Mark E. Easley MD

Mark E. Easley, MD, of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., has been named president of the 2,100-member American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS). In addition to leading the Society as president, Easley will also serve on the board of directors of the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation

Easley earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., and completed his orthopaedic residency at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. He spent his year of dedicated orthopaedic foot and ankle fellowship training at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.

Easley is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham. He serves as one of the Directors of the Duke Foot and Ankle Fellowship Program. During his 16-year career at Duke, Easley has enjoyed teaching residents and fellows in their orthopaedic foot and ankle curriculum. He contributes to furthering orthopaedic foot and ankle knowledge through original research and editing orthopaedic foot and ankle textbooks and other educational resources