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Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD

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Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery and General Practice

265 West Ina Road
Tucson, AZ 85704

(520) 694-8000

Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD is an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery and general practice. Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD is affiliated with Banner - University Medicine Multispecialty Services Clinic.

Office Locations

265 West Ina Road
Tucson, AZ 85704

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In The News

“The hand surgeon, Dr. John Elfar, briskly cut two inches of bone and a LEAP surgeon began shaping remaining skin and muscle so the girl might one day wear a prosthetic...”—"Through nonprofit, Dallas surgeon commits to long-term presence in Haiti", Dallas News, February 2010

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ during 2012 were aspiration, injections, upper extremity surgery and nerve procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	43
decompression surgery	25
doctor visit	316
immobilization	15
injections	43
nerve procedures	25
open surgery	25
tendon surgery	17
upper extremity surgery	42

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ during 2013 were upper extremity surgery, aspiration, injections and nerve procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	34
decompression surgery	19
doctor visit	203
immobilization	15
injections	34
nerve procedures	19
open surgery	19
tendon surgery	15
upper extremity surgery	34

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	64
Female	117

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	124
Black	37
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	60
From 75 to 84	21
85 and over	11
Less than 65	89

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2013

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	32
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ during 2014 were nerve procedures, open surgery, upper extremity surgery and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	17
decompression surgery	19
doctor visit	173
injections	17
nerve procedures	19
open surgery	19
upper extremity surgery	19

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	62
Female	90

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	113
Black	27
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	49
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	75

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2014

Hypertension	54
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ during 2015 were injections, aspiration and immobilization.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	13
doctor visit	206
immobilization	13
injections	25

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	132
Female	216

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	256
Black	68
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	86
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	210

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2015

Hypertension	59
High Cholesterol	40
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	33
Dementia	0
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ during 2016 were aspiration, injections, nerve procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	16
decompression surgery	11
doctor visit	229
injections	16
nerve procedures	11
open surgery	11
upper extremity surgery	11

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	88
Female	120

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	134
Black	47
Hispanic	15
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	62
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	102

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2016

Hypertension	54
High Cholesterol	36
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	18
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	31
Dementia	8
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ during 2017 were nerve procedures, open surgery, upper extremity surgery and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	12
doctor visit	126
nerve procedures	12
open surgery	12
upper extremity surgery	12

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	55
Female	83

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	96
Black	21
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	43
From 75 to 84	21
85 and over	11
Less than 65	63

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2017

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	38
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	19
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	34
Dementia	0
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	54

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	21
Female	39

**Age**
From 65 to 74	23
From 75 to 84	17
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2018

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	37
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	68

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	23
Female	40

**Age**
From 65 to 74	28
From 75 to 84	24
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2019

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	41
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	52

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	21
Female	35

**Age**
From 65 to 74	27
From 75 to 84	17
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2020

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	29
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ during 2021 were nerve procedures, open surgery, upper extremity surgery and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	12
doctor visit	54
nerve procedures	12
open surgery	12
upper extremity surgery	12

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	32

**Age**
From 65 to 74	36
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2021

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	21
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	34

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Male	18
Female	32

**Age**
From 65 to 74	25
From 75 to 84	14
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD in 2022

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	22
Osteoperosis	22
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	42
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tucson, AZ were injections, aspiration, upper extremity surgery and nerve procedures.

aspiration	24
decompression surgery	16
doctor visit	137
immobilization	14
injections	27
nerve procedures	16
open surgery	16
tendon surgery	16
upper extremity surgery	21

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD.

**Gender**
Female	73
Male	46

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	18
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	65
Hispanic	1
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	2
75 to 84	11
Less than 65	49
65 to 74	39

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and diabetes.

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	4
Diabetes	30
Atrial Fibrillation	1
Dementia	0
Cancer	2

Education & Training

He completed residency at Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester. He has a state license in New York.

Residency: Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester (2007)

Licensed In: New York

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Banner - University Medicine Multispecialty Services Clinic

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. John Claude Elfar, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Synthes GmbH	$3,865 $3,865
Smith+Nephew, Inc.	$122 REAL INTELLIGENCE $122
Arthrex, Inc.	$114 ARTHREX $84	$30
Novus Surgical Solutions LLC	$57 $57
Integra LifeSciences Corporation	$44 $44

**Types of Payments**
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program	$2,875
Travel and Lodging	$832
Food and Beverage	$495

Biography

Dr. John Elfar specializes in general practice and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. He is professionally affiliated with Banner - University Medical Group (BUMG). Yext reports that he is accepting new patients at his office in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Elfar attended medical school at Harvard Medical School.