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- EIN 01-0648145
- (704) 323-2260
- 2001 Vail Ave Ste 300 Charlotte NC 28207 USA
- www.orthocarolinaresearch.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health, Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases Research
Mission: The institute's mission and priorities are centrally focused on: (1) improved patient care, (2) high quality research to develop new and innovative orthopaedic devices and technologies, and (3) collaborative and multidiscipline forums to further enhance state-of-the-art medical healthcare. The institute is currently participating in 25 on-going fda regulated clinical trials and approximately 213 scientific outcomes studies.
Programs: The institute's mission and priorities are centrally focused on (1) improved orthopedic patient care (2) high quality evidence-based research to develop new and innovative orthopedic devices and technologies whose goal is to answer clinical questions for improved outcomes. The institute is currently leading 30 ongoing fda-regulated clinical trials and approximately 215 investigator-initiated scientific academic studies. Research is disseminated through peer reviewed journal publications with greater than 70 publications annually.
the institute's mission is focused on advancing both research and education in orthopedics. The orthocarolina research institute hosts an educational cme (continuing medical education) symposium for 350-400 orthopedic providers and allied health care professionals each year known as oscar miller day. This symposium is over 35 years old, is marketed to the south eastern us and rotates topics annually.
operation walk carolinas is a joint effort between teams at orthocarolina, carolinas healthcare and novant health. This program provides free surgical treatment to patients in developing countries and education for in-country orthopedic surgeons, nurses, physical therapists and other healthcare professionals on the most advanced treatments and surgical techniques for diseases of the hip and knee joints. During 2017, a group was sent to cuba to provide surgical treatments to under-privileged patients.