Cordelia Wheeler Carter MD, FAAOS, FAOA

Dr. Cordelia Wheeler Carter, MD, FAAOS, FAOA is an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the NYU Langone Health. She is board-certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine. She also stays busy as the chair of the Women’s Health Issues Advisory Board for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and she is a member of the board of directors of the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society.

She frequently works with children who have bone injuries like fractures. Often her patients are young athletes whose injuries are sports-related, including patellar instability, which is a dislocation of the kneecap; meniscal tears such as torn discoid menisci; and ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) that require surgical reconstruction.