Specialization
Orthopaedic Surgery of the foot and ankle

Practice Information
Duke University Medical Center
DUMC, Box 2923
Durham, NC  27710
(919) 613-7797

Out-of-State Patient Program - (Yes)
Contact:
Donette Bowers, RN
Orthopaedic Outpatient Provider Liaison,
phone (919) 668-3944
pager (919) 970-9542
fax (919) 668-6766

Contributions to Avascular Necrosis Resources
Breakthrough in Bone Grafts to Treat Avascular Necrosis

Biographical Sketch
Dr. James A. Nunley is the Director of the Foot and Ankle Training Program at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.  He is also Chairman of the Orthopaedic Department at Duke and is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery.  He is a 1969 graduate of Duke University, graduated from Tulane University Medical School in 1973, and completed his orthopaedic education at Duke University joining the full-time teaching faculty in 1980.  Dr. Nunley has trained 25 foot and ankle fellows over the last 20 years.  He has been past President of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society.  Dr. Nunley is a frequent contributor to the orthopaedic literature and has published over 180 articles, 50 book chapters, and has published 2 books related to foot and ankle surgery.  He is a frequent invited international lecturer and within the last 2 years has given foot and ankle presentations in Switzerland, Turkey, China, Greece, Austria, Italy and Canada.  His main interest is ankle arthritis.  Dr. Nunley described the vascularized territories in the foot and ankle that can be used for patients with avascular necrosis and has developed the technique for vascularized bone grafting to the talus and to the navicular.  In addition, he has been an active member of the STAR ankle replacement study group and performed the first STAR total ankle in the United States in 1998.