{"id":571,"date":"2016-10-07T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-dev.med.unc.edu\/orthodev\/directory\/esther\/"},"modified":"2022-04-07T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T20:51:46","slug":"esther","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/directory\/esther\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert J. Esther, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<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=\"558\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oNm6mQomwUY\" 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>H. Brashear Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery<\/h4>\n<h4>Vice Chair of Education<\/h4>\n<h4>Division Chief,\u00a0Orthopaedic Tumor Surgery<\/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\/458\" 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>Master of Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Health Policy, University of London (London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), London, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical Degree<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fellowship <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musculoskeletal oncology, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine<\/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                Current 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<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>Residency Program Director, UNC Orthopaedic Residency Program<\/li>\n<li>H. 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A Call for an End to \u201cPast Medical History.\u201d Letter. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In press.<\/li>\n<li>Esther RJ, Battacharya R, Ruan M, Bolander ME, Mukhopadhyay D, Sarkar G, Mukherjee P. Gold Nanoparticles do not Affect the Global Transcriptional Program of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells: A DNA-microarray Analysis. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, in press.<\/li>\n<li>Busam M, Esther RJ, Obremskey WT. Hardware Removal: Indications and Timing. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, in press. (dual first authorship)<\/li>\n<li>Bos GD, Esther RJ, Woll S. Diagnosis and Management of Foot Tumors. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, August 2002.<\/li>\n<li>Esther RJ, Bos GD. Management of Metastatic Disease of Other Bones. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America, October 2000.<\/li>\n<li>Esther RJ, Lamps L, Schwartz HS. Marjolin Ulcers: Secondary Ulcers in Chronic Wounds. Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association 8(3):181-187, 1999.<\/li>\n<li>Pincus T, Esther R, DeWalt DA, Callahan LC. Social Conditions and Self-Management are More Powerful Determinants of Health than Access to Care. Annals of Internal Medicine 129(5):406-11, 1998.<\/li>\n<li>Esther RJ. Use of Physical Restraints in a Nineteenth-century State Hospital. History of Psychiatry 8:83-93, 1997.<\/li>\n<li>Pelstring RC, Allred DC, Esther RJ, Lampkin SR, Banks PM. Differential Antigen Preservation During Tissue Autolysis. Human Pathology 22(3):227-232, 1991.<\/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-0-6\" 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-0-6\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-6\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-6\">\n                Honors, Awards, and Achievements            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-6\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>FC Wilson Chief Resident Teaching Award, UNC Department of Orthopaedics, 2016<\/li>\n<li>Inaugural H. 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