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Medical Degree<\/strong><\/p>\nUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n
Masters in Public Health<\/strong><\/p>\nUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Public Health<\/p>\n
Residency<\/strong><\/p>\nOrthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill<\/p>\n
Fellowship<\/strong><\/p>\nOrthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n
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Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n
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\nBunion and hammertoe correction<\/li>\n Total ankle arthroplasty<\/li>\n Arthroscopically assisted ankle and hindfoot fusion<\/li>\n Deformity correction and limb salvage<\/li>\n Open and minimally invasive approaches fracture fixation<\/li>\n Arthroscopy, endoscopy, and tendoscopy of the ankle, hindfoot, and forefoot for evaluation and treatment of intra-articular and soft tissue pathology<\/li>\n Percutaneous Achilles tendon repair<\/li>\n Current approaches to soft tissue problems, including diabetes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics (Weaver Crossing) \n<\/b>1181 Weaver Dairy Road \nSuite 110 \nChapel Hill, NC 27514<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\nHealthcare outcomes reporting<\/li>\n Cost effectiveness and value analysis<\/li>\n Information technology<\/li>\n Trauma<\/li>\n Ankle and foot arthritis<\/li>\n Bunion and hammertoe correction<\/li>\n Techniques in arthroscopy and endoscopy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Paranjape CS, Lalli T, <\/span>Tennant JN<\/span><\/b>. 2022. Are outcomes following crossed lag-screw modified lapidus technique for hallux abductovalgus comparable to plate-screw fixation technique? a study of costs, radiographic and patient reported outcomes. Foot Ankle Orthop. 7(1):2473011421S00387.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>Padovano AG, Lalli T,<\/span> Tennant JN<\/span><\/b>, Martin KD, Santrock RD. 2022. The triplanar hallux abductor valgus classification system: is it valid? Foot Ankle Orthop. 7(1):2473011421S00384. Doi: 10.1177\/2473011421S00384.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>Padovano AG, <\/span>Lalli T<\/span>, <\/span>Tennant JN<\/span><\/b>, Martin KD, Santrock RD. 2022. The triplanar hallux abductor valgus classification system: is it valid? Foot Ankle Orthop. 7(1):2473011421S00384. Doi:10.1177\/2473011421S00384.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>Song K, Pietrosimone B, Blackburn JT, Padua DA, <\/span>Tennant JN<\/span><\/b>, Wikstrom EA. 2021. Acute talar cartilage deformation in those with and without chronic ankle instability. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1;53(6):1228-1234. Doi: 10.1249\/mss.0000000000002572.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSong K, Pietrosimone B, <\/span>Tennant JN<\/span><\/b>, Nissman DB, Dederer KM, Paranjape C, Wikstrom EA.\u202f2021. Talar and Subtalar T1\u03c1 Relaxation Times in Limbs with and without Chronic Ankle Instability.\u202f <\/span>Cartilage, <\/span><\/i>15;150:111342. Doi: 10.1016\/j.exger.2021.111342. epub 2021 April 7.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSong K, Wikstrom EA,<\/span>\u202fTennant JN<\/span><\/b>, Guskiewicz KM, Marshall SW, Kerr ZY. 2019. Osteoarthritis prevalence in retired national football league players with a history of ankle injuries. J Athl Train, 54(11):1165-1170.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDederer KM, Tennant JN. 2019. Anatomical and functional considerations in achilles tendon lesions. Foot Ankle Clin, 24(3);371-385.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWikstrom EA, Song K, Tennant JN, Dederer KM, Paranjape C, Pietrosimone B. 2019. T1p MRI of the talar articular cartilage is increased in those with chronic ankle instability. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 27(4):646-649. doi: 10.1016\/j.joca.2018.12.019.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nCasp AJ, Patterson BM, Yarboro SR, Tennant JN. 2018. The effect of time during the academic year or resident training level on complication rates after lower-extremity orthopaedic trauma procedures. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 100(22):1919-1925. doi 10.2106\/JBJS.18.00279.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHaddix KP, Clement RC 3<\/span>rd<\/span>, Tennant JN, Ostrum RF. 2018. Complications following operatively treated ankle fractures in insulin- and non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Foot Ankle Spec. 1:1938640017714867.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nJernigan EW, Tennant JN, Esther RJ. 2018. Not all patients undergoing stabilization of impending pathologic fractures for renal cell carcinoma metastases to the femur need preoperative embolization. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 476(3):529-534.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRungprai C, Tennant JN, Gentry RD, Phisitkul P. 2017. Management of osteochondral lesions of the talar dome. Open Orthop J. 11:743-761.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nClement RC, Lang PJ, Pettett BJ, Overman RA, Ostrum RF, Tennant JN. 2017. Sanders II\/III calcaneus fractures in laborers: a cost-effectiveness analysis and call for effectiveness research. J Ortho Trauma. 31(6):299-304.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPatterson BM, Eskildsen SM, Clement RC, Lin FC, Olcott CW, Del Gaizo DJ, Tennant JN. 2016. Patient satisfaction is associated with time with provider but not clinic wait time among orthopedic patients. Ortho. 40(1):43-48. doi: 10.3928\/01477447-20161013-05.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nVeljkovic A, Tennant J, Rungprai C, Abbas KZ, Phisitkul P. 2017. An anatomic study of percutaneous endoscopically assisted calcaneal osteotomy technique to correct hindfoot malalignment. Foot Ankle Int. 38(2):192-199.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAvery M, Tennant J. 2016. Surgeons become cinematographers: options for producing intraoperative, high-definition education videos.\u00a0 AAOSNow. 10(11):6-7.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nClement RC, Haddix KP, Creighton RA, Spang JT, Tennant JN, Kamath GV. 2016. Risk factors for infection after knee arthroscopy: analysis of 595,083 cases from 3 United States databases. Arthroscopy. 32(12):2556-256.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nGoetz JE, Rungrai C, Tennant JN, Huber E, Uribe B, Femino J, Phisitkul P, Amendola A. 2016. Variable volumes of resected bone resulting from different total ankle arthroplasty systems. Foot Ankle Int. 37(8):898-904.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRungprai C, Tennant JN, Phisitkul P. 2015. Disorders of the flexor hallucis longus and os trigonum. Clin Sports Med. 34(4): 741-59.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nClement RC, Eskildsen SM, Tennant JN. 2015. Technical tip and cost analysis for lesser toe plantar plate Repair with curved suture needle. Foot Ankle Int. 36(3): 330-4.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTennant JN, Amendola A, Phisitkul P. 2014. Endoscopic gastrocnemius release.\u00a0 Foot Ankle Clin. 19(4): 787-93.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTennant JN, Rungprai C, Phisitkul P. 2014. Bilateral anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome variant secondary to extensor hallucis brevis muscle hypertrophy in a ballet dancer: A case report.\u00a0 Foot Ankle Surg<\/span>.<\/span><\/i> 20(4): e56-e58.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTennant JN, Carmont M, Phisitkul P. 2014. Calcaneus osteotomy. Curr Rev Musculoskeletal Med. <\/span>7(4): 271-276.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTennant JN, Rungprai C, Pizzimenti MA, Goetz J, Phisitkul P, Femino J, Amendola A. 2014. <\/span>Risks to the blood supply of the talus after four methods of total ankle arthroplasty: A cadaveric injection study. J Bone Joint Surg. 96(5): 359-402.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>Phisitkul P, Tennant JN, Amendola A. 2013. Is there any value to arthroscopic debridement of ankle osteoarthritis and impingement?\u00a0 Foot and Ankle Clinics. <\/span>18(3): 449-58.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>Tennant JN, Veljkovic A, Phisitkul P. 2013. <\/span>Technique tip. Percutaneous endoscopically assisted calcaneal slide osteotomy.\u00a0 Iowa Orthop J. 33: 191-5. PMID: 24027482<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>Tennant JN, Shankar V, Dirschl DR. 2013. Reliability and validity of a mobile phone for radiographic assessment of ankle injuries: a randomized inter- and intraobserver agreement study. <\/span>Foot Ankle Int<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u202f34(2): 228-33.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>Bushnell BD, Tennant JN, Rubright JH, Creighton RA. 2008. Repair of patellar tendon rupture using suture anchors. J Knee Surg. 21(2): 122-9.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\nAAOS Annual Meeting Top 5 Foot and Ankle Paper “Risks to the Blood Supply of the Talus after Four Methods of Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Cadaveric Injection Study” (2014)<\/li>\n AOFAS Annual Meeting First Place Roster for “Risks to the Blood Supply of the Talus after Four Methods of Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Cadaveric Injection Study” (2013)<\/li>\n ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics Chief Resident Research Award (2012)<\/li>\n ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics William C. Patton Chief Resident Teaching Award (2012)<\/li>\n ºÚÁÏÍø Injury Prevention Research Center Small Student Grant (2010)<\/li>\n Gaul Scholar, Medical Alumni Loyalty Association (2002-2007)<\/li>\n Carolina Scholar (1998-2002)<\/li>\n Trans-Atlantic Science Student Exchange Program (2000-2001)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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