Sarmed George Elias, M.D., a renowned orthopedic surgeon in Chicago, passed away on November 1, 2023.
Dr. Elias served patients in the Chicago area for over 30 years. His family wrote, “His patients will miss his expertise and his personal touch, which included talking them through their conditions and treatment options and listening to them.”
Elias was born in 1952 and earned his degree in medicine from the University of Baghdad College of Medicine and the University of London. He completed his residency at the University of Illinois, Metropolitan Group of Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois PGY2 followed by a four-year orthopedic surgery residency at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, Virginia. Combined Naval Civilian Program covering Orthopedic Trauma at five hospitals, including Portsmouth Naval.
He was awarded Post Board Fellowships in polytrauma, pediatric orthopedic, adult reconstructive and total joint replacement, endoscopic spine surgery and minimally invasive spinal management.
Dr. Elias built extensive trauma experience working with the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Level 1 Trauma, and served as Lieutenant 6th Armored Mountain Division.
During his medical career, Dr. Elias also worked as an emergency room physician at the University of London and the University of Southampton as Lord Mayor Treloar Reginal Musculo-Skeletal Service for Congenital Deformities.
For over 30 years, Sarmed treated patients in Illinois and successfully performed thousands of specialized orthopedic surgeries. His patients will miss his expertise and his personal touch, which included talking them through their conditions and treatment options and listening to them.
Dr. Elias was also the inventor of two orthopedic surgery products and the resulting utility patents, which have been surgically implanted in many patients.
His family called Sarmed “a Renaissance man with many talents.” He loved to sing, play piano and loved to go to classical music concerts and the opera with his wife.
Sarmed is survived by his wife Elizabeth Elias; his sisters Maysoon, Mia, and Nadia; and his nephew Dr. Ed Kerr. He also leaves behind his sister-in-law Agnes; his brother-in-law Jarek; nephew Matthew; and nieces Magdalene and Ana. He was preceded in death by his parents Francoise Mikhail Elias and George H. Elias.
