Dr. Elfar is a Board-Certified plastic surgeon who practices at the International Craniofacial Institute in Dallas, Texas

Dr. Elfar attended medical school in Egypt. After graduation, he did a surgical internship, completed a surgical residency training and then was in practice of plastic and general surgery.

To further his career, he came to the USA. He started in California with scientific research at the department of plastic surgery at University of California-Irvine. He then moved to Texas for a Burn fellowship then General Surgery residency training at Shriners Hospital for Burns-UTMB and Methodist hospital-Cornell, respectively.

After years of practice as a burn surgeon at Upstate New York, Dr. Elfar moved to New Jersey for his plastic surgery training at Cooper Hospital of Rowan University. After his Board certification in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Dr. Elfar came back to Texas, where he completed a fellowship in Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the International Craniofacial Institute.

Academically, Dr. Elfar is an adjunct clinical professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York, a past assistant professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University in New York, and a past clinical instructor at Rowan University in New Jersey.

Dr. Elfar held several leadership positions including the director of Clark Burn Center, and the director of surgical outpatient clinics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, member of the American college of surgeons committee on applicants, NY chapter, member of the Ethics committee of the American Burn Association, and a national faculty for ABLS.

Dr. Elfar is a member of several National societies, including American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Critical Care Medicine, and a past member of the American Burn Association.

Dr. Elfar has several publications and has presented nationally and internationally.

Dr. Elfar is also Board Certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical care and has been in practice for over 30 years.