News Archive

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." 

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

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 

Congratulations to Ben Alman, MD, Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, who was named President-Elect of the Southern Orthopaedic Association (SOA) at their 44th Annual Meeting in Florida. 

Congratulations to Paul Lachiewicz, MD, who received the 2023 L. Andrew Koman, MD, Distinguished Southern Orthopaedist Award at the 40th annual meeting of the Southern Orthopaedic Association (SOA). He is a consulting professor at Duke Ortho and an attending surgeon at the Durham VA Medical Center, with a career focus on total hip and knee arthroplasty.

If your child experiences sport-related pain or injury, an appointment with a sports medicine primary care physician may be the best option for getting them back in the game.

Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy faculty members Amy Pastva, PT, MA, PhD, and Corey Simon, DPT, PhD, has been appointed as members of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). They will serve as faculty in DCRI's Musculoskeletal and Surgical Sciences (MASS) Therapeutic Area.

Hip pain during sex is more common than people think. Still, those who suffer are often uncomfortable telling their providers, said Elizabeth Scott, MD, a hip specialist and orthopaedic surgeon at Duke Health. In many cases, hip impingement or a labral tear is the culprit.  Dr. Scott advises people who experience hip pain during sex to speak up. “If you're feeling it, talk to someone because it's not normal to have hip pain with sex.”

Associate Professor in Orthopaedics  – Specialty: Primary Care Sports Medicine Undergraduate: Duquesne University   Graduate: Robert Morris University  Medical: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine  Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA 

The Duke Multidisciplinary Sarcoma Team is an integrated team of healthcare providers working together to offer high-quality, coordinated care. In 2008, the Duke Multidisciplinary Sarcoma Program held its first Sarcoma 5K Run/Walk event at Duke University to honor and celebrate those affected by sarcoma.