News Archive

We are excited to welcome Rebecca Wadlinger, DO, to our Sports Division. Dr. Wadlinger comes to Duke most recently from Penn State University where she has been working as a team physician for several of their athletics teams as well as helping to teach the family medicine residents and sports medicine fellow. At Penn State, she has taught didactic courses as well as serving as served in the Physician Specialty CareConnect Optimization Project 

On April 8–9, The Adult Reconstruction division of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University Medical Center hosted the 12th Annual Emily Berend Adult Reconstruction Symposium (EBARS). This event provides attendees with a comprehensive course on the hip and knee. With more than 55 presentations and 95+ attendees, EBARS 2022 was a great success!

Thank you all of our presenters!
 

Please join in welcoming Dr. Warren Hammert to the Hand Division Hammert. Dr. Hammert started last week and has hit the ground running!

OTD faculty and students presented at AOTA's annual meeting last week. 
Congratulations to Tomeico Faison, OTD, on receiving the Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Occupational Therapy! 

Congratulations to the following students who did an outstanding job representing Duke OTD at AOTA:

The 17th Annual Duke DPT 5K was held on Duke’s East Campus on Sunday, March 20. Thanks to the 135+ participants and generous donors, over $3,000 was raised for the VCU-Marquette Challenge for physical therapy research. A special shout-out to the #dukedpt2023 5K Committee: Charlotte Selters, Ellie Bradach, Lily Scott, and Alex Lallier.

2002 Departmental Research Day and Symposium
J. Leonard Goldner Visiting Professorship

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 • 8:30 am–5:00 pm
Lecture Hall • Interprofessional Building, 311 Trent Drive, Durham

8:30-9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:10 a.m.
Welcome, Benjamin A. Alman, MD

William C. Eward, DVM, MD | MODERATOR

Please join us in welcoming the Class of 2022 to the Duke Orthopaedic family! Congratulations to:
Megan Badejo, MD
Rafeal Baker, Jr., MD
Anna Bryniarski, MD
Grant Cabell, MD
Ethan Cottrill, MD, PhD
Eoghan Hurley, MD, PhD
Alex Meyer, MD
Jacob “Jake” Torrey, MD

Inspired by the amazing video highlighting Black women physicians at Emory University’s School of Medicine, the Duke University School of Medicine’s DPT and OTD programs celebrate Black History Month.

 

Dr. T. Parker "Tad" Vail, MD, FAOA, delivered the 9th Annual George S.E. Aitken Lectureship on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Dr. Vail presented on his time at Duke with “Letters from Home” and reflected on the lessons he learned while an undergraduate, resident, and faculty member at Duke.

The Academy is just a few weeks away (March 22–26, 2022) and Duke Orthopaedics will be well-represented with 100+ outstanding presentations, papers, cases, classes, posters, and more.
Click here to view the 2022 Duke Orthopaedics schedule of presentations and posters