Grants

Grants
The Institute partners with private and public foundations, professional societies and federal agencies in areas of high clinical importance. Grants are designated funds awarded for specific research projects/programs at the OrthoCarolina Research Institute. 
 
Current Grant Awards

The American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand
"Lymphedema Following Elective Hand and Wrist Surgery in Women who are Post Axillary Lymph Node Dissection; A prospective, randomized, clinical trial"
Principal Investigator: R. Glenn Gaston, MD
Other Institutions: Indiana Hand Center, and The Hand and Upper Extremity Center of Georgia Purpose: To determine the risks associated with upper hand or wrist surgery, with or without the use a tourniquet, in patients who have previously had a mastectomy. 

Indiana Hand Center Grant
"Lymphedema Following Elective Hand and Wrist Surgery in Women who are Post Axillary Lymph Node Dissection; A prospective, randomized, clinical trial"
Principal Investigator: R. Glenn Gaston, MD
Other Institutions: Indiana Hand Center, and The Hand and Upper Extremity Center of Georgia Purpose: To determine the risks associated with upper hand or wrist surgery, with or without the use a tourniquet, in patients who have previously had a mastectomy. 

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Previous Grant Awards

The Winkler Orthopaedic Fellowship Fund
“Comparison of Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Total Wrist Arthroplasty (TWA) vs. Wrist Arthrodesis”
Principal Investigator: R. Glenn Gaston, MD
 
The Winkler Orthopaedic Fellowship Fund
Deformation Measurements of Precision Acetabular Cups for Total Hip Replacement
Principal Investigator: William L. Griffin, MD

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
“Accuracy and Reproducibility of Cervical Spine Radiographs Using Radio-Opaque Rulers Compared to Cervical CT Scans”, September 2004 - August 2006; $21,000
Principal Investigator: Craig D. Brigham, MD
Co-Investigators: Theodore Belanger, MD, Patrick M. Connor, MD, Howell Sasser, PhD (Director, Research Epidemiology, Carolinas HealthCare System); Brian Howard, MD (Department of Radiology, Carolinas HealthCare System)
 
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)
“Physeal Bar Formation in Physeal Fractures”, June 2005 - May 2006; $30,000
Principal Investigator: J. Michael Wattenbarger, MD
Co-Investigators: Helen Gruber, PhD, Ralph Meyer, PhD (Carolinas Medical Center)
 
Foundations and corporations can award grants to OCRI for orthopedic research. If you sit on the board for a foundation or a corporation, you can help OCRI by sharing your experience and knowledge about the Institute, and by recommending that a medical research grant go to OCRI. Materials are available upon request for you to distribute to other board members.

For more information about clinical research, please call 704.945.7710 or email ocresearch@orthocarolina.com