{"id":253,"date":"2008-01-17T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-dev.med.unc.edu\/orthodev\/services\/shoulder\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T11:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:03:09","slug":"shoulder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/services\/shoulder\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulder &amp; Elbow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-inline\" title=\"Shoulder Page Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2017\/10\/shoulder-page-image.jpeg\" alt=\"Shoulder Page Image\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\">UNC Orthopaedics\u2019 Sports Medicine and Shoulder divisions provide a unique blend of experience and innovation to its patients. As the primary orthopaedic providers for the UNC Tar Heel athletes, we are intimately familiar with the injuries and solutions that are common among all levels of athletic abilities, professionals to weekend warriors. Sports orthopaedics encompasses injuries and conditions outside of the \u201csports\u201d arena. Most muscle or activity-related injuries and conditions are treated by our Sports and Shoulder Orthopaedists. Offering unique and minimally invasive treatments like cartilage restoration and debridements are only a few reasons why the UNC Orthopaedics\u2019 Sports and Shoulder physicians are in a league of their own.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Faculty and Staff<\/h2>\n<div class=\"alert alert-gray\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid divisions-container \">\n    \n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2019\/05\/Creighton-2022-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image of R. Alexander Creighton\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2019\/05\/Creighton-2022-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/directory\/creighton\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                            R. Alexander Creighton, MD                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h2> \n                \n                                                                    <h4>Division Chief<br \/>\nYeargan Family Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery<br \/>\nOrthopaedic Sports Medicine, Shoulder &amp; Elbow Surgery<\/h4>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2019\/05\/Kamath-2022a-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Ganesh Kamath\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2019\/05\/Kamath-2022a-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/directory\/kamath\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                            Ganesh M.V. Kamath, MD, MBA                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h2> \n                \n                                                                    <h4>Max NovichProfessor of Orthopaedic Surgery<br \/>\nOrthopaedic Sports Medicine, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery<\/h4>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n    \n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        (function($){\n            var entries = $('.entry-content');\n                entries.each(function(index, entry ){\n                    if( $(entry).find('.post-author').length === 0 ) {\n                        $(entry).parents('article.post.entry').css('min-height', '110px');\n                    }\n                });\n        })(jQuery);\n    <\/script>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Orthopaedics\u2019 Sports Medicine and Shoulder divisions provide a unique blend of experience and innovation to its patients. As the primary orthopaedic providers for the UNC Tar Heel athletes, we are intimately familiar with the injuries and solutions that are common among all levels of athletic abilities, professionals to weekend warriors. Sports orthopaedics encompasses injuries &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/services\/shoulder\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Shoulder &amp; Elbow\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68816,"featured_media":0,"parent":222,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shoulder &amp; Elbow | Department of Orthopaedics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/services\/shoulder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shoulder &amp; Elbow | Department of Orthopaedics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UNC Orthopaedics\u2019 Sports Medicine and Shoulder divisions provide a unique blend of experience and innovation to its patients. 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