Kareem Elfatairy, M.D. Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Radiology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Kareem K. Elfatairy, M.D., is an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Abdominal Imaging Division. His clinical interests include prostate MRI and MRI-guided interventions, image-guided biopsy, and i drainage. Originally from Port Said, Egypt, Dr. Elfatairy received his medical degree and residency training from Suez Canal University in Egypt. He also received radiology residency training at Yale New Haven Health-Bridgeport Hospital in Connecticut, followed by an Abdominal Imaging and Interventions fellowship program at Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Elfatairy focuses his research on prostate MRI and MRI-guided interventions. His work has resulted in several peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and presentations at professional conferences throughout the country. Dr. Elfatairy is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Society of Advanced Body Imaging, the Radiological Society of North America, and the Society of Interventional Radiology. He serves as a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals including Radiology: imaging cancer, Abdominal radiology, and British journal for radiology. He has been awarded Editor’s recognition award for reviewing with distinction by Radiology: imaging cancer journal for two years in a row. Education Internship Yale New Haven Medical Center (2019), Internal Medicine Residency Yale New Haven Hospital (2023), Diagnostic Radiology Fellowship Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2024), Abdominal Imaging Research Interest Prostate MRI and MRI-guided intervention Publications Featured Publications The utility of [18F]Fluciclovine PET/CT in Evaluating Nonmetastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients (nmCRPCp): diagnostic performance and impact on management. Soliman M, Elfatairy K, Ellessy R, Velichko YS, Avery R, Kelahan LC, Ross AE, Savas H, Br J Radiol 2023 Dec 96 1152 20230414 Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen PET in Addition to Multiparametric Prostate MRI Triage in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer: The Future is Avid. Elfatairy K, Radiol Imaging Cancer 2022 Jan 4 1 e219028 In-Bore MRI-guided Prostate Biopsies in Patients with Prior Positive Transrectal US-guided Biopsy Results: Pathologic Outcomes and Predictors of Missed Cancers. Elfatairy KK, Filson CP, Sanda MG, Osunkoya AO, Nour SG, Radiol Imaging Cancer 2020 Sep 2 5 e190078 In-Bore MRI-guided Prostate Biopsies: Retrospective Observational Study of Complementary Nontargeted Sampling of Normal-appearing Areas at Multiparametric MRI. Elfatairy KK, Filson CP, Sanda MG, Osunkoya AO, Nour SG, Radiol Imaging Cancer 2019 Nov 1 2 e190016 In-bore MRI-guided biopsy: can it optimize the need for periodic biopsies in prostate cancer patients undergoing active surveillance? A pilot test-retest reliability study. Elfatairy KK, Filson CP, Sanda MG, Osunkoya AO, Geller RL, Nour SG, Br J Radiol 2018 Apr 91 1084 20170603 First-In-Human Histotripsy Trial for Liver Tumor Treatment: The New Echo Superpower. Elfatairy K, Radiol Imaging Cancer 2023 Jan 5 1 e229026 Fungal Seeding of Deep Venous Thrombosis: A Source of Recurrent Fungemia and Role of IR in Treatment Ayah Megahed , Ashwin Deshmukh , Gaurav Parmar , Hagar Mahmoud , Kareem El Fatairy , Pranav Sharma AJIR 2023 7 S 01 S1-S41 Foreign bodies of body orifices: A pictorial review. Saeed Bamashmos A, Heshmetzadeh Behzadi A, Elfatairy K, Megahed A, Kochar P, Hegde R, Clin Imaging 2021 Dec 80 180-189 Pulmonary Embolism in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: A Multicenter Study. Riyahi S, Dev H, Behzadi A, Kim J, Attari H, Raza SI, Margolis DJ, Jonisch A, Megahed A, Bamashmos A, Elfatairy K, Prince MR, Radiology 2021 12 301 3 E426-E433 Infraoptic anterior cerebral artery or carotid-anterior cerebral artery anastomosis: A very rare embryological variation. Case series and review of literature. Kochar PS, Soin P, Elfatairy K, Clin Imaging 2021 Nov 79 8-11 Results 1-10 of 13 1 2 Next Last Honors & Awards Editor's Recognition Award for Reviewing with DistinctionRadiology: Imaging Cancer (2023) Professionalism AwardGMEC-Bridgeport Hospital/Yale New Haven Health (2023) Editor's Recognition Award for Reviewing with DistinctionRadiology: Imaging Cancer (2022) Clinical Runner-Up Poster Award11th Interventional MRI Symposium (2016)
