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Anna Vergun: Early Intervention & Partnership to Advance Pediatric Limb Corrective Care Worldwide

August 10, 2022
For infants born with limb deficiencies or deformities, early intervention is important for optimal development. However, many families learn of the congenital anomaly at birth and need time to process their own emotions regarding the limb loss/difference. The grieving process can take up to a year, which can delay making...

ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics “Boot Camp”: High Marks for Five 2022-2023 Interns!

August 3, 2022
Late June each year, the Department’s PGY1s begin residency with a great interest in their chosen field of orthopaedics. However, they are armed with only the limited knowledge that they received in medical school. Stepping into this newfound role as physicians in training, first-year residents lack critical orthopaedic surgery skills to perform direct patient care on Day 1....

ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics Welcomes the Class of 2027!

July 19, 2022
On June 24th, ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics welcomed its newest class of residents as five PGY1s began their intern year of training. On Day 1, the Department’s interns hit the deck running, attending resident boot camp in their first week to acquire fundamental skills in orthopaedic surgery, and immersing themselves in accelerated...

Grand Rounds: How 3D Planning and Printing is Transforming Upper Extremity Surgery

July 6, 2022
Lisa Lattanza, MD, FAOA, FAAOS July 20, 2022, at 6:30 am Hybrid Conference Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Chair, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Chief, YNHH   Add to Calendar Speaker Biography Dr. Lisa Lattanza is the chair of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at the Yale School of Medicine. She...

Scholarship, Excellence & Diversity: URM Student Scholars at ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics in 2022

July 5, 2022
This year, ºÚÁÏÍø Department of Orthopaedics is pleased to host two medical student scholars selected by ºÚÁÏÍø programs that address and close gaps in racial and gender disparities in medical practice.  In fall 2022, the Department will host its first University of North Carolina Department of Orthopaedics Scholarship for Under-Represented...

End-of-Year Banquet Honors ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics Residency Graduates

June 20, 2022
At its annual graduation banquet on Friday, June 3rd 2022, the Department honored the achievements and completion of Orthopaedic Surgery training of its five departing residents. Residents, fellows and faculty gathered at the University’s Carolina Inn to celebrate the end of the academic year and to award resident and teaching...

ºÚÁÏÍø Pediatric Orthopaedics Named 23rd Out of 50 in Latest U.S. News & World Report Rankings

June 15, 2022
In the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings of the 50 top-performing children’s hospitals across the U.S. across 10 pediatric specialties, ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s Pediatric Orthopaedics service was named #23 among all pediatric orthopaedic programs. In the 2022-2023 report released mid-June, data analysis and surveys of thousands of pediatric specialists working...

51st Annual R. Beverly Raney Visiting Professorship & Conference: A Scholarly Forum on Orthopaedic Research & Practice

June 12, 2022
On Friday, June 3rd, 2022, ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics hosted its 51st Annual R. Beverly Raney Visiting Professorship and Orthopaedic Conference, marking a welcome return to in-person for a longstanding educational event that benefits current and alumnus ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics Surgery faculty and residents. Each year, this event provides orthopaedic surgeons updates on...

ºÚÁÏÍø Sports Medicine: Caring for ºÚÁÏÍø & Community Athletes Alike

May 31, 2022
The mission of ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics and the Sports Medicine Institute includes injury treatment, rehabilitation, and injury prevention and outreach.  This includes our ºÚÁÏÍø athletes, as well as the local school systems, weekend warriors and athletes of all ages. We work to support the community as a whole at a range...

Laurence E. Dahners Research Grants: Promoting Faculty-Resident Research in Orthopaedic Surgical Innovation

May 16, 2022
As the Laurence E. Dahners Research Grant enters its second bi-annual funding cycle, the two ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics faculty-resident teams concluding 12-month awarded projects in 2022 continue to grow a program aimed at investigative studies that uphold the spirit of innovation in restorative, rehabilitative and preventive orthopaedic practice embodied by former...