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The Department of Orthopaedics is excited to announce that an interdisciplinary research team led by Joe Hart, PhD, has received R01 funding for a 4-year study of over $1.5M from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.  Dr. Hart’s award brings UNC Orthopaedics the first NIH R01 grant...

Dr. David Berkoff has been named an honoree at the Arthritis Foundation’s 2024 Jingle Bell Run in Raleigh on December 7, 2024. Dr. Berkoff, among other community members, is being recognized for his work with musculoskeletal conditions, as well as ortho-biologics and other minimally invasive procedures. He, along with other...

The Department of Orthopaedics would like to highlight a call for papers for a Special Issue of Bioengineering, featuring our own Dr. Geoffrey Handsfield as a Guest Editor. For more information about the Special Issue, please read Dr. Handsfield’s letter listed below and visit the Bioengineering website to find manuscript submission...

The third Sports Medicine Institute Annual Conference took place Friday, September 27th at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, and despite a few weather setbacks, was a success. The event was attended by experts from all facets of the field, along with exercise science researchers and students. Featured speakers included...

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...

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...

Management of ACL Injuries in Children & Adolescents: Getting to PLUTO Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH, FAAOS, FAOA February 21, 2024, at 6:30 am Hybrid Conference Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH, FAAOS, FAOA Chief, Division of Sports Medicine O’Donnell Family Endowed Chair Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Boston Children’s Hospital Professor...

Osteoarthritis and Disease Modification: Where are We? Richard Loeser, MD April 12, 2023, at 7:00 am Hybrid Conference   Speaker Biography Dr. Loeser’s primary research goal is to discover the basic mechanisms relevant to joint tissue destruction in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of pain and disability in...

The Role of Botulinum Toxins in Musculoskeletal Care Andrew Koman, M.D. May 17, 2023, at 6:30 am Hybrid Conference   Speaker Biography Dr. Koman is a tenured Professor, Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the President of the Musculoskeletal Service Institute of Atrium...

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...