Dr Abdelgawad, MD, MBA
Dr Abdelgawad, MD, MBA

Amr Abdelgawad, MD, MBA

 

ABOS certified orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in pediatric orthopedic, orthopedic trauma and limb lengthening and reconstruction.

 

 

Current Position: 

Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Services.

Maimonides Bone and Joint Center. Brooklyn, New York.

  • Attending Orthopedic Surgeon
  • Vice Chair of Orthopedic Clinical Programs
  • Director of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

 

 

Qualifications:

  • ABOS board certified (until 12/31/2026).
    • Step one in July 2016, passed with 97 percentile.
    • Step two in July 2015.
  • MBA (with concentration in health care management), Walden Univeristy, Oct, 2017, 4.0 gradauation.
  • Doctoral Degree (PhD) of Orthopedic Surgery, at Ain Shams University in Cairo November 2008.
  • Diploma of SICOT (Societe internationale de chirurgie orthopedique et de traumatologie) in September 2003.
  • Master Degree in Orthopedic Surgery at Ain Shams University in Cairo with grade Very Good in November 2001.
  • M.B.B.Ch. at Ain Shams University in Cairo with grade Excellent with honor in Feb 1998 (3rd out of a class of 500 students).

 

 

  • Professional Experience:

Period

(Month/year)

Appointment

Hospital/University

Department

July 2022 to current

Vice Chair of Orthopedic Clinical Programs, Director of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

Maimonides Medical Center

Orthopedic Department

Sept 2019 to current

Attending Orthopedic Surgeon

Maimonides Medical Center

Orthopedic Department

Feb 2017 to Aug 2019

Chair of Orthopedic Department

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Orthopedic Department

Feb 2016 to Feb 2017

Interim Chair of Orthopedic Department

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Orthopedic Department

Sep 2013 to Feb 2016

Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Orthopedic Department

Jan 2014 to March 2014

Acting chair of Orthopedic department

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Orthopedic Department

May 2012 – May 2017

Temporary Faculty

Graduate School of University of Texas at El Paso

College of Engineering

April 2009 to Aug 2013

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Orthopedic Department

March 09 to April 09

AO fellow

Inselspital

Orthopedic department in University of Bern

Nov 2008 to March 2009

Lecturer of Orthopedic Surgery

Ain Shams university Hospitals, Egypt

Department of Orthopedic, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams university

August 2008 to Nov 2008

Clinical fellowship

University Hospital Case Medical Center (Rainbow Babies and Children Hospital), Cleveland, OH

pediatric orthopedic/ pediatric spine

August 2007 to July 2008

Clinical fellowship

The University of Toledo medical center, OH

Orthopedic trauma

August 2006 to July 2007

Clinical fellowship

International center for limb lengthening, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD

Limb lengthening and reconstruction

August 2005 to July 2006

Clinical fellowship

NY Hospital for Joint Diseases

Pediatric Orthopedic

Dec 02 to to Aug 05

 

Assistant Lecturer

Ain Shams university Hospitals, Egypt

Orthopedic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University

Oct 04 to Jan 05

Observership

Campbell clinic, USA

Le Bonheur hospital

Feb 04 to May 04

Observership

Shizuoka Saiseikai General Hospital and Shizuoka prefecture children hospital, Japan

Orthopedic Surgery Department

Sep 02 to Nov 02

 

Demonstrator

Ain Shams university Hospitals, Egypt

Orthopedic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University

May 99 to Aug 02

 

Resident

Ain Shams university Hospitals, Egypt

Orthopedic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University

March 98 to Feb 99

 

Internship

Ain Shams university Hospitals

Egypt

General Medicine, General Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Anesthesia and Emergency, Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery

Sep 1991 to Dec 1997

Medical School

Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University

Egypt

Medical Diploma

(M.B.B.Ch)

 

 

 

Presentations:

