Dr. Robert John Esther M.D.
Orthopedist
100 Manning Drive University Of North Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. Robert Esther is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Esther specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Esther tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med, Nashville Tn 1998
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Use of physical restraints in a nineteenth-century state hospital.
- Marjolin ulcers: secondary carcinomas in chronic wounds.
- A call for an end to "past medical history".
- Hardware removal: indications and expectations.
- Development and use of a second-year musculoskeletal organ-system curriculum: a forty-year experience.
- Osteolipoma: radiological, pathological, and cytogenetic analysis of three cases.
- Soft tissue masses for the general orthopedic surgeon.
- Fringe Benefits Among US Orthopedic Residency Programs Vary Considerably: a National Survey.
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