News Archive

Spotlight Series: Meet and be inspired by the amazing individuals on the Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Occupational Therapy Doctorate teams. 
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Meet Kimberlyn Hayes, DPT Class of 2024

Q: What motivated you to choose a career in physical therapy?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The Division of Hand, Wrist, and Upper Extremities’s Erica Taylor, MD, MBA, cowrote an article, published in Hand Clinics, that identifies barriers—and solutions—to inclusive mentorship.

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.