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Stuart Mitchell, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

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

UNC Children’s Specialty Clinic at Raleigh
2801 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27607

Appointments:
Phone: (984) 974-5700
Referral Fax: (919) 966-7956

Provider Office:
Phone: (919) 843-3378
Fax: (919) 966-6730

Medical Degree

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Residency

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Fellowship

Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship,  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

  • Pediatric Spine Surgery
  • Pediatric Spinal Deformity
  • Scoliosis

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

UNC Children’s Specialty Clinic at Raleigh
2801 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27607

  • Patient Reported Outcomes.
      1. McLaughlin KH, Mitchell SL, Archer KR, Master H, Morshed S, Gary JL, Jones CB, MacKenzie EJ, Reider L, and METRC. Effect of Severe Distal Tibia, Ankle, and Mid- to Hindfoot Trauma on Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines 18-months after Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2022;103(3):409-417.e2. Doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.07.805.
      1. VanEenenaam DP Jr, Houlihan N, Heyer JH, Flynn JM, Mitchell SL. When Is an Isolated Olecranon Fracture Pathognomonic for Osteogenesis Imperfecta? J Pediatr Orthop. 2022; doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002100. Online ahead of print.
      1. Obremsky WT, Tornetta P III, Luly J, Morshed S, O’Toole RV, Hsu JR, Mitchell SL, Mackenzie EJ, Frey KP, Bosse MJ, Scharfstein DP, and the METRC Consortium. Outcomes of Patients with Large versus Small Bone Defects in Open Tibia Fractures Treated with an Intramedullary Nail: A Descriptive Analysis of A multicenter Retrospective Study. J Orthop Trauma. 2021; doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002337. Online ahead of print.
      1. Johnson MA, Gohel S, Mitchell SL, Flynn JM, Baldwin KD. Entire-Spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings and Costs in Children with Presumed Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021 Nov-Dec 01;41(10):585-590.
      1. Guzek R, Mitchell SL, Krakow A, Harshavardhana NS, Sarkissian EJ, Flynn JM. Morphometric Analysis of the Proximal Thoracic Pedicles in Lenke II & IV Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: An Evaluation of the Feasibility for Safe Pedicle Screw Insertion. Spine Deform. 2021;9(6):1541-1548 doi: 10.1007/s43390-021-00377-5.
      1. Margalit A, Mixa P, Day L, Marrache M, Mitchell S, Constantine A, Sabharwal S, Li PT, Loeb A, Naziri Q, Henn III F, Sponseller P, Laporte D. Top Three Learning Platforms for Orthopaedic In-Training Knowledge Produce Different Results. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Aug 2021; 5(8):1-9.
      1. Klyce W, Mitchell SL, Pawelek J, Skaggs DL, Sanders JO, Shah SA, McCarthy RE, Luhman SJ, Sturm PF, Flynn JM, Smith JT, Akbarnia BA, Sponseller PD, Pediatric Spine Study Group. Characterizing use of growth-friendly implants for early-onset scoliosis: A 10-year update. J Pediatr Orthop. 2020;40(8):e740-746.
      1. Mitchell SL, Hayda RA, Chen AT, Carlini AR, Ficke JR, MacKenzie EJ; METALS Study Group. The Military Extremity Trauma Amputation/Limb Salvage (METALS) Study: Outcomes of Amputation Versus Limb Salvage Following Major Upper Extremity Trauma. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Aug 21;101(16):1470-1478.
      1. Mitchell SL, Sullivan BT, Ho CA, Abzug JM, Raad M, Sponseller PD. Pediatric Gartland Type-IV Supracondylar Humeral Fractures Have Substantial Overlap with Flexion-Type Fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Aug 7;101(15):1351-1356.
      1. Mitchell SL, Donaldson CJ, El Dafrawy MH, Kebaish KM. Difficulties in Treating Post-irradiation Kyphosis: A Series of 5 Cases. Spine Deformity. 2019;7(6):937-944.
      1. Mitchell SL, Obremskey WT, Luly J, Bosse M, Frey K, Hsu J, Morshed S, O’Toole RV, Scharfstein DO, Tornetta P III; and the Major Extremity Trauma Rehabilitation Consortium (METRC). Inter-Rater Reliability of The Modified Radiographic Union Score for Diaphyseal Tibial (mRUST) Fractures with Bone Defects. J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Jun;33(6):301-307. 
      1. Donaldson CJ, Mitchell SL, Riley LH III, Kebaish KM. “As Black as Ink” – A Case of Alkaptonuria-Associated Myelopathy and a Review of the Literature. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019;44(1):E53-59.
      1. Mitchell SL, Ray E, Cordeiro PG. Miniaturized Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Split-Thickness Skin Graft Donor Sites. J Reconstr Microsurg Open. 2018;3:e46-e49.
      1. Loeb AE, Mitchell SL, Osgood GM, Shafiq B. Catastrophic Failure of a Carbon Fiber–Reinforced Polyetheretherketone Intramedullary Nail: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect. 2018;8(4):e83.
      1. Mitchell SL*, Ray E*, Cordeiro PG. Miniature Negative Pressure Dressings on Forearm Donor Sites after Radial Forearm Flap Harvest: A Report of 10 Cases. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018;6(6):e1838.
      1. Mitchell SL, Seth AK, Cordeiro PG. Maxillary reconstruction using a gullwing fibula osteofascial flap and flexor hallucis long muscle. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018;6(6):e1821.
  • 2018 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Robert Bucholz Journal Club Grant Recipient, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baltimore, MD
  • 2017 National Institutes of Health T32 Training Grant Recipient, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baltimore, MD
  • 2012 Excellence in Medical Student Research Award,

Appointments:
Phone: (984) 974-5700
Referral Fax: (919) 966-7956

Provider Office:
Phone: (919) 843-3378
Fax: (919) 966-6730

  • Address

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