Motasem Refaat, Author at Global Knee Summit

Motasem Refaat, MD

Stroger Cook County Hospital

Dr. Motasem “Mo” Refaat is a fellowship-trained orthopedic trauma and reconstructive surgeon specializing in complex fractures and periarticular knee reconstruction. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of California, Davis Medical Center and advanced fellowship training at the world renowned Harborview Medical Center in orthopedic trauma, focusing on lower extremity reconstruction and post-traumatic deformity correction.

Dr. Refaat’s clinical expertise includes management of high-energy fractures, periarticular injuries around the knee, and biologic and mechanical strategies to optimize bone healing. His research has explored BMP-mediated bone regeneration and implant biocompatibility, with work presented at national and international meetings including the Orthopedic Trauma Association and the International Society for Fracture Repair.

He has been recognized with the Orthopedic Trauma Association Resident Research Grant Award and has authored publications in The American Journal of Orthopedics and ORTHOPEDICS. Dr. Refaat brings an evidence-based and pragmatic approach to complex knee trauma and reconstruction.

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All Sessions by Motasem Refaat, MD

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Thursday, January 22, 2026
8:29 AM - 8:29 AM (0 min)	The Shifting Sands in Distal Femur Fracture Management Edit Event	Section Moderator: Motasem Refaat, MD
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM (30 min)	Case Presentations with Questions and Answers and Audience Participation 21 yo With the a Destroyed Distal Femur Fracture-1 Plate, 2 Plates, No Plates? Edit Event	Case Panel Moderator Hassan Mir MD, MBA, FACS, FIOTA Mark Lee, MD, FACS Panel: Abdul Ghani, MBBS, MS, MRCS Motasem Refaat, MD Hassan Mir MD, MBA, FACS, FIOTA Michael Suk MD, JD, MPH, MBA Niloofar Dehghan, MD Babar Shafiq, MD Nikolay Nikolaev Doctor of Medicine David Asprinio, MD James Goulet, MD Michell Ruiz, MD, M.Sc.
3:44 PM - 1:51 PM (22h 7min)	You Thought it Was but…That’s Not a Bicondylar Plateau– Tips for Extension and Flexion Variants and How to Succeed Edit Event	Motasem Refaat, MD
Friday, January 23, 2026
10:42 AM - 11:15 AM (33 min)	Case Presentations with Questions and Answers and Audience Participation Open Communited Distal Femoral Fracture The 90 Yo Mother Of The Hospital Ceo Has A Comminuted And Slightly Open Distal Femur Fracture, What Is The Best Way? 50 yo Open Fracture With Minimal Contamination And Large Devitalized Fragments--Keep or Bucket? 68 Yo With Failed Lateral Plate Fixation--Should Fix With 2 Plates? Edit Event	Moderators Edward Harvey MD MSc FIOTA FAAOS FRCSC Michael Suk MD, JD, MPH, MBA Panel Niloofar Dehghan, MD Motasem Refaat, MD Aaron Nauth Robinson Pires, MD, PhD James Goulet, MD James Learned, MD David Asprinio, MD Abdul Ghani, MBBS, MS, MRCS Babar Shafiq, MD
Saturday, January 24, 2026
7:41 AM - 8:01 AM (20 min)	Case Presentations with Questions and Answers and Audience Participation The Nail Plate Era for Distal Femur Won't Last Long Need Cases ML Aware Edit Event	Moderators James Goulet, MD Aaron Nauth Moderator Ashok Gavaskar MS orth, FRCS (Glasg) Panel Timothy Alton, MD Michael McKee, MD, FRCS(C) Motasem Refaat, MD Babar Shafiq, MD Said Saghieh, MD Hassan Mir MD, MBA, FACS, FIOTA Michael Suk MD, JD, MPH, MBA
5:19 PM - 5:26 PM (7 min)	I Need Mini Plates to Fix Most Tibial Plateau Fractures Edit Event	Motasem Refaat, MD
5:33 PM - 5:58 PM (25 min)	Case Presentations with Questions and Answers and Audience Participation Future Directions in Plateau & Distal Femur Fixation The Nonreconstructible Articular Injury-Will Osteoarticular Allografts Work? 3D Printed Scaffolds for Periarticular Defects 88 yo With a Distal Femur Fracture--You Should Protect the Femoral Neck? Edit Event	Moderators Niloofar Dehghan, MD Hassan Mir MD, MBA, FACS, FIOTA Panel Timothy Alton, MD David Asprinio, MD Brian Cunningham, MD Ashok Gavaskar MS orth, FRCS (Glasg) Swapnil Kothadia, MD Robinson Pires, MD, PhD Motasem Refaat, MD Michell Ruiz, MD, M.Sc. James Learned, MD

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