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Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Division Chief, Joint Replacement

Director of Orthopaedics, UNC Hillsborough Hospital

Medical Degree

University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery, Rochester General and Strong Memorial Hospitals

Fellowship

Adult Reconstructive Surgery, New England Baptist Hospital

  Professor of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine
  Division Chief, Joint Replacement
 Director of Orthopaedics – UNC Hillsborough Hospital
  • Total joint reconstruction

UNC Orthopaedics (Ambulatory Care Center)
102 Mason Farm Road
Second Floor
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

  • Total joint reconstruction

(see entire list available at PubMed)

  • Looney RJ, Boyd A, Totterman S, Seo G, Shepps-Campell D, Novotny L, Olcott C,et al. Volumetric CT as a measurement of periprosthetic acetabular osteolysis and its correlation with wear. Submitted for Publication.
  • Olcott CW. Current indications and techniques for arthrodesis of the knee. Sem Arthroplasty 11(4):227-233, 2000.
  • Olcott CW, Scott RD. Determining proper femoral component rotational alignment during total knee arthroplasty. Am J Knee Surg 13(3):166-168, 2000.
  • Olcott CW, Scott RD. A comparison of four intra-operative methods to determine femoral component rotation in total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 15:22-26, 2000.
  • Scott RD, Olcott CW. Management of cavitary deficiencies. In Bono JV, McCarthy JC, Thornhill TS, et al. (eds): Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty. p293, New York, NY. Springer-Verlag New York Inc.; 1999.
  • Olcott CW. Management of medial deficiencies. In Bono JV, McCarthy JC, Thornhill TS, et al. (eds): Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty. p330. New York, NY. Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1999.
  • Pellegrini VD, Olcott CW, Evarts CM. The tri-lock femoral system. In Finerman, G.A.M.; Dorey FG, Grigoris P, McKellop HA. (eds): Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes. p. 181, New York, NY. Churchill Livingstone Inc., 1998.
  • Olcott CW. Hip pain. In Leppert PC and Howard FM (eds): Primary Care for Women. p.663, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven, 1997.
  • Pellegrini VD, Parentis M, Olmstead J, Olcott C. Extension metacarpal osteotomy in the treatment of trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: A biomechanical study. J Hand Surg 21A: 16-23, 1996.
  • Pellegrini VD, Olcott CW, Hollenberg G. Contact patterns in the trapeziometacarpal joint: The role of the palmar beak ligament. J Hand Surg 18-A: 238-44, 1993.
  • Miller SA, Olcott CW. Cell Proliferation in chick oral membrane lags behind that of adjacent epithelia at the time of rupture. Anat Rec 223: 204-208, 1989.
  • Top Doctors (Orthopedic Surgery) North Carolina Business Journal, 2018
  • Best Doctors in America, 2017
  • Frank C. Wilson Resident Teaching Award, 2017
  • UNC Health Care and Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence, 2015
  • Frank C. Wilson Resident Teaching Award, 2013
  • Frank C. Wilson Resident Teaching Award, 2009
  • UNC Musculoskeletal Course Faculty Teaching Award, 2007
  • Program Chair, 2006
  • Frank C. Wilson Resident Teaching Award, 2006
  • UNC School of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award, 2005
  • Ranawat Award, Knee Society, 1998

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