Shoulder Advanced Reconstruction and Replacement Specialty Clinic

OrthoCarolina’s Shoulder Advanced Reconstruction and Replacement Specialty Clinic serves as a regional and national referral center for patients seeking an unparalleled level of expertise and personalized care.

EXPERIENCE

Our team of shoulder specialists have:

• Received surgical and fellowship training from some of the most prestigious orthopedic centers in the world.
• Trained extensively and have vast experience with minimally-invasive and arthroscopic techniques.
• Designed multiple orthopedic implants and have described new techniques and innovations in shoulder reconstructive surgery.
• Trained comprehensively and have wide experience in “Non-replacement” options including tendon transfer and arthroscopic reconstructions.
• Spoken at countless national and international meetings on innovations and outcomes in shoulder surgery.
• Been consistently voted by their peers as “Charlotte Top Docs” in shoulder surgery.
• Operated in high-demand practices.

Our typical annual collective volume of commonly performed shoulder surgeries:

CUTTING-EDGE INNOVATION

Our surgeons frequently employ:

• State-of-the-art pre-surgery planning software to customize the size, position, and implant design to optimize outcomes.
• Stemless, low-profile, and convertible implant systems to ease in any future revision surgery.
• GPS-navigation during surgery to ensure implant position accuracy.
• Novel Opioid-sparing clinical pathways to improve the patient experience.
• Custom implants to address severe arthritic conditions.
• Customized rehabilitation protocols to ensure the highest level of functional return after surgery.

LEADERSHIP

Our shoulder surgeons are leaders and pioneers in national and international organizations including:

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American Shoulder and Elbow Society
• American Orthopaedic Association
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• Arthroscopy Association of North America
• NFL Physician’s Society
• Carolinas Shoulder and Elbow Society
• Rothman Shoulder Society
• Columbia Shoulder Society
• Academic Orthopaedic Consortium

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

• OrthoCarolina is committed to research and education. Our Shoulder specialists are at the forefront and actively participate in the education of medical students, orthopedic residents, and fellows.
• Our four surgeons serve as faculty for the OrthoCarolina Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship.
• The specialty clinic has produced more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles and more than 25 book chapters related to shoulder and elbow surgery.