
Joe T. Minchew, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Duke Medicine
Duke Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Bio
Minchew is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with particular clinical expertise and research interest in the disorders and surgery of the spine.
In addition to providing clinical care at the North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic, a practice within the Duke University Health System, Minchew is a researcher of the basic science of disc degeneration and low back pain. His findings have been published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, and Spine.
He is a past president of the North Carolina Spine Society and is a fellow of the American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a member of the Scoliosis Research Society, North American Spine Society, and the American Orthopaedic Association.
Credentials
Organization Affiliations:
- Duke Medicine
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Orthopaedic Association
- North American Spine Society
- North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic, Durham, NC












