Kareem AbdelFattah

Assistant Professor
Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
United States of America

Professor Surgery
Biography

Kareem Abdelfattah, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in UT Southwestern’s Department of Surgery. He specializes in trauma and critical care surgery and general surgery. Dr. Abdelfattah received his medical degree from the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in burns, trauma, and critical care at UT Southwestern. He sees patients at the three dedicated trauma services at Parkland and at the UT Southwestern Burn Unit, which serves and the regional burn unit for North Texas. Dr. Abdelfattah’s research interests include metabolism and nutrition in critical illness and surgical education. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the American Association for Surgery of Trauma.

Research Intrest

Metabolism and Nutrition in Critical Illness Surgical Education

List of Publications
Gatson JW, Liu MM, Abdelfattah K, Wigginton JG, Smith S, Wolf S, Minei JP J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013 Feb 74 2 470-5
Gatson JW, Warren V, Abdelfattah K, Wolf S, Hynan LS, Moore C, Diaz-Arrastia R, Minei JP, Madden C, Wigginton JG J. Neurosurg. 2013 Mar
Abdelfattah KR, Gatson JW, Maass DL, Wolf SE, Minei JP, Wigginton JG J. Surg. Res. 2013 May 181 1 136-41