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Shafic Sraj, MD, MBA

Specialties:

Orthopedic Surgery
  • Valley Health Provider

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About

Shafic Sraj, MD, MBA, CPE, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with additional certification in surgery of the hand. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the American University of Beirut followed by three fellowships in hand, upper extremity, and sports medicine and has been in practice since 2010.

Before joining Valley Health, Dr. Sraj was an associate professor at West Virginia University for almost a decade during which he trained generations of orthopedic surgeons. Dr Sraj's interests and experience focus on the conditions of the hand, and he has developed expertise in wide awake, in-office surgery, eliminating the need for many patients to go to the hospital operating room. He is nationally recognized and has given multiple instructional lectures and written several articles about in-office surgery. These earned him recognition as a top 1% clinical researcher in orthopedics in 2024 and 2025.

Dr. Sraj enjoys the interactions with patients, particularly during awake surgery, offering them the opportunity to be part of the team assessing the results instantly and determining the best care plan afterward.

Areas of Interest:

  • Hand, Wrist, and Elbow Surgery
  • Denervation (nerve ablation) for arthritis pain
  • Thumb CMC arthroplasty
  • Tendon repairs and transfers
  • Dupuytren's Contracture and Disease
  • Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound (In-office)
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Cubital Tunnel syndrome
  • Other nerve compression syndromes
  • Awake Surgery (WALANT)
  • In-Office Surgery

Affiliations

  • Winchester Medical Center
  • Valley Health Center for Orthopedic Excellence | Winchester

Common conditions treated include:

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Trigger Fingers
  • Thumb Arthritis
  • Dupuytren's Disease
  • Fractures, tendon, nerve, and ligament injuries of the hand and wrist.

Commonly performed surgeries include:

  • Carpal Tunnel Release, both mini-open and Ultrasound-guided
  • Cubital Tunnel Release
  • Trigger finger release
  • Nerve ablation for arthritis pain
  • Needle and mini-open Dupuytren's release
  • Thumb arthroplasty
  • Repair and reconstruction for various bone, tendon, ligament, and nerve conditions

Awards & Recognitions:

  • 2025 Avant-garde Health, Top 1% of Orthopedic Research All-Stars
  • 2024 Nomination for Am Board Orthop Surgery - Board of Directors
  • Nominated by the Am Med Assoc Board of Trustees
  • 2024 Avant-garde Health, Top 1% of Orthopedic Research All-Stars

Locations

Publications

 

2025

You Mean You Can Do My Surgery Here In This Office, Doc?
Issue #Moderator and Speaker (ICL), 2025
0th ASSH Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC, Canada. Oct.


Maximizing Office Orthopaedics with Ultrasonography and Injectables
Issue #Symposium Co-Moderator, 2025
AAOS Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. Mar .


Office Based Orthopaedic Surgery
Issue #Moderator and Speaker (ICL), 2025
AAOS Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. Mar.


Soft Tissue Coverage for Orthopaedic Surgeons (ICL)
Issue #Moderator and Speaker, 2025
AAOS Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. Mar.


Why Wide-Awake Hand Surgery Can be Transitioned to the Office
Issue #Speaker, 2025
Wide Awake Hand Surgery. AAOS Webinar. Feb.


Asynchronous Post-Operative Follow-Up Using App Messaging for In-Office Hand Surgery
American Association for Hand Surgery 2025 Annual Meeting, Chula Vista, CA.


Feasibility of Asynchronous Virtual Post-Operative Follow-Up for Awake Hand Surgery
Issue #80th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2025
Vancouver, BC, CA. Oct.


Improving Post-Operative Follow-Up for Awake Hand Surgery Using Asynchronous Telehealth
Issue #WV Healthcare Quality, Safety, and Patient Experience, 2025
Morgantown, WV. Feb.


Managing and Preserving Tattoos during Orthopaedic Surgery
Author: Sraj SA et al.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2025 Mar. DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-24-00596. JAAOS

2024

The Evolution from Awake Hand Surgery to Office Surgery
Author: Sraj SA
JHAM. 2024 Dec


Perioperative Patient Experience in Office-Based Wide-Awake Hand Surgery.
Author: Sraj SA et al.
JHS. 2024 Dec.


Chief Complaints in Dupuytren’s Disease: Are They Adequately Captured by Patient Reported Outcome Measures?
Issue #79th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2024
Minneapolis, MN. Sept.