OrthoCarolina
OrthoCarolina is one of the nation’s leading independent academic orthopedics practices serving the Southeast since 1922. OrthoCarolina provides compassionate and comprehensive musculoskeletal care including operative and non-operative care. Widely known for musculoskeletal research and training, OrthoCarolina physicians have specialized expertise in foot and ankle, hip and knee, shoulder and elbow, spine, sports medicine, hand, pediatric orthopedics, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Over 300 OrthoCarolina practitioners see more than one million patient visits across North and South Carolina each year. We are proud to be both physician-owned and physician-led.www.orthocarolina.com
14
MENTIONS
2
EPISODES
2
PODCASTS
Search complete. 14 mentions across 2 episodes found for "OrthoCarolina".
Sep 25, 2026
Brent AlbrachtGUEST
I don't know.
Brent AlbrachtGUEST
There wasn't necessarily one in particular moment, but, um, Just their overall care at OrthoCarolina.
Brent AlbrachtGUEST
I mean, it's truly a team across the whole residency, fellowship, everything there was just beginning to end was great.
Brent AlbrachtGUEST
That was just seeing the whole package there was probably one of the most instrumental, I think, in me taking that forward
Jesse OteroGUEST
and my first 17 cases were revisions for infection.
Matthew SloanHOST
Today I'm joined by Dr. Jesse Otero, an adult reconstruction surgeon at OrthoCarolina and professor of orthopedic surgery at Wake Forest, who has built a practice around some of the most challenging problems we see in hip and knee replacement.
Matthew SloanHOST
We're going to talk about how a young surgeon builds a busy practice, how a deeply personal experience with periprosthetic joint infection shaped his career, why he gravitates toward patients who have been told they are out of options, and how his team has turned a high-volume PJI referral center into a powerful engine for clinical research.
Matthew SloanHOST
Jesse, thanks for joining me.
Jesse OteroGUEST
It's been
Matthew SloanHOST
That's great.
Matthew SloanHOST
Going from Iowa back to OrthoCarolina, can you talk about, was it like starting from square one? I know there's a lot of times where people get to their first job out of fellowship and for whatever reason, it just doesn't work out.
Matthew SloanHOST
And sometimes they feel trapped, like they have to stay there because they don't want to start over, even if they don't really like where they're at.