Benjamin Aaron Alman is an American orthopaedic clinician-scientist and currently Chair of

Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (American and British English spelling differences, alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgic ...

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). Alman is the Distinguished James R. Urbaniak, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and also holds appointments with the Department of Cell Biology, Pediatrics, and Pathology at Duke University. Among Alman's other appointments, he is co-director of the Regeneration Next Initiative at Duke University.

Previous appointments

Prior to Duke, Alman was the A. J. Latner professor and Head of the division of

Orthopedic surgery Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

at the Hospital for Sick Children in

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, senior scientist in developmental and

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at Sick Kids, and vice chair of the department of surgery at the

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Research

Alman's research specialty is the pathology of the musculoskeletal system.

Awards

References

External links

Alman's lab
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