Dr. Joseph Hsu is an orthopedic surgeon in Charlotte, NC, and is affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and has been in practice for 16 years. He specializes in orthopedic trauma and is experienced in chronic osteomyelitis, limb deformity, limb length discrepancy, clinical research, and quality improvement. Dr. Hsu is the vice-chair of quality of Atrium Health's Musculoskeletal Institute, professor of orthopaedic trauma, and director of the limb lengthening and deformity program. He is from Baton Rouge, LA, and is an honor graduate from the United States Military Academy. Dr. Hsu served in the U.S. Army and deployed in 2006 to Baghdad, Iraq. He spent the majority of his military career trying to optimize outcomes for limb reconstruction patients. Much of Dr. Hsu’s research now involves guiding safe opioid prescribing and true multimodal pain management for clinicians.