  • “Antegrade flexible nailing for pediatric metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction distal radius fracture, is it safe?”. Aaron Lam, Adam M. Gordon, MD, Eric Roth, Ahmed Thabet Hagag, MD, Amr A. Abdelgawad. ePoster presentation, POSNA Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, April 2023.
  • “Preoperative MRI Delays Surgery In Pediatric Patients with Infectious Atraumatic Extremity Pain” Amr Abdelgawad, Ehab Saleh, Walid Kishta, Ahmed Thabet, oral presentation in the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association (MAOA) 40th Annual Meeting, Miramar Beach, Florida. April 2023
  • “Novel Technique For Surgical Repair Of Bilateral Brachmetatarsia” Ahmed M Thabet, Amr Abdelgawad, Amgas Haleem, MD, Pavel Gonzalez. Surgical video presentation, AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas, March 2023.
  • “How Does Alcohol Use Disorder Impact Outcomes and Costs Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation for Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures?” Arie Monas, Derrick Chadad, Ariel Rodriguez, Aaron Lam, Rushabh Vakharia, Amr Abdelgawad, Afshin Raz. Poster presentation, AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas, March 2023.
  • “Tourniquet Utilization During Achilles Tendon Repair Does Not Negatively Impact Tendon Excursion: A Biomechanical Cadaveric Analysis”. Aaron Lam, Rushabh Vakharia, Sam Swiggett, Amr Abdelgawad, Afshin Razi, Orry Erez. Poster presentation, AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas, March 2023.
  • “Antegrade flexible nailing for pediatric metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction distal radius fracture, is it safe?”. Aaron Lam, Adam M. Gordon, MD, Eric Roth, Ahmed Thabet Hagag, MD, Amr A. Abdelgawad. Poster presentation, AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas, March 2023.
  • “Risk Factors of Infectious Complications in Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Patients Following Spinal Arthrodesis”. Michael Miskiewicz, Sofia Hidalgo Perea, Matthew Magruder, Amr Abdelgawad, MD. Oral presentation at Neurology & Neurosurgery Research Conference at Brown Medical School. 2023
  • “Comparison of Patient Demographics and Risk of Surgical Site Infections Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Trimalleolar Ankle Fractures: A Nationwide Analysis of a Private Payor.” Ng, MK., Nian, P., Elali, F., Rodriguez, A., Abdelgawad, A., Razi, AE.  Accepted as E poster in New York State Society for Orthopaedic Surgeons (NYSSOS); September 2022, New York, NY.
  • “Trends in Total Ankle Arthroplasty and Fusion for Tibiotalar Osteoarthritis” Noorulain Paracha, Adem Idrizi, Adam M. Gordon, Aaron Lamm, Amr Abdelgawad, Afshin Razi. In-Person Presentation at the Annual Meeting at Western Orthopaedic Association, Maui, HI, August 2022
  • “Trends iaan Total Ankle Arthroplasty and Fusion for Tibiotalar Osteoarthritis” Noorulain Paracha, Adem Idrizi, Adam M. Gordon, Aaron Lamm, Amr Abdelgawad, Afshin Razi. E-Poster Presentation at Southern Orthopaedic Association 2022 Annual Meeting, West Virginia, July 2022. 
  • “Unroofing Osteotomy for Dissociated Tibial Intramedullary Magnetic Nail During Implant Removal: A Case Report.” Kyle Klahs, Christopher Castagno, Brianna Godinez, Ahmed Thabet Hagag, Amr Atef Abdelgawad. Poster presentation for the 14th Annual Research Symposium for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center of El Paso, April 2022.
  • “Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation for Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures.” Javier DeJesus Lugo, Sukhpreet Ahluwalia, Adam M. Gordon, Aaron W. Lam, Matthew L. Magruder, Rushabh M. Vakharia, Dr. Abdelgawad, Dr. Razi. Podium presentation in AAOS annual meeting, March 2022, Chicago, IL.
  • “Trends in Total Ankle Arthroplasty and Fusion for Tibiotalar Osteoarthritis.” Ivan Golub, Keith Diamond, Aaron Lam, Bhavya Sheth, Adam Gordon, Afshin Razi, Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation the COS (Clinical Orthopedic Society) annual meeting, Nov 2021, Nashville, TN.
  • “Association of Depressive Disorders Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation for Isolated Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures”. Aaron Lam, Ivan Golub, Asad Ashraf, Adam Gordon, Rushabh Vakharia, Afshin Razi, Kevin Kang, Amr Abdelgawad.  Podium presentation in the COS (Clinical Orthopedic Society) annual meeting, Nov 2021, Nashville, TN.
  • “Risk Factors for Infections Following Isolated Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures”. Ivan Golub, Mitchell Ng, Charles Conway, Aaron Lam 
    Adam Gordon, Afshin Razi, Kevin Kang, Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation in the COS (Clinical Orthopedic Society) annual meeting, Nov 2021, Nashville, TN.
  • “Adolescents with Lisfranc injury frequently have different pathology with higher incidence of proximal extension of the ligamentous disruption.” Abdelgawad A, El Abd A, Springer A, Thbaet M, Poster presentation in AOFAS annual meeting in Charlotte, NC in September 2021.
  • “Management of Chronic Radiocapitellar Joint Dislocation With Hexapod External Fixator”. Madison Craft; Rami Khalifa, MD, PhD; Ahmed Thabet Hagag, MD; Amr A. Abdelgawad, MD, PhD, MBA, FAAOS, in the Orthopaedic Video Theater, AAOS Annual Meeting September 2021, San Diego.
  • “Malpractice Lawsuits in Orthopaedic Trauma: A Critical Analysis of the Recent Literature.” Ahmed Thabet Hagag, MD; Rami Khalifa, MD, PhD; John J. Pisquiy, MD, MHA; Loc-Uyen Vo, MD; Amr A. Abdelgawad, MD, PhD, FAAOS; Thomas A. DeCoster, MD, FAAOS. Poster presentation AAOS Annual Meeting September 2021, San Diego.
  • “Open Ankle Fractures: Is Immediate Internal Fixation Safe?” John J. Pisquiy, MD, MHA; Rami Khalifa, MD, PhD; Griffin Biedron, MD; Reid Tompkins, MD Ahmed Elabd, MD; Amr A. Abdelgawad, MD, PhD, FAAOS. Podium presentation, AAOS Annual Meeting, September 2021 San Diego.
  • “Risk for Infections Following ORIF for Lateral Malleolar Ankle Fractures”. Eric Roth, Jordan Pasternack, Samuel Swiggett, Nicolas Richardson, Kevin Kang, Amr Abdelgawad. podium in Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society 2020.
  • “Management of a Displaced Adolescent Tibia Fracture Using Hexapod External Fixation”. Amr Abdelgawad, MD, MBA, Rami Khalifa, MD, Isaac Fernandez, MD, Madison Craft, BS, Ahmed Thabet-Hagag, MD, PhD. Video showcase, OTA annual conference 2020 (online)
  • “Open Ankle Fractures: Is Immediate Internal Fixation Safe?” Thabet A, Khalifa R, Abdelgawad A. recorded presentation in Western Orthopaedic Association meeting in 2020
  • “Post traumatic elbow construction” Thabet A, Khalifa R, Abdelgawad A. Case presentation. Controversies in Pediatric Limb Lengthening Reconstruction, Dallas, Feb 2020
  • “Mesh Plate as a Fixation Method for Patellar Fractures: A Report of 9 Cases” 4-minute Rapid Fire Presentation, annual meeting of Western Orthopaedic Association, Monterey, CA, Aug 2019.
  •  “Treatment of Open Distal Tibia Intraarticular Fractures (OTA/AO 43) with Circular External Fixators: Multicenter Report of 57 Cases”. Thabet A, Gerzina C, Prabhakar G, Abdelgawad A. poster presentation, AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV March 2019
  • “Treatment of Open Distal Tibia Intraarticular Fractures (OTA/AO 43) with Circular External Fixators: Multicenter Report of 57 Cases”. Thabet A, Abdelgawad A. Podium presentation in international forum of the OTA annual meeting, Orlando, October 2018.
  • “Intra-operative complications and failure of flexible nail fixation in pediatric forearm fractures”. Alam Z, Elabd A, Thabet A, Abdelgawad A. Poster presentation in the OTA annual meeting, Orlando, October 2018.
  • “Radial plate fixation of distal radius fracture”. Eric Potter, Chris Gerzina, Sherif Dabash, Isaac Fernandez, Ahmed Thabet, Miguel Cruz. Amr Abdelgawad. 39th Annual SICOT world congress, Montreal, Canada, Oct 2018.
  • “Treatment of Open Distal Tibia Intraarticular Fractures (OTA/AO 43) with Circular External Fixators: Multicenter Report of 57 Cases”. Thabet, Abdelgawad A. Podium presentation in LLRS Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, July 2018.
  • “New Technique for Tibiotalar Arthrodesis Using a New Intramedullary Nail Device” Sherif Dabash, MD; Emmanuel Eisenstein, MD; Amr Abdelgawad, MD. New Orleans, Podium presentation, AAOS annual meeting, AOFAS Specialty day, March 2018.
  • “Radial Plate Fixation of Distal Radius Fracture”. Potter E, Fernandez I, Gerzina C, Dabash S, Thabet A, Pirela-Cruz, M, Abdelgawad A. South Texas ACS Annual Meeting (Houston, 2018).
  • “Pediatric Snakebites: comparing patients in two geographic locations in the United States”   PN Chotai, JR Watlington, S Lewis, T Pyo, AA Abdelgawad, EY Huang. Podium presentation (QuickShot Presentation). 13th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, January 2018 in Jacksonville, FL.
  • Schneider P, Snodgrass P, Wey A, Dunn J, Kusnezov N, Abdelgawad A. Submuscular Bridge Plating for Pediatric Femur Fractures: A Systematic Review. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Research Symposium, El Paso, Texas, 2018.
  • "Management of Displaced Midshaft Clavicle Fractures in Adolescent Patients Using Intramedulllary Flexible Nails. A Case Series." ED Eisenstein, JJ Misenhimer, A Kotb, AM Thabet, AA Abdelgawad. ePoster in 38th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, 2017.
  • "New Technique for Tibiotalar Arthrodesis Using a New Intramedullary Nail Device: A Cadaveric Study." ED Eisenstein, M Rodriguez, AA Abdelgawad. ePoster in 38th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, 2017.
  • “The Impact of Acute Compartment Syndrome on the Outcome of Tibia Plateau Fracture". AM Thabet, JE Simson, C Gerzina, S Dabash, A Adler, AA Abdelgawad. ePoster in 38th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, 2017.
  • “Pelvic dissociation. Case presentation.” Kanlic E, Geer B and Abdelgawad A. Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology International Symposium at 9th BHAAAS Annual Meeting, Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May, 2017.
  • “Pelvic and acetabular fractures in elderly.” Kanlic E, Geer B and Abdelgawad A. Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology International Symposium at 9th BHAAAS Annual Meeting, Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May, 2017.
  • “Tight rope – (Endobutton) application in elbow and ankle injuries. Kanlic E, Geer B and Abdelgawad A. Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology International Symposium at 9th BHAAAS Annual Meeting, Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May, 2017.
  • “Open fractures, evidence based treatment protocols.” Kanlic E, Geer B and Abdelgawad A. Open fractures, evidence based treatment protocols.  Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology International Symposium at 9th BHAAAS Annual Meeting, Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May, 2017.
  • “Orthopedic residency training in North America.” Kanlic E, Geer B and Abdelgawad A. Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology International Symposium at 9th BHAAAS Annual Meeting, Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May, 2017.
  • “Development of Internal Bone Lengthener”. Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation in the AAOS/ORS Translating Orthopaedic Technologies into Clinical Practice: Pathways from Novel Idea to Improvements in Standard of Care Research Symposium”. Chicago, IL. May 2017.
  • “Bone Grafting via Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator for Nonunion of Open Gustilo-Anderson Type III Tibial Fractures Treated with Multiplanar External Fixator”. Thabet-Hagag A, Kusnezov N, Prabhakar G, Dallo M, Abdelgawad AA. Annual meeting of Texas Orthopedic Association, Dallas 2017.
  • “The Impact of Acute Compartment Syndrome on the Outcome of Tibia Plateau Fracture” Gerzina, Annual meeting of Texas Orthopedic Association, Dallas 2017
  • “Long Term Results of the Galveston Technique for Spinopelvic Fixation in Pediatric Spinal Deformity” Maged Hanna, MD, PhD; Amr Abdelgawad, MD; Connie Poe-Kochert, RN; Jochen Son-Hing, MD; Christina Hardesty, MD; George Thompson, MD. E-poster, EPOSNA annual meeting. Barcelona, Spain, May 2017.
  • “Assessment of the Adequacy of Orthopaedic Emergency Medicine Consultations: The Experience at an Academic Level One Trauma Center”. Kusnezov N, Amr Abdelgawad. SOMOS 2016. Squaw Creek Valley, CA.
  • “New Technique for Tibiotalar Arthrodesis Using a New Intramedullary Nail Device: A Cadaveric Study” Emmanuel D. Eisenstein, Mario Rodriguez, and Amr A. Abdelgawad. SOMOS 2016. Squaw Creek Valley, CA.
  • “Bone Grafting via Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator for Nonunion of Open Gustillo-Anderson Type III Tibial Fractures Treated with Multiplanar External Fixator”.  Nicholas Kusnezov MD,  Gautham Prabhakar BA, Matthew Dallo BS, Ahmed M. Thabet MD, Amr A. Abdelgawad. Podium presentation in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, Dec 2016.
