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Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD

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Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery and Hand Surgery

University of Virginia School of Medicine (1994)

Professional interests include: hand surgery procedures, Dupuytren's contracture, musculoskeletal problems, and more.

4421 Virginia Beach Boulevard Suite 114
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

(757) 963-7676

Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD is an orthopedist in Virginia Beach, VA specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery and hand surgery. She graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1994 and has 31 years of experience. Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD is affiliated with Sentara Health and TIDEWATER PHYSICIANS MULTISPECIALTY GROUP PC.

Office Locations

Address:

4421 Virginia Beach Boulevard Suite 114
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Address:

844 Kempsville Road Suite 104
Norfolk, VA 23502

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Musculoskeletal Problems

The musculoskeletal system refers collectively to the bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and nerves. It is what gives the body structure and movement. Because this system encompasses so much of the body, musculoskeletal problems are extremely varied and can happen almost anywhere. There are musculoskeletal problems that affect only the joints, those that affect the bones, those that affect tendons and ligaments, and those that can happen in any area of the body but cause pain and numbness.

Joint problems include bursitis and arthritis. Bursitis is the inflammation of a fluid-filled sac cushion on the outside of a joint, causing symptoms including pain and swelling. Arthritis is the inflammation and damage of a joint due to wear and tear or disease. There are several treatments for arthritis, but if the damage progresses far enough, joint replacement may be necessary. In joint replacement, a metal or plastic implant is surgically placed within the joint to make movement easier.

Bone problems include scoliosis, fractures, and osteoporosis. Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine, making the normally straight spine look like a 'C' or 'S.' It is treated with braces or surgery. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to weaken and break easily. It's most common in women, especially older women. Fully half of all women over 65 have osteoporosis. Fractures are any break in the bone. They can be a simple crack or a severe and complicated shatter. Osteoporosis causes fractures in people who have it, but other causes are trauma (such as a fall) or overuse.

Tendon and ligament problems most often result from injury or overuse. Two good examples are ligament tears and tendonitis. The most common ligament tear is the ACL tear in the knee. This ligament supports and stabilizes the knee and is most often torn during sports activities. Tendonitis happens when a tendon, which connects muscles and bones together, becomes irritated and inflamed. This happens most often in older patients who push their bodies too far, leading to pain and swelling. Treatment for both tendon and ligament problems usually includes rest, ice, and supporting the area to let it heal.

Pain and numbness problems can be caused by overuse, disease, an injury, or a compressed nerve. Lower back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome are two of the most common conditions patients encounter. Lower back pain may be caused by sore muscles that have been overworked, or an injury to the disks separating the vertebrae in the spine. Lower back pain usually goes away on its own within a few days, but it may require medical treatment depending on the cause. Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the nerve at the base of the palm becomes trapped or pinched. Symptoms include tingling, pain, numbness, or weakness in the hand. Treatment involves rest and sometimes steroid injections.

Because the musculoskeletal system involves so much of the body, problems here can be incredibly varied in their type and severity. Some musculoskeletal problems will go away on their own or only require rest, while others may require medication, physical therapy, or even surgery.

aspiration	118
decompression surgery	20
diagnostic procedures	34
doctor visit	795
excision	10
immobilization	16
injections	352
musculoskeletal imaging	240
nerve procedures	20
open surgery	20
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	12
soft tissue surgery	12
tendon surgery	13
upper extremity surgery	32
vascular procedures	12
X-rays	240

**Gender**
Male	183
Female	280

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	369
Black	72
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	238
From 75 to 84	143
85 and over	36
Less than 65	46

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	32
Dementia	5
Cancer	10

aspiration	172
decompression surgery	16
diagnostic procedures	38
doctor visit	861
excision	10
immobilization	13
injections	435
musculoskeletal imaging	279
nerve procedures	16
open surgery	16
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	12
soft tissue surgery	12
tendon surgery	24
upper extremity surgery	39
vascular procedures	12
X-rays	279

**Gender**
Male	202
Female	305

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	403
Black	74
Hispanic	14
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	284
From 75 to 84	139
85 and over	41
Less than 65	43

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	31
Dementia	6
Cancer	10

aspiration	129
decompression surgery	27
diagnostic procedures	20
doctor visit	725
immobilization	15
injections	361
musculoskeletal imaging	219
nerve procedures	27
open surgery	27
tendon surgery	38
upper extremity surgery	64
X-rays	219

**Gender**
Male	356
Female	564

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	722
Black	146
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	530
From 75 to 84	222
85 and over	72
Less than 65	96

