Dr. Thabet Hagag - Clinical Associate Professor

Clinical Associate Professor

Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Thabet's areas of expertise include:

Limb Restoration, Salvage, and Reconstruction
Lengthening and Complex Deformity Correction
Pediatric Orthopedics
Orthopedic Trauma

Education

Medical School: Benha University School of Medicine, Egypt
Master’s Degree in Orthopedics (MSc): Benha University School of Medicine, Egypt
Ph.D. in Orthopedics: Benha University School of Medicine, Egypt

Training (GME)

Internship, Benha University School of Medicine, Egypt
Residency, Orthopaedics, Benha University School of Medicine, Egypt
Fellow in Limb Lengthening, International Center of Limb Lengthening (ICLL), Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics and Reconstruction, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellow in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Alfred DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
ASAMI International Fellow, Alexander Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy
AO Trauma Fellow, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Pediatric Orthopaedics Fellowship, Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA
Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship, University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS)
American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)

Licensure Information

Texas Medical full license

Professional Work History and Teaching Experience

2015-2021: Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University HSC El Paso, Paul Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, TX
2022-2024: Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University HSC El Paso, Paul Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, TX

Committee Responsibilities

National

Research Committee, Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society
Committee, Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS) Committee
Chair, Patient Education Committee, Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS)
Member, Education Committee, Southwest Orthopedics Trauma Association
Teaching Faculty Member, AO North America (Orthopedic Trauma and Pediatric Orthopedics)
Faculty at AO basic course, May 2027, LA Jolla, CA
Faculty at AO basic course, May 2023, New Orleans, LA
Faculty member at OTA annual basic resident course ‘’Distal humerus fractures,’’ Inner Harbor, MD, November 2016
Co-director of the orthopedic rotation for the pediatric residents from June 2016 to September 2019
Director of Pediatric residents’ orthopedics rotation September 2019-Present
Director of Pediatric Orthopedics clerkship for medical students
Co-director of Physical Therapy Meeting planning committee “keep the motion”
Co-director of Physical Therapy Meeting “Management of orthopedics surgical wounds”
Co-director of Pediatric Orthopedics diseases and injuries: "What you need to know”
Director of “Borderland Cerebral Palsy symposium,” 2019
SWOTA motor skills PGY1 course: “Don’t fall in trap: missed injuries for ER physicians”
Course program and Table instructor in “Baltimore Annual Deformity course” 2014, 2017
SWOTA PGY1 motor skills course education planning committee, Albuquerque, NM, 2018
OTA annual basic resident course “Module Leader for Pediatric Fracture” October, 2020
Author of OTA core resident’s lectures 2020 on "Pediatric Pelvis and Acetabulum Fractures"
Director of "Borderland Cerebral Palsy Symposium," 2024

Committee Responsibility other than UTMB

2016-2017: Orthopedics trauma liaison: review of complex trauma cases, writing and editing the protocols/policies for trauma patients
2016-2020: Interviewer for incoming medical students to Paul Foster Medical School
2016-2024: Director of Orthopedics clinics
2016-2024: MPR/TPIPS COMMITTEE: review complex trauma cases, putting the policies and guides for trauma patients, oversighting the trauma educational events
2018-2024: Committee for Pain Management, University Medical Center (UMC)
2019-2024: Supervisor of AAP
2019-2024: Perioperative Committee, El Paso Children hospital (EPCH)
2019-2024: Associate Trauma Liaison
2019-2024: EPCH Infection Control Committee
2020-2023: Admissions Committee, Paul Foster School of Medicine
2021-2024: Texas Tech Clinics Medical Directors Committee
2021-2024: Pediatric Trauma Orthopedic director

Membership in Scientific Societies/Professional Organizations

2008-Present: Orthopedic Research Society (ORS)
2007-Present: Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS) of North America
2010-Present: Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA)
2010-Present: AO International member/ AO North America faculty member
2016-Present: Pediatric Orthopedics Society of North America
2008-Present: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (FAAOS) Fellow Member

