Cynthia L. Emory, MD, MBA
- Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

Cynthia L. Emory, MD, MBA
Research Interests
- Osteosarcoma
- Sarcoma
- Osteoporosis
- Operating Rooms
- Leadership Development
- Quality and Safety in Surgery
- Education
- MD, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, 2004
- Residency
- General Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2009
- Fellowship
- Orthopedic Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 2010
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Memberships
- American Orthopaedic Association
- American Medical Association
- North Carolina Orthopedic Association
- Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society
- Eastern Orthopaedic Association
- North American Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Southern Orthopedic Association
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Positions
- Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Departments and Affiliations
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cardiovascular Sciences Center
