Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine 2009
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Orthopaedics 2019 - 2020
  • Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2019 - 2020
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • - Co-Director, Cerebral Palsy and Related Conditions Clinic 
    - Lead Physiatrist, Pediatric Surgical Spasticity Clinic (with Dr. Fuchs of Neurosurgery)
    - Lead Physiatrist, Spinal Cord Injury Cohort of multidisciplinary Myelodysplasia Clinic 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Epidural Conus Medullaris Stimulation in patients with Subacute Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury to improve Pain and augment Rehabilitation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2025
  • Motivating Occupational Virtual Experiences In Therapy for kids (MOVE-IT) SBIR Phase II awarded by Barron Associates 2021 - 2022
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  External Relationships

  • American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
  • Catalyst Medical Education, LLC
  • Nuance Communications, Inc
  • University of Virginia
  • Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Barton, Hanna, Ryan Coller, Sara Finesilver, Christopher Lunsford, Rupa S. Valdez, and Nicole E. Werner. “Children with Medical Complexity: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Factors/Ergonomics.” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 64, no. 1 (December 2020): 697–701. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641162.
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    • Valdez, Rupa S., Christopher Lunsford, Jiwoon Bae, Lisa C. Letzkus, and Jessica Keim-Malpass. “Self-Management Characterization for Families of Children With Medical Complexity and Their Social Networks: Protocol for a Qualitative Assessment.” Jmir Res Protoc 9, no. 1 (January 23, 2020): e14810. https://doi.org/10.2196/14810.
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    • Doebrich, Adrienne, Marion Quirici, and Christopher Lunsford. “COVID-19 and the need for disability conscious medical education, training, and practice.” J Pediatr Rehabil Med 13, no. 3 (2020): 393–404. https://doi.org/10.3233/PRM-200763.
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    • Lunsford, Christopher, Lauren Rosen, Susan Biffl, Justin Ramsey, Jason Edinger, Wendy Pierce, and Amy Houtrow. “Gaps in the delivery of rehabilitation medical equipment in the digital age.” J Pediatr Rehabil Med 12, no. 3 (2019): 227–34. https://doi.org/10.3233/PRM-190012.
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    • Lunsford, Christopher, and Ronald F. Lunsford. “The Letter of Medical Necessity as Genre: Who Creates It and Who Controls It.” 2018 Ieee International Professional Communication Conference (Procomm), July 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/procomm.2018.00040.
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    • Lunsford, Christopher, Garrett Grindle, Benjamin Salatin, and Brad E. Dicianno. “Innovations With 3-Dimensional Printing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Review of the Literature.” Pm R 8, no. 12 (December 2016): 1201–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.07.003.
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    • Feger, Mark A., Christopher D. Lunsford, Lindsay D. Sauer, Wendy Novicoff, and Mark F. Abel. “Comparative effects of multilevel muscle tendon surgery, osteotomies, and dorsal rhizotomy on functional and gait outcome measures for children with cerebral palsy.” Pm R 7, no. 5 (May 2015): 485–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.11.002.
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    • Valdez, Rupa S., Christopher Lunsford, Jiwoon Bae, Lisa C. Letzkus, and Jessica Keim-Malpass. “Self-Management Characterization for Families of Children With Medical Complexity and Their Social Networks: Protocol for a Qualitative Assessment (Preprint),” n.d. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.14810.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Lunsford, Christopher, Humaira Ashraf, and Stacy J. Suskauer. “Poster 426 Benefits of Intensive Rehabilitation Boosts During Late Recovery for Children with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Series.” In Pm&R, 4:S336–S336. Wiley, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.09.1036.
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