Hesham Abdelfattah, MD
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

- About Me
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Clinical Interests
- Surgery of the hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, shoulder
- Fractures
- Arthritis
- Peripheral nerve surgery
- Joint replacement
- Tendinitis
- Arthroscopy
- Microsurgery
- Nerve injuries in the upper extremity
- Arthritis in the upper extremity
- Upper extremity trauma
Research Interests
- Upper extremity trauma
- Peripheral nerve disorders
- Education, Training & Credentials
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Educational Background
- Fellowship, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, The Philadelphia Hand Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
- Fellowship, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, 2016
- Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 2014
- MD, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX/El Paso, TX, 2009
Certifications
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Hand Surgery
Memberships
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American Association for Hand Surgery
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Publications
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Sedney, CL, Daffner, SD, Stefanko, JJ, Abdelfattah, H, France, JC, Emery, SE. Fracture of fusion mass after hardware removal in patients with high sagittal imbalance. J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Dec 18: 1-5
Pirela-Cruz, MA, Higgs, M, Reddy, K, Abdelfattah, H, Camerron, C, Hakim, N. Treatment of a Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Ulna with a Fully Constrained Prosthesis. El Paso Physician Vol. 31:3.2008
Gaspar MP, Abdelfattah HM, Welch IW, Vosbikian MM, Kane PM, Rekant MS. Recurrent cubital tunnel syndrome treated with revision neurolysis and amniotic membrane nerve wrapping. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016 Dec;25(12):2057-2065. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.09.013.
PMID:27751716Gaspar MP, Kho JY, Kane PM, Abdelfattah HM, Culp RW. Orthogonal Plating with Corrective Osteotomy for Treatment of Distal Radius Fracture Malunion. Journal of Hand Surgery American; 2017;42(1):e1-e10. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.10.012