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About Me
- Specialties
- Orthopedics
- Joint Replacement
- Gender
- M
- Age
- 45
- Languages
- Arabic
- French
- Education
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Residency-2014
- Cairo Medical University - Medical Education - 2001
- New England Baptist Hospital Program - Fellowship-2015
- Bio
- Karim Elsharkawy, M.D., specializes in primary and revision total hip and knee arthroplasty procedures. He has extensive research experience in the area of joint replacement and its effects on the geriatric population. He has also co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on hip and knee replacement.
Dr. Elsharkawy is board-certified in orthopedic surgery and fellowship-trained in adult reconstructive surgery. He received his medical degree from the Cairo University School of Medicine in Egypt, where he graduated with highest honors. He spent six years with the program as a resident then assistant lecturer before coming to the United States. After relocating, he joined the Cleveland Clinic to complete a post-doctoral research fellowship followed by his orthopedic residency. Dr. Elsharkawy also completed the Otto E. Aufranc Fellowship in adult reconstruction at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, Mass.
Prior to joining Texas Center for Joint Replacement, Dr. Elsharkawy worked as a surgeon in a premier orthopedics practice in Marlton, N.J. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in England, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association.
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Additional Locations
- 1519 N Town East Blvd
- 1519 N. Town East Blvd
- Ste 100
- Mesquite, TX 75150
- 490 US Hwy 80
- 490 US Hwy 80
- Ste 200
- Sunnyvale, TX 75182-9212
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Insurance Accepted
= Accepting New Patients
- Aetna Medicare Adv
- Aetna TX HealthAetna
- Amerigroup Medicaid
- Amerigroup Medicare Adv
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage HMO(ACA)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Choice PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO Blue)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Medicare Advantage HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Medicare Advantage PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue UT Connect
- Care N Care Medicare Adv
- Cigna Medicare Adv HMO
- Cigna Medicare Adv PPO
- City of Euless
- Coventry First Health
- Galaxy
- HealthSmart
- Humana ChoiceCare Commercial
- Humana HMO PPO Medicare Adv
- Medicare Dallas
- Medicare Railroad
- Medicare Rest Of Texas
- Molina Medicaid Chip
- Molina Medicaid Star Plans
- Molina Medicare Adv
- PHCS Multiplan
- ProCare Advantage Medicare HMO
- QuickTrip
- Superior Medicaid Chip Plans
- Superior Medicaid Star Plans
- Superior Medicare Adv
- Tricare Humana Military
- TriWest (BCBS)
- UHC AARP Medicare Adv
- UHC Commercial
- USA Commercial PPO
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