Hesham Abdelfattah is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing 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 and a shoulder and elbow surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.
Accomplishments:
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors, 2021–2023
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2021–2022
- Associate Residency Program Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, 2018-2022
- Orthopaedic Educator of the Year Award, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, Temple University Lewis Kats School of Medicine, 2021
- Academic appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine
- Academic appointment as a Clinical Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery (Volunteer Faculty) at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Medical service trips to Honduras, Uganda, Guatemala, and Mexico
- Co-author of several peer-reviewed publications in prestigious medical journals, as well as a book chapter in Chapman’s Comprehensive Orthopaedic Surgery, Fourth Edition
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine
- Dean’s Ambassador for Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine