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Steven Zachary George

Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
200 Morris Street, Office 6510, Durham, NC 27701
200 Morris Street, Office 6510, Durham, NC 27701
Office hours By appointment only  

Selected Grants


Boston Children's/UCLA/Duke Next Generation Regeneration for Osteoarthritis (BUD NextGenRegen for OA)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health · 2024 - 2029

Biomarkers to Advance Clinical Phenotypes of Low Back Pain (BACk)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2023 - 2028

Biopsychosocial Influence on Shoulder Pain

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2023 - 2028

Developing a Novel Clinical Care Model for Chronic Patellar Tendinopathy Utilizing Whole Person Healthcare

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2023 - 2028

NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory-Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2028

Stress Reactivity and Low Back Pain in Older Adults: Influences on Disability (ReLOAD)

Clinical TrialCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 2027

Blood flow restricted training for subacromial pain

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Florida · 2024 - 2027

Mentoring in Musculoskeletal Pain Phenotypes

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2022 - 2027

UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2016 - 2026

Mechanical Biomarkers of Chronic Low Back Pain

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Improving Veteran Access To Integrated Management of Chronic Back Pain (AIM Back)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2025

Risk of Care Escalation after Non-Pharmacologic Treatment: Leveraging Real World Physical Therapy Data

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024

Duke Pain Early-phase Research Clinical Center (PERC)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults: The Role of Co-existing Hip Impairments

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Delaware · 2018 - 2023

1/2 IMPACt-LBP CCC

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Biopsychosocial Influence on Shoulder Pain

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2022

Targeted Interventions to Prevent Chronic Low Back Pain in High Risk Patients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2016 - 2019

Spinal manipulation & patient self-management to prevent back pain chronicity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2017 - 2018

External Relationships


  • American Physical Therapy Association,
  • Rehab Essentials

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