News Archive

Christopher Klifto, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, effective February 1, 2023.

We’re excited that we’ve matched our new Primary Care Sports Medicine fellows for next year. It was another competitive year, and we look forward to having our three primary care fellows when they start this July.

Please join us in welcoming our new inpatient advanced practice provider, Alexandra (Allie) Schroeder, AGACNP.  

Congratulations to pediatric physical therapist Courtney Jeffries, DPT, NCS, PT, and orthopaedic trauma surgeon Christian Pean, MD, for being selected to the 2023 ADVANCE-UP (Academic DeVelopment Advocacy Networking, Coaching and Education for Underrepresented Populations) Program.

James DeOrio, MD, recently returned from Kenya, Africa, where he was selected to attend CURES Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya on a humanitarian mission at the hospital for American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS).

Duke OTD faculty member Emily D’Agostino was awarded an NIH U01 grant for 1.1M. The project, You & Me Healthy Toolkit, will evaluate a community engagement toolkit for a rapid-deployment test-and-treat protocol implemented through two communities in Merced County, CA and Pitt County, NC. The systematic and scalable community-engaged test-and-treat protocol provides rapid access to self-testing, “next steps” guidance, and local resources to facilitate treatment in underserved populations.

Congratulations to Oke A. Anakwenze, MD on being named as a member of the of the ASES Neer Circle. The mission of the ASES Neer Circle is to recognize service and leadership, strategically support the Society, and advance the practice of shoulder and elbow surgery through consensus. 

Dr. Tiffany Adams,  Dr. Jamie Greco, Dr. Katie Myers, and Dr. Ashley Poole were speakers at this year's Education Leadership 2022 Conference.

Duke OTD student Lunar Singsomphone ('24) presented at the American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine’s Annual International Conference in Chicago.  Lunar delivered “An International Discussion about Spatial Neglect: A Call for Action.” OTD faculty member Dr. Kimberly Hreha also attended the conference and presented during the discussion about spatial neglect.

According to a study led by Duke Health researchers, post-menopausal women on hormone replacement therapy had a lower risk of developing a painful shoulder condition known as adhesive capsulitis than women who did not receive estrogen. The study – a collaboration between Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein and Obstetrics & Gynecology – was presented on Oct. 12 at the meeting of the North American Menopause Society meeting in Atlanta.