDC ART data to compare REI programs; use Google reviews to gauge day-to-day OB/GYN experience.

When to Add a Clinical REI

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) both recommend a fertility workup after:

12 months of unprotected intercourse without pregnancy if you are under 35
6 months if you are 35 or older
Immediately, regardless of age, if you have known tubal disease, severe endometriosis, a history of two or more pregnancy losses, irregular or absent cycles, or a male partner with abnormal semen parameters

Move from your OB/GYN to a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist when any of the following are true:

Your workup identifies tubal disease, severe male factor, or diminished ovarian reserve
Three to six cycles of ovulation induction or IUI have not produced a pregnancy
You need IVF, PGT, donor gametes, a gestational carrier, or fertility preservation
Your age and diagnosis combine to make time-to-IVF clinically urgent (ASRM guidance favors earlier IVF for patients 38+)

See ASRM evaluation-of-infertility references on PubMed for the underlying evidence.

Considering At-Home Insemination?

Not every fertility journey begins in a clinic. At-home intracervical insemination (ICI) is a lower-cost, private option that suits patients with no known fertility diagnosis — including single parents by choice, same-sex couples, and people who want to try a few cycles before committing to clinical treatment.

At-home insemination kits like those from MakeAMom come with step-by-step instructions designed for donor or partner sperm. Kits are a one-time purchase that can be reused until conception succeeds, require no clinic visit, and arrive in plain, discreet packaging. Many patients use them as a first step while working toward a fertility consultation — or alongside ovulation tracking while they wait for an appointment slot in Houston's academic or private REI programs.

If you have a known fertility diagnosis, have been trying for 12 months without success (six months if you're over 35), or your physician has already recommended IUI or IVF, a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist is the right next step.

Location and Contact

Practice group: UT Physicians (faculty practice plan of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston)
Organizational NPI: 1114355617 (UT Physicians, 6700 West Loop S, Ste 520, Bellaire, TX 77401)
Clinic name: UT Physicians Women's Center - Bellaire Station
Address: 6700 West Loop South, Suite 450, Bellaire, TX 77401 (within the Bellaire Station multispecialty campus)
Phone: (713) 486-9300
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm; closed weekends
Parking tip: Park at the rooftop level of the north garage to walk directly into the clinic on the second floor
Parent website: utphysicians.com/clinic/ut-physicians-womens-center-bellaire-station
Delivering hospital: Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (primary UTHealth teaching hospital)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is UT Physicians Women's Center - Bellaire Station a fertility clinic? No. It is an academic OB/GYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine office run by McGovern Medical School faculty at UTHealth Houston. It does not perform IVF, egg retrieval, embryo transfer, PGT, donor gametes, gestational-carrier coordination, or fertility preservation. Some of its OB/GYNs may perform a basic infertility workup (day-3 labs, HSG, pelvic ultrasound, semen analysis coordination) and possibly ovulation induction or IUI — ask directly when you schedule. Anything beyond that is referred to a Houston-area REI program.

Does McGovern Medical School have its own REI clinic in Houston? No. McGovern's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences publicly lists divisions in General OB/GYN, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Fetal Intervention, Gynecologic Oncology, Genetic Counseling, Advanced Minimally Invasive Gynecology, OB/Gyn Hospitalists, and Urogynecology — but there is no REI division at the Houston campus. UT Physicians OB/GYNs therefore refer fertility patients to external Houston REI programs: Houston Fertility Institute / Aspire Fertility, CCRM Fertility Houston, New Hope Fertility Institute of Texas, Shady Grove Fertility in Shenandoah, or HART Fertility in The Woodlands / Conroe. (UT Health San Antonio and UT Health Austin run REI programs, but those are separate institutions.)

Does Texas insurance cover fertility treatments? Texas is not a fertility-mandate state. Texas law requires insurers that sell group coverage to offer IVF as a rider, but employers are not obligated to purchase it, and Texas Medicaid does not cover IVF. Diagnostic workup (labs, HSG, semen analysis, pelvic ultrasound) is often covered under standard medical benefits even when IVF treatment is not. Verify with your insurer before the workup and before any REI consultation.

Which hospital is affiliated with this clinic? UT Physicians faculty deliver primarily at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, the primary teaching hospital of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Individual physicians may hold additional privileges at other Memorial Hermann hospitals across the metro; confirm the specific delivery hospital directly with your chosen provider.

There are several UT Physicians Women's Centers in Houston — is this the same as "UT Physicians Women's Center - Southeast" or the TMC location? No. UT Physicians operates multiple OB/GYN Women's Centers across Houston (Texas Medical Center, Bellaire Station, Southeast, Memorial City, and others). They share a faculty roster that rotates between sites but operate as distinct clinics with different addresses and phone numbers. This editorial is specifically the Bellaire Station location at 6700 West Loop South, Suite 450.

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