Q&A with Duke Ortho: Hip Arthritis Causing You Pain?
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.
Ashley Jones Promoted to RASR Zone 2 Role
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.
Support the Strike Out for Sarcoma 5K Run/Walk Event – Sept. 10
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.
Innovation @Duke Ortho: Brett Rocos, MD Embraces VR Learning
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."
Erica Taylor, MD, MBA, Helps Prepare the Next Generation of Health Care Leaders
Last week, the Duke Fuqua School of Business hosted a Health Sector Management Bootcamp course. Erica Taylor, MD, Weekend Executive MBA '20, shared insights on her experience as an orthopaedic surgeon and influential Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) leader.
Welcome Duke Orthopaedics New Fellows
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
Welcome Jonathan Kaplan, MD to Duke Orthopaedics
Hometown: I am originally from Wheeling, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Ben Alman, MD, Named President-Elect of the Southern Orthopaedic Association
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.
Duke Ortho Faculty Participate in AAOS Symposium Panel on DEI in Orthopaedics
This week at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) 2023 Annual Meeting Symposium on “Racial Disparities in Orthopaedic Surgery,” eight panelists spoke from their perspectives in terms of subspecialty, role, and career stage. If a single message emerged, it was that not only do the social legacies of prejudice and inequality persist in orthopaedics but, by many measures, they also afflict the specialty to an outsized extent.
Paul Lachiewicz, MD, Honored as the 2023 L. Andrew Koman, MD, Distinguished Southern Orthopaedist
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.