2727 W. Holcombe Blvd.,
Houston,
TX
77025
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About the Provider
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Education & Board Certification
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Professional Associations
Walter Alomar, MD, FAAPMR, completed a combined graduate program at the University of Puerto Rico, earning his medical and law degrees in 2014. He completed a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at New York University in 2018, followed by a Sports Medicine fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, in 2019. He was medical student director and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan for 4 years (from 2019 to 2023). Dr. Alomar joined Kelsey-Seybold in January 2024.
Dr. Alomar specializes in non-surgical treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions such as knee, hip, shoulder, elbow and other joint pain, fractures, osteoarthritis, tendon disorders, and sports injuries. His clinical scope of practice includes ultrasound-guided and interventional spine procedures. Dr. Alomar’s favorite part of practicing medicine is seeing his patients recover to their prior level of function, activity, and quality of life.
Awards & Publications
Publications
- Regenerative Medicine for the Hip. Regenerative Medicine for Spine and Joint Pain, Grant Cooper, Joseph Herrera, Jason Kirkbride, Zachary Perlman, Springer, 2020.
- Alomar-Jimenez, W, Fry A, Miranda-Comas G: Exercise Prescription. Essential Sports Medicine, Miranda-Comas G: Cooper G: Herrera J: Curtis S. Springer, 2021. 2nd Edition
- Walter Alomar-Jimenez: Table Tennis. Sports Coverage: The Handbook for the Sports Medicine Clinician, Gerardo Miranda-Comas, William Micheo, Joseph Herrera, Priya Patel, Springer, 2021.
- Walter Alomar-Jimenez, Gerardo Miranda-Comas: Medicolegal and Ethical Concerns. Sports Coverage: The Handbook for the Sports Medicine Clinician, Springer, 2021.
- Walter Alomar-Jimenez, Adam Fry, Gerardo Mirando-Comas: Exercise Prescription. Essential Sports Medicine.
- Alomar-Jimenez, Walter: The Use of Platelet Rich Plasma for Patellar Tendinopathy: A Case Report, AAP Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2018.
- Walter Alomar-Jimenez, Jonathan Ramin, Stuart Kahn: Treating C1-C2 Facet Arthropathy with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP): A Case Report, AAPM&R Annual Assembly, San Antonio, TX, 2019.
- J Devnney, A. Lewno, W Alomar-Jimenez: Use of pulse RFA for post-operative Lateral Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve Pain, American Medical Society Sports Medicine, Annual Meeting, 2021.
- Mattson LM, Alomar-Jimenez W, Hearn SL.: An Atypical Presentation of Hirayama Disease With Lower Limb Myelopathic Symptoms Only Am J Phys Med Rehabil 100(12): e191-e193, 2021. 34267058
- Kohns, David J.; Jimenez, Walter Alomar; Chandran, SriKrishna; Chiodo, Anthony E.; Yarjanian, John A.; Geisser, Michael E.: Improving resident confidence with a low-cost interventional spine course Interventional Pain Medicine 1(4): 100151, 2022.
Hobbies & Interests
Dr. Alomar has had a longtime passion for table tennis. In fact, he received a full scholarship to compete in the varsity table tennis team at the University of Puerto Rico, where he earned his Bachelor of Science.
Medical School
- University of Puerto Rico, 2014
Internship/Residency
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency: New York University, 2018; Sports Medicine fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2019
Board Certifications
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Certification of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine (CAQSM)
Dr. Alomar is a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and the Association of Academic Physiatrists and is certified in Registered MSK Ultrasound.
Locations
River Oaks Clinic
2040 W. Gray St., Suites 120 and 200,
Houston,
TX
77019