Samer Kakish, MD, FRCS

University of New Mexico Dept. of Orthopaedics · Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

AAHKS member

Fellowship: Lower extremity reconstruction — University at Buffalo, NY¹
In practice: not yet documented
2024 Medicare: 17 joint replacements²
Medicare: Accepted
AAHKS: Member — directory-listed as of 2026-08-18

1 patients.stryker.com · 2026-08-30 2 CMS claims — a lower bound

What this record establishes

The authenticated AAHKS directory lists this surgeon as a member, and CMS published hip or knee replacement services under this surgeon's NPI.

What still needs verification: years in practice, board certification and current all-payer annual volume. An unmet criterion is never a finding against a surgeon: CMS publishes only the Medicare half of a practice, and a credential nobody has documented is unknown, not absent.

How each fact was established

Joint-replacement fellowship verified

Lower extremity reconstruction fellowship — University at Buffalo, NY. Read on the cited page.

His Stryker surgeon profile lists two fellowships, "Lower Extremity Reconstruction; University at Buffalo, NY" and "Orthopaedic Trauma; University of New Mexico", states that he "specializes in lower limb reconstructive surgery, the treatment of hip and knee arthroplasty, and orthopaedic trauma surgery", and records him as a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. The stored record carried only the trauma half.

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Years in practice

Years in independent practice have not been resolved from a reviewed source.

Joint replacement volume

17 primary hip and knee replacements were published under this NPI in 2024 Original Medicare fee-for-service claims (0 hip, 17 knee). That is a lower bound: cash and commercially insured cases are published nowhere, for anyone. Below 100, the file proves nothing about total volume, because the rest of a practice is not in it.

Medicare participation: accepts Medicare assignment

The CMS Doctors & Clinicians file reports that this clinician accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full.

CMS Medicare-listed practice: Unm Medical Group Inc · Albuquerque, NM 87106.

AAHKS membership

Listed in the authenticated AAHKS member directory as Fellow Member.

Board certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery certification is not covered by the retained dataset and has not been checked.

Is this your record?

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Sources

What this record stands on

Consolidated dataset generated 2026-08-24; CMS participation data updated July 31, 2026; each read source carries its own date above.