Patient Care Bio
Dr. Elfar specializes in the treatment of hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder problems for patients of all ages. His clinical interests include all aspects of upper extremity trauma and reconstruction. He has special expertise in arthroscopy including the arthroscopic treatment of hand and upper extremity problems including the rotator cuff of the shoulder and elbow. He also has special expertise in joint reconstructive and salvage procedures for the hand, wrist, shoulder, and elbow including joint replacements, peripheral nerve surgery, and vascular surgery.
Dr. Elfar is a graduate of both Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School. His Orthopaedic Surgery Residency training was with URMC Orthopaedics. Then, he completed an Advanced Upper Extremity Trauma Fellowship with the AO International. He also completed advanced fellowship training in Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, including shoulder and elbow reconstruction at the Cincinnati Hand Surgery Center. He is board certified in orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Elfar joined URMC Orthopaedics as an Assistant Professor specializing in hand, wrist, shoulder, and elbow surgery in 2008.
If surgery is required, Dr. Elfar uses the convenient and efficient Clinton Crossings Procedure Rooms as well as the Sawgrass URMC Surgery Center for outpatient surgical procedures when possible. Both facilities are staffed with team members who are experts in the care of patients undergoing outpatient procedures. Dr. Elfar also works closely with our specially trained hand and upper extremity therapists in the Hand Rehabilitation program to direct your post-surgical care and to ensure a fast and successful recovery. When bracing is ordered by Dr. Elfar, our hand therapists are prepared to fashion custom orthoses on site the same day as your appointment.
| American Orthopaedic Association North American Traveling Fellowship | American Orthopaedic Association |
2011 |
| Julian Bruner Award American Society for Surgery of the Hand | American Society for Surgery of the Hand |
2009 |
| Emerging Leader - American Orthopaedic Association | American Orthopaedic Association |
2008 - Present |
| Young Leader - American Society for Surgery of the Hand | American Society for Surgery of the Hand |
2008 - Present |
| Kenneth E DeHaven Award for Outstanding Orthopaedic Research |
2007 |
| Resident Leader Program (Zimmer- American Orthopaedic Association) | American Orthopaedic Association |
2007 |
| Clinician Scientist Training Program | American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
2007 |
| Trauma Fellowship Award with Dr. Jesse Jupiter | AO International |
2006 |
| Efforts in Diversity Award | Harvard Medical School |
2002 |
| National Research Service Award | NIH |
2000 |
| Traveling Fellowship | Society for Neuroscience Travel Fellowship |
1999 - 2000 |
| RA Williams Fellowship | American Board of Cardiology |
1998 |
| Research Fellowshp | DuPont Merck Harvard Medical School |
1998 |
| Academic All American | USA TODAY |
1996 |
| Medical Scientist Training Program Award Recipient |
1996 - 1999 |
| Faculty for the Future Fellowship | General Electric |
1995 - 1996 |
| Undergraduate Fellowship (declined) | Howard Hughes |
1995 |
| Biomedical Engineering Research Award |
1995 |
| National Torchbearer Award | NSBE |
1995 - 1996 |
| Undergraduate Fellowship | Whitaker Foundation |
1995 |
| Honors Baylor/Rice Premedical Academy | MMEP |
1995 |
| Golden Key Honor Society |
1995 |
| Alpha Epsilon Delta (pre-medical honor society) |
1995 - 1996 |
| OMSA Academic Honor Award | John Hopkins University |
1992 - 1996 |
