Ortho Departmental Updates – Dec. 6, 2023
- Congratulations to Brett Rocos, MD! He received the 2024 Luiz Vialle AO Spine Knowledge Forum Award.
- The Duke Hybrid Ortho PT Program is a unique program that combines the health system and our department in a training program, part online and part in person. This model could be extended more broadly, and I am proud of this pioneering program.
- As Steve George takes his position as editor of APTA, he will transition away from his role as vice chair of research. Shyni Varghese has agreed to take over that role. They will share the role for the year. Congratulations to Shyni for this new departmental leadership role!
- As we approach the New Year, you may want to consider this quote from Benjamin Franklin: “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better (person).” The quote said, "Man." In the new year, we can think about being a better department as we begin our strategic planning renewal process. We will discuss more at our Dec. 11 faculty meeting.
- Dec. 8: The Department Bowling event is at the Bowlero in Durham this Friday at 6 p.m. Join us!
- May 8: Our departmental Research and Resident Graduation Day – Visiting Professors, including Todd McKinley, Ph.D., Indiana University, and Rick Leiber, MD, from Chicago. Residents: please turn in your paper 30 days before May 8.
- 2024 Upcoming Visiting Professors include:
- Feb. 7: Treatment of OCD of the Capitellum in the Competitive Adolescent Athlete – James R. Urbaniak, MD Visiting Professor: A. Bobby Chhabra, MD, UVA
- March 20: New amputation advances: Douglas Smith, MD, University of Washington - Seattle.
- March 27: George S.E. Aitken, MD Visiting Professor – Keith Kenter, MD, Western Michigan School of Medicine.
