Daniel A. Culbreth, PA-C
Product Manager
Orthopaediclist.com

     Andy Culbreth joined the Wilmington Orthopaedic Group in 1994 as a Certified Physician Assistant. He has extensive knowledge in the area of minimally invasive joint replacement, participating on a team that trains surgeons and other Physician Assistants in this new technique.

      Having worked on a task force to implement computerized medical records and charting for the New Hanover Medical Network, he brings valuable expertise in computer technology to OrthopaedicList.com

      He is a member of many local and national organizations including The American Society of Orthopaedic Physician Assistants and the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants.

      Mr. Culbreth holds a Batchelor of Science degree in Zoology/PreMed from North Carolina State University and is a graduate of the Physician Assistant School at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

 

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      Mr. Culbreth was born in Smithfield NC and graduated from Smithfield-Selma Senior High School with honors in 1985. Growing up, he was very active in the Boy Scouts of America, earning the rank of Eagle Scout in 1980.

A member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, he graduated from North Carolina State University with a BS in Zoology/Premed in 1989. He worked for the North Carolina Prison System as an operating room technician from 1989 to 1990 and then as an Operating Room Technician in the cardiac division at Wake Medical Center.

     Mr. Culbreth began Physician Assistant school in 1992 at the Bowman Gray (now Wake Forest) School of Medicine in Winston-Salem NC and graduated in 1994 with honors. He became board certified in January 1995 receiving special recognition in both the surgery and primary care certification components of the examination.

     He joined Wilmington Orthopaedic Group in 1994. Since that time he has been active in the Sports Medicine program at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he is the team practitioner for the soccer team. He has a special interest in minimally invasive joint replacement and was involved in the first minimally invasive hip replacement procedure in the North and South Carolina region. He has extensive knowledge in the area of minimally invasive joint replacement and is part of a team that trains surgeons and other PA's in this new technique.

    Mr. Culbreth has developed special expertise in computer technology as it relates to medicine. He served on the task force that implemented computerized medical records and charting in two hospitals of the New Hanover Health Network and now serves on its Information Technology Committee

      He is an active member of several physician assistant organizations including:

The American Academy of Physician Assistants
The North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants

The American Academy of Surgical Assistants
Physician Assistants in Orthopaedic Surgery
The American Society of Orthopaedic Physician Assistants
Bowman Gray School of Medicine Physician Assistant Alumni Association
The North Carolina Medical Society
The New Hanover-Pender County Medical Society
Coastal Mid-level Practitioners
Coastal Cape Fear Association of Physician Assistants

Coastal Cape Fear Association of Orthopaedic Physician Assistants

      He is an active member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church were he serves on the administrative board. He is happily married with two young boys and enjoys hunting, fishing and camping.

With training and extensive experience in orthopaedics and expertise in computer applications, Mr. Culbreth brings special talents to orthopaediclist.com. He believes that this endeavor has the potential to improve patient care worldwide and is committed to its success.