2024-2025 Executive Committee

President: Kevin Coates, MD - Winston Salem

President-Elect: Tadhg J. O’Gara, MD - Winston Salem

Vice President: Claude Jarrett, MD - Wilmington

Secretary-Treasurer: Laurence Kempton, MD - Charlotte

Recording Secretary: Lucas Romine, MD - Clayton

Historian: Charles H. Classen, Jr., MD - Kinston

Immediate Past President: Michael Marushack, MD - Wilmington 

Councilor to AAOS:  Kevin E. Coates, MD - Winston-Salem

Councilor to AAOS: Michael Marushack, MD - Wilmington

Councilor to AAOS:  Lucas Romine, MD - Clayton

Leadership Team: Oke Anakwenze, MD - Durham

Leadership Team: David Ruch, MD - Morrisville

Leadership Team:  

Program Chair: Brian Curtin, MD - Charlotte

NCOA PAC Chair: Jessica Woodcock, MD - Charlotte

NCOA Staff

Executive Director:  Ashley Newton, MBA

Director, Meeting Services & Medical Education: Megan Eberle

Director, Marketing & Communications: Kristen Shipherd

Coordinator, Association Management: Kanika Boone

Contact Information

North Carolina Orthopaedic Association
222 North Person Street, Ste. 101
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919) 833-3836
Fax: (919) 833-2023
Email: ncortho@ncmedsoc.org