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Dr. Timothy Ned Taft MD
Sports Medicine Specialist | Sports Medicine
3154 Bioinformatics Cb # 7055 Unc Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. Timothy Taft is a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner in Chapel Hill, NC. As a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner, Dr. Taft is trained to assess, diagnose, prevent, and treat sports injuries in patients of all ages, and refer those patients to further services if needed. Sports Medicine Family Practitioners must complete specialized training in order to help each patient maximize function and improve quality of life.
Education and Training
Univ of Mo, Columbia Sch of Med, Columbia Mo 1969
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intramedullary screw fixation of Jones fractures. Analysis of failure.
- Lower extremity motor control-related and other risk factors for noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries.
- Are calcium intakes and physical activity patterns during adolescence related to radial bone mass of white college-age females?
- Effects of wearing foot orthosis with medial arch support on the fifth metatarsal loading and ankle inversion angle in selected basketball tasks.
- Athletic performance and vitamin D.
- Postarthroscopy analgesia with bupivacaine. A prospective, randomized, blinded evaluation.
- Dislocation of the acromioclavicular joint. An end-result study.
- Effect of long-term thyroidectomy on post-prandial plasma calcium changes in man.
- Effect of long-term thyroidectomy on post-prandial plasma calcium changes in man.
- Bone density in women: college athletes and older athletic women.
- Post-operative problems following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
- An evaluation of pre- and postoperative nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in patients undergoing knee arthroscopy. A prospective, randomized, double-blinded study.
Awards
- 1986 Distinguished Young Physician, Univ. of Missouri
- 2009 Best Doctors of America, Castle Connolly
- 1988 Distinguished Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
- 1980 Olympic Team Physician, US Olympic Committee
- UNC 2009 Massey Service Award
Treatments
- Student Health, Knee Ligament Injuries, Knee Injury And More
Professional Memberships
- Member NC Medical Society, Orange/Durham Medical Society
- Member American Orthopaedic Association
- Member American College of Sports Medicine
- Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Member American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Dr. Timothy Ned Taft MD's Practice location
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3154 Bioinformatics Cb # 7055 Unc -Chapel Hill, NC 27599Get Direction
UNC Orthopaedics (Chapel Hill-Carolina Pointe II)
6011 Farrington Road -Chapel Hill, NC 27517Get Direction
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Mario Frank Ciocca M.D.University Of North Carolina Campus Health Service Chapel Hill NC 27599
- Dr. Jeffrey Tweed Spang M.D.University Of North Carolina Hospital Chapel Hill NC 27599
- Dr. Ganesh Vasant Kamath M.D.101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC 27599
- Dr. Mark James Sakr D.O.590 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC 27599
- Dr. Natasha Harrison MD590 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC 27599
- Dr. Robert Alexander Creighton MD101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC 27599
Nearest Hospitals
DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALl
101 MANNING DRIVE CHAPEL HILL NC 27514