{"id":6894,"date":"2025-11-19T09:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/?p=6894"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:10:05","slug":"unc-orthopedics-expands-spine-care-team-with-new-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/2025\/11\/unc-orthopedics-expands-spine-care-team-with-new-surgeon\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Orthopaedics Expands Spine Care Team with New Surgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6895\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 213px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Dr. Brian Phelps in an operating room.\" width=\"203\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506-851x1024.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506-150x181.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506-768x924.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506-1276x1536.jpg 1276w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506-600x722.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-scaled-e1763497292506.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Brian Phelps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>UNC Orthopaedics proudly welcomes Dr. Brian Phelps, a spine surgeon specializing in adult spinal deformity care. Born and raised in North \u00a0Carolina, Dr. Phelps returns home with a mission to improve lives through advanced surgical techniques and patient-centered care.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Phelps was drawn to spinal deformity because of its unique blend of biomechanics, anatomy, and the potential for life-changing outcomes. \u201cIt\u2019s rewarding to see patients regain independence after years of disability,\u201d he explains. This sense of purpose shaped his decision to focus on adult spinal deformity surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Balancing optimal spinal alignment with minimizing surgical burden is one of the greatest challenges in this field. Each case requires creative planning, mastery of multiple techniques, and often multidisciplinary collaboration. For Dr. Phelps, the most rewarding part is witnessing patients return to activities they once thought impossible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6896\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 286px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Dr. Brian Phelps in surgical gear, preparing for surgery.\" width=\"276\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2025\/11\/Orthopeadica-Dr.-Phelps-8-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Brian Phelps performing surgery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His decision to join UNC was influenced by the combination of academic excellence, welcoming culture, and the commitment to patient centered care. \u201cI was drawn to the opportunity to contribute to a program that values clinical innovation and educating the next generation of surgeons,\u201d added Dr. Phelps.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Dr. Phelps aims to strengthen UNC\u2019s spine program by building comprehensive care pathways for complex reconstruction, advancing perioperative optimization, and mentoring future surgeons. He is particularly excited about innovations such as surgical navigation, patient-specific implants, and machine learning tools that personalize goals and improve outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Phelps is now accepting new patients at UNC Orthopaedics. For appointment information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/ptinfo\/\">UNC Orthopaedics website<\/a> or call 984-974-5700. For referrals select Dr. Phelps as the referring provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Orthopaedics proudly welcomes Dr. Brian Phelps, a spine surgeon specializing in adult spinal deformity care. Born and raised in North \u00a0Carolina, Dr. Phelps returns home with a mission to improve lives through advanced surgical techniques and patient-centered care. Dr. Phelps was drawn to spinal deformity because of its unique blend of biomechanics, anatomy, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/2025\/11\/unc-orthopedics-expands-spine-care-team-with-new-surgeon\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about UNC Orthopaedics Expands Spine Care Team with New Surgeon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115151,"featured_media":6895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-people","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UNC Orthopaedics Expands Spine Care Team with New Surgeon | 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\/2025\/11\/unc-orthopedics-expands-spine-care-team-with-new-surgeon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UNC Orthopaedics Expands Spine Care Team with New Surgeon | Department of Orthopaedics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UNC Orthopaedics proudly welcomes Dr. Brian Phelps, a spine surgeon specializing in adult spinal deformity care. 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