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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

Awards & Honors


Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award

International American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2016

In the News


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