Stephen T. Duncan, MD
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Stephen Duncan, MD, is a nationally recognized orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in arthroscopic hip and open hip surgery. He delivers leading-edge surgery for conditions such as hip impingement and labral tears. Duncan also has specialized training in open hip surgery, such as the periacetabular osteotomy, to treat conditions such as hip dysplasia.
Duncan has specialty training in adult hip and knee reconstruction. He performs anterior THA, MIS-posterior THA, and revision THA. He also performs UKA, TKA, and revision TKA. He currently works to help design and evaluate new implants in order to meet the demands of his patient population.
As the author of multiple publications in the fields of hip preservation and joint reconstruction, Duncan lectures and teaches courses for other surgeons around the country. He continues to give talks at national meetings and is actively involved in the research and development of new techniques involving the hip and knee. He is also engaged in health policy, traveling to Washington, D.C., throughout the year to enable orthopedic surgeons continue to be able to provide quality healthcare in today’s economy.
As an avid cyclist, Duncan also understands the importance of being active. He takes a patient-specific approach focused on reducing hospital-stay length and getting you back to your daily activities as quickly as possible.
Personal Statment
The thing I want patients to understand about hip and knee arthritis is knowing when you need to seek treatment. Pain lasting for more than 4-6 weeks is probably not going to respond to ibuprofen. There's different treatments depending on your age and what's exactly going on. I want to get to know you and figure out what's the best treatment for you, whether that's doing medication or physical therapy or surgery. Seeing patients from start to finish is important, that way you can have continuity of care so that you know exactly what's going on during their entire treatment process.
My core reason for going into medicine is to offer personalized treatment. I'm not a "operate first, meet you second" kind of doctor.
Faculty Rank
- Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
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Stephen Duncan, MD - UK HealthCare. - Awards & Recognitions
John N. Insall Traveling Fellowship
In 2018, Dr. Duncan was selected to participate in the John N. Insall Traveling Fellowship, traveling to 11 centers in 10 cities, across two countries to learn more about orthpaedic surgery and research. This prestigious fellowship allowed Duncan to learn from "top gun" providers, develop his surgical technique and improve his skills as a physician and researcher.
- Patient Stories
“The best move I've made”
As a barefoot water skier, Karen Douglas had to trust her body—until she couldn’t.
Karen relies on her knees to keep her active and doing what she loves. But when an old knee injury flared up, and cortisone shots weren’t enough to manage her pain, she came to UK HealthCare for a more permanent fix. There she met with Dr. Stephen Duncan, an athlete himself. Dr. Duncan recommended a new type of knee replacement that was a better fit for Karen’s active lifestyle, with a much shorter recovery time. It was the right choice: Within a year Karen was back out on the water out of pain and doing what she loves most.
172 Triathlons. 50 States. 6 Continents.
At the age of 57, Doug Morris became the first person to complete triathlons in all 50 states and on six continents. However, years of pushing his body took its toll. After seeing several doctors, he was told he would not be able to run or do triathlons again. But his life changed after reading about Patty Lane, a triathlete who had been treated by UK HealthCare orthopaedic surgery & sports medicine surgeon Stephen Duncan, MD, who is also an athlete.
“I want to keep moving; we’ll keep you moving”
After retiring from teaching, Donna Martin looked forward to being active with her friends and playing pickleball, but she soon realized that she didn’t want to get up and walk, much less do anything else because of the pain she was experiencing. Working together, orthopaedic surgeon Stephen Duncan, MD and sports medicine trainer, Cody Begley developed a treatment plan for Donna to get back to doing the things she looked forward to in retirement.
After hip surgery at UK, triathlete pursues her passion without limits
When Patty Lane’s orthopaedic surgeon told her that her time as an endurance athlete was over, she was so upset she didn’t even tell her family.
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