Hesham Abdelfattah is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with a specialty in the hand and upper extremity. He obtained his medical degree from the Texas Tech University Health Science Center’s School of Medicine after earning his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at El Paso. He completed an internship at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and his residency at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. After his residency, he completed a hand and upper extremity fellowship at the Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, in addition to a shoulder and elbow surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Abdelfattah remained in practice in Philadelphia on faculty at Temple University School of Medicine where he was promoted to Associate Professor of orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine. He helped direct the orthopaedic surgery residency program where he trained residents and medical students and participated in research advancing the field. He brings his expertise to central New Jersey, where he continues to provide the highest quality of orthopaedic care alongside the rest of the UOA team.
Dr. Abdelfattah subscribes to a personal philosophy of treating the whole person, not just the disease or the affected limb. To embody this philosophy, he prioritizes spending time with his patients to understand how their injuries or conditions are affecting their lives. He believes in a collaborative physician-patient approach when tackling both surgical and non-surgical conditions.
Accomplishments:
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Shoulder Bursitis
Torn Rotator Cuff Tendonitis Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Shoulder Separation Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow) Frozen Shoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Fractures Shoulder Impingement Syndrome and Bursitis Shoulder Dislocation Medial Epicondylitis (Pitcher's or Golfer's Elbow)PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Sedney, CL, Daffner, SD, Stefanko, JJ, Abdelfattah, H, France, JC, Emery, SE. Fracture of fusion mass after hardware removal in patients with high sagittal imbalance.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Dec 18: 1-5
Gaspar MP, Abdelfattah H, Kane PM, Vosbikian MM, Rekant MS. Recurrent cubital tunnel syndrome treated with revision neurolysis and amniotic membrane nerve wrapping.
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery; 2016 Dec;25(12):2057-2065.
Gaspar MP, Kho JY, Kane PM, Abdelfattah HM, Culp RW. Orthogonal Plating with Corrective Osteotomy for Treatment of Distal Radius Fracture Malunion.
Journal of Hand Surgery American; 2017;42(1):e1-e10.
Greenhill DA, Thoder JJ, Abdelfattah H. Triggering of the abductor pollicis longus in association with deQuervain's tenosynovitis.
BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 31;2017. PubMed PMID: 28765477
Greenhill DA, Abdelfattah H, Torg JS, Sewards JM. Atypical presentation of Parsonage-Turner syndrome confounded by surgical rotator cuff injury.
BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 24;2017. PubMed PMID: 28739618
Qazi, S., Reynolds, J., Abdelfattah, H., & Thoder, J. Heterotopic Ossification of the Elbow: A Literature Review.
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2019z: 30(6), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.9734/jammr/2019/v30i630207
Wiekrykas, B, Solarz, MK, Abdelfattah HM, Thoder JJ. Supernumerary extensor pollicis longus tendon masking an extensor pollicis longus rupture following non-surgical treatment of a distal radius fracture. BMJ Case Reports CP 2021; 12:e242509
Humeral shaft fractures in overhead throwing athletes: A case series
Boyce J, Luginbuhl J, Judy R, Abdelfattah H. Int. J. Case Rep. Orthop., 2022; 4(1): 79-83
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/27078345.2022.v4.i1b.97
Paladino J, Townsend C B, Ly JA, Judy R, Conroy C, Shivangi B, Abdelfattah HM, Solarz MK, Woozley K, Ilyas AM. Multiple Opioid Prescribers During the Perioperative Period Increases Opioid Consumption Following Upper Extremity Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis. Cureus. April 2022; 14(4): e24541. DOI:10.7759/cureus.24541
OTHER ARTICLES:
Pirela-Cruz, MA, Higgs, M , Reddy, K, Abdelfattah, H, Camerron, C, Hakim, N. Treatment of a Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Ulna with a Fully Constrained Prosthesis
El Paso Physician Vol. 31:3.2008
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Elbow Fractures and Dislocations. Chapman’s Comprehensive Orthopaedic Surgery, Fourth Edition. 6000 pp. New Dehli, India, London, UK. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing, 2019. Neal Chen MD, Hesham Abdelfattah, MD, David Ring MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTS/PRESENTATIONS:
Townsend, CB; Ly, J; Sherman, BS; Elmer, BS; Conroy, C; Judy, R; Abdelfattah, HM; Solarz, MK, Woozley, K; Ilyas, AM Larger Perioperative Opioid Prescriptions Lead to Prolonged Opioid Use Following Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis
Submitted to Journal of Hand Surgery
Paladino J, Townsend C B, Ly JA, *Judy R, Conroy C, Shivangi B, Abdelfattah HM, Solarz MK, Woozley K, Ilyas AM. Multiple Opioid Prescribers During the Perioperative Period Increases Opioid Consumption Following Upper Extremity Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis. Resident Research Day, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, April 30, 2022 (Podium).
