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LOCATIONS
Carolina Pointe II
6011 Farrington Road
2nd Floor, Suite 201
Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (map)
Ambulatory Care Center
102 Mason Farm Road
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7745 (map)
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- Info
C. Tom Bush, NP
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Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
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| Education |
- AD: Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- MS: Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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Credentials
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- Certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
- Approved Physician Extender by the North Carolina Boards of Medicine/Nursing
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| Honors, Awards, and Recognitions |
- Carolina Cup Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching. Presented by the class of 2007, Department of Family Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
- Chair, North Carolina Nurses Association Council of Nurse Practitioners, 2006-2010.
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| Professional Interests |
- Primary care orthopaedics
- sports medicine
- wilderness and travel medicine
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| Academic Appointments |
| 1986-1993 |
Registered Nurse; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
| 1994-1995 |
Nurse Practitioner; Developmental Evaluation Center, Raleigh, NC |
| 1995-1996 |
Nurse Practitioner; Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UNC School of Medicine |
| 1996-present |
Adjunct Instructor; Department of Community & Mental Health; UNC School of Nursing |
| 1996-2000 |
Nurse Practitioner; Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine |
| 2000-2010 |
Clinical Assistant Professor; Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine |
| 2005-2010 |
Clinical Assistant Professor; UNC School of Nursing |
| 2006-present |
Fellowship Director; Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine |
| 2006-present |
Adjunct Faculty; Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine |
| 2010-present |
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine
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| 2006-present |
Clinical Associate Professor, UNC School of Nursing
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| Selected Publications/Presentations |
- Bush CT. Operative orthopaedics. In: Zychowicz ME (ed), Orthopedic Nursing Secrets. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 2003.
- Bush CT. Shoulder impingement and the rotator cuff. Principles of Family Medicine Conference, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, May 2004.
- Bush CT. Sports medicine in primary care. North Carolina Academy of Physicians Assistants, August 2003.
- Bush CT. Primary care orthopaedics. University of North Carolina School of Nursing, November 2002.
- Bush CT. Sun, snakes & bugs--Welcome to the south. North Carolina Nurses Association Spring Symposium for Primary Care Providers, April 2002.
- Tick-borne diseases in North America. Family Medicine Grand Rounds, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, July 1997.
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