Memorial Medical Center (MMC) is pleased to announce the addition of Sahar Elias, MD, board certified in family medicine.
Dr. Elias, who graduated from MMC’s Family Medicine Residency program in 2008, will be seeing patients at MedWELL urgent care center located at 1450 Scalp Avenue in Johnstown.
“I enjoy family medicine because you get to see the entire gamut of cases and conditions, and your patients range in age from pediatrics to geriatrics,” says Dr. Elias. “MedWELL is a good fit for me because, in addition to the variety, I also enjoy the fast paced nature of the center and am very comfortable with the staff.”
In 1997, Dr. Elias received her medical doctorate from Aleppo University School of Medicine in Syria, where she graduated in the top five percent of her class. In addition to the residency program at Memorial, Dr. Elias also completed an Externship with Hematology Oncology Associates in Pittsburgh, where she served as an observer in the outpatient clinic at Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville.
Dr. Elias’s volunteer work over the years has earned her praise. In 2002, she received the “Most Compassionate Doctor Award” from the Orthodoxy Church Orphan’s House, where she provided free medical consultation one day a week from 2001-2003.
Dr. Elias resides in Johnstown with her husband, Samir Hadeed, MD, FACC, FSCAI, cardiologist, Conemaugh Physician Group, and their two children.
“This is a great place to raise a family,” says Dr. Elias. “I’m delighted to have the ability to live in a safe community and enjoy a wonderful quality of life, while also getting to do what I love as a physician.”
MedWELL is open to patients seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with limited laboratory and imaging services available on-site. For more information, call MedWELL at 814-269-5200.
