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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation |
Tamara Baker, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research agenda has been to establish an original, meaningful and coherent program of research in pain management, health outcomes and behaviors, and domains of health disparities and social determ … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Behavior, Health Equity, Mental illness, Social Medicine |
David Berkoff, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical focus is non-operative sports medicine. Special attention to MSK Ultrasound and minimally invasive procedures. Clinical interests include tendinopathy, biologics, OA, and sports injuries as w … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Orthopaedics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics, Regenerative Medicine, Rehabilitation, Stem Cells |
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AFFILIATIONS: Allied Health Science (AHS) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Biomechanics, Physical Therapy |
Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Donahue is a professor and vice chair of research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Family Medicine. She is a family physician and senior research fellow at the Ceci … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Diabetes, Health Services, Population-based |
Matthew Fisher, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: His long-term research goal is to utilize quantitative metrics and engineering principles to understand why individual tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches succeed within the body a … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Regenerative Medicine, Rehabilitation, Translational Medicine |
Jason Franz, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our expertise is in the neuromuscular biomechanics of human movement, with a special emphasis on aging and disease-related mobility impairment. Our primary research seeks to discover the muscul … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Imaging, Rehabilitation |
Girish Gandikota, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Gandikota obtained board certifications in surgery (F.R.C.S.) and Radiology (F.R.C.R.) in the U.K. He did his fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Can … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Biomechanics, Health Services, Imaging, Medical Education, Occupational Science/Therapy, Orthopaedics |
Amy M. Goetzinger, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Pain —Stress and coping among individuals with chronic illness, including chronic pain and organ transplant recipients. —Caregiver stress and burden —Depressi … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Anesthesiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Behavior, Health Equity, Mental illness, Other, Quality and Patient Safety |
Rumey C. Ishizawar, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Rumey Ishizawar, MD, PhD, is a general rheumatologist seeing all rheumatic conditions. She has been involved in prior research focused on cancer cell signaling pathways and functional genomic research … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Cancer Biology, Immunology, Medical Education, Translational Medicine |
Shawn F. Kane M.D. |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Varied interests from concussions to musculoskeletal medicine to combat related PTSD and how to improve diagnosis and treatment in the community |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Global Health, Medical Education, Mental illness, Orthopaedics, Regenerative Medicine |
Kristopher Karvelas, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Karvelas’ clinical focus is on neuromusculoskeletal care and improving the daily function of adults throughout their lives. Through the use of diagnostic ultrasound and electrodiagnostics, Dr. Kar … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Imaging, Medical Education, Physiology, Quality and Patient Safety, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation |










