{"id":563,"date":"2016-10-07T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-dev.med.unc.edu\/orthodev\/directory\/cuomo\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:17:58","slug":"vergun","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/directory\/vergun\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna D. Vergun, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Video Box --><\/p>\n<div class=\"topbox\">\n<table style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;width: 100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"left\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"551\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mnqfc8R3ig4?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"right\">\n<div class=\"tbox\">\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 10px 10px 20px\">\n<h4>Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedics<\/h4>\n<h4>Division Chief,\u00a0Pediatric Orthopaedics<\/h4>\n<h4>Director of Orthopaedics &#8211; UNC Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End Video Box --><\/p>\n<div class=\"healthcare-link\"><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/findadoc.unchealthcare.org\/details\/22389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><\/i> UNC Healthcare Profile<\/a><\/div>\n<div role=\"tablist\" class=\"panel-group yourcustomclass oscitas-bootstrap-container\" id=\"unc-accordion-0\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-0\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-0\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-0\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-0\">\n                Education            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><strong>Medical Degree<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cornell University, New York, NY<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orthopedic Surgery and Research Fellowship, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fellowships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n<p>Hip Preservation, Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-1\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-1\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-1\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-1\">\n                UNC Appointments            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-1\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<table style=\"width: 63.2623%;height: 42px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 461px;height: 23px\">Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19px\">\n<td style=\"width: 461px;height: 19px\">Division Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 461px\">Director of Orthopaedics &#8211; UNC Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n   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extremity procedures<\/li>\n<li>Limb deficiency surgery, including limb reconstruction or conversion amputations<\/li>\n<li>Lower limb realignment with growth modulation or osteotomies<\/li>\n<li>Ponseti clubfoot techniques, including casting and surgical procedures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-3\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-3\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-3\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-3\">\n                Clinic Locations            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-3\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><b>UNC Orthopaedics (Ambulatory Care Center)<br \/>\n<\/b>102 Mason Farm Road<br \/>\nSecond Floor<br \/>\nChapel Hill, NC 27514<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNC Hospitals Children&#8217;s Specialty Services at Raleigh<\/strong><br \/>\n2801 Blue Ridge Road<br \/>\nFirst and Second Floor<br \/>\nRaleigh, NC 27607<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-4\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-4\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-4\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-4\">\n                Research Interests            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-4\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<ul>\n<li>Limb deficiencies<\/li>\n<li>Pediatric fracture management<\/li>\n<li>Hip dysplasia<\/li>\n<li>Quality of life outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Stem cell therapies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-5\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-5\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-5\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-5\">\n                Selected Publications            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-5\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>(see entire list available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=(((Cuomo+A%5BAuthor%5D+AND+hip)+OR+(Cuomo+AV%5BAuthor%5D)+or+(Cuomo+A%5BAuthor%5D+AND+fracture)+or+(Cuomo+A%5BAuthor%5D+AND+pediatric)))+NOT+antibodies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PubMed<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keil LG, Sullivan MH, Daddo S, Stillwagon MR, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vergun AD.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 2021. How much opioid do kids actually need? A prospective study of analgesic prescribing and post discharge opioid use among pediatric patients with operative fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 41(10):e871-e876. Doi: 10.1097\/BPO.0000000000001965.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Barnes RH, Harter D, Esther RJ, Kamath, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vergun AD. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2021. Recurrent Hemarthrosis following resections of benign bone tumors: a case report of two pediatric cases. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Case <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rep Orthop. 2021 Aug 3;2021:5533636. doi: 10.1155\/2021\/5533636. eCollection 2021.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Louer CR Jr, Scott-Wyard P, Hernandez R, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vergun AD<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 2021. Principles of amputation surgery, prosthetics, and rehabilitation in children. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 15;29(14):e702-e713. doi: 10.5435\/JAAOS-D-20-01283.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Stillwagon MR, Feinstein S, Andrews PN, MS, Nichols EB, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vergun AD<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 2020. Pain Control and Medication Use in Children Following Closed Reduction and Percutaneous Pinning of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Are We Still Overprescribing Opioids? J Pediar Orthop. 40(10):543-548.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Clement RC, Carpenter DP, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 2018. Spontaneous healing of a bucket-handle posterior labral detachment after hip dislocation in a five-year-old child: a case report. JBJS Case Connect. 8(2): e28.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fedorak GT, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Watts HG, Scaduto AA. 2017.\u00a0 Management of terminal osseous overgrowth of the humerus with simple resection and osteocartilaginous grafts. J Pediatr Orthop. 37(3): e216-e221.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Fedorak%20GT%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=26090988\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fedorak GT<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Moseley%20CF%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=26090988\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Moseley CF<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 2015. A practical approach to determining the center of the femoral head in subluxated and dislocated hips. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26090988\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">J Pediatr Orthop<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 35(6): 556-60.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Fedorak%20GT%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=25834082\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fedorak GT<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Watts%20HG%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=25834082\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Watts HG<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Ballesteros%20JP%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=25834082\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ballesteros JP<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Grant%20HJ%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=25834082\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grant HJ<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Bowen RE, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Scaduto%20AA%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=25834082\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Scaduto AA<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 2015. Osteocartilaginous transfer of the proximal part of the fibula for osseous overgrowth in children with congenital or acquired tibial amputation: surgical technique and results. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25834082\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">J Bone Joint Surg Am.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 97(7): 574-81.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Boutis K, Howard A, Constantine E, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo A<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Narayanan U. 2014. Evidence into practice: emergency physician management of common pediatric fractures. Pediatr Emerg Care. 30(7): 462-8.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fedorak GT, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Otsuka NY. 2015. Does pediatric body mass index affect surgical outcomes of lower-extremity external fixation? J Pediatr Orthop. 35(4): 391-4.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Boutis K, Howard A, Constantine E, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo A<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Somji Z, Narayanan UG. 2015. Evidence into practice: emergency physician management of common pediatric fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 35(1): 18-23.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo A<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 2013. CORR Insights\u00ae: Variations in the use of diagnostic criteria for developmental dysplasia of the hip. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 471(6):1955-6.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Howard A, Hsueh S, Boutis K. 2012. Gartland type I supracondylar humerus fractures in children: is splint immobilization enough? Pediatr Emerg Care. 28(11): 1150-3.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bernthal NM, Gamradt SC, Kay RM, Wren TA, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Reid J, Bales J, Otsuka NY. 2010. Static and dynamic gait parameters before and after multilevel soft tissue surgery in ambulating children with cerebral palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 30(2): 174-9.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Virk M, Petrigliano F, Morgan EF, Lieberman JR. 2009. Mesenchymal stem cell concentration and bone repair: potential pitfalls from bench to bedside. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 91(5): 1073-83.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Virk MS, Conduah A, Park SH, Liu N, Sugiyama O, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo A<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Kang C, Lieberman JR. 2008. Influence of short-term adenoviral vector and prolonged lentiviral vector mediated bone morphogenetic protein-2 expression on the quality of bone repair in a rat femoral defect model. Bone. 42(5): 921-31.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Gamradt SC, Kim CO, Pirpiris M, Gates PE, McCarthy JJ, Otsuka NY. 2007. Health-related quality of life outcomes improve after multilevel surgery in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 27(6): 653-7.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cuomo AV<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Pirpiris M, Otsuka NY. 2006. Case report: biceps tenosynovial rice bodies. 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