Orthopaedics Video Overview
For over 50 years we have provided superb musculoskeletal health care to our patients, top rate education to our students and residents, and innovative research and knowledge to the orthopaedic profession.
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We offer a wide range of orthopaedic services with access to world-class orthopaedic specialists designed to help you and your family live a healthy life.
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News
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The UNC Sports Medicine Center is Now Open!
The Department of Orthopaedics and the UNC Sports Medicine Institute would like to announce that the new and groundbreaking Sports Medicine Center (SMC) is now open and accepting patients at 6118 Farrington Road in Chapel Hill. The center takes over from the Orthopaedics clinic at Carolina Pointe II and brings together a variety of specialties … Read more
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Welcome to New Orthopaedics Research Faculty Members—Dr. Ming-Feng Hsueh and Dr. Geoff Handsfield
The Department of Orthopaedics is thrilled to welcome two exceptional new faculty members, Geoff Handsfield, PhD, and Ming-Feng Hsueh, PhD. Dr. Handsfield and Dr. Hsueh join our rapidly growing research team in the department. In 2022, the department successfully recruited Dr. Joe Hart, a clinical musculoskeletal scientist, to lead the department’s research programs. Since then, … Read more
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Bob Ostrum: 35+ Years of Impact & Excellence in Orthopaedic Education, Practice & Leadership
UNC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery thanks Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Robert (“Bob”) Ostrum, MD, for his 10 years of faculty service and congratulates him on retiring from a 35+-year career in academic orthopaedics. Dr. Ostrum’s impact as a leader and educator was felt widely across UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health. Until his 2022 … Read more