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Robert Lark

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
DUMC Box 2809, 3000 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710
209 Lenox Baker Children's Hospital, Durham, NC 27705
Office hours Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30  

Selected Grants


Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Orthofix Inc · 2026 - 2026

Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bioventus LLC · 2025 - 2025

IMPACCT: Infrastructure for Musculoskeletal Pediatric Acute Care Clinical Trials - FR

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · 2022 - 2024

Return to Function following Fusion of the Spine

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation · 2019 - 2023

Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Misonix, Inc. · 2017 - 2017

Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by DePuy Synthes Companies · 2015 - 2015

External Relationships


  • Alphatech Inc
  • Bioventus
  • DePuy Spine (Johnson & Johnson)
  • Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
  • NuVasive, Inc.
  • Orthopaedic Innovations, LLC
  • Trackx Technology LLC

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