  • “The Impact of Acute Compartment Syndrome on the Outcome of Tibia Plateau Fracture” Joshua Simson, BA; Chris Gerzina, BS; Ahmed Thabet-Hagag, MD;  Amr Abdelgawad, MD. Podium presentation in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, Dec 2016.
  •  “Management of Pediatric Tibial Nonunion following Osteotomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature”. Nicholas Kusnezov, MD, Emmanuel Eisenstein, MD, John C. Dunn, MD, Gautham Prabhakar, BA, Amr Abdelgawad, MD. Presented at the Pediatric Research Forum in Orlando, FL.  Sept 3, 2016.
  •  “Prelomi distalnog radiusa, spoljni fiksator”  Enes Kanlić, Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation at The Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS) meeting in May, 2016.
  • “Revizija proteze kuka kod “pelvic dissociation”, prikaz slučaja” Enes Kanlić, Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation at The Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS) meeting in May, 2016.
  • “Suprapatelarni pristup za intramedularnu fiksaciju potkoljenice, prikaz slučajeva” Enes Kanlić, Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation at The Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS) meeting in May, 2016.
  • “Intramedularni čavlovi u tretiranju preloma podlaktice” Enes Kanlić, Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation at The Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS) meeting in May, 2016.
  • Ortopedske povrede koje ugrožavaju život Enes Kanlić, Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation at The Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS) meeting in May, 2016.
  • “Dual Fixation of Calcaneal Tuberosity Avulsion with Concomitant Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Novel Hybrid Technique”. Gautham Prabhakar, Nicholas Kusnezov, Nicholas Rensing, Amr Abdelgawad. Poster Presentation at TTUHSC El Paso 2016 Research Colloquium.
  •  “New Technique for Obtaining Bone Graft Using Reamer Irrigator Aspirator by Retrograde Passage Through the Non Union Site in Cases of Distal Femur Non Union” Abdelgawad AA, Eisenstein E, Waterman B, Kanlic E. Oral presentation in SOMOS in St. Petersburg, FL. Dec 2015.
  • “Submuscular Bridge Plating For Pediatric Femur Fractures: A Systemic Review” Aaron Wei, Nickolas Kusnezov, John Dunn, Abdelgawad AA. Oral presentation in SOMOS in St. Petersburg, FL. Dec 2015.
  • “Ankle fracture fixation using intra medullary fibular nail in high risk patients”, Eisenstein E, Kuznesov N, Abdelgawad AA. Oral presentation in SOMOS in St. Petersburg, FL. Dec 2015.
  •  “Predictors of Persistent Pain after Distal Clavicle Fracture Fixation in an Active Military Population. Paul Lanier, Logan Koehler, Joshua Speirs, Amr Abdelgawad, Brian Waterman. Poster presentation at OTA Annual meeting, San Diego, Oct 2015.
  • “Development of Internal Bone Lengthener”. Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation in The Third Annual Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium at Washington, D.C., 2015.
  • “Outcomes of Trochanteric External Fixation for Geriatric Inter-trochanteric Hip Fractures” Chotai P, Ghazaly, Abdelgawad A. E-Poster presentation at the 36th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, in Guangzhou, China, from 17 to 19 September 2015.
  •  “Intramedullary Bone Graft Harvest using Reamer Irrigation Aspiration System” Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic E, Waterman B, Maxfield D, Davey S. Oral presentation in the AAOS annual meeting, Los Vegas, March 2015
  • “Outcomes of the Use of Percutaneous Iliosacral Screws in a Pediatric Population.” Abdelgawad AA, Davey S, Salmom J; Gurusamy P; Kanlic E. Podium presentation at  SOMOS annual meeting at Scottsdale, Arizona. December 2014.
  • “Outcomes of the Use of Percutaneous Iliosacral Screws in a Pediatric Population.” Abdelgawad AA, Davey S, Salmom J; Gurusamy P; Kanlic E.  POSTER presentation at “ONE AO” meeting, Las Vegas, February 2015.
  • “New Technique for Obtaining Bone Graft Using Reamer Irrigator Aspirator by Retrograde Passage Through the Non Union Site in Cases of Distal Femur Non Union” Abdelgawad AA, Eisenstein E, Waterman B, Kanlic E. Oral presentation in 15th Annual Rio Grande Trauma conference, Dec 2014.
  • “Post-operative infection after sinus tarsi approach for treatment of intra articular fractures of the calcaneus” Rawicki N, Wyatt R, Kusnezov N, Kanlic E, Abdelgawad A. Oral presentation in 15th Annual Rio Grande Trauma conference, Dec 2014.
  • “Computed Tomography Usage among Pediatric Trauma Patients” Bell J, Woolf S, Abdelgawad A. Oral presentation in 15th Annual Rio Grande Trauma conference, Dec 2014.
  • “New Technique for Obtaining Bone Graft Using Reamer Irrigator Aspirator by Retrograde Passage Through the Non Union Site in Cases of Distal Femur Non Union” Abdelgawad AA, Eisenstein E, Waterman B, Kanlic E. Oral presentation in XXVI SICOT Triennial World Congress combined with the 46th SBOT Annual Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Nov 2014
  • “Outcomes of the Use of Percutaneous Iliosacral Screws in a Pediatric Population.” Abdelgawad AA, Davey S, Salmom J; Gurusamy P; Kanlic E.  ORAL presentation at the XXVI SICOT Triennial World Congress combined with the 46th SBOT Annual Meeting Rio de Janeiro, Nov 2014
  • “Intramedullary Bone Graft Harvest using Reamer Irrigation Aspiration System: A Case Series”. Waterman B, Davey S, Maxfield D, Kanlic E. Abdelgawad AA. Oral presentation in XXVI SICOT Triennial World Congress combined with the 46th SBOT Annual Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Nov 2014.
  •  “Combined osteosynthesis and primary total hip replacement for complex acetabular fractures in elderly” Kanlic EM, Abdelgawad AA. Podium presentation in first Congress of Orthopedists and Traumatologists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sept 2014.
  • “Anterior internal subcutaneous fixation (INFIX) for complex pelvis fractures.” Abdelgawad AA , Kanlic EM. Podium presentation in first Congress of Orthopedists and Traumatologists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sept 2014.
  •  “Upper Extremity Infections Secondary to Dog Bites in Children” James Showery,   Joshua Speirs,  Amr Abdelgawad. Podium presentation 14th Annual Rio Grande Trauma conference 2013, El Paso, TX, Dec 2013.
  • “Ilio-sacral screw fixation for sacral and sacroiliac joint injuries in children.” Abdelgawad AA; Jordan Salmon J‎;  Gurusamy P; Kanlic E. Podium presentation 14th Annual Rio Grande Trauma conference 2013, El Paso, TX, Dec 2013.
  • “Combined hip procedure for acetabulum fracture in elderly” Podium presentation. Goodman G, Maxfield D, Shunia J, Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic E.    SOMOS.  Dec. 2013, Vail, CO.
  • “Intramedullary Bone Graft Harvest using Reamer Irrigation Aspiration System:  A Case Series” Podium presentation. Davey S, Watermann B, Maxfield D,  Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic E.    SOMOS.  Dec. 2013, Vail, CO.
  •  “Acute Compartment Syndrome Following Distal Biceps Tendon Rupture in an Otherwise Healthy Male” Poster presentation. Lanier P, Martin K, Abdelgawad A. SOMOS.  Dec. 2013, Vail, CO.
  •  “Upper Extremity Infections Secondary to Dog Bites in Children” James Showery,   Joshua Speirs,  Amr Abdelgawad. Poster presentation 1st Annual BIOMED Symposium on October 26, 2013, El Paso, TX
  •  “Orthopaedic Consultation: A Radiographic Survey Study Of Pediatricians, Orthopaedic Surgeons, And Emergency Medicine Physicians” Scher DL, Ferreira JV, Cote M, Wolf JM, Abdelgawad A. ePoster presentation at the 6th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Pediatric Orthopaedic Societies in Toronto, Ontario, May 2013
  •  “Submuscular Bridge Plating For Pediatric Femur Fractures: A 60 Case Series” Abdelgawad AA, Sieg RN, Laughlin MD, Shunia J, Kanlic EM,  ePoster presentation at the 6th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Pediatric Orthopaedic Societies in Toronto, Ontario, May 2013.
  •  “Submuscular Bridge Plating For Pediatric Femur Fractures: A 60 Case Series” Abdelgawad AA, Sieg RN, Laughlin MD, Shunia J, Kanlic EM. Podium presentation in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, 2012.
  •  “Orthopedic injuries in Children riding dirt bikes” Abdelgawad AA, Maxfield D, Tran S, Mclean S, Kanlic A. Podium presentation in 33rd SICOT & 17th PAOA Orthopaedic World Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 2012.
  • "Posterolateral Approach For The Treatment Of Posterior Malleolus Fracture Of The Ankle" Abdelgawad AA, Kadous A, Kanlic E. E-poster presentation in 33rd SICOT & 17th PAOA Orthopaedic World Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 2012.
  • “Combined Fixation And Acute Total Hip Replacement For Elderly Patients With Acetabular Fractures” Abdelgawad AA, Maxfield D, Tran S, Kanlic A. Podium presentation in 33rd SICOT & 17th PAOA Orthopaedic World Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 2012.
  • “Use Of Indocyanine Green Fluorescent Dye Video Angiography In Orthopaedic Trauma:  A Pilot Study” Podium presentation. Cleveland A, Pirela-Cruz M, Cook J, Abdelgawad AA.    SOMOS.  Dec. 2012, Naples, FL
  •  “Orthopedic injuries in Children riding dirt bikes” Abdelgawad AA, Maxfield D, Tran S, Mclean S, Kanlic A. Podium presentation in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, 2011.
  • “Use of Local Free Antibiotic Powder In The Treatment Of Osteomyelitis In A Rat Model” Podium presentation. Garcia EJ,Sieg RN, Abdelgawad AA.    SOMOS.  Dec. 2011,  San Diego, CA.
  • “Incidence Of Hepatitis C Infection In Patients Presenting With A Necrotizing Fascitis Infection.”  Podium presentation. Scher DL, Kanlic E, Shunia J, Abdelgawad AA.    SOMOS.   Dec. 2011, San Diego, CA.
  • “Bedside fasciotomy under local anesthesia for acute compartment syndrome”. Ebraheim NA, Abdelgawad AA, Ebraheim MA, Alla SR. poster presentation in annual meeting of OTA 2011, San Antonio
  • “Automatic Classification of Pathological Gait Patterns using Ground Reaction Forces and Machine Learning Algorithms” Alaqtash M, Sarkodie-Gyan T, Yu H, Fuentes O, Brower R, and Abdelgawad AA, , Annual International Conference IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Boston ,2011.
  • “Primary Total Hip for Acetabular Fractures: When and How?” Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic EM. Podium presentation in “Pelvic and Acetabular Master Meeting” in San Antonio, 2011.
  • “Navigated Anterior Pelvic Fixation”. Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic ME. Podium presentation in “Pelvic and Acetabular Masters Meeting” Baltimore, Maryland, October 2010. 
  • “Prophylactic Intramedullary Rodding After Femoral Lengthening In Congenital Deficiency Of The Femur” Abdelgawad AA, Herzenberg JH, Paley D, Standard S. Podium presentation in the combined annul in the annual meeting of POSNA and APOA (Asia Pacific Orthopedic Association) In Waikoloa, Hawaii in 2010.
  • “Prophylactic Intramedullary Rodding After Femoral Lengthening In Congenital Deficiency Of The Femur” Abdelgawad AA, Herzenberg JH, Paley D, Standard S. Podium presentation in the annual meeting of ASAMI international (Association for the Study and Application of the Method of Ilizarov International ) in Cairo in June 2010
  • “Long-term Results of the Galveston Technique for Pelvic Fixation in Neuromuscular Spinal Deformity” Thompson GH, Abdelgawad AA, Armstrong DA, Poe-Kochert C, Son-Hing JP. Podium presentation in CAO (Canadian Orthopedic Association) in Alberta in 2010.
  • “Long-term Results of the Galveston Technique for Pelvic Fixation in Neuromuscular Spinal Deformity” Thompson GH, Abdelgawad AA, Armstrong DA, Poe-Kochert C, Son-Hing JP. Podium presentation in SRS in San Antonio, TX in September 2009.
  • “Prophylactic Intramedullary Rodding After Femoral Lengthening In Congenital Deficiency Of The Femur” Abdelgawad AA, Herzenberg JH, Paley D, Standard S. Podium presentation in the SICOT triennial meeting in Hong Kong in August 2008.
  • “The radiological evaluation of screw presentation of the proximal radioulnar joint in ORIF of proximal radius” Abdelgawad AA, Ebraheim NA, Huasain A. Podium presentation in the SICOT triennial meeting in Hong Kong in August 2008.
  • “Evaluation of Halo Pin Insertion Torque on Outer Table Penetration in Elderly Patients” Ebraheim NA, Liu J, Elsamaloty H, Ramineni s, Abdelgawad A, Yeasting R. E Poster in the annual meeting for NASS (North American Spine Society) in 2008 in Toronto.
  • “Treatment of idiopathic clubfoot using the Ponseti method: minimum 2-year follow-up” Abdelgawad AA, Lehman WB, van Bosse HJ, Scher DM, Sala DA. E-poster in the annual meeting of POSNA 2006.
  • “Treatment of acute salmonella epiphyseal osteomyelitis using computed tomography-guided drainage in a child without sickle cell disease” Abdelgawad AA, Rybak LD, Sheth M, Rabinowitz SS, Jayaram N, Sala DA, van Bosse HJ. Poster in the annual meeting of IPOS (International Pediatric Orthopedic Society) 2006.

