Benjamin Aaron Alman
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 Cell Biology
- Professor in Pediatrics
- Professor in the Department of Pathology
- Professor in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
- Professor in Neurosurgery
- Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
- Co-Director of the Duke Regeneration Center
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
- ORTHO 222C: Orthopaedic Surgery Experience
- ORTHO 421C: Fractures/Musculoskeletal Trauma
- ORTHO 429C: Sub-Internship in Orthopaedic Surgery
- ORTHO 433C: Pediatric Orthopaedics
- PATHOL 793: Research Independent Study
In the News
- We Now Know Why It Takes Longer for Older People's Bones to Heal (Jan 22, 2020 | Duke Health News)
- Scientists Identify ‘Youth Factor’ in Blood Cells That Speeds Fracture Repair (Dec 5, 2018 | Duke Health News)
- Cheese curds and mustard baths: 6 wacky ways Olympians prep for competition (Aug 8, 2016 | STAT)
- Cheese curds and mustard baths: 6 wacky ways Olympians prep for competition (Aug 8, 2016 | STAT)
- Scientists Trace Origin Cell of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors, Test Drug Target (Jul 15, 2016)
- Scientists Trace Origin Cell of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors, Test Drug Target (Jul 15, 2016 | Duke Today)
- Duke Study: Old Bones Can Regain Youthful Healing Power (May 20, 2015)
- Duke Study: Old Bones Can Regain Youthful Healing Power (May 20, 2015 | Duke Today)
- Gene Mutation Drives Cartilage Tumor Formation (Feb 17, 2015)
- Gene Mutation Drives Cartilage Tumor Formation (Feb 17, 2015 | Duke Today)
Representative Publications
- Bartholf DeWitt, S; Hoskinson Plumlee, S; Brighton, HE; Sivaraj, D; Martz, EJ; Zand, M; Kumar, V; Sheth, MU; Floyd, W; Spruance, JV; Hawkey, N; Varghese, S; Ruan, J; Kirsch, DG; Somarelli, JA; Alman, B; Eward, WC, Loss of ATRX promotes aggressive features of osteosarcoma with increased NF-κB signaling and integrin binding., Jci Insight, vol 7 no. 17 (2022) [10.1172/jci.insight.151583] [abs].
- Ito, K; Nishida, Y; Hamada, S; Shimizu, K; Sakai, T; Ohkawara, B; Alman, BA; Enomoto, A; Ikuta, K; Koike, H; Zhang, J; Ohno, K; Imagama, S, Efficacy of auranofin as an inhibitor of desmoid progression., Scientific Reports, vol 12 no. 1 (2022) [10.1038/s41598-022-15756-9] [abs].
- Schut, A-RW; Vriends, ALM; Sacchetti, A; Timbergen, MJM; Alman, BA; Al-Jazrawe, M; Grünhagen, DJ; Verhoef, C; Sleijfer, S; Wiemer, EAC, In desmoid-type fibromatosis cells sorafenib induces ferroptosis and apoptosis, which are enhanced by autophagy inhibition., Eur J Surg Oncol, vol 48 no. 7 (2022), pp. 1527-1535 [10.1016/j.ejso.2022.02.020] [abs].
- Obremskey, W; Alman, B; Vail, TP; Suk, M; Russell, G, How to Assess Quality in an Increasingly Diverse Health-Care System: AOA Critical Issues Symposium., J Bone Joint Surg Am, vol 104 no. 12 (2022) [10.2106/JBJS.21.00307] [abs].
- Zhang, H; Puviindran, V; Nadesan, P; Ding, X; Shen, L; Tang, YJ; Tsushima, H; Yahara, Y; Ban, GI; Zhang, G-F; Karner, CM; Alman, BA, Distinct Roles of Glutamine Metabolism in Benign and Malignant Cartilage Tumors With IDH Mutations., J Bone Miner Res, vol 37 no. 5 (2022), pp. 983-996 [10.1002/jbmr.4532] [abs].