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About

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 Statement

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

  • Professor of Orthopaedics

Training & Education

Degree

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.

Residency

University of Kentucky

Fellowship

Joint Preservation, Resurfacing and Replacement, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine

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Ratings & Reviews

4.86 out of 5
50 Reviews

The star rating is a calculation based on feedback from our patients using our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Learn more about our survey process. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

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    November 26th 2024
    Very good

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    November 21st 2024
    Over the top and if there wasn't an answer it was because I forgot to ask

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    November 19th 2024
    My surgery was CANCELLED. I have known I have needed this surgery since May, I finally was able to get a date in December, and UK cancelled it. It was deemed an elective procedure, but I do not remember electing to have bones that did not fit the way they should. I am extremely disappointed that UK is going to push me to the back of the books when I have already waited six months for a procedure.

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    November 14th 2024
    I was thoroughly impressed by how Dr. Duncan listened to my questions, explained surgery, and set long term expectations. I had adequate time to ask questions without being rushed.

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    November 14th 2024
    Dr. Duncan is always attentive to my questions and has thorough answers.
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      November 12th 2024
      Seemed to be genuinely concerned about me and trying to get to the root of my problem.
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      November 12th 2024
      Was ok
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      November 7th 2024
      Dr Duncan is so easy to talk to and he answers any and allQuestions and concerns I have. Love him he's the best !
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      November 5th 2024
      Dr Duncan exhibited typical surgeon arrogance which I overlook because he's noted to be quite adept. He threw an unexpected treatment at me for my chronic pain issue after saying we cannot see a gluteus medius tear in our xray! He was rather abrupt in answering the few questions I had about PRP injections and left shortly after saying yes, I could message him on Mychart re the treatment I preferred (he recommended injections and painted a grim picture of surgery! I received zero instructions as to what to do next; some offices ask you to check out. So I asked an employee and she checked and told me I could leave. I did
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      November 5th 2024
      I have always held Dr Duncan and staff in high regard. They are very professional, personable and thorough.
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      November 5th 2024
      Grateful! The best medical team I've went too.
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      October 31st 2024
      Dr Duncan is the best. I appreciate his knowledge, thoughtfulness, and compassion.
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      October 31st 2024
      Good
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      October 29th 2024
      Thought Dr. Duncan was extremely rude and arrogant. Did not make me feel comfortable. In addition to having terrible bedside manner, he was very pushy in jumping to surgery. Did not offer any other sort of recommendations.
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      October 24th 2024
      Dr. Duncan was very professional, and I would recommend him to anyone
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      October 22nd 2024
      Dr Duncan is outstanding
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      October 22nd 2024
      Dr. Duncan was highly recommended to us and that has proven to be accurate.
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      October 17th 2024
      Good
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      October 10th 2024
      See my previous comments - I have great trust and faith in Dr. Duncan as my surgeon.
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      October 10th 2024
      Dr Stephen Duncan and Dr Moran were awesome! Friendly and extremely knowledgeable with a sense of humor. I trusted his opinion and appreciated his assurance that my hip implants were solid and stable. He explored further possibilities with a new X-ray. Damn fine doctoring.
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      October 8th 2024
      I have recommend Dr. Duncan multiple times. The care he and his office have shown me has been excellent.
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      October 3rd 2024
      Good
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      October 1st 2024
      Dr. Duncan is an excellent physician, and I would highly recommend him to anyone. He is always caring, and shows concern for his patient.
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      September 26th 2024
      Excellent service from Dr. Duncan's office
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      September 26th 2024
      After a very unpleasant ortho visit last year, seeing Dr Duncan was a thousand percent improvement. Very caring. So glad I was referred to him by a former patient of his
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      September 26th 2024
      Dr Duncan gave me his thoughts and options. Exactly what I was looking for.
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      September 26th 2024
      Dr Duncan performed life changing surgery for me, I am eternally grateful. He is an extremely skilled surgeon, I will happily refer family and friends to his practice
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      September 24th 2024
      Dr. Duncan is always good at taking the time to listen to my concerns, explain the issue and discuss options.
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      September 19th 2024
      Dr Duncan and his resident seemed to care and did not make me feel silly for using Dr Google so much. They were patient and listened and he gave me an alternative to really figuing my chronic pain out
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      September 17th 2024
      Dr. Duncan was absolutely excellent!
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      September 3rd 2024
      Yes, I would recommend to a friend or someone else.
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      August 22nd 2024
      I would certainly recommend Dr. Duncan to all my friends.
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      August 20th 2024
      I have already recommended to several people.
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      August 20th 2024
      A+ in communicating and listening. Made sure I knew that I was involved in the decisions and plans for this entire procedure.
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      August 13th 2024
      Very good.
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      August 13th 2024
      Fantastic operation.
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      July 25th 2024
      Even though he is an orthopedic surgeon, he explained all of the risks for me if I had the surgery and gave me a nonsurgical option and referred me to a doctor who could provide that option.
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      July 18th 2024
      Dr. Duncan was kind and attentive answered all my questions. He made me feel at ease and respected. He explained everything to me. I'm very happy with him.
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      July 11th 2024
      Excellent.
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      July 9th 2024
      Personable and clear in presenting the procedure.
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      July 2nd 2024
      I appreciate Dr. Duncan's empathy, thorough explanation, and efficiency.
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      July 2nd 2024
      The nursing staff and the doctor was excellent
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      July 2nd 2024
      I was delighted and all clearly spoken, assisted, very patient, concerned in spite of my condition.
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      June 27th 2024
      Dr Duncan was truly outstanding. He was very thorough in explaining best and worst case scenario. I am so grateful to have him for my Dr. I know what I'm up against and was able to walk out of there with the knowledge of every detail in my treatment.
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      June 27th 2024
      Dr Duncan is superb. His surgery has changed my life for the better.
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      June 27th 2024
      Dr Funcan was very professional and knowledge l. He thoroughly explained patient's injuries and her next steps.
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      June 18th 2024
      Dr. Duncan did a great job and I will be back in future if my other hip needs attention.
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      June 11th 2024
      Great
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      June 11th 2024
      This doctor was arrogant and made a lot of assumptions regarding my health. I was referred specifically to him by another UK physician for the specific procedure he didn't seem to want to perform on me.
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      June 4th 2024
      Very nice man