<PAGE>

     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2002
                                                 Registration No. 333-__________

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                      ------------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             Registration Statement
                        Under the Securities Act of 1933

                      ------------------------------------

                                 SURGICARE, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          DELAWARE                                     58-1597246
(State or other jurisdiction                        (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or                         Identification Number)
        organization)


12727 KIMBERLY LANE, SUITE 200                      CHARLES S. COHEN
    HOUSTON, TEXAS 77024                     12727 KIMBERLY LANE, SUITE 200
       (713) 973-6675                             HOUSTON, TEXAS 77024
(Address, including zip code, and                    (713) 973-6675
 telephone number, including               (Name, address, including zip code,
 area code, of registrant's                  and telephone number, including
principal executive offices)                area code, of agent for service)


                    Thomas C. Pritchard Consulting Agreement
                            (Full Title of the Plans)

                                -----------------

                                    COPY TO:

                               Thomas C. Pritchard
                            Brewer & Pritchard, P.C.
                           Three Riverway, Suite 1800
                              Houston, Texas 77056
                              Phone (713) 209-2950
                               Fax (713) 659-2430

                                -----------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
==================================================================================================================================

           TITLE OF                                         PROPOSED MAXIMUM           PROPOSED MAXIMUM           AMOUNT OF
       SECURITIES TO BE               AMOUNT BEING           OFFERING PRICE                AGGREGATE            REGISTRATION
          REGISTERED                 REGISTERED(1)            PER SHARE(2)             OFFERING PRICE(2)             FEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                      <C>                       <C>                      <C>
Common Stock, par value
$0.005 per share................        8,620                    $2.00                     $17,240                  $1.59
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TOTAL                                                                                                               $1.59
==================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

                                 ------------

(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
      number of shares of the issuer's Common Stock registered hereunder will be
      adjusted in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
      transactions.
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
      registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), on the basis of the high and low
      prices of the Common Stock as reported by the American Stock Exchange on
      March 8, 2002.


<PAGE>

                                     PART II
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents filed by Surgicare, Inc. ("Company" or
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated in
this Form S-8 by reference:

         1. The Company's annual report for the fiscal year end December 31,
2000;

         2. All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") since the end of
the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (1) above; and

         3. The description of the Company common stock which is contained in
the registration statement or amendment to any registration statement filed
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating the description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement that indicate that all
shares of common stock offered have been sold or that deregister all of the
shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and to be a part of it from the date of filing of the
documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         Thomas Pritchard is a principal of Brewer & Pritchard, P.C. and has
received 8,620 shares of Company common stock pursuant to this registration
statement.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company
has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities
they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act. The Company's by-laws require the Company to indemnify its directors and
executive officers, and permit the Company to indemnify its other officers,
employees and other agents, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

         The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration
Statement:

<PAGE>

EXHIBIT NO.             IDENTIFICATION OF EXHIBIT
--------------------------------------------------

  4.1(1)         -- Certificate of Designation, Powers, Preferences and
                    Rights of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock

  4.2(1)         -- Common Stock Specimen

  5.1(2)         -- Opinion Regarding Legality

 10.1(2)         -- Thomas C. Pritchard Consulting Agreement

 23.1(2)         -- Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 23.2(2)         -- Consent of Weinstein Spira & Company, independent public
                    accountants

---------------------

 (1)   Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's Registration Statement on
       Form 10-SB on August 20, 1999.
 (2)   Filed with this Form S-8.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

      (a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

           (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
               made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               i.   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
                    the Securities Act;

               ii.  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                    after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or
                    the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                    individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
                    change in the information set forth in the Registration
                    Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
                    decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
                    dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
                    which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
                    and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
                    in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
                    to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
                    and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
                    maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
                    "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                    registration statement; and

               iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan
                    of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
                    statement or any material change to such information in the
                    registration statement.

                    Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (ii) do not
                    apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form
                    S-8, and the information required to be included in a
                    post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                    periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
                    by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                    Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
                    registration statement.

           (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
               Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
               deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the

<PAGE>

               securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
               at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering
               thereof.

           (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
               amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.

      (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 25th day of February
2002.

                              SURGICARE, INC.


                              By: //s// DAVID BLUMFIELD
                                  ----------------------------------
                                  David Blumfield, Co-Chief Executive Officer


                          ----------------------------

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                           TITLE                                       DATE
---------                           -----                                       ----

<S>                                 <C>                                         <C>
//s//  DAVID BLUMFIELD              Chairman, President, and                    February 25, 2002
--------------------------          Co-Chief Executive Officer
David Blumfield


//s//   CHARLES COHEN               Director, Co-Chief Executive                February 25, 2002
--------------------------          Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Charles Cohen


//s//  ROBERT HORN                  Director and Chief Financial Officer        February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Robert Horn


//s//  JEFFREY PENSO                Director and Vice President                 February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Jeffrey Penso


//s//  SHERMAN NAGLER               Director and Secretary                      February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Sherman Nagler


//s// MICHAEL MINEO                 Director and Treasurer                      February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Michael Mineo


//s//  BRUCE MILLER                 Director                                    February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Bruce Miller


