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 

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

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

The Inaugural Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research Seminar Series presentation will be given by Dr. Pamela Duncan, an internationally recognized physical therapist researcher and a prior Division Chief of the Duke DPT program. Dr. Duncan will talk about her journey of building a successful research career beyond just science. The presentation will be in-person (IPE Lecture Hall, room 1250), streamed via Zoom, and recorded for limited on-demand viewing. There will be CEU’s available for clinicians (PT and OT). If you have any questions, please contact

The newly released 2022 NIH Blue Ridge rankings show that Duke Orthopaedics is again ranked second in the United States for NIH funding for an orthopaedics department. Duke’s School of Medicine as a whole is ranked third in the US. Our continued growth and exceptional work have resulted in a steady rise over the past decade. Additionally, our department has two faculty in the top ten most-funded investigators for members of an orthopaedic department and seven of our faculty in the top 50 most funded. ​

Brian Lau, MD was one of six orthopedic surgeons selected to participate in the Arthroscopy Association of North America Advanced Arthroscopy (AANA) Traveling Fellowship Program for 2022. ​ ​