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Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship Director; and Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon

Hometown: Berea, KY

Education: Xavier University, Medical School: University of Cincinnati, Residency: UNC-CH, Fellowship: R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland 

Two Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery researchers were part of a team that published, Spinal Cord Repair is Modulated by the Neurogenic Factor Hb-egf Under Direction of a Regeneration-Associated Enhancer in Nature Communications. The findings may lead to novel targets to enhance spinal cord regeneration and recovery after spinal cord injury.

The 31st Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China, were officially declared open by Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China, on July 28. Blake Boggess, DO, was among three U.S. doctors providing medical coverage for the American team. Dr. Boggess also organized a medical symposium to collaborate and discuss similarities and differences in Eastern and Western medicine.  

Joshua Johnson, DPT, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and director of Outcomes Research for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Cleveland Clinic, will soon join the faculty of the Doctor of Physical Therapy division. 

He begins on January 1, 2024, and will be an assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Clinical Research Lead for the Department of Rehabilitation Services for Duke University Health System.

We are pleased to announce that Ashley Jones has accepted the Grants and Contracts Manager position in Research Administration Support Resources (RASR) Zone 2, supporting the federal and foundation portfolio for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Ashley has been part of the RASR team since 2017 and has been a grant administrator for the Ortho Surgery Department for the last five years.  

When hip pain and stiffness make it difficult for you to get out of bed or take a short walk, arthritis may be to blame. The degenerative condition is the leading reason more than 450,000 hip replacement surgeries are performed yearly. “When your normal activities are limited by pain, it’s time to talk to your doctor about hip replacement surgery,” said Brian Lewis, MD, a hip specialist and orthopaedic surgeon at Duke Health. 

We are only ONE month away from our incredible Strike Out for Sarcoma 5K Family Fun Run and Walk on Sunday, Sept. 10, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC, and we need YOUR help! Please spread the word and get your teams going so we can make this event as successful as before! See race day information below, and please register.

Assistant Professor Brett Rocos, MD, a spine specialist and ortho surgeon at the Duke Orthopaedic Surgery Department, recently learned a new spine technique on the west coast via Virtual Reality (VR) goggles from his office at Duke in Durham, NC.

"It placed me right in the OR with the operating team." 

Adult Reconstruction

Eric Stephen Dilbone, MD
Residency - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Medical School - Emory University School of Medicine

Marcus DiLallo, MD
Residency - UCSF Medical Center
Medical School - Duke University School of Medicine 

Hometown: I am originally from Wheeling, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.