Overview
Dr. Lau is an orthopaedic surgeon that is dual fellowship trained in sports medicine/shoulder and foot/ankle. His clinical practice focuses on sports injuries of the shoulder, knee, and ankle. He has clinical and translational research projects with an interests in imaging related research. He participates and leads numerous multi-center trials.
Office Hours
Clinic at Duke Sport Science Institute: Tuesday/ Wednesday
Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center: Monday/ Thursday
Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center: Monday/ Thursday
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
·
2025 - Present
Orthopaedic Surgery,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Scholarly Works
Postcommercialisation outcomes of bridge-enhanced anterior cruciate ligament restoration: The first 100 Bridge registry patients.
Journal article Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · June 2026 PURPOSE: To review adverse events and outcomes at least 1 year postoperatively from Bridge enhanced ACL restoration (BEAR) in the first 100 subjects of the Bridge registry, a postcommercialisation prospective cohort. METHODS: Consecutive BEAR patients were ... Full text Link to item CiteFemale Athletes May Have a Greater Challenge in Returning to Sport After Contemporary Cartilage Procedures in the Knee: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Journal article Arthroscopy · December 2025 PURPOSE: To assess the current literature for differences in return-to-sport (RTS) rates between male and female athletes after common cartilage procedures in the knee including autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), matrix-induced autologous chondrocy ... Full text Link to item CiteExperimentally Induced Knee Effusion Does Not Simulate Sustained Ground Reaction Force Profiles During Overground Walking.
Journal article J Appl Biomech · December 1, 2025 Less dynamic limb-level loading is observed bilaterally in individuals who have undergone unilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and is linked with the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis. Experimentally induced knee eff ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Bridge Registry - CP 02-002
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Miach Orthopaedics, Inc · 2022 - 2027Establishing a FastOA-Focused Cohort Following Revision ACL Reconstruction (ACLR)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2027Arthroscopic versus Open Stabilization of Shoulder Instability with Subcortical Bone Loss "Fixed Price"
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2022 - 2026View All Grants
Education
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine ·
2011
M.D.