Paladino JR, Townsend CB, Ly JA, Judy R, Conroy C, Bhatt S, Abdelfattah HM, Solarz MK, Woozley KT, Plusch K, Morgenstern M, Elmer N, Ilyas AM. Multiple Unique Opioid Prescribers During the Perioperative Period Increases Opioid Consumption Following Upper Extremity Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis. Eastern Orthopaedic Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Naples, FL (ePoster). October 26-29, 2022. Submitted March 2022
Townsend CB, Ly JA, Judy R, Sherman M, Elmer N, Conroy C, Abdelfattah HM, Solarz MK, Woozley KT, Plusch K, Morgenstern M, Bhatt S, Ilyas AM. Larger Perioperative Opioid Prescriptions Lead to Prolonged Opioid Use Following Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis. Eastern Orthopaedic Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Naples, FL (ePoster). October 26-29, 2022. Submitted March 2022
Blakewell B, Townsend CB, Ly JA, Judy R, Sherman M, Plusch K, Abdelfattah HM, Solarz MK, Woozley KT, Bhatt S, Morgenstern M, Elmer N, Ilyas AM. Benzodiazepine Use in the Perioperative Period Predisposes Patients to Prolonged Opioid Use Following Hand Surgery: A Multicenter Study. Eastern Orthopaedic Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Naples, FL (ePoster). October 26-29, 2022. Submitted March 2022
Townsend CB, Ly JA, Judy R, Sherman M, Elmer N, Conroy C, Plusch K, Abdelfattah HM, Solarz MK, Woozley KT, Ilyas AM. Larger Perioperative Opioid Prescriptions Lead to Prolonged Opioid Use Following Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis. Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society Fall 2022 Meeting, Hershey, PA (ePoster). October 6-8, 2022. Submitted May 2022
Townsend CB, Blakewell B, Ly JA, Sherman M, Morgenstern M, Judy R, Conroy C, Plusch K, Abdelfattah HM, Solarz MK, Woozley KT, Ilyas AM. Benzodiazepine Use Predisposes Patients to Prolonged Opioid Use Following Upper Extremity Surgery: A Multicenter Study. Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society Fall 2022 Meeting, Hershey, PA (ePoster). October 6-8, 2022. Submitted May 2022
Ly, J; Eurich, J; Kogan, L; Vineet, N; Kurucan, E; Abdelfattah, H; Solarz, M.Social Media Presence Among Hand Surgeons. Submitted for Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society's 2022 Annual Meeting
Kurucan, E; Jennings, J; Abdelfattah, HM; Solarz, MK
Sensitivity of Advanced Imaging in Upper Extremity Infections
ASSH Annual Meeting 2022
Kurucan, E; Solarz, MK, Abdelfattah, HM
Factors Predicting Increased Length of Stay in Patients with Drainable Upper Extremity Abscesses
Temple University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, Resident Research Day 2021
Boyce J, Luginbuhl J, Judy R, Abdelfattah, H Humeral Shaft Fractures in Overhead Throwing Athletes. Poster presentation. Philadelphia Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2020
Ackerman C, Boehm A, Sadeghipour K, McLaughlin J, Abdelfattah H, Rehman S. Modern Drilling and the Impact of Plunge Distance, Biomechanical and Thermal Properties Using Cadaveric Models. Poster presentation Philadelphia Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2020.
Medical Degree, Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine, Lubbock
Orthopaedic Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown
University of Pennsylvania, Shoulder and Elbow, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital , Hand and Upper Extremity, Philadelphia