Honors

Egyptian Orthopedic Society (EOA) award for young researchers who have peer-reviewed publications
Egyptian Academy of Science award for young researchers
Golden Apple Teaching Award for Resident Teaching, Class of 2023-2024

Additional Information

Journal Reviewer for

Orthopedics
Journal of Children’s Orthopedics
Western Orthopedic Journal
Journal of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction
British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open Access
Cureus
Pediatric Quality and Safety
Journal of International Medical Research
The Foot
Western Orthopedics Association

Professional Skills/Professional Development Endeavors

2010: ECFMG certificate
2014: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
2014: Basic Life Support (BLS)
2016-Present: Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

Publications

Google scholar profile:https://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org med profile:https://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org https://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org AM, Kupcha PC. Hindfoot salvage with external fixation. Foot Ankle Clin. 2008 Mar;13(1):123-43, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2007.12.003. PMID: 18328417.

Kowtharapu DN, Thabet AM, Holmes L Jr, Kruse R. Osteochondral flap avulsion fracture in a child with forearm compartment syndrome. Orthopedics. 2008 Aug;31(8):805. PMID: 19292414.

Thabet AM, Paley D, Kocaoglu M, Eralp L, Herzenberg JE, Ergin ON. Periosteal grafting for congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia: a preliminary report. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Dec;466(12):2981-94. doi: 10.1007/s11999-008-0556-1. Epub 2008 Oct 25. PMID: 18953621; PMCID: PMC2628232.

Wee J, Rahman T, Seliktar R, Akins R, Levine D, Richardson D, Dodge GR, Thabet AM, Holmes L, Mackenzie WG. Force feedback in limb lengthening. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010;2010:5109-12. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626190. PMID: 21095804.

Palocaren T, Thabet AM, Rogers K, Holmes L Jr, Donohoe M, King MM, Kumar SJ. Anterior distal femoral stapling for correcting knee flexion contracture in children with arthrogryposis--preliminary results. J Pediatr Orthop. 2010 Mar;30(2):169-73. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181d07593. PMID: 20179565.

Thabet AM, Belthur MV, Herzenberg JE. Spontaneous resolution of angular deformity of the distal femur in focal fibrocartilaginous dysplasia: a case report. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2010 Mar;19(2):161-3. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e3283361b11. PMID: 20051915.

Lovisetti G, Sala F, Thabet AM, Catagni MA, Singh S. Osteocutaneous thermal necrosis of the leg salvaged by TSF/Ilizarov reconstruction. Report of 7 patients. Int Orthop. 2011 Jan;35(1):121-6. doi: 10.1007/s00264-010-0952-5. Epub 2010 Feb 23. PMID: 20177894; PMCID: PMC3014478.

Sala F, Thabet AM, Castelli F, Miller AN, Capitani D, Lovisetti G, Talamonti T, Singh S. Bone transport for postinfectious segmental tibial bone defects with a combined ilizarov/taylor spatial frame technique. J Orthop Trauma. 2011 Mar;25(3):162-8. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181e5e160. PMID: 21321507.

Thabet AM, Zahed SM. Use of combined Taylor Spatial Frame (TSF) and Ilizarov for delayed treatment of femoral shaft fracture presented 6 weeks after injury—A case report. Injury Extra. 2011 July;42(7):71-74.

Latalski M, Elbatrawy YA, Thabet AM, Gregosiewicz A, Raganowicz T, Fatyga M. Enhancing bone healing during distraction osteogenesis with platelet-rich plasma. Injury. 2011 Aug;42(8):821-4. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.03.010. Epub 2011 Apr 21. PMID: 21513935.

Wee J, Rahman T, Akins RE, Seliktar R, Levine DG, Richardson DW, Dodge GR, Thabet AM, Holmes L, Mackenzie WG. Using distraction forces to drive an autodistractor during limb lengthening. Med Eng Phys. 2011 Oct;33(8):1001-7. doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.04.002. Epub 2011 Apr 30. PMID: 21531604.