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	31
Dementia	5
Cancer	9

aspiration	149
decompression surgery	23
diagnostic procedures	15
doctor visit	805
immobilization	18
injections	404
musculoskeletal imaging	277
nerve procedures	23
open surgery	23
tendon surgery	20
upper extremity surgery	42
X-rays	277

**Gender**
Male	166
Female	304

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	385
Black	63
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	235
From 75 to 84	134
85 and over	54
Less than 65	47

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	22
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	32
Dementia	8
Cancer	10

aspiration	177
decompression surgery	29
diagnostic procedures	20
doctor visit	774
immobilization	27
injections	414
musculoskeletal imaging	265
nerve procedures	29
open surgery	29
tendon surgery	19
upper extremity surgery	47
X-rays	265

**Gender**
Male	189
Female	300

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	392
Black	65
Hispanic	16
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	262
From 75 to 84	136
85 and over	44
Less than 65	47

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	31
Dementia	7
Cancer	13

aspiration	155
decompression surgery	37
doctor visit	782
immobilization	22
injections	387
musculoskeletal imaging	277
nerve procedures	37
open surgery	37
tendon surgery	33
upper extremity surgery	69
X-rays	277

**Gender**
Male	160
Female	298

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	351
Black	80
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	241
From 75 to 84	119
85 and over	46
Less than 65	52

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	33
Dementia	6
Cancer	11

aspiration	134
bone surgery	11
decompression surgery	24
doctor visit	577
excision	9
immobilization	28
injections	360
musculoskeletal imaging	193
nerve procedures	24
open surgery	24
tendon surgery	23
upper extremity surgery	58
X-rays	193

**Gender**
Male	118
Female	254

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	294
Black	52
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	13
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	202
From 75 to 84	105
85 and over	32
Less than 65	33

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	35
Dementia	6
Cancer	14

aspiration	121
decompression surgery	12
doctor visit	498
immobilization	10
injections	327
musculoskeletal imaging	217
nerve procedures	12
open surgery	12
tendon surgery	15
upper extremity surgery	26
X-rays	217

**Gender**
Male	121
Female	215

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	264
Black	47
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	12
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	180
From 75 to 84	103
85 and over	28
Less than 65	25

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	33
Dementia	6
Cancer	14

aspiration	315
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	68
decompression surgery	19
doctor visit	912
excision	66
immobilization	22
injections	616
musculoskeletal imaging	335
nerve procedures	19
nursing home care	83
open surgery	19
upper extremity surgery	17
X-rays	335

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD treated as an orthopedist in Virginia Beach, VA were injections, musculoskeletal imaging, X-rays and aspiration.

aspiration	163
bone surgery	11
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	68
decompression surgery	23
diagnostic procedures	26
doctor visit	749
excision	25
immobilization	19
injections	406
musculoskeletal imaging	256
nerve procedures	23
nursing home care	83
open surgery	23
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	12
soft tissue surgery	12
tendon surgery	23
upper extremity surgery	44
vascular procedures	12
X-rays	256

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	149
Female	252

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	59
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	318
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	4
Other	2

**Age**
85 and over	35
75 to 84	110
Less than 65	38
65 to 74	217

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	10
Osteoporosis	8
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	25
Atrial Fibrillation	7
Dementia	4
Cancer	9

Education & Training

Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1994. She completed residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) - Surgery of the Hand and has a state license in Virginia.

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine (1994)

Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (2004)

Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) - Surgery of the Hand

Licensed In: Virginia

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Sentara Health

TIDEWATER PHYSICIANS MULTISPECIALTY GROUP PC

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Caroline Rogers Triepel, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Biomet Orthopedics, LLC	$246 Extremities $143	ORTHO - KNEES $103
BioPro, Inc.	$130 CLOVER STAPLE - MOD THUMB $97	THUMB $33
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$128 XIAFLEX $128
Biomet Trauma, LLC	$101 SET - TRAUMA $101
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$79 XIAFLEX $79
Other	$74 BSBHT - BGS BHS STIMULATORS $63	BSBHT - SPINE $11

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$653
Education	$74
Travel and Lodging	$31

Biography

Dr. Caroline Triepel's specialties are hand surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. She practices in Norfolk, VA and Virginia Beach, VA. Dr. Triepel's areas of expertise include the following: dupuytren's contracture, hand surgery procedures, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Her professional affiliations include Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group and Sentara Health. She obtained her medical school training at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and performed her residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Awards and/or distinctions Dr. Triepel has received include Coastal Virginia Magazine "Top Doc"; Coastal Virginia "Top Doc"; and 'Top Doc All-Stars' of Hampton Roads. Her practice in Virginia Beach, VA is open to new patients as reported by Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group.