Dr. Jenna Sassie grew up in the suburbs north of Houston and graduated from New Caney High School. She obtained her undergraduate chemistry degree from Sam Houston State University with honors and then moved to Houston to attend the University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now McGovern Medical School). Dr. Sassie knew she had an interest in surgery and women’s healthcare early in high school while volunteering at a local hospital in Kingwood, TX. She completed her obstetrics and gynecologic training with the Houston Methodist OB/GYN residency program, where she earned multiple awards including resident teaching awards, the Joseph A. Lucci chief of the year, chief resident of the year and the AAGL minimally invasive surgeon award.
Dr. Sassie is a junior fellow in the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a member of the Houston Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, and a member of the AAGL. She has an interest in education and resident teaching. During medical school and residency, she completed abstracts involving Medicaid eligibility and gynecologic oncology. She also contributed to the Case Files Obstetrics and Gynecology textbook. Dr. Sassie is board certified in OB/GYN and looks forward to expanding her practice by caring for women in the Houston area.