James R. Urbaniak, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Appointments and Affiliations
- James R. Urbaniak, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
- Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Professor in Neurosurgery
- Professor in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
- Professor in the Department of Pathology
- Professor in Cell Biology
- Professor in Pediatrics
- Co-Director of the Duke Regeneration Center
- Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Contact Information
- Email Address: ben.alman@duke.edu
Education
- M.D. Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 1986
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- New Investigator Recognition Award Winners. Orthopaedic Research Society. 1992
Courses Taught
- PATHOL 793: Research Independent Study
- ORTHO 433C: Pediatric Orthopaedics
- ORTHO 429C: Sub-Internship in Orthopaedic Surgery
- ORTHO 421C: Fractures/Musculoskeletal Trauma
- ORTHO 222C: Orthopaedic Surgery Experience
In the News
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- We Now Know Why It Takes Longer for Older People's Bones to Heal (Jan 22, 2020 …
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- Duke Study: Old Bones Can Regain Youthful Healing Power (May 20, 2015 | Duke To…
- Gene Mutation Drives Cartilage Tumor Formation (Feb 17, 2015 | Duke Today)
Representative Publications
- Tani, Soji, Koji Ishikawa, Erika Chiapparelli, Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Lukas Schönnagel, Thomas Caffard, Krizia Amoroso, et al. “Impact of Lumbar Degenerative Changes on Vertebral Bone Strength: A Finite Element Analysis.” J Orthop Res 43, no. 5 (May 2025): 931–38. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.26054.
- Newman, Hunter, Yu-Ru V. Shih, Jiaul Hoque, Yuze Zeng, Naveen R. Natesh, Gavin Gonzales, Wendi Guo, et al. “Enabling adenosine signaling to promote aged fracture healing.” NPJ Regen Med 10, no. 1 (April 9, 2025): 18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-025-00406-1.
- Tsuchiya, K., Y. Oshita, H. Emori, S. Tani, T. Nagai, A. Ennis, M. Ishikawa, Y. Kudo, B. Alman, and K. Ishikawa. “Bone turnover markers as predictors of hypocalcemia in patients with bone metastases receiving denosumab.” JBMR Plus 9, no. 4 (April 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/jbmrpl/ziaf013.
- Puviindran, Vijitha, Eijiro Shimada, Zeyu Huang, Xinyi Ma, Ga I. Ban, Yu Xiang, Hongyuan Zhang, et al. “Single cell analysis of Idh mutant growth plates identifies cell populations responsible for longitudinal bone growth and enchondroma formation.” Sci Rep 14, no. 1 (October 31, 2024): 26208. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76539-y.
- Ban, Ga I., Vijitha Puviindran, Yu Xiang, Puvi Nadesan, Jackie Tang, Jianhong Ou, Nicholas Guardino, et al. “The COMPASS complex maintains the metastatic capacity imparted by a subpopulation of cells in UPS.” IScience 27, no. 7 (July 19, 2024): 110187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110187.