Dr. Robert Douglas Fitch
Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
MD
Duke Health — Durham, North Carolina, USA
Background
Robert Douglas Fitch is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Duke's Lenox Baker Children's Hospital, focused on growth disorders such as scoliosis and congenital anomalies including clubfoot and limb shortening. He earned his MD from Duke University School of Medicine (1976) and completed a pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. He became Associate Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2024 after more than 45 years in the field, while continuing to be listed as an active Duke pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and Associate Professor in Pediatrics.
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