 

 

Publication:

  • “Soft Tissue Benign Hand Masses in the First Web Space: A Retrospective Case Series”. ES Saleh, AF De Carvalho, S Hasan, A Abdelgawad, AM Thabet, Moheb Moneim. Cureus 15 (4). April 2023.
  • “Antegrade Flexible Nailing for Pediatric Metaphyseal-diaphyseal Junction Distal Radius Fracture is it Safe?”. Lam A, Gordon AM, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad AA. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2023 Apr 3. doi: 10.1097/BTH.0000000000000430.
  • “Early internal fixation of open ankle malleolar fractures is not associated with increased complications: case control study.” Abdelgawad A, Elabd A, Pisquiy JJ, Thabet AM.Acta Orthop Belg. 2022 Dec;88(4):825-833. doi: 10.52628/88.4.9881.
  • “Correction of Cubitus Varus Using Computer-Assisted Hexapod Multiplanar External Fixators: A Report of 3 Cases”. KJ Klahs, MM Polmear, B Transtrum, E Rodriguez, A Abdelgawad, Ahmed M Thabet JBJS Case Connector 13 (1), e22
  • “Tendon Transfers to Restore Shoulder Function for Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Systematic Review of the Literature.” Thamer S, Kijak N, Toraih E, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad A.JBJS Rev. 2023 Jan 6;11(1). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.22.00165. eCollection 2023 Jan 1.
  • “Unroofing osteotomy for dissociated tibial intramedullary magnetic rod during implant removal: a case report.” Dharamsi M, Castagno C, Klahs KJ, Abdelgawad A, Thabet AM.J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Nov 19;2022(11):rjac516. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac516. eCollection 2022 Nov.PMID: 36415723 
  • “Who, if anyone, may benefit from a total hip arthroplasty after a displaced femoral neck fracture?: a post hoc subgroup analysis of the HEALTH trial.” Frihagen F, Comeau-Gauthier M, Axelrod D, Bzovsky S, Poolman R, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Sprague S, Schemitsch E; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad) .Bone Jt Open. 2022 Aug;3(8):611-617. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.38.BJO-2022-0074.R1.
  • “Malpractice lawsuits in orthopedic trauma surgery: a meta-analysis of the literature” Ahmed M Thabet, Austin Adams, Soyoung Jeon, John Pisquiy, Rick Gelhert, Thomas A DeCoster, Amr Abdelgawad. OTA International: June 28, 2022 - Volume 5 - Issue 3 - p e199.
  • “Sleep Apnea and Postoperative Medical Complications and Health Care Expenditures Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures.” Thamer SB, Lam AW, Golub IJ, Magruder ML, Vakharia RM, Aiyer AA, Abdelgawad AA. Foot Ankle Spec. 2022 Jun 13:19386400221098629. doi: 10.1177/19386400221098629.
  • “Utilization Trends of Total Ankle Arthroplasty and Ankle Fusion for Tibiotalar Osteoarthritis: A Nationwide Analysis of the United States Population.” Paracha N, Idrizi A, Gordon AM, Lam AW, Abdelgawad AA, Razi AE.Foot Ankle Spec. 2022 Jul 17:19386400221110133. doi: 10.1177/19386400221110133.
  • “Comparison of patient demographics, utilization trends, and costs of total ankle arthroplasty and ankle fusion in the United States from 2010 to 2019.” Gordon AM, Lam AW, Golub IJ, Pasternack JB, Abdelgawad AA. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2022 Jun 2. doi: 10.1007/s00402-022-04481-7. 
  • "Staged Reconstruction of Chronic Patella Alta with Ilizarov fixator and Achilles Tendon Allograft: A Case report". Carter J, Abdelgawad A, Thabet AM. J Orthop Case Rep. 2021 Nov;11(11):54-58. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i11.2514.
  • “Arthroereisis: Treatment of Pes Planus.” Ghali A, Mhapankar A, Momtaz D, Driggs B, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad A.Cureus. 2022 Jan 7;14(1):e21003. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21003. eCollection 2022 Jan.
  • “Adolescents with Lisfranc Injury Frequently Have Different Pathology with Higher Incidence of Proximal Extension of the Ligamentous Disruption. Abdelgawad A, Thabet A. Foot Ankle Orthop. 2022 Jan 20;7(1):2473011421S00067. doi: 10.1177/2473011421S00067. eCollection 2022 Jan.
  • “Higher Incidence of Proximal Extension of the Ligamentous Disruption in Adolescents Lisfranc Injuries.” A Abdelgawad, A Elabd, A Springer, AM Thabet. Journal of MAR Orthopedics 4 (2).
  • “Tibial shaft fractures in the adolescents: treatment outcomes and the risk factors for complications”. Ahmed M. Thabet, Madison Craft, John Pisquiy, Soyoung Jeon, Amr Abdelgawad, Wael Azzam, Injury, 2021. Nov,17:S0020-1383(21)00948-7. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.11.041. 
  • “Early Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Acute Low-Energy Tibial Plateau Fractures Does Not Increase the Rate of Perioperative Complications”. Jorge D. Guerra, MD; Madison Craft, BS; Diana P. Guerra, BS; Ahmed M. Thabet, MD, PhD; Amr Abdelgawad, MD. WJO Vol. 10, June 2021.
  • “Operative Fixation of Pediatric Forearm Fractures: Does the Fracture Location Matter?” A Elabd, R Khalifa, Z Alam, ES Saleh, AM Thabet, A Abdelgawad. Advances in Orthopedics 2021. Oct 16;2021:9973449. doi: 10.1155/2021/9973449. 
  • “Novel Utilization of Anterior Intrapelvic (Stoppa) Approach for Periacetabular Ganz Osteotomy: A Report of 2 Cases.” Klahs KJ, Castagno C, Tadlock J, Garcia E, Abdelgawad A, Thabet AM.JBJS Case Connect. 2021 Oct 20;11(4). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.21.00271.
  • “Utility of 3-Dimensional Intraoperative Imaging in Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures: A Network Meta-Analysis.” Pisquiy JJ, Toraih EA, Hussein MH, Khalifa R, Shoulah SA, Abdelgawad A, Thabet. AM JBJS Rev. 2021 Jun 24;9(6). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.20.00129.
  • “Excessive Tibial Overgrowth Associated Ankle Valgus Deformity After Pediatric Open Mid-Shaft Tibial Fracture: A Case Report” Ahmed M. Thabet, MD, PhD ; Rami Khalifa, MD ; Rasheed Alnajjar; Amr Abdelgawad, MD, MBA. Western Journal of Orthopaedics 10, 1 (2021). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wjo/vol10/iss1/21
  • “Irreducible Radial Head in Monteggia Fracture Dislocation; Is there an Alternative to Open Reduction?” AA Abdelgawad, AJ Wey, R Khalifa, S Shoulah, AM Thabet. ACTA SCIENTIFIC ORTHOPAEDICS 4 (7), 10-15.
  • “Pediatric Snakebites: Comparing Patients in Two Geographic Locations in the United States. Chotai PN, Watlington J, Lewis S, Pyo T, Abdelgawad AA, Huang EY. J Surg Res. 2021 May 6;265:297-302. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.03.045.
  • “Outcomes and Complications With Treatment of Open Tibial Plafond Fractures With Circular External Fixator.” Thabet AM, Gerzina C, Sala F, Jeon S, Lovisetti G, Abdelgawad A, DeCoster TA, Azzam W. Foot Ankle Int. 2021 Feb 9:1071100720979976. doi: 10.1177/1071100720979976.
  • “Novel Technique for Reduction of Ankle Valgus Malunion and Chronic Talus Subluxation during Hindfoot Nailing.” Ciminero M, Kang K, Abdelgawad A.Case Rep Orthop. 2020 Nov. 6;2020:8826714. doi: 10.1155/2020/8826714. eCollection 2020.
  • “Comparison study of patient demographics and risk factors for surgical site infections following open reduction and internal fixation for lateral malleolar ankle fractures within the medicare population.” Richardson NG, Swiggett SJ, Pasternack JB, Vakharia RM, Kang K, Abdelgawad A.Foot Ankle Surg. 2020 Nov 30:S1268-7731(20)30253-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2020.11.008.
  • “Venous Thromboembolism in Hip Fracture Patients: A Subanalysis of the FAITH and HEALTH Trials.” MacDonald DRW, Neilly D, Schneider PS, Bzovsky S, Sprague S, Axelrod D, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Schemitsch EH, Stevenson IM; FAITH Investigators; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S70-S75. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001939.
  • “Who Did the Arthroplasty? Hip Fracture Surgery Reoperation Rates are Not Affected by Type of Training-An Analysis of the HEALTH Database”. DeAngelis RD, Minutillo GT, Stein MK, Schemitsch EH, Bzovsky S, Sprague S, Bhandari M, Donegan DJ, Mehta S; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad). J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S64-S69. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001931.
  • “Predictors of Long-Term Pain After Hip Arthroplasty in Patients With Femoral Neck Fractures: A Cohort Study.” Noori A, Sprague S, Bzovsky S, Schemitsch EH, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Axelrod D, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Busse JW; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad). J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S55-S63. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001929.
  • “What Factors Increase Revision Surgery Risk When Treating Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures With Arthroplasty: A Secondary Analysis of the HEALTH Trial.” Blankstein M, Schemitsch EH, Bzovsky S, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Axelrod D, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Sprague S, Schottel PC; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad). J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S49-S54. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001936.
  • “Predictors of Medical Serious Adverse Events in Hip Fracture Patients Treated With Arthroplasty.” Neilly D, MacDonald DRW, Sprague S, Bzovsky S, Axelrod D, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Schemitsch EH, Stevenson IM; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S42-S48. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001935.
  • “Is Total Hip Arthroplasty a Cost-Effective Option for Management of Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures? A Trial-Based Analysis of the HEALTH Study.” Axelrod D, Tarride JÉ, Ekhtiari S, Blackhouse G, Johal H, Bzovsky S, Schemitsch EH, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Sprague S; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S37-S41. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001932.
  • “What Predicts Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures Managed With Arthroplasty? A Secondary Analysis of the HEALTH Trial.” Axelrod D, Comeau-Gauthier M, Bzovsky S, Schemitsch EH, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Guerra-Farfán E, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Sprague S; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S29-S36. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001933.
  • “Predictors of Loss to Follow-up in Hip Fracture Trials: A Secondary Analysis of the FAITH and HEALTH Trials.” Sivaratnam S, Comeau-Gauthier M, Sprague S, Schemitsch EH, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Bzovsky S; FAITH Investigators; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S22-S28. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001928.
  • “Factors Associated With Mortality After Surgical Management of Femoral Neck Fractures.” Bzovsky S, Comeau-Gauthier M, Schemitsch EH, Swiontkowski M, Heels-Ansdell D, Frihagen F, Bhandari M, Sprague S; FAITH Investigators; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S15-S21. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001937.
  • “Arthroplasty Versus Internal Fixation for the Treatment of Undisplaced Femoral Neck Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study.” Afaq S, OʼHara NN, Schemitsch EH, Bzovsky S, Sprague S, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Slobogean GP; FAITH Investigators; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S9-S14. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001940.
  • “The FAITH and HEALTH Trials: Are We Studying Different Hip Fracture Patient Populations?” Blankstein M, Schemitsch EH, Bzovsky S, Axelrod D, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Sprague S, Schottel PC; FAITH Investigators; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S1-S8. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001930.
  • “Study Summaries.” FAITH Investigators; HEALTH Investigators (Amr Abdelgawad).J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:Sii-Siii. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001927.
  • “Missed positional gluteal compartment syndrome in an obese patient after foot surgery: a case report”. R Khalifa, MR Craft, AJ Wey, AM Thabet, A Abdelgawad. Patient Safety in Surgery 14 (1), 1-1
  • “Management of Pediatric Tibial Nonunion Following Osteotomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature”. G Prabhakar, N Kusnezov, E Eisenstein, JC Dunn, A Abdelgawad. Case Reports in Orthopedics 2020.
  • “Tibial lengthening with a motorized magnetic intramedullary nail after combined plating and titanium mesh cage for distal femur periprosthetic fracture nonunion”. R Khalifa, C Gerzina, A Abdelgawad, AM Thabet. Journal of Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction 6 (1), 73
  • “The versatility of Taylor spatial frame in treating complex post traumatic deformities of the lower extremity”. Rami Khalifa, Amr Abdelgawad, Ahmed M Thabet. Western Journal of Orthopaedics, Aug 6, 2020. 
  • “Aseptic nonunion of long bones in children: a report of twelve cases”. Rami Khalifa, Amr Abdelgawad, Ahmed M Thabet Western Journal of Orthopaedics, Aug 6, 2020. 
  • “Mesh plate fixation for complex patella fractures: A surgical technique”. Rami Khalifa, Eric Potter, Sherif Dabash, Richard Yoon, Amr Abdelgawad, Ahmed M Thabet. Western Journal of Orthopaedics, Aug 6, 2020.
  • “Tibial lengthening using a magnetic lengthening intramedullary nail in an HIV positive patient: a case report and review of literature”. Rami Khalifa, Christopher Gerzina, Amr Abdelgawad, Ahmed M Thabet. Western Journal of Orthopaedics, Aug 6, 2020.
  • “Pediatric femoral osteotomy: a review”. A Kotb, AA Abdelgawad, MB Elghonimy, IA Elsobky. Current Orthopaedic Practice 30 (3), 269-273
  • “Incidence, predictors, and impact of valgus reduction of traumatic intertrochanteric femoral fractures (OTA 31A1-3) treated with the helical blade system: Is anatomic reduction ction necessary? A retrospective case series”. Kusnezov, Nicholas MD; Prabhakar, Gautham BA; Vanden Berge, Dennis BS; Dabash, Sherif MD; Thabet, Ahmed M. MD; Abdelgawad, Amr MD. Current Orthopaedic Practice 31 (1), 41-47
  • “A prospective assessment of adequacy of orthopaedic emergency medicine consultations: The experience at an academic level I trauma center.” N Kusnezov, RJ VanTienderen, G Prabhakar, JC Dunn, N Rensing, Emmanuel D Eisenstein, Amr A Abdelgawad. Current Orthopaedic Practice 31 (2), 105-109
  • “Total Hip Arthroplasty or Hemiarthroplasty for Hip Fracture.” HEALTH Investigators, Bhandari M, Einhorn TA, Guyatt G, Schemitsch EH, Zura RD, Sprague S, Frihagen F, Guerra-Farfán E, Kleinlugtenbelt YV, Poolman RW, Rangan A, Bzovsky S, Heels-Ansdell D, Thabane L, Walter SD, Devereaux PJ. Collabroator (Amr Abdelgawad). N Engl J Med. 2019 Dec 5;381(23):2199-2208. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1906190. Epub 2019 Sep 26.
  • “Unstable Ankle Fracture Fixation Using Locked Fibular Intramedullary Nail in High-Risk Patients.” Dabash S, Eisenstein ED, Potter E, Kusnezov N, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad AA. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2019 Jan 3. pii: S1067-2516(18)30373-9. doi: 0.1053/j.jfas.2018.08.033. PMID: 30612876
