James A Nunley, M.D. is Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He graduated from Duke University with a BS degree in Chemistry, and then attended Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, completing his MS/MD degree. Dr. Nunley continued on to the University of California, Los Angeles to train for two years in general surgery, before completing his four year orthopaedic residency training at Duke Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Dr Nunley then joined the Duke faculty in 1980. He has served as President of the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, and the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, amongst others. He was awarded honorary membership in the Israeli Foot and Ankle Society, the Swiss Foot and Ankle Society and the Hellenic Orthopaedic Society. Additionally, he has given more than 400 national and international presentations, and has authored more than 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals.