JamesKeithDeorioMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Durham, NC

Foot & Ankle Surgery

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University

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Office
4709 Creekstone Dr
Ste 200
Durham, NC 27703
Phone+1 919-660-2358

Fax+1 919-660-8568

Education & Training

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1978 - 1982
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumInternship, Transitional Year, 1977 - 1978
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1977
United States Air Force AcademyB.S., 1970

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1982 - Present
FL State Medical License 1986 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2007 - 2025
GA State Medical License 2006 - 2008
MN State Medical License 1978 - 2007
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Norman T. Kirk Award for the Most Outstanding Resident Paper Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2018
Roger Mann Award Outstanding Clinical Study, �Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Mobile-Bearing and Fixed-Bearing Ankle Replacement" AOFAS, 2018
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Top 20 Surgeons in North Carolina Selection 2012
J. Leonard Goldner Basic Science Award, Outstanding Basic Science Award, �Gait Study in Total Ankle Arthroplasty" AOFAS, 2011
Duke 5 STAR Service Award for Outstanding Service regarding Total Ankle Arthroplasty Site: Blessedankles.com 2011
Roger Mann Award Outstanding Clinical Study, �Prospective Controlled Trial of Scandanavian Total Ankle Replacement vs. Ankle Fusion" AOFAS, 2009
Winning paper entitled: "Ankle Fusion for Patients with Drop Foot Deformity", Fellow's Paper Competition Florida Orthopedic Society, 2006
Cum Laude with Excellence in Design, Imaging Characteristics of Bone Graft Materials Radiologic Society of North America, 2004
Co-Author, G. Shahin Award for Research by a Physician in Training in Duval County, Awarded to Dr. Kurtis Hort for paper "Adjacent Interdigital Nerve Irritation: Single Incision Surgical Treatment" Duval County Medical Society, 2003
Mayo Surgeon of the Year St. Luke's Hospital, 1990
Top 1% in the nation in foot and ankle specialty Selection
The 23 Top Foot & Ankle Surgeons in the U.S.
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Clinical Trials

Post-Approval Study to Investigate the Long Term (8 Year) Survivorship of STAR Ankle Among Continued Access Study Patients Start of enrollment: 2009 Oct 05
Completed
Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate (BMAC) Supplementation for Osteochondral Lesions Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 29
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

70 citations
Effect of Age on Outcomes in Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Constantine A. Demetracopoulos, Samuel B. Adams, Robin M. Queen, James K. DeOrio, James A. Nunley
Foot & Ankle International. 2015-04-10
3 citations
TIBIOTALAR ARTHRODESIS CONVERSION TO TOTAL ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY
Manuel J. Pellegrini, Adam Schiff, Samuel B. Adams, Robin M. Queen, James K. DeOrio
JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques. 2016-07-27
40 citations
Conversion of Tibiotalar Arthrodesis to Total Ankle Arthroplasty.
Manuel J. Pellegrini, Adam Schiff, Samuel B. Adams, Robin M. Queen, James K. DeOrio
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2015-12-16

Journal Articles

The Effect of Patient Characteristics on 1 to 2-Year and Minimum 5-Year Outcomes After Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Cunningham DJ,�DeOrio JK, Nunley JA, Easley ME, Adams SB, Foot & Ankle International, 1/6/2019
Risk Factors for Failure of Total Ankle Arthroplasty With a Minimum Five Years of Follow-up
Cody EA, Bejarano-Pineda L, Lachman JR, Taylor MA, Gausden EB,�DeOrio JK, Easley ME, Nunley JA 2nd, Foot & Ankle International, 1/1/2019
Design Rationale for Total Ankle Arthroplasty Systems: An Update
Gross CE, Palanca AA, DeOrio JK, J Am Acad Orthop Surg, 1/15/2018
Outcomes of Total Ankle Arthroplasty in Moderate and Severe Valgus Deformity
Demetracopoulos CA, Cody EA, Adams SB Jr,�DeOrio JK, Nunley JA 2nd, Easley ME, Foot & Ankle International, 1/1/2018
Outcomes of Acute Hematogenous Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Total Ankle Arthroplasty Treated With Irrigation, Debridement, and Polyethylene Exchange
Lachman JR, Ramos JA, DeOrio JK, Easley ME, Nunley JA, Adams SB, Foot & Ankle International, 1/1/2018
Ratio of Range of Motion of the Ankle and Surrounding Joints After Total Ankle Replacement: A Radiographic Cohort Study
Dekker TJ, Hamid KS, Easley ME, DeOrio JK, Nunley JA, Adams SB Jr, J Bone Joint Surg Am, 1/5/2017
Anterior plating with retention of nail for salvage ankle arthrodesis after failed tibiotalocalcaneal fusion
Matson AP, Dekker TJ, Hamid KS, DeOrio JK, Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery, 1/1/2017
Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula With Associated Pseudoaneurysm of Posterior Tibial Artery After Revision Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Case Report
Wooster BM, Grimm NL, DeOrio JK, Mithani SK, J Foot Ankle Surg, 1/1/2017
Technique of Arthroscopic Treatment of Impingement After Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Gross CE, Neumann JA, Godin JA, DeOrio JK, Arthrosc Tech, 1/7/2016
Surgical Treatment of Bony and Soft-Tissue Impingement in Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Gross CE, Adams SB, Easley M, Nunley JA 2nd, DeOrio JK, Foot Ankle Spec, 1/5/2016
Conversion of Tibiotalar Arthrodesis to Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Pellegrini MJ, Schiff AP, Adams SB Jr, Queen RM, DeOrio JK, Nunley JA 2nd, Easley ME, J Bone Joint Surg Am, 1/1/2015
Comparison of First- and Second-Generation Fixed-Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty Using a Modular Intramedullary Tibial Component
Lewis JS Jr., Green CL, Adams SB Jr., Easley ME, DeOrio JK, Nunley JA, Foot Ankle Int, 1/1/2015
Low Incidence of Symptomatic Thromboembolic Events After Total Ankle Arthroplasty Without Routine Use of Chemoprophylaxis
Horne PH, Jennings JM, DeOrio JK, Easley ME, Nunley JA, Adams SB, Foot & Ankle International, 1/1/2015
Musculoskeletal ultrasound education: orthopaedic resident ability following a multimedia tutorial
Piposar JR, Easley M, Nunley JA, DeOrio JK, Talusan PG, Gubler KE, Reach JS, J Surg Orthop Adv, 1/1/2015
The Adult Ball-and-Socket Ankle Joint: Surgical Management of Late Ankle and Subtalar Arthritis
Lewis J, DeOrio JK, Foot Ankle Spec, 1/1/2015
Total Ankle Arthroplasty and Perioperative Pain
DeOrio JK, Gadsden J., Journal of Surgical Orthopedic Advances, 1/1/2014
Biomechanical Comparison of Stability of Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis with two Different Intramedullary Retrograde Nails
Richter M. DeOrio JK, Pinzur M, Foot Ankle Surg, 1/1/2014
Patient Reported Outcomes, Function, and Gait Mechanics After Fixed and Mobile-Bearing Total Ankle Replacement
Queen RM, Sparling TL, Butler R, Adams S, DeOrio J, Easley M, Nunley J, JBJS, 1/1/2014
Bilateral differences in gait mechanics following total ankle replacement: a two year longitudinal study
Queen RM, Butler RJ, Adams SB Jr., DeOrio JK, Easley ME, Nunley JA, Clin Biomech, 1/1/2014
Calcaneal �Z� Osteotomy has Limited Effect on Hindfoot Varus after Triple Arthrodesis in a Cadaver Model
Zanolli D, Eckels T., Glisson R. DeOrio JK, Foot Ankle Spec, 1/1/2014
Early to Mid-Term Results of Fixed Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty with a Modular Intramedullary Tibial Component
Adams S, Demetracoupoulos D, Queen R, Easley M, DeOrio JK, Nunley J, J Bone Joint Surg Am, 1/1/2014
Equivalent Pain Relief With and Without Resection of the Posterior Tibial Tendon in Adult Flatfoot Reconstruction
Demtracopoulos CA, DeOrio JK. Easley ME, Nunley JA 2nd, Journal of Surgical Orthopedic Advances, 1/1/2014
Differences in Outcomes Following Total Ankle Replacement in Patients with a Neutral versus a Malaligned Tibiotalar Joint
Queen R, Adams S, Easley M, DeOrio J, Nunley J, J Bone Joint Surg Am, 1/1/2013
Posterior tibial tendon excision and post-operative pain in adult flatfoot reconstruction: A preliminary report
Demetracopoulos CA, DeOrio JK, Nunley JA, Duke Orthopaedic Journal, 1/1/2013
Early Prospective Clinical Results of a Modern Fixed-Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Schweitzer K, Adams S, Queen R, Easley ME, DeOrio JK, Nunley JA, JBJS, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

Foot and Ankle Sports Orthopaedics
Chapter: In-Line and Roller Skating
Page 497 - 499Gross CE, DeOrio JKEditors: V Valderrabano, M Easley.Springer2016
Foot and Ankle Sports Orthopaedics
Chapter: Subtalar, Chopart, and Lisfranc Joint Degeneration
Page 329 - 340Huh J, Gross CE, DeOrio JKEditors: V Valderrabano, M Easley.Springer2016
Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Chapter: The INBONE Prosthesis: Design and Implementation. Pitfalls Resulting in Revision Surgery
Demetracopoulos, CA, DeOrio, JK Easley, MEEditors: Haddad, SL.AAOS2015
Technique Manual for Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Editors: DeOrio, JK and Parekh, S.Wolters Kluwer, Liooincott, Williams and Wilkins, United Kingdom2014
Master Techniques in Orthopedic Surgery: The Foot and Ankle
Chapter: Total Ankle Replacement
Mann RA, DeOrio JK, Mann JAEditors: Harold Kitoaka.Lippincott2013
International Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery
Chapter: First Metatarsal Shaft Osteotomies
DeOrio JKEditors: Amol Saxena.Hallux Valgus2013
Atlas of Ankle Replacements
Chapter: Complications in Ankle Replacement
DeOrio JK, Latt DEditors: A. Golberg.2013
Techniques in Foot and Ankle
Chapter: Subtalar arthrodesis with Total Ankle Arthroplasty
DeOrio JKEditors: B. Hintermann.2010
Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Foot and Ankle
Chapter: Proximal Chevron Osteotomy with Plate Fixation
DeOrio MJ, DeOrio JKEditors: Mark Easley.2010
Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Foot and Ankle
Chapter: INBONE Ankle Replacement
JK DeOrio, M. Easley, J. Nunley and M. ReillyEditors: Mark Easley.2010
Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Foot and Ankle
Chapter: S.T.A.R. Ankle Replacement
Easley ME, Nunley J, DeOrio JKEditors: Mark Easley.2010
Arthritis And Arthroplasty: The Foot And Ankle (A Volume in the Arthritis and Arthroplasty Series edited by Thomas E. Brown, Quan Jun Cui, William Mihalko, and Khaled Saleh)
Chapter: Primary Ankle Replacement
DeOrio JKEditors: J. Christiaan Coetzee, Shepard R. Hurwitz.Elsevier2009
Image-Guided Musculotskeletal Intervention
Chapter: Ankle. Foot Injections and a A Surgeon�s Perspective
Peterson, JJ and DeOrio, JKElsevier2007
Surgery of the Foot and Ankle
Chapter: Toenail abnormalities
DeOrio JK, Coughlin MNEditors: Coughlin MN.ElsevierEdition 8th,2006
Radiology of the Foot and Ankle
Chapter: Reconstructive procedures: preoperative and postoperative imaging
Page 479 - 526Berquist TH, DeOrio JKEditors: Berquist TH.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2000
Reconstructive Surgery of the Joints
Chapter: Midfoot reconstruction
Page 1789 - 1810DeOrio JKEditors: Morrey BF.Churchill Livingstone, New York, NYEdition 2nd,1996
Imaging Atlas of Orthopedic Appliances and Prostheses
Chapter: The shoulder
Page 661 - 727Berquist TH, Deorio JKEditors: Berquist TH.Raven Press, New York, NY1995
Imaging of Orthopedic Trauma
Chapter: Soft tissue injuries
Page 83 - 91Berquist TH, Deorio JKEditors: Berquist TH.Raven Press, New York, NYEdition 2nd,1992
Joint Replacement Arthroplasty
Chapter: Indications and patient selection
Page 547 - 559DeOrio JK, Blasser KEEditors: Morrey BF.Churchill Livingstone1991
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Abstracts/Posters

Technique for treatment of peri-plafond tibial nonunions: the modified fibula-pro-tibia
DeOrio JK, Ware AW, J Bone Joint Surg, 1/1/2002
Operative template--creation and use
DeOrio JK, J Bone Joint Surg, 1/1/2001
Single incision: double release, single excision of adjacent interdigital neuromas in the foot
Hort KR, DeOrio JK, J Bone Joint Surg, 1/1/2001
Lumbar disk excision for herniated lumbar disk in children and adolescents
DeOrio JK, Bianco AJ Jr, Orthopaedic Transactions, 1/1/1983
Abstracts/Posters
DeOrio JK, Bianco AJ Jr, Orthopaedic Transactions, 1/1/1982
Surgical repair for failed rotator cuff repairs
DeOrio JK, Cofield RH, Orthopaedic Transactions, 1/1/1982
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Other

INBONE Total Ankle Replacement: Current Status
DeOrio JK, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Website: Orthopaedic Knowledge Online
http://orthoportal.org/oko/article.aspx?article=OKO_FOO036#abstract
1/1/2011
INBONE Total Ankle Replacement: Supplementary Procedures
DeOrio JK, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Website: Orthopaedic Knowledge Online
http://orthoportal.org/oko/article.aspx?article=OKO_FOO040#abstract
1/1/2011
STAR Total Ankle Replacement: Current Status and Technique
DeOrio JK, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Website: Orthopaedic Knowledge Online
http://orthoportal.aaos.org/oko/abstract.aspx?article=OKO_FOO035
1/1/2011
You Mean You Can Replace the Ankle Joint?
DeOrio JK, Northeast Florida Medicine
1/1/2006
What Orthopedic Surgeon Do and Who Needs Them
DeOrio JK, Northeast Florida Medicine
1/1/2006
Freiberg�s Disease
Boyer ML, DeOrio JK, EMedicine Journal
http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic51.htm
1/1/2002
Claw toe
DeOrio JK, EMedicine Journal
http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic51.htm
1/1/2002
Blounts disease
DeOrio MJ, DeOrio JK, EMedicine Journal
1/1/2002
Peroneal tendon pathology
Hort K, DeOrio JK, EMedicine Journal
1/1/2002
Tricks to diagnosing aching feet and ankles
DeOrio JK, Mayo Medical Update
1/1/1996
Caring for the achilles tendon
DeOrio JK, Jacksonville Sports
1/1/1996
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Press Mentions

Exactech Announces Successful First Surgery with VantageDecember 7th, 2017