  • “Adding deltoid ligament repair in ankle fracture treatment: Is it necessary? A systematic review.” Dabash S, Elabd A, Potter E, Fernandez I, Gerzina C, Thabet AM, McGarvey W, Abdelgawad A. Foot Ankle Surg. 2018 Nov 15. pii: S1268-7731(18)30223-6. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2018.11.001.
  • “Radial Plate Fixation of Distal Radius Fracture.” Dabash S, Potter E, Pimentel E, Shunia J, Abdelgawad A, Thabet-Hagag AM, Pirela-Cruz M. Hand (N Y). 2018 Jul 1:1558944718787290. doi: 10.1177/1558944718787290.
  • “Pediatric Gunshot Wounds of the Upper Extremity”. S Dabash, C Gerzina, JE Simson, A Elabd, A Abdelgawad. International Journal of Orthopaedics 2018; 5 (2), 910-915
  • “Threading the Needle: Intrapelvic Displacement of a Femoral Neck Fracture through the Obturator Foramen”. G Prabhakar, N Kusnezov, N Rensing, A Abdelgawad. Case Reports in Orthopedics 2018 Apr 1;2018:2506187. doi: 10.1155/2018/2506187.
  • “Management of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures in adolescent patients using intramedullary flexible nails: A case series.” Eisenstein ED, Misenhimer JJ, Kotb A, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad AA.J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2018 Mar;9 (Suppl 1):S97-S102. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2017.06.019. Epub 2017 Jul 1.
  • “Management of growth arrest: Current practice and future directions.” Dabash S, Prabhakar G, Potter E, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad A, Heinrich S. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2018 Mar;9 (Suppl 1):S58-S66. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2018.01.001. Epub 2018 Jan 6.
  • “Intramedullary Bone Graft Harvest Using Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator System: A Case Series.” Waterman B, Davey S, Kanlic E, Abdelgawad A. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2017 WINTER;26(4):233-238.
  • “Predictors of Persistent Pain After Fixation of Distal Clavicle Fractures in an Active Military Population.” Lanier PJ, Speirs J, Koehler L, Bader J, Abdelgawad A, Waterman BR. Orthopedics. 2017 Nov 30:1-10.
  • “Open Supracondylar-Intercondylar Fractures of the Femur. Treatment with Taylor Spatial Frame.” Sala F, Thabet AM, Capitani P, Bove F, Abdelgawad AA, Lovisetti G. J Orthop Trauma. 2017 Jun 15. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000923. 
  • “Bone grafting via reamer-irrigator-aspirator for nonunion of open Gustilo-Anderson type III tibial fractures treated with multiplanar external fixator.” Kusnezov N, Prabhakar G, Dallo M, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad AA. SICOT J. 2017;3:30. doi: 10.1051/sicotj/2017002. Epub 2017 Apr 7.
  • “Dual Fixation of Calcaneal Tuberosity Avulsion with Concomitant Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Novel Hybrid Technique.” Prabhakar G, Kusnezov N, Rensing N, Abdelgawad A. Case Rep Orthop. 2017;2017:9150538. doi: 10.1155/2017/9150538. Epub 2017 Mar 5.
  • “A New Technique for Obtaining Bone Graft in Cases of Distal Femur Nonunion: Passing a Reamer/Irrigator/Aspirator Retrograde Through the Nonunion Site.” Eisenstein ED, Waterman BR, Kanlic EM, Abdelgawad AA. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2016 Nov/Dec;45(7):E493-E496.
  • “Medial Malleolar Fractures and Associated Deltoid Ligament Disruptions: Current Management Controversies.” Kusnezov NA, Eisenstein ED, Diab N, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad A. Orthopedics. 2016 Dec 19:1-7. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20161213-02.
  • “New Technique for Tibiotalar Arthrodesis Using a New Intramedullary Nail Device: A Cadaveric Study” Emmanuel D. Eisenstein, Mario Rodriguez, and Amr A. Abdelgawad.  Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 5247647
  • “Pediatric pelvic pyomyositis: initial MRI can be misleading.” PN Chotai, MS Hsiao, I Pathak, D Banh, M Abdou, AA Abdelgawad - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B, 2016.
  • “Total medical costs of treating femoral neck fracture patients with hemi- or total hip arthroplasty: a cost analysis of a multicenter prospective study.” Burgers PT, Hoogendoorn M, Van Woensel EA, Poolman RW, Bhandari M, Patka P, Van Lieshout EM; HEALTH Trial Investigators (Abdelgawad, A). Osteoporos Int. 2016 Jun;27(6):1999-2008. doi: 10.1007/s00198-016-3484-z. Epub 2016 Jan 28.
  • “A Posteriorly Displaced Distal Metaphyseal Clavicular Fracture (Type IV AC Joint Dislocation-Like) in Children: A Case Report and Literature Review Study” Kotb A, Yong T, and Abdelgawad A, Case Reports in Orthopedics, vol. 2016,2016:4015212 Article ID 4015212, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/4015212.
  • “Plantar and Pedal Puncture Wounds in Children: A Case Series Study From a Single Level I Trauma Center.” Volk A, Zebda M, Abdelgawad AA. Pediatric emergency care. 2016;
  • “Prophylactic Intramedullary Rodding Following Femoral Lengthening in Congenital Deficiency of the Femur.” Abdelgawad AA, Jauregui JJ, Standard SC, Paley D, Herzenberg JE. J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Dec 8.
  • “Outcomes of trochanteric external fixation for geriatric inter-trochanteric hip fractures.” Yousry AH, Chotai PN, El Ghazaly SA, Fayyad TA, Abdelgawad AA. Journal of orthopaedics. 2015; 12(4):174-8.
  • “Dog bites to the upper extremity in children”. Speirs J, Showery J, Abdou M, Pirela-Cruz MA, Abdelgawad AA. J Paediatr Child Health. 2015 Jun 17. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12948.
  • “Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index for elderly patients with a femoral neck fracture”. Burgers PT, Poolman RW, Van Bakel TM, Tuinebreijer WE, Zielinski SM, Bhandari M, Patka P, Van Lieshout EM; HEALTH and FAITH Trial Investigators (A Abdelgawad). J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 May 6;97(9):751-7. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.N.00542.
  • “Hip fracture evaluation with alternatives of total hip arthroplasty versus hemiarthroplasty (HEALTH): protocol for a multicentre randomised trial.” Bhandari M, Devereaux PJ, Einhorn TA, Thabane L, Schemitsch EH, Koval KJ, Frihagen F, Poolman RW, Tetsworth K, Guerra-Farfán E, Madden K, Sprague S, Guyatt G; HEALTH Investigators (A Abdelgawad). BMJ Open. 2015 Feb 13;5(2):e006263. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006263.
  • “High incidence of post-operative infection after 'sinus tarsi' approach for treatment of intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus: a 5 year experience in an academic level one trauma center.” Rawicki N, Wyatt R, Kusnezov N, Kanlic E, Abdelgawad A. Patient Saf Surg. 2015 Jun 2;9:25. doi: 10.1186/s13037-015-0065-6.  eCollection 2015.
  • “Ilio-Sacral (IS) Screw Fixation for Sacral and Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) Injuries in Children.” Abdelgawad AA, Davey S, Salmon J, Gurusamy P, Kanlic E. J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Feb 20.
  •  “Tug-of-War Injuries: A Case Report and Review of the Literature” PN Chotai, AA Abdelgawad. Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2014.
  • “Minimally Invasive (Sinus Tarsi) Approach for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Intra-Articular Calcaneus Fractures in Children: Surgical Technique and Case Report of Two Patients.” Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic E. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Sep 11. pii: S1067-2516(14)00351-2.
  • “The need for musculoskeletal education in primary care residencies.” Scher DL, Ferreira JV, Cote M, Abdelgawad A, Wolf JM. Orthopedics. 2014 Aug 1;37(8):511-3.
  • “Humeral Rotational Osteotomy for Shoulder Deformity in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy: Which Direction Should I Rotate?” Abdelgawad A and Miguel A. Pirela-Cruz. The Open Orthopaedics Journal, 2014, 8, 130-134
  • “Removal of a broken cannulated intramedullary nail: review of the literature and a case report of a new technique.” Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic E. Case Rep Orthop. 2013;2013:461703. doi: 10.1155/2013/461703. Epub 2013 Dec 25.
  • “Use of indocyanine green fluorescent dye video angiography in orthopaedic trauma: a pilot study.” Cleveland CA, Abdelgawad A, Cook J, Pirela-Cruz M. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2013 Winter;22(4):310-5.
  • “Acute compartment syndrome following distal biceps tendon rupture in an otherwise healthy male.” Lanier P, Martin K, Abdelgawad A. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2013 Nov;42 (11):519-20.
  • “Femoral neck shortening after internal fixation of a femoral neck fracture.” Zielinski SM, Keijsers NL, Praet SF, Heetveld MJ, Bhandari M, Wilssens JP, Patka P, Van Lieshout EM; FAITH Trial Investigators (Abdelgawad, A). Orthopedics. 2013 Jul;36(7):e849-58.
  • “Local application of free antibiotic powder in the treatment of osteomyelitis in a rat model.” Garcia EJ, Sieg RN, Abdelgawad AA. Orthopedics. 2013 Aug 1;36(8):e986-9.
  • “Dirt bikes injuries in children.” Abdelgawad AA, Maxfield D, Tran S, McLean S, Kanlic EM. Musculoskelet Surg. 2013 Aug 6.
  • “Combined distal tibial rotational osteotomy and proximal growth plate modulation for treatment of infantile Blount's disease.” Abdelgawad AA. World J Orthop. 2013 Apr 18;4(2):90-3.
  • “Submuscular Bridge Plating for Complex Pediatric Femur Fractures Is Reliable.” Abdelgawad AA, Sieg RN, Laughlin MD, Shunia J, Kanlic EM. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Mar 29.
  • “Characterization and quantification of gait deficits within gait phases using fuzzy-granular computing”. Melaku A. Bogale, Huiying Yu, Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan, Amr Abdelgawad. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2012, 720-728.
  • Kanlic EM and Abdelgawad AA: Update on the Management of Trochanteric Fractures of the Hip, AAOS Orthopaedic Knowledge Online Journal 10(12), 2012 OKOJ Volume 10 (2012) No. 12 (December, 2012).
  •  “Computer navigation in orthopedic trauma: safer surgeries with less irradiation and more precision.” Akins R, Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic EM. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2012 Winter;21(4):187-97.
  • “Pediatric Distal Femur Fixation by Proximal Humeral Plate.” Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic EM. J Knee Surg. 2012 May 3.
  • “Bias towards dementia: are hip fracture trials excluding too many patients? A systematic review.” Hebert-Davies J, Laflamme GY, Rouleau D; HEALTH and FAITH investigators (Abdelgawad, A). Injury. 2012 Dec;43(12):1978-84. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.08.061. Epub 2012 Sep 19.
  • “Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism after Surgical Treatment of Ankle Fractures: A Case Report and Review of Literature.” Kadous A, Abdelgawad AA, Kanlic E. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2012 Jul;51(4):457-63. Epub 2012 May 24.
  • “Bedside fasciotomy under local anesthesia for acute compartment syndrome: a feasible and reliable procedure in selected cases.” Ebraheim NA, Abdelgawad AA, Ebraheim MA, Alla SR. J Orthop Traumatol. 2012 Apr 18
  • “Hepatitis C viral infection as an associated risk factor for necrotizing fasciitis.” Scher D, Kanlic E, Bader J, Ortiz M, Abdelgawad A. Orthopedics. 2012 Apr 1;35(4):e510-3.
  • “Relationship between limb length discrepancy and load distribution across the sacroiliac joint-a finite element study.” Kiapour A, Abdelgawad AA, Goel VK, Souccar A, Terai T, Ebraheim NA. J Orthop Res. 2012 Apr 9.
  • “Automatic classification of pathological gait patterns using ground reaction forces and machine learning algorithms.”  Alaqtash M, Sarkodie-Gyan T, Yu H, Fuentes O, Brower R, Abdelgawad A. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011 Aug;2011:453-7.
  • “Central coordination as an alternative for local coordination in a multicenter randomized controlled trial: the FAITH trial experience.” Zielinski SM, Viveiros H, Heetveld MJ, Swiontkowski MF, Bhandari M, Patka P, Van Lieshout EM; FAITH trial investigators (Abdelgawad, A). Trials. 2012 Jan 8;13:5.
  • “Use of computer assisted orthopedic surgery in pelvic and acetabular trauma” Amr Abdelgawad, Ralitsa Akins, Enes M. Kanlic. Acta Medica Academica. 2011; 40 (2): 166-173
  •  “Posterolateral Approach for Treatment of Posterior Malleolus Fracture of the Ankle” Abdelgawad AA, Kadous A, Kanlic E. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2011 Sep-Oct; 50 (5):607-11.
  • “Application of wearable sensors for human gait analysis using fuzzy computational algorithm” Murad Alaqtash, Huiying Yu, R. Brower,  A. Abdelgawad, T. Sarkodie-Gyan, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence,  Vol. 24, Iss. 6, September 2011, Pages 1018-1025.
  • “Measurement of functional impairments in human locomotion using pattern analysis” T. Sarkodie-Gyan, Huiying Yu, Murad Alaqtash, A. Abdelgawad, E. Spier, R. Brower, , Measurement, Vol. 44, Iss. 1, January 2011, pp. 181-191.
  • “Orthopedic Management of Children With Multiple Injuries” Abdelgawad, Amr A.; Kanlic, Enes M. J Trauma. 2011 Jun; 70(6): 1568-74.
  •  “Application of Wearable Miniature Non-invasive Sensory System in Human Locomotion using Soft Computing Algorithm” Murad Alaqtash, Huiying Yu, R. Brower,  A. Abdelgawad,  E. Spier, T. Sarkodie-Gyan,  Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA’10), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6424, 2010, pp. 288-299.
  • “Results of surgical treatment of unresolved Osgood-Schlatter disease in adults.” El-Husseini TF, Abdelgawad AA. J Knee Surg. 2010 Jun;23(2):103-7.
  • “Thigh compartment syndrome, presentation and complications.” Verwiebe EG, Kanlic EM, Saller J, Abdelgawad A. Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2009 Oct;9 Suppl 1:28-33.
  •  “Late-Onset Radial Nerve Palsy Associated with Conservatively Managed Humeral Fracture. A Case Report and Suggested Classification System.” Abdelgawad AA, Wassef A, Ebraheim NA. HSS J. 2009 Oct 8
  • "Congenital Tibial Dysplasia (Congenital Pseudoarthrosis of the Tibia): An Atypical Variation" Lehman WB, Abdelgawad AA, Sala DA. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2009 Sep;18(5):211-3.
  • “Screw fixation of the radial head: radiological assessment of the proximal radio-ulnar joint and average radial head diameter-an anatomic study.” Abdelgawad AA, Hussain A, Ebraheim NA. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2010 Apr;130(4):465-7.
  • “Treatment of acute salmonella epiphyseal osteomyelitis using computed tomography-guided drainage in a child without sickle cell disease” Abdelgawad AA, Rybak LD, Sheth M, Rabinowitz SS, Jayaram N, Sala DA, van Bosse HJ. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2007 Nov;16(6):415-8.
  • “Treatment of idiopathic clubfoot using the Ponseti method: minimum 2-year follow-up.” Abdelgawad AA, Lehman WB, van Bosse HJ, Scher DM, Sala DA. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2007 Mar;16(2):98-105.

