Benjamin Aaron Alman M.D.
Orthopedist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
40 Duke Medicine Cir Durham NC, 27710About
Dr. Benjamin Alman is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Alman specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system in children. As a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Alman tends to childrens bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons can treat newborns to teenagers. Some conditions Dr. Alman treats include gait abnormalities like limping, limp and spine deformities, broken bones and bone and joint infections.
Education and Training
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1986
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pelvic obliquity after fusion of the spine in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- Expression of osteocalcin and its transcriptional regulators core-binding factor alpha 1 and MSX2 in osteoid-forming tumours.
- Predominance of beta-catenin mutations and beta-catenin dysregulation in sporadic aggressive fibromatosis (desmoid tumor).
- Cyclooxygenase-two (COX-2) modulates proliferation in aggressive fibromatosis
- Potential treatment for clubfeet based on growth factor blockade.
- Tcf-3 expression and beta-catenin mediated transcriptional activation in aggressive fibromatosis (desmoid tumour).
- A mutant PTH/PTHrP type I receptor in enchondromatosis.
- beta-Catenin stabilization dysregulates mesenchymal cell proliferation, motility, and invasiveness and causes aggressive fibromatosis and hyperplastic cutaneous wounds.
- Genetic etiology does not supplant the need to understand orthopaedic disorders.
- A classification for genetic disorders of interest to orthopaedists.
- Eosinophilic granuloma. A different behaviour in children than in adults.
- Developmental pathways in musculoskeletal neoplasia: involvement of the Indian Hedgehog-parathyroid hormone-related protein pathway.
- Genetic deletion of receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility (Rhamm) attenuates the formation of aggressive fibromatosis (desmoid tumor).
- NOV (CCN3) regulation in the growth plate and CCN family member expression in cartilage neoplasia.
- Growth factors regulate beta-catenin-mediated TCF-dependent transcriptional activation in fibroblasts during the proliferative phase of wound healing.
Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Pain
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