On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Benjamin A. Alman, MD, delivered the 2016 State of the Department Address. Highlights included:
- New faculty members:
- Justin Scruggs
- Thorsten Seyler
- Phillip Horne
- Annunziato Amendola
- Courtney Karner
- Timothy Sell
- Janet Bettger
- Gurpreet Baht
- Derek Clewley
- Corey Simon
- Maggie Horn
- Jeffrey Hoder
- Greg Della Rocca
- Norah Foster
- Faculty members named as North Carolina’s Best Doctors
- Innovative care techniques being performed by our faculty members
- Celebrating the official launch of the Duke Sports Science Institute
- The newly formed Hand program, spanning the Department of Orthopaedics and Department of Surgery
- Global initiatives spanning several continents
- Accomplishments in research
- Timothy Sell being named Director of the K-Lab
- Steven George being named Head of Musculoskeletal Research at DCRI and Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the department
- $7,153,148 in research funding
- 206 Publications
- 326 Presentations; including several keynotes
- 103 presentations at AAOS and ORS
- Accomplishments in education
- DPT program ranked #10 in the country
- Inaugural combined medical school – orthopaedic surgery training program
- Accomplishments by Duke Orthopaedic Alumni
- Relaunch of the Duke Orthopaedic Website and Blog
