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Christopher W. Olcott, MD

Christopher W. Olcott, MD

Joint Replacement

Education and Experience

MEDICAL SCHOOL

  • University of Rochester, 1991

RESIDENCY

  • Strong Memorial Hospital, 1992 - 1996
  • Area: Orthopaedic Surgery

FELLOWSHIP

  • New England Baptist Hospital, 1996 - 1997
  • Area: Adult Reconstruction

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Orthopaedic Surgery, Board Certified, 1999

Current Appointments

  • 2016-present Professor of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine

Honors, Awards, and Achievements

  • Top Doctors (Orthopedic Surgery) North Carolina Business Journal, 2018
  • Best Doctors in America, 2017
  • Frank C. Wilson Resident Teaching Award, 2017
  • UNC Health Care and Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence, 2015
  • Frank C. Wilson Resident Teaching Award, 2013
  • Frank C. Wilson Resident Teaching Award, 2009
  • UNC Musculoskeletal Course Faculty Teaching Award, 2007
  • Program Chair, 2006
  • Frank C. Wilson Resident Teaching Award, 2006
  • UNC School of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award, 2005
  • Ranawat Award, Knee Society, 1998

Selected Publications

  • Looney RJ, Boyd A, Totterman S, Seo G, Shepps-Campell D, Novotny L, Olcott C,et al. Volumetric CT as a measurement of periprosthetic acetabular osteolysis and its correlation with wear. Submitted for Publication.
  • Olcott CW. Current indications and techniques for arthrodesis of the knee. Sem Arthroplasty 11(4):227-233, 2000.
  • Olcott CW, Scott RD. Determining proper femoral component rotational alignment during total knee arthroplasty. Am J Knee Surg 13(3):166-168, 2000.
  • Olcott CW, Scott RD. A comparison of four intra-operative methods to determine femoral component rotation in total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 15:22-26, 2000.
  • Scott RD, Olcott CW. Management of cavitary deficiencies. In Bono JV, McCarthy JC, Thornhill TS, et al. (eds): Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty. p293, New York, NY. Springer-Verlag New York Inc.; 1999.
  • Olcott CW. Management of medial deficiencies. In Bono JV, McCarthy JC, Thornhill TS, et al. (eds): Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty. p330. New York, NY. Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1999.
  • Pellegrini VD, Olcott CW, Evarts CM. The tri-lock femoral system. In Finerman, G.A.M.; Dorey FG, Grigoris P, McKellop HA. (eds): Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes. p. 181, New York, NY. Churchill Livingstone Inc., 1998.
  • Olcott CW. Hip pain. In Leppert PC and Howard FM (eds): Primary Care for Women. p.663, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven, 1997.
  • Pellegrini VD, Parentis M, Olmstead J, Olcott C. Extension metacarpal osteotomy in the treatment of trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: A biomechanical study. J Hand Surg 21A: 16-23, 1996.
  • Pellegrini VD, Olcott CW, Hollenberg G. Contact patterns in the trapeziometacarpal joint: The role of the palmar beak ligament. J Hand Surg 18-A: 238-44, 1993.
  • Miller SA, Olcott CW. Cell Proliferation in chick oral membrane lags behind that of adjacent epithelia at the time of rupture. Anat Rec 223: 204-208, 1989.

see entire list available at PubMed

Locations

UNC Orthopaedic Clinic at the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC)
102 Mason Farm Road
Second Floor
Chapel Hill, North Carolina - 27514

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