Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the OrthoCarolina Research Institute is composed of business executives, physicians, attorneys, and civic leaders from the Charlotte metropolitan area. The Directors are credentialed with degrees from colleges, universities, medical schools, and/or law schools and have both the expertise and the experience to provide leadership, direction and governance in accomplishing the Institute's purposes.
Directors
William L. Griffin, MD, Chairman
Orthopedic Surgeon
Hip and Knee Center, OrthoCarolina, P.A.
Charlotte, NC
Patrick M. Connor, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Sports Medicine/Shoulder and Elbow Center, OrthoCarolina, P.A.
Charlotte, NC
Walter B. Beaver, Jr, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Hip and Knee Center, OrthoCarolina, P.A.
Charlotte, NC
Mr. Thomas C. Ewing
Investment Advisor
Horizon Asset Management
Charlotte, NC
Mr. John L. Fraley, Jr.
Real Estate Developer
Fraley Brothers & Company
Cherryville, NC
Robert A. Heyer, MD
Internal Medicine
Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, NC
Morry Johnston
Johnston, Allison & Hord
Charlotte, NC 28204
Fred R. Jones
Charlotte, NC 28209
Mr. Steve W. Luquire
President, Luquire George Andrews
Charlotte, NC
Wesley Walls
Development Manager, Pavilion Development
Charlotte, NC 28209
J. Michael Wattenbarger, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Pediatric Center, OrthoCarolina, P.A.
Ex Officio
Christi Cadd, Executive Director
OrthoCarolina Research Institute, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
Daniel B. Murrey, MD, MPP
Chief Executive Officer
OrthoCarolina, P.A.
Charlotte, NC
Emeritus Directors
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Boyd
Charlotte, NC
Mr. Edward E. Crutchfield
Chief Executive Officer, Retired
First Union Bank
Charlotte, NC
Mr. Richard E. Thigpen
Retired Attorney, Kennedy Covington
Charlotte, NC
Retired Directors
Mr. John Collett
Commercial Real Estate Developer
Collett & Associates
Charlotte, NC
Research Advisory Committee
Bruce E. Cohen, MD, Chairman
William L. Griffin, MD
Robert B. Anderson, MD
R. Glenn Gaston, MD
J. Bohannon Mason, MD
John L. Masonis, MD
R. Alden Milam, IV, MD
Dana P. Piasecki, MD
Bryan Springer, MD
J. Michael Wattenbarger, MD

