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Louis Edwin DeFrate

Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
MSRB Room 379, Box 3093 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
Room 379, Medical Sciences Research Building, Box 3093 Med. Ctr., Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery · 2023 - Present Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Science Departments
Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery · 2019 - Present Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Science Departments
Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering · 2020 - Present Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center · 2021 - Present Duke Regeneration Center, Basic Science Departments

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2020 - 2023 Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Frank H. Bassett III, M. D. Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery · 2016 - 2021 Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Science Departments
Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering · 2016 - 2020 Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery · 2016 - 2019 Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Science Departments
Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science · 2015 - 2018 Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering · 2010 - 2016 Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Frank H. Bassett III, M. D. Assistant Professor - Track V in the School of Medicine · 2012 - 2015 Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Science Departments
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery · 2014 - 2015 Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Science Departments
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery · 2009 - 2014 Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Science Departments
Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery · 2006 - 2009 Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Science Departments

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Editorial Board · 2015 - Present American Journal of Sports Medicine
Editorial Board · 2014 - Present Journal of Orthopaedic Research
Editorial Board · 2016 - Present Journal of Biomechanics