Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Faculty

Faculty

Adam Adler, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Professional History
2016 - Present
Assistant Professor

Professional Boards
2015 – Board Eligible American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part I

Affiliates
AAOS, OTA, AO Trauma, AO North America

Practice Focus
Orthopaedic trauma, adult hip reconstruction, limb deformity correction, pelvis and acetabular surgery

Language Spoken
English, Spanish (Basic)

Gilberto A. Gonzalez, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Professional History
2014 - Present
Assistant Professor

2004 - Degree in Orthopedic Surgery
1999 - Medical School

Professional Boards
2004 - Boards (Mexico)
2011 - Re Certification
2004 - Hand Surgery Fellowship – University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
2010-2012 - Peripheral Nerve Surgery - Washington University (St. Louis, MO)
2012-2013 - Hand and Microsurgery – Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC)

Affiliates
ASSH, ASPN, ASRM

Practice Focus
Hand and microvascular surgery, peripheral nerve surgery

Language Spoken
English, Spanish

Lisa A. Kafchinski, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Professional History
2016 - Present
Assistant Professor

Professional Boards
2015 – Board Eligible American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part I

Affiliates
AAOS, MSTS, RJOS, UMA, CMDA

Practice Focus
Musculoskeletal oncology

Language Spoken
English

Ahmed Thabet-Hagag, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Professional History
2015 - Present
Assistant Professor

Professional Boards
1998 - Medical degree, M.D., Benha University (Egypt)
2003 - Master's degree in Orthopaedics (M.S.) (Egypt)
2007 - Limb lengthening and reconstruction fellowship, International Center for Limb Lengthening, Sinai hospital, (Baltimore)
2008 - Pediatric Orthopaedic Research fellowship, Alfred DuPont hospital for children, (Delaware)
2009 - Doctoral degree in Orthopaedics (Ph.D.) (Egypt)
2014 - Pediatric Orthopaedic fellowship, New Orleans Children hospital, Louisiana State University (LSU), (New Orleans)
2015 - Orthopaedic Trauma fellowship, University of New Mexico, UNM (Albuquerque, NM)

Affiliates
EOA, ORS, LLRS, OTA, AO Trauma, POSNA

Practice Focus
Pediatric orthopaedics, limb lengthening and reconstruction, adolescent hip problems, hip preservation, bone infections, nonunion, bone defects, complex trauma, and posttraumatic reconstruction.

Language Spoken
English and Arabic

Link for research
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=ahmed+m.thabet

William Weiss, M.D., FRCSC

Assistant Professor

Professional History
2016 - Present
Assistant Professor

Professional Boards
2012 - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
2003 - Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Certified Exercise Physiologist
2003 - Certified Level III Coach by the Canadian National Coaching Certification Program

Affiliates
AANA, AOSSM, AOFAS, AAOS, COA

Practice Focus
Sports medicine, reconstruction and arthroscopy, foot, ankle and lower extremity reconstruction

Language Spoken
English