News Archive

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting is just a few weeks away (March 7–11, 2023). Duke Orthopaedics will be well represented with 100+ outstanding presentations, papers, cases, classes, posters, and more.

Members of various Duke Ortho research teams shared amazing work at the 2023 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) annual event in Dallas this week.

The newly released 2022 NIH Blue Ridge rankings show for the first time that Duke Orthopaedic Surgery is ranked No. 1 in the United States for NIH funding for an orthopaedics department. Shyni Varghese, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, ranked first in funding for a Principal Investigator (PI) and Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, ranked seventh in an orthopaedics department.

David S. Ruch, MD, currently vice president of the American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS), has been named president-elect of the AAHS.

Joseph A. Janicki, MD, will be the Ralph Coonrad Visiting Professor on Feb. 8. 

Paul J.W. Tawney, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, will retire on Feb. 3, 2023.

Elizabeth “Liz” Scott, MD, has joined the Division of Sports Medicine as of Jan. 9, 2023, and will be a part of the Hip Preservation Team.

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.