 

Book Editor/ Author:

  • The chief editor for the first edition of the book “Pediatric orthopedics for pediatricians and primary care physicians”, by Springer, 2014
  • The chief editor for the second edition of the book “Pediatric orthopedics and Sports Medicine for pediatricians and primary care physicians”, by Springer, 2020.
  • The author of the book “The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam” May 14, 2018.
  • Co-editor for the first edition of the Chinese book “Pediatric orthopedics” (Expected in the market late 2018).

 

Book chapters:

  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O. Introduction to Orthopedic Nomenclature. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Sherif Osman. Pediatric Musculoskeletal Imaging. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdou M and Abdelgawad A. Birth Injuries and Orthopedic Manifestations in Newborns. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O. The hip. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O. The knee/leg. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Rami Khalifa. The foot. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Pirela-Cruz M. Hand and Upper extremity. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad Aand Genrich C. Sport Injury: Lower Extremity. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Kafchinski Land Abdelgawad A. Tumors and Tumor-Like Conditions In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Non-Accidental Trauma. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Kanlic E. Orthopedic Trauma. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O. Approach to a Limping Child. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O. Casts, Splints, and Braces. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Saleh A. Pediatric spine. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Abdou M. Neuromuscular conditions. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Musculoskeletal Infections. In Abdelgawad, Amr, Naga, Osama, Abdou, Marwa (Eds.). Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians. 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. 2021.
  • “Orthopedics” A Abdelgawad, M Abdou. Pediatric Board Study Guide, Springer (Last minute review), New York, P 1015-1135, Dec 2019.
  •  “Basic Science” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 1-47. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Genetics” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 48-52. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Systemic Conditions” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 53-76. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Surgical Anatomy” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 77-113. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Pediatric Orthopedics” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 114-168. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Pediatric Trauma” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 169-192. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Musculoskeletal Oncology” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 193-231. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “The Hip” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 232-266. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “The Knee” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 267-285. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Foot and Ankle” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 286-318. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Shoulder and Elbow” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 319-352. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “The Hand” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 353-384. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “The Spine” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 385-418. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Sport Medicine/ General” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 419-429. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Sport Medicine/ Lower Extremity” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 430-446. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Trauma/ General” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 447-462. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Trauma/ Upper Extremity” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 463-477. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Trauma/ Lower Extremity” Amr Abdelgawad. The Guide To Pass The Final Orthopedic Exam: A Concise Review For Orthopedic Board Exam. 2018, 478-515. Printed by CreateSpace.
  • “Orthopedics Disorders and Sport Injuries” A Abdelgawad, M Abdou. Pediatric Board Study Guide, Springer, New York, P 507-541, 2014
  • “The last minute review” Osama Naga, Kuk-Wha Lee, Jason T Lerner, Ivet Hartonian, Rujuta R Bhatt, Joseph Mahgerefteh, Daphne T Hsu, Beatrice Goilav, Sitratullah Olawunmi Kukoyi-Maiyegun, Arlynn F Mulne, Vijay Tonk, Amr Abdelgawad. Pediatric Board Study Guide, Springer, New York, P 573-610
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Introduction to Orthopedic Nomenclature. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Metabolic Conditions. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: General Conditions Affecting the Bones. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Birth Injuries and Orthopedic Manifestations in Newborns. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: The hip. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: The knee/leg. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: The foot. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Amr Abdelgawad and Courtney Holland. Sport Injury: Lower Extremity. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Non Accidental Trauma. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Kanlic E: Orthopedic Trauma. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Approach to a Limping Child. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Casts, Splints, and Braces. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Pediatric spine. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Neuromuscular conditions. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Abdelgawad A and Naga O: Musculoskeletal Infections. In Abdelgawad A and Naga O (ed). Pediatric Orthopedic: Handbook for primary care physicians. Springer, New York. 2013.
  • Kanlic, E. and Abdelgawad, A.A.: Pelvic Fractures, External fixation. In Wiss, D. (ed.) Fractures, 3rd ed. Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 745-770, 2012.
  • Grant AD, Abdelgawad A. Casts. In Staheli LT, Song KM (eds) Secrets of pediatric orthopedic. Third edition, 2007. Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA 69-73.

 

Accepted publications:

  • Bifocal lengthening of Precise nail.
  • Correction of varus elbow using Hexapod.
  • “Acute fixation of open ankle fracture”

 

Pending publications:

  • “Acute fixation of open ankle fracture”
  • “antegrade radius nail”
  • “complications of scoliosis for cerebral palsy”

 

 

Professional exams:

  • ECFMG certificate at March 18, 2005. (USMLE step 1 at August 2000 (97), USMLE step 2 CK at March 1999 (89), USMLE step 2 CS at January 2005).
  • Preparatory exam for the French residency position and the DES “L'epreuve D'admissibilite Pour Les Concours D'internat Reserve Aux Medecins Etrangers 2002-2003”
  • TOEFL: in December 2000 with grade 637.
  • IELTS (International English Language Test System) in July 2003 with average grade 7 (all bands >= 7).
  • USMLE step 3 in Dec 24, 2005: passed with 85 degree

 

Special Interest:

  • Limb Lengthening and reconstruction.
  • Pediatric orthopedics.
  • Orthopedic trauma.
  • Hip preservation and hip osteotomies.
  • Musculoskeletal infections.
  • Deformity correction.

 

Research interests:

  • Pediatric orthopedics.
  • Foot and ankle.
  • Limb lengthening
  • Correction of deformity
  • Infections
  • Basic science for orthopedics

 

Lectures, visiting professor lectures and grand rounds:

  • “Using MaxframeTM in complex foot and ankle cases” in September 2022 in the annual meeting of AOFAS in Quebec city.
  • “How to improve the performance of Google My Business website” TechTalk in the annual meeting of the AAOS, Chicago, March 2022.
  • “Back Pain in Children” in “Pediatric Orthopedics: Injuries & Illness, what providers need to know”. A virtual life conference, Maimonides Medical Center, Nov 5, 2021.
  • “Hip Pain in Children” in “Pediatric Orthopedics: Injuries & Illness, what providers need to know”. A virtual life conference, Maimonides Medical Center, Nov 5, 2021.
  • Pediatric Grand Round for the pediatric department in Maimonides Medical Center in Jan 2021 (Tip Toeing, In Toeing and Bow Legs).
  • Invited speaker to webinar “Pediatric Femur Fracture” by “OrthopedicPrinciples” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef-84GkR-Pw)
  • “Diabetic Charcot Foot” invited lecture, Community physician meeting, Jan 2020.
  • “Pediatric Elbow fractures” Grand round, Maimonides Hospital, New York City, April, 2019.
  • “Submuscular Bridge Plating for Management of Pediatric Femur Fractures” Amr A. Abdelgawad, Ahmed Elabd, Isaac Fernandez, MD, Ahmed Thabet Hagag, Enes M. Kanlic. Honorable mention video, AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV 2019.
  • “Fibular hemi-melia associated with lateral subluxation of the talus and equinovarus foot” case presentation in Controversies in Pediatric Limb Lengthening Reconstruction, Dallas, Feb 2019.
  • “Orthopaedic Manifestation of Child Abuse”. 19th Annual Rio Grande Trauma Conference and Pediatric Update. El Paso, Dec 2018.
  • “Malpractice law suits in orthopedic trauma-resident related issues”. Breakout session in OTA annual meeting, Orlando, October 2018.
  • “Missed elbow fractures” in “Do Not Fall into the Trap: Commonly Missed Pediatric Orthopedic Conditions in the ER” El Paso, Sept 2018.
  • “Compartment Syndrome” in “Do Not Fall into the Trap: Commonly Missed Pediatric Orthopedic Conditions in the ER” El Paso, Sept 2018.
  • “Missed hip conditions” in “Do Not Fall into the Trap: Commonly Missed Pediatric Orthopedic Conditions in the ER” El Paso, Sept 2018.
  • “Necrotizing Fasciitis” Multi specialty trauma mortality and morbidly conference April 2018.
  • “Staying out of troubles in pediatric fractures” Breakout session in the annual meeting of Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA) in Vancouver, October 2017.
  • “General principles of pediatric fractures” in “Pediatric Orthopedic: what the primary care needs to know”, El Paso June 2017.
  • “Pediatric lower extremity fractures” in “Pediatric Orthopedic: what the primary care needs to know”, El Paso June 2017.
  • “Pediatric Lower Extremity Fractures”, invited speaker for in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, Dec 2016.
  • “Submiscular bridge plating” invited speaker for University of Shanghai, March 2016.
  • “Obstetric brachial plexus palsy” ” invited speaker for University of Shanghai, March 2016.
  • “Fat embolism” Multi specialty trauma mortality and morbidly conference July 2015.
  • “How to write a scientific manuscript” invited keynote speaker for general surgery residency in TUHSC El Paso research day, June 2015.
  • “Pediatric Fractures: overview and do NOT miss injuries” grand round lecture at El Paso Children’s Hospital September 2014.
  • “Back Pain in Children” invited speaker, First El Paso Pediatric Colloquium, June 2014.
  • “Pediatric femur fracture” trauma grand round lecture in Texas Tech University El Paso, April 2014.
  • “Intoing and tiptoeing” grand round lecture at El Paso Children’s Hospital April 2014.
  • “Pediatric hip and foot pathologies” grand round visiting professor lecture in the orthopedic department in University of Toledo in Oct 2013.
  •  “Pediatric femur fracture” Invited speaker for seminar in the OTA (orthopedic trauma association) annual meeting in Phoenix in Oct 2013.
  • “Pediatric femur fractures” Invited speaker in Carlsbad Medical Center Trauma and Critical Care Symposium, Calsbad, NM Oct 2013.
  • “Hip dislocation” Multi specialty trauma mortality and morbidly conference Aug 2013.
  • “Pediatric femur fracture” Invited speaker for seminar in the OTA (orthopedic trauma association) annual meeting in Minnesota in Oct 2012.
  • “Scapulothoracic dissociation” Multi specialty trauma mortality and morbidly conference Aug 2012
  • “Bleeding after vascular graft repair” Multi specialty trauma mortality and morbidly conference March 2012
  • “Crouch gait in cerebral palsy” seminar in UTEP engineer department Feb 2012
  • “Pediatric hip pathologies” visiting professor grand round in the orthopedic department in University of Toledo in Feb 2012.
  • “Relative instability-External fixation” AO basic course, New Orleans, invited speaker and instructor, Jan 2012.
  • “Hip, knee and shoulder exam” tenth Faculty development course, Paul L Foster school of Medicine.  El Paso, 2011
  •  “Traumatic hip pain in Children” 11th Rio Grande trauma conference, El Paso, Dec 2010.
  • “Hip pain in children” Grand round, Paul L Foster School of Medicine in Dec 2010.
  • “Orthopedic management of poly traumatized child” 10th Rio Grande trauma conference, Dec 2009, El Paso.
  •  “Methods of treatment of infection in trauma patients” 10th Rio Grande trauma conference, Dec 2009, El Paso.
  • “Slipped Capital femoral epiphysis” ground round in orthopedic department in Texas Tech in El Paso, TX in April 2008.
  • “Obstetric brachial plexus palsy” fellow graduation lecture, Hospital for Joint Disease, New York, June 2006.
  •  “Musculoskeletal infection in children” grand round in orthopedic department in Shizuka Hospital in Japan in May 2004.