Oto M, Thabet A, Miller F, Holmes L. Correlation between selective pedobarographic and radiographic measures in the assessment of surgically treated CTEV patients. Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi. 2011 Dec;22(3):145-8. PMID: 22085349.

Church C, Coplan JA, Poljak D, Thabet AM, Kowtharapu D, Lennon N, Marchesi S, Henley J, Starr R, Mason D, Belthur MV, Herzenberg JE, Miller F. A comprehensive outcome comparison of surgical and Ponseti clubfoot treatments with reference to pediatric norms. J Child Orthop. 2012 Mar;6(1):51-9. doi: 10.1007/s11832-012-0387-1. Epub 2012 Mar 6. PMID: 23449014; PMCID: PMC3303018.

Lovisetti G, Sala F, Miller AN, Thabet AM, Zottola V, Capitani D. Clinical reliability of closed techniques and comparison with open strategies to achieve union at the docking site. Int Orthop. 2012 Apr;36(4):817-25. doi: 10.1007/s00264-011-1260-4. Epub 2011 Apr 20. PMID: 21505801; PMCID: PMC3311812.

Thabet AM, Catagni MA, Guerreschi F. Total hip replacement fifteen years after pelvic support osteotomy (PSO): a case report and review of the literature. Musculoskelet Surg. 2012 Aug;96(2):141-7. doi: 10.1007/s12306-011-0178-8. Epub 2012 Jan 12. PMID: 22237840.

Thabet AM, Kowtharapu DN, Miller F, Dabney KW, Shah SA, Rogers K, Holmes L Jr. Wrist fusion in patients with severe quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Musculoskelet Surg. 2012 Dec;96(3):199-204. doi: 10.1007/s12306-012-0217-0. Epub 2012 Aug 15. PMID: 22893448.

Sala F, Elbatrawy Y, Thabet AM, Zayed M, Capitani D. Taylor spatial frame fixation in patients with multiple traumatic injuries: study of 57 long-bone fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2013 Aug;27(8):442-50. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31827cda11. PMID: 23249891.

Yilmaz G, Oto M, Thabet AM, Rogers KJ, Anticevic D, Thacker MM, Mackenzie WG. Correction of lower extremity angular deformities in skeletal dysplasia with hemiepiphysiodesis: a preliminary report. J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Apr-May;34(3):336-45. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000000089. PMID: 23965916.

Lamm BM, Gourdine-Shaw MC, Thabet AM, Jindal G, Herzenberg JE, Burghardt RD. Distraction osteogenesis for complex foot deformities: Gigli saw midfoot osteotomy with external fixation. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Sep-Oct;53(5):567-76. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2014.04.008. Epub 2014 Jun 2. PMID: 24891089.

Ghate S, Thabet AM, Gosey GM, Southern EP, Bégué RE, King AG. Primary Osteomyelitis of the Clavicle in Children. Orthopedics. 2016 Jul 1;39(4):e760-3. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20160526-10. Epub 2016 Jun 6. PMID: 27280623.

Kusnezov N, Prabhakar G, Dallo M, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad AA. Bone grafting via reamer-irrigator-aspirator for nonunion of open Gustilo-Anderson type III tibial fractures treated with multiplanar external fixator. SICOT J. 2017;3:30. doi: 10.1051/sicotj/2017002. Epub 2017 Apr 7. PMID: 28387196; PMCID: PMC5384319.

Kusnezov NA, Eisenstein ED, Diab N, Thabet AM, Abdelgawad A. Medial Malleolar Fractures and Associated Deltoid Ligament Disruptions: Current Management Controversies. Orthopedics. 2017 Mar 1;40(2):e216-e222. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20161213-02. Epub 2016 Dec 20. PMID: 27992638.

Sala F, Thabet AM, Capitani P, Bove F, Abdelgawad AA, Lovisetti G. Open Supracondylar-Intercondylar Fractures of the Femur Treatment With Taylor Spatial Frame. J Orthop Trauma. 201