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OrthoCarolina Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

Fellowship · Charlotte, NC

Sponsored by OrthoCarolina · Director Dana Piasecki

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Class size: 3

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How it chooses

No applications are accepted by email or outside the match.

Who started, by class

Started 20264 on record · 3 published before starting

Vaib TadepalliUniversity of Virginia Medical Center13 papers · 5 first author · 3 case reports · 1 review
Clarke Cady-McCreaUniversity of Rochester Medicine12 papers · 7 first author · 1 case report · 2 reviews
Raymond WaldropJohn Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District)5 papers
Christopher Wilson

Started 20251 on record · 1 published before starting

Zachary MillsUniversity of Washington School of Medicine6 papers · 1 first author

Started 20244 on record · 4 published before starting

Austin RoebkeOhio State University Hospital16 papers · 7 first author · 1 review
John MuellerNew York Presbyterian Hospital16 papers · 1 case report · 1 review
Max HaffnerUniversity of California Davis Health14 papers · 6 first author · 1 case report
Fletcher PreussDavid Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA10 papers · 3 first author · 1 case report · 4 reviews

Training

5 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to shoulder and elbow surgery.

Months at each site

OrthoCarolina12 mo
Atrium Health Mercy12 mo
Charlotte Surgery Center12 mo
Presbyterian Hospital4 mo
University Surgery Center, LLC d/b/a Mallard Creek Surgery Center1 mo

Where graduates went next

Shoulder And Elbow Surgery Fellowship9
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship2
General Surgery Fellowship1
Shoulder And Elbow Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

Carolinas Medical Center5
Emergeortho Pa2
MaineHealth - Maine Medical Center2
Aurora Health Care1
Berkeley Medical Center1
Danbury Hospital1

Research

80% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

4 of 5, 28 papers between them

Shoulder Injury and Treatment
Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
Orthopedic Infections and Treatments

People

Leadership

Dana PiaseckiProgram Director

Find someone

Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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ProgramPositions

Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery)Positions: 4

Place

Summers reach 90°, winters fall to 32°. About 4 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

480k people live within 20 minutes of OrthoCarolina by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,720 a month within 10 miles of OrthoCarolina.

Hazards

River flooding
Tornadoes
Ice storms
Lightning