 

Recurring lectures:

  • “Foot and ankle series” to orthopedic residents in Maimonides Medical Center.
  • “Trauma series” to orthopedic residents in Texas Tech University El Paso (repeated yearly)
  • “Pediatric Orthopedic Series” to the pediatric residents in Texas Tech University El Paso (repeated yearly).
  • “Orthopedic examination” 1st year medical student in Paul L Foster School of Medicine (repeated yearly).
  • “Pediatric orthopedic introduction” 3rd year medical students in Paul L Foster School of Medicine (repeated yearly).
  • “Review of radiology in skeletally immature children” to radiology residents Texas Tech University.

 

Founded Web Based Orthopedic groups:

  • “Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma” a “myAO” group. Founded in Oct 2021, joined by AO surgeons from all over the world.

 

Web-Based lectures:

Pediatric Orthopedic Channel (more than 1,370,000 views as of Oct 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgspH9PO5_U

Orthopedic Board Review Channel

 

 

Platforms providing links to Dr Abdelgawad lectures:

Global help is a very well-known organization that is working to improve the musculoskeletal health of children.

 

Citations (as of September 2020):

  • 1280 citations (Source: Google scholar).
  • h-index 14
  • i10-index 26

 

Honors and Awards:  

  • Japanese SICOT award in Istanbul in September 2005.
  • Australian SICOT award in Hong Kong in August 2008.
  • Nominated for “Faculty of the year 2010” in TTUHSC-El Paso.
  • Nominated for “Faculty of the year 2011” in TTUHSC-El Paso.
  • Nominated for “Faculty of the year 2013” in TTUHSC-El Paso.
  • “The Best Poster Award for the Most Exciting Clinical Research” 1st Biomed Symposium, El Paso, TX. For the Poster “Upper Extremity Infections Secondary to Dog Bites in Children”.
  • Nominated for “Faculty of the year 2014” in TTUHSC-El Paso.
  • Dean’s Excellence award in teaching for 2014 in TTUHSC-El Paso Paul L Foster School of Medicine.
  • Best research in the 15th annual Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, Dec 2014.
  • Selected as one of the eight finalists to present innovations at The Third Annual Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium at Washington, D.C. (2015).
  • Selected as one of the five finalists to present innovation at AAOS/ORS Translating Orthopaedic Technologies into Clinical Practice: Pathways from Novel Idea to Improvements in Standard of Care Research Symposium at Chicago in May 2017.
  • Honorable mention video in AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV 2019 “Submuscular Bridge Plating for Management of Pediatric Femur Fractures” Amr A. Abdelgawad, Ahmed Elabd, Isaac Fernandez, MD, Ahmed Thabet Hagag, Enes M. Kanlic.
  • Selected as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2021 (this recognition is only for 7% of all U.S. board certified physicians).
  • 3rd place presentation in COS (Clinical Orthopedic Society) annual meeting, Nov 2021, Nashville, TN for the study “Trends in Total Ankle Arthroplasty and Fusion for Tibiotalar Osteoarthritis”
  • “Teacher of the year award” from the orthopedic resident in Maimonides Medical Center Orthopedic Residency, 2022.

 

 

Grants and subawards

  • “Evaluation of Safety and Performance Outcomes of The Fibulink Syndesmosis Repair System” $27,000 from DePuy Synthes (PI of the study).
  • “Anatomical Study of New Operative Approach for Pediatric Distal Radius Diaphyseal Metaphyseal Junction Fractures” POSNA 2021 Fall Micro Grant in the amount of $1,000 (November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022).
  • Mini seed grant for “development of locking screws in the ankle nail fusion system” from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, amount $10,000, September 2017(Primary investigator).
  • Seed Grant for development of “ankle fusion nail” from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, amount $13,623, April 2015 (Primary investigator).
  • Grant from “Greater West Texas Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization” in Jan 2015 for 30,000 USD for helping commercialization of the internal lengthener plate (Primary investigator).
  • Subaward for “Prospective Randomized Trial to Assess Fixation Strategies for Severe Open Tibia Fractures: Modern Ring External Fixators vs. Internal Fixation (FIXIT)” a study done under Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC) (PI for Texas Tech Location)
  • Subaward for the “Fixation Using Alternative Implants for the Treatment of Hip Fractures: A Multi-Centre Randomized Trial Comparing Sliding Hip Screws and Cancellous Screws on Revision Surgery Rates and Quality of Life in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures.” A multi-center study (PI for Texas Tech Location)
  • OTA Research resident grant ($10,000) June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2011 Grant Cycle for “Use of Local Free Antibiotic Powder in the Treatment of Osteomyelitis” (co PI).

 

Course Instructor:

  • AO North America Basic Principles Course in Toronto, Oct 2017.
  • AO North America Basic Principles Course in New Orleans, Jan 2012.  
  • OTA Comprehensive Fracture Course for Residents 2010 in Baltimore.

 

Moderating presentations:

  • Moderator for the orthopedic session in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, 2016.
  • Moderator for the orthopedic session in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, 2015.
  • Moderator for the orthopedic session in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, 2014.
  • Moderator for the orthopedic session in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, 2013.
  • Moderator for the orthopedic session in Rio Grande Trauma conference in El Paso, 2012.

 

Course Director/ Organizer:

  • “Pediatric Orthopedics: Injuries & Illness, what providers need to know”. A virtual life conference, Maimonides Medical Center, Nov 5, 2021.
  • “Do Not Fall into the Trap: Commonly Missed Pediatric Orthopedic Conditions in the ER” El Paso, Sept 2018. Course co-director.
  • “Second annual pediatric orthopedic conference: what the primary care needs to know?” El Paso, February 2018. Co-director of the conference.
  • “Optimizing movement for orthopedic patients”. El Paso, September 2017. Co-director of the conference
  • “Pediatric Orthopedic: What the primary care needs to know?” El Paso, June 3, 2016. Co-director of the conference.
  • “Wound management”. El Paso, September 2016. Co-director of the conference

 

Research Activities:

  • Prospective study of the efficacy of “Fibulink” as a treatment of ankle syndesmotic injury (PI)
  • Anatomical study for antegrade radius fixation by flexible nail (PI)
  • Research on comparing different methods for treatment of shoulder deformity in cases of Erb’s palsy (PI)
  • Research on role of MRI in musculoskeletal infections (PI for Maimonides location)
  • Research on pathology of adolescent Lisfranc injury (PI)
  • Research on management of adolescent tibia fracture (PI)
  • Research on management of nonunion in pediatric long bone fracture (PI)
  • Research on factors associated with return to OR for circular external fixator (co PI).
  • Research on expenses associated with use of staged external fixator (Co-PI)
  • Research on comparison for External fixator Vs Plate for pilon fracture (Co-PI).
  • Research on acute internal fixation for open ankle fracture (PI).
  • Research on second day surgery for tibial plateau fracture (PI).
  • Research of clinical results of distal femur fracture (Co-PI).
  • Research of pediatric forearm flexible nail (PI).
  • Research of pediatric upper extremity gunshot wound (PI).
  • Research on “valgus position of trochanteric fracture” (PI).
  • Research on “RIA bone grafting with circular frames” (PI).
  • Research on “compartment syndrome with tibial plateau fracture (PI).
  • Research on “nonunion after pediatric tibial osteotomy” (PI).
  • Research on fibular nail for ankle fracture in high risk patients (PI).
  • Research on flexible nail for clavicle fractures in adolescents patients (PI).
  • Research on complication of sinus tarsi approach for calcaneus fracture (PI).
  • Research on CT irradiation for pediatric trauma patients (PI).
  • Research on snake bites in children (PI).
  • Research of pedal puncture wound in children (PI).
  • Research on animal bites in children (PI)
  • Research on sacroiliac fixation in children (PI).
  • Research on severity of injuries with pelvic fracture and its relation to mortality (PI)
  • Research on Sub muscular plating for pediatric femoral fracture (PI)
  • Research on “bone graft using RIA” (PI)
  • Research on “orthopedic knowledge of ER and pediatric residents” (co-PI)
  • Research on costs of spanning external fixators (PI)
  • Research on “orthopedic injuries in children riding dirt bikes” (PI)
  • Research on “treatment of acetabular fractures by combined fixation and THA” (co-PI).
  • Research on association between necrotizing fasciitis and hepatitis C infection (co-PI).
  • Research on distal radial osteotomy using radial side plate (co-PI).
  • Research on pediatric orthopedic injuries in Motocross/dirt bike accidents (PI).
  • Research on pediatric orthopedic injuries in All Terrain Vehicles accidents (co-PI)
  • Research on developing a new “internal bone lengthener with remote control” with the University of Texas in El Paso.
  • Research on developing a computerized external fixator with the University of Texas in El Paso.
  • Research on “Use of local free antibiotic powder in the treatment of osteomyelitis” (PI).
  • Research on “Fixation Using Alternative Implants for the Treatment of Hip Fractures: A Multi-Centre Randomized Trial Comparing Sliding Hip Screws and Cancellous Screws on Revision Surgery Rates and Quality of Life in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures.” (FAITH) A multi-center study (PI for Texas Tech Location)
  • Hip Fracture Evaluation with ALternatives of Total Hip Arthroplasty versus Hemi-Arthroplasty (HEALTH): A multi-center study (co-PI for Texas Tech Location)
  • Research on “use of computer to build a program for rehabilitation depending on the gait analysis” with engineering department in University of Texas in El Paso.
  • Research on “The comparison between lateral entry nail and plating for pediatric femur fracture”. Clinical multicenter study (co-PI).
  • Research on the “Results of surgical treatment of Osgood Schlatter disease in adults” clinical study (PI).
  • Research on “Pelvic fixation using the Luque Galveston technique” clinical study (co-PI).
  • Research on “the radiological evaluation of proximal radioulnar joint in ORIF of proximal radius” anatomical study (PI).
  • Research on “prophylactic IM rodding after lengthening of femur in cases of congenital femoral deficiency” (PI).
  • Research on “Growing rods for treatment of early onset scoliosis” (PI).
  • Research on “minimum of 2 years follow up for the Ponseti method for treatment of club foot”.
  • Thesis on “Management of shoulder deformities in Erb’s palsy in children” which was completed in July 2005.
  • Essay on “Mobile-bearing knee arthroplasty” in 2001.
  • “Blood donation; regarding willingness to donate and medical knowledge about it” in community health department.” 5th year medical student research.

 

Languages

Excellent English, Arabic.

Good Spanish.

Fair French.