//s//  JAMES DIRE                   Director                                    February 25, 2002
--------------------------
James Dire

</TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2002
                                                 Registration No. 333-__________

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                      ------------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             Registration Statement
                        Under the Securities Act of 1933

                      ------------------------------------

                                 SURGICARE, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          DELAWARE                                     58-1597246
(State or other jurisdiction                        (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or                         Identification Number)
        organization)

12727 KIMBERLY LANE, SUITE 200                      CHARLES S. COHEN
    HOUSTON, TEXAS 77024                     12727 KIMBERLY LANE, SUITE 200
       (713) 973-6675                             HOUSTON, TEXAS 77024
(Address, including zip code, and                    (713) 973-6675
 telephone number, including               (Name, address, including zip code,
 area code, of registrant's                  and telephone number, including
principal executive offices)                area code, of agent for service)

                    Thomas C. Pritchard Consulting Agreement
                            (Full Title of the Plans)

                                -----------------

                                    COPY TO:

                               Thomas C. Pritchard
                            Brewer & Pritchard, P.C.
                           Three Riverway, Suite 1800
                              Houston, Texas 77056
                              Phone (713) 209-2950
                               Fax (713) 659-2430

                                -----------------
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
==================================================================================================================================

           TITLE OF                                         PROPOSED MAXIMUM           PROPOSED MAXIMUM           AMOUNT OF
       SECURITIES TO BE               AMOUNT BEING           OFFERING PRICE                AGGREGATE            REGISTRATION
          REGISTERED                 REGISTERED(1)            PER SHARE(2)             OFFERING PRICE(2)             FEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par value
$0.005 per share................        8,620                    $2.00                     $17,240                  $1.59
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TOTAL                                                                                                               $1.59
==================================================================================================================================
------------

(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
      number of shares of the issuer's Common Stock registered hereunder will be
      adjusted in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
      transactions.
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
      registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), on the basis of the high and low
      prices of the Common Stock as reported by the American Stock Exchange on
      March 8, 2002.
PART II
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents filed by Surgicare, Inc. ("Company" or
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated in
this Form S-8 by reference:

         1. The Company's annual report for the fiscal year end December 31,
2000;

         2. All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") since the end of
the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (1) above; and

         3. The description of the Company common stock which is contained in
the registration statement or amendment to any registration statement filed
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating the description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement that indicate that all
shares of common stock offered have been sold or that deregister all of the
shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and to be a part of it from the date of filing of the
documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         Thomas Pritchard is a principal of Brewer & Pritchard, P.C. and has
received 8,620 shares of Company common stock pursuant to this registration
statement.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company
has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities
they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act. The Company's by-laws require the Company to indemnify its directors and
executive officers, and permit the Company to indemnify its other officers,
employees and other agents, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

         The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration
Statement:
EXHIBIT NO.             IDENTIFICATION OF EXHIBIT
--------------------------------------------------

  4.1(1)         -- Certificate of Designation, Powers, Preferences and
                    Rights of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock

  4.2(1)         -- Common Stock Specimen

  5.1(2)         -- Opinion Regarding Legality

 10.1(2)         -- Thomas C. Pritchard Consulting Agreement

 23.1(2)         -- Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 23.2(2)         -- Consent of Weinstein Spira & Company, independent public
                    accountants

---------------------

 (1)   Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's Registration Statement on
       Form 10-SB on August 20, 1999.
 (2)   Filed with this Form S-8.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

      (a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

           (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
               made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               i.   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
                    the Securities Act;

               ii.  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                    after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or
                    the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                    individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
                    change in the information set forth in the Registration
                    Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
                    decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
                    dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
                    which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
                    and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
                    in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
                    to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
                    and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
                    maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
                    "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                    registration statement; and

               iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan
                    of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
                    statement or any material change to such information in the
                    registration statement.

                    Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (ii) do not
                    apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form
                    S-8, and the information required to be included in a
                    post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                    periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
                    by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                    Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
                    registration statement.

           (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
               Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
               deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
               at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering
               thereof.

           (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
               amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.

      (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 25th day of February
2002.

                              SURGICARE, INC.

                              By: //s// DAVID BLUMFIELD
                                  ----------------------------------
                                  David Blumfield, Co-Chief Executive Officer

                          ----------------------------

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
SIGNATURE                           TITLE                                       DATE
---------                           -----                                       ----
//s//  DAVID BLUMFIELD              Chairman, President, and                    February 25, 2002
--------------------------          Co-Chief Executive Officer
David Blumfield

//s//   CHARLES COHEN               Director, Co-Chief Executive                February 25, 2002
--------------------------          Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Charles Cohen

//s//  ROBERT HORN                  Director and Chief Financial Officer        February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Robert Horn

//s//  JEFFREY PENSO                Director and Vice President                 February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Jeffrey Penso

//s//  SHERMAN NAGLER               Director and Secretary                      February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Sherman Nagler

//s// MICHAEL MINEO                 Director and Treasurer                      February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Michael Mineo

//s//  BRUCE MILLER                 Director                                    February 25, 2002
--------------------------
Bruce Miller

//s//  JAMES DIRE                   Director                                    February 25, 2002
--------------------------
James Dire