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Tom Bush, Nurse Practitioner

Clinical Assistant Professor

     
Department of Orthopaedics
CB #7055, Bioinformatics Building
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7055
Appointments: 919.962.6637

 


Education:
  • AD: Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  • MS: Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Credentials:
  • Certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
  • Approved Physician Extender by the North Carolina Boards of Medicine/Nursing
Honors & Awards:
  • 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 to present.
Professional Interests:
Primary care orthopaedics; sports medicine; wilderness and travel medicine
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-present Clinical Assistant Professor; Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine
2005-present Clinical Assistant Professor; UNC School of Nursing
2006-present Fellowship Director; Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner Training Program, Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine
2006-present Adjunct Faculty;, Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
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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