 

Societies and Organization:

  • American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgeons: Member since 2022
  • American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon: fellow member since 2014.
  • American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and developmental medicine member since 2012
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons  Since 2012
  • Member in the SICOT (Societe internationale de chirurgie orthopedique et de traumatologie) since May 2003.
  • Member of the OTA (Orthopedic Trauma Association) since 2008.
  • Member of the POSNA (Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America) since 2009
  • AO Musculoskeletal Trauma Faculty since 2010
  • Member in Egyptian Orthopedic Association since 2001

 

License:

  • Full Texas Medical License.
  • Full New York Medical License.

 

Clinical productivity:

  • Patients seen in office and surgeries performed as attending surgeon from Jan 2022 to Dec 2022: 4720/ 284
  • Patients seen in office and surgeries performed as attending surgeon from Jan 2021 to Dec 2021: 4136/ 240
  • Patients seen in office and surgeries performed as attending surgeon from Sep 2019 to Aug 2020: 3827/ 209 (Start of a new practice in New York city and shut down by Covid)
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2018 to Aug 2019: 623/ 9,033.73
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2017 to Aug 2018: 704/ 8,989.57
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2016 to Aug 2017: 413/ 6,257.92
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2015 to Aug 2016: 724 / 9,214.85
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2014 to Aug 2015: 610 / 9,846.17
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2013 to Aug 2014: 615 / 10,385.39
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2012 to Aug 2013: 576 / 7,687.09
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2011 to Aug 2012: 642 / 10,376.01
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2010 to Aug 2011: 529 / 9,170.77
  • Procedures performed / RVU as an attending surgeon from Sep 2009 to Aug 2010: 627 / 9,671 .72

 

 

Conferences and Courses Attended

  • POSNA annual meeting, Nashville, TN, April 2023.
  • Controversies In Pediatric Limb Reconstruction, Dallas, Feb 2023.
  • AOFAS annual meeting, Quebec City, Sep 2022.
  • AAOS annual meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2022
  • AOFAS annual meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, Oct 2021
  • AAOS annual meeting, San Diego, CA, Sep 2021
  • POSNA annual meeting, Dallas, TX, May 2021
  • AAOS meeting for Pre-arthritic hip management, Chicago, Sep 2019.
  • AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas, March 2019.
  • Controversies in Pediatric Limb Lengthening Reconstruction, Dallas, Feb, 2019.
  • Advanced Shoulder Arthroplasty meeting, Park City, UT Jan 2019.
  • OTA annual meeting, Orlando, Oct 2018.
  • POSNA annual meeting, Austin, May 2018.
  • AAOS annual meeting, New Orleans, march 2018.
  • Shoulder arthroplasty, Phoenix, Feb 2018.
  • SICOT annual meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, Nov 2017.
  • OTA annual meeting in Toronto October 2017.
  • The AAOS/ORS Translating Orthopaedic Technologies into Clinical Practice: Pathways from Novel Idea to Improvements in Standard of Care Research Symposium, Chicago, IL, May 2017.
  • POSNA/ EPOS combine meeting (EPOSNA), Barcelona, Spain, May 2017.
  • AAOS annual meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2017.
  • “AO Hip preservation” Marco Island, FL, Jan 2017.
  • “Principles of musculoskeletal ultra sound”, Phoenix, Nov 2015.
  • Pediatric innovation conference, Washington DC, Oct 2015
  • AO foot and ankle trauma, Miami, Sept 2015.
  • Maine orthopedic review course, Waterville, ME, June 2015.
  • Miller review course, Denver, CO, May 2015.
  • AAOS Board review course, Chicago, IL, April 2015.
  • Annual meeting of AAOS, Las Vegas, March 2015.
  • One AO, Las Vegas, Feb 2015
  • Refresher course for ATLS, El Paso, Nov 2014.
  • Annual meeting of the OTA (Orthopedic Trauma Association), Tampa, FL, Oct 2014.
  • Orthopedic pre course for annual meeting of the AACPDM, San Diego, Oct 2014.
  • Review of musculoskeletal tumor, Miami, FL, June 2014.
  • ICD-10 for orthopedic surgeons, San Antonio, April 2014.
  • Techniques in Sports Surgery for Children and Adolescent, Chicago, Feb, 2014
  • Early onset scoliosis international congress meeting, San Diego, November 2013.
  • OTA annual meeting in Phoenix October 2013.
  • POSNA annual meeting in Toronto May 2013.
  • AAOS Board review course, Chicago, IL, April 2013.
  • AAOS annual meeting in Chicago, IL March 2013.
  • Anatomic ACL reconstruction workshop, March 2013, Lexington, KY.
  • OTA annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN 2012
  • POSNA annual meeting in Denver 2012.
  • AONA - Advanced Techniques in Complex Pediatric Spine Surgery, Miami, FL, Mar 2012
  • Osteoporosis in children, Albuquerque, Jan 2012.
  • AO basic course New Orleans, Jan 2012 (faculty).
  • Cerebral palsy crouch gait POSNA tutorial in St Paul, MN Oct 2011.
  • The annual meeting of OTA (Orthopedic Trauma Association) in San Antonio in Oct 2011.
  • Management of severe spasticity, Chicago, September 2011
  • POSNA annual meeting in Montreal, May 2011.
  • Master knee ligament arthroscopy course, Chicago, IL March, 2011.
  • Congenital hand and foot deformity course, Albuquerque, NM, Feb 2011
  • Refreshed course for ATLS, Chicago, IL Feb, 2011.
  • POSNA tutorial for “Surgical dislocation of the Hip” Nov 2010.
  • OTA annual meeting, Baltimore, Oct 2010
  • AO geriatric fracture meeting, Scottsdale, Sep 2010
  • AO pelvic and acetabular fractures, Toronto, May 2010
  • Annual Meeting of POSNA, Hawaii May 2010
  • Advanced Techniques in Complex Pediatric Spine Surgery. Salt Lake city, Mar 2010
  • Cerebral palsy management tutorial in Wilmington, DE Nov 2009.
  • Annual meeting of the OTA (orthopedic trauma association) in San Diego in Oct 2009.
  • Annual meeting of the SRS (scoliosis research society) in San Antonio in September 2009
  • Annual meeting of MSIS-NA (Musculoskeletal infection society of North America)  in San Diego in Aug 2009.
  • Annual meeting of POSNA in Boston in April 2009.
  • Pediatric spine deformity hands on course in St Louis, MO, November 2008.
  • SRS meeting in Salt Lake city, UT in September 2008.
  • SICOT annual meeting in Hong Kong in August 2008.
  • ATLS course in Toledo, OH in June 2008.
  • AO pelvic and acetabular fracture course in Toronto in May 2008.
  • AO basic spine course in St Louis in May 2008.
  • AO advanced symposium (fracture failure solution) (AO part 3 course) in San Francisco in April 2008.
  • AO pediatric meeting in Detroit in April 2008
  • Annual AAOS meeting in San Francisco in March 2008.
  • Basic Disaster life support course in Toledo in March 2008.
  • AO advanced course in Denver, Colorado in October 2007.
  • Annual meeting of OTA in Boston, Massachusetts in October 2007.
  • Intensive review course for preparation of the board in John Hopkins in Baltimore, April 2007.
  • Hands-on Cadaver lab on “pediatric and adult spinal deformity” in Las Vegas in March 2007.
  • The AAOS annual meeting in San Diego in Feb 2007.
  • 3rd IPOS meeting in Orlando, Florida in Dec 2006.
  • “The current concepts in management of pediatric and adult spine deformity” in New York in June 2006
  • The POSNA meeting in San Diego in May, 2006.
  • Basics of Taylor spatial frame in Salt Lake in March 2006.
  • SICOT annual meeting in Istanbul in September 2005 (including the fourth international club foot congress and the combined meeting of the IFPOS and the Turkish Pediatric Orthopaedic Society)
  • The cooperative EOA/AAOS instructional course lecture “Pediatric Orthopedics and Pediatric Spine” in Cairo in March 2005.
  • Annul Egyptian Orthopedic Association (EOA) Dec 2004, Cairo, Egypt
  • Annul Egyptian Orthopedic Association (EOA) Dec 2003. Cairo, Egypt
  • The 3rd annual meeting of the SICOT in Cairo Sep 2003
  • Annul Egyptian Orthopedic Association (EOA) Dec 2002. Cairo, Egypt
  • The basic AO course in May 2001 in Cairo.

 

 

Faculty development courses:

  • Faculty Educator Program: For AO faculty. Las Vegas, Feb 2015.
  • Tenth Faculty Development Course in Texas Tech University Health Science Center in El Paso (August 2011-May 2012)
  • Instructor preparation course in Ain Shams University, Cairo in June 2003.

 

Master and PhD supervision

  • “Design And Development Of Implantable And Remote Controlled Distraction Osteogenesis Device For Limb Lengthening Practice In Children” By Mario Eduardo Rodriguez De La O, Department of Mchanical Engineering, UTEP, Thesis for partial fulfillment of Master of Science, approved in May 2014.
  • “Granular computing for assessment of mild traumatic brain injury” By Melaku Ayenew Bogale, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UTEP, Thesis for partial fulfillment of PhD of Science, approved in May 2013.
  • “Sensor-Based Robotic Learning System For The Rehabilitation of Arm” by Chethan Ramachandra Keladi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UTEP, Thesis for partial fulfillment of Master of Science, approved in May 2012.
  • “Determination of The Dynamic Behavior of Subjects With Diabetic Neuropathy” by Luis Gerardo Sagarnaga Lopez, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UTEP, Thesis for partial fulfillment of Master of Science, approved in May 2012.
  • “A Novel Software For Automated Gait Classification And Assessment Based On Multi-Sensors Fusion And Soft Computing Techniques” by Murad M Alaqtash, Department Of Electrical And Computer Engineering, UTEP. Thesis for partial fulfillment of PhD, approved in April 2012.
  • “Assessment And Evaluation Of Peripheral Neuropathy From Diabetic Mellitus Using Systems Analysis Approach” by Oscar Espino, Department Of Electrical And Computer Engineering UTEP, Thesis for partial fulfillment of Master of Science, approved in Dec 2011.

 

 

Researches conduct certificates:

  • International Conference on Harmonisation − Good Clinical Practice Guideline Course on Feb 2012
  • Citi program May 2009, renewed May 2012, May 2015, May 2018.

 

 

Editorial Board

  • Journal of Contemporary Orthopaedic Research

 

Grant Reviewers:

  • Medical Student research grants 2013.
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2013, evaluation of project submitted by university in Kazakhstan for national grant.

 

Journal reviewer:

  • Measurement.
  • Journal of musculoskeletal surgery.
  • Journal of foot and ankle surgery.
  • European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery& Traumatology.
  • Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (JORT).
  • Journal of Knee Surgery.
  • Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery (JAAOS).

 

Patents:

  • Provisional patent application 8/1/2014 for “Preparation And Characterization Of Bone-Targeted Vancomycin – Loaded Liposomes For Osteomyelitis Treatment”
    • A U.S. provisional patent application, 62/ 031,989 was filed on 08/01/2014.
  • Provisional patent application 6/4/2014 for “Internal Bone Lengthener Device”
    • A U.S. provisional patent application, 62,005691 was filed on 05/30/14.
  • Provisional application for nail for fusion of the tibio talar joint.
  • Provisional application for “New design for tibiotalocalcaneal (TTC) nail/ nail adapter for better correction of the position of the ankle in ankle fusion (arthrodesis) surgery”. 4/14/2020

 

 National committees:

  • POSNA - Core Curriculum Committee: The committee responsible for outlining the curriculum for orthopedic residents (regarding the pediatric orthopedic part) and pediatric orthopedic fellows.

 

Media articles:

 

 

Links to web pages:

 

Date of Birth: Feb 13, 1974.

 

Email: amratef@doctor.com; orthopedicsurgeon@amrabdelgawad.com

 

Recreation:  Squash, jogging, running (half marathons), biking, spending time and travelling with family.

 

Marital Status: Married and have 3 daughters and a son.

 

 

 

 

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