David T. Dellaero, M.D.

Biography:

Dr. Dellaero is a graduate of Duke University. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He completed his orthopaedic surgery training at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Dellaero has completed additional fellowship training and research in Sports Medicine/ Arthroscopy, Knee and Shoulder Reconstructive Surgery at the world renowned Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation. He also holds a Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine*.  He has an academic affiliation with Duke University Medical Center.

Dr. Dellaero has a broad range of knowledge of orthopaedic problems, with particular inter­est and expertise in the arthroscopic treatment of bone and joint diseases and in surgery of the knee and shoulder.

Dr. Dellaero is a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Dr. Dellaero practices at North Carolina Specialty Hospital, James E. Davis Surgery Center, Granville Medical Center, Person Memorial Hospital, Lincoln Community Health Center, and Durham Regional Hospital. 

*CAQ Sports Medicine:  The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, in conjunction with the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, offers a certificate of added qualification for "those surgeons who have demonstrated qualifications beyond those expected of other orthopaedic surgeons by virtue of additional education, a practice characterized by a majority of cases in orthopaedic sports medicine, and contributions to this field of medicine."  It is granted to orthopaedic surgeons who are approved to take and who pass a subspecialty examination in sports medicine.  Fewer than 600 surgeons hold the sports CAQ nationally.

Primary Specialty:

Orthopaedics - Sports Medicine

Education:

Baylor College of Medicine

Duke University

Residency:

Duke University Medical Center

Fellowship:

Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation

Board Certifications:

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine

Affiliations:

• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• Arthroscopy Association of North America
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
• American College of Sports Medicine
• Assisting Consulting Professor, Duke University Medical Center