News Archive

While doing a surgery rotation during his second year of medical school at Duke, Kwabena "Kobi" Adu-Kwarteng, found a passion for orthopaedic surgery.

For his third-year research project, Kobi is working with Duke orthopaedic surgeon Christopher Klifto, MD, studying shoulder injury recovery in older patients.

The Office for Faculty is delighted to share the remarkable success of this year's cohort, who have completed the year-long Academic Development Advocacy Networking, Coaching, and Education for Underrepresented Populations (ADVANCE-UP) program. Congratulations! 

2023 Scholars from the Duke Orthopaedic Surgery faculty team include: Tomeico Faison, OTD, OTR/L, Courtney Jeffries, PT, DPT, NCS, and Christian Pean, MD.

James DeOrio, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery, recently presented at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Grand Rounds for Orthopaedics.

His lecture was titled "Total Ankle Replacement in the Face of Deformity." 

Dr. DeOrio is a foot and ankle surgeon specializing in ankle arthritis, ankle replacement surgery, and flat foot reconstruction. He shared, "Removing patient's pain and giving them greater mobility is the best gift I could ever give anyone."

The Southern Orthopaedic Association (SOA) invites you to submit an abstract. 

Submission deadline: Jan. 8, 2024

This week, the Clinic Minute features members of the Duke Orthopaedics at Arringdon team.

Our orthopaedic doctors and surgeons treat pain or injuries to bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints, including ankle, Achilles tendon, back/neck, elbow, foot, hand, hip, knee, shoulder, and wrist. 

In November, we celebrate National Radiologic Technology Week. It recognizes the critical work of medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals in patient care and health care safety. The week-long celebration commemorates the discovery of the x-ray by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on Nov. 8, 1895. 

This week, we celebrate National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week—this talented core of clinicians partner with us to deliver high-quality orthopaedic healthcare.

NPs provide primary, acute, and specialty health care to patients of all ages and walks of life. Tasks include seeing patients, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, making diagnoses, and initiating and managing treatment plans — including prescribing medications.

The Nature Medicine article explores findings from a large clinical trial that studied cell-based versus corticosteroid injections for knee pain in osteoarthritis: a randomized phase 3 trial. The study was a phase 2/3, four-arm parallel, multicenter, single-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial involving 480 patients diagnosed with knee oste

We are introducing a new Duke Orthopaedic Surgery Department photo series called Clinic Minute. We will feature the fantastic team members (faculty, staff, NPs, residents, fellows, clinicians, PAs, PTs, and OTs) working with our patients weekly. 

We congratulate Adam Goode, PT, PhD, DPT, on his promotion to Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with Tenure and Corey Simon, PhD, DPT, who was promoted to Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Keep up the amazing work!