Salmons Joins Duke Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty

Harold I. Salmons, MD, MS, who goes by Reed Salmons, has joined the Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery in the Division of Adult Reconstruction.

Salmons is fellowship-trained in adult reconstruction, with expertise in primary and revision hip and knee replacement. His areas of interest include technology and robotic-assisted surgery, direct anterior hip replacement, posterior and STAR approach total hip arthroplasty, outpatient surgical pathways, revision hip and knee replacement for painful or failed arthroplasties, and robotic-assisted partial knee replacement surgery.

His research interests include improving clinical and patient-reported outcomes following hip and knee replacement; periprosthetic joint infection, including identification and treatment; detection, prevention and treatment of arthrofibrosis, or knee stiffness; prevention of hip dislocation; implant development; and applications of technology in primary and revision total joint replacement.

Salmons earned his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and earned a Master of Science in orthopaedic surgery through the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education. He completed an Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement Fellowship at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

Salmons is at Duke with his wife, Rae; their son, Jack; and their 10-year-old blue heeler, Willow. He said he is excited to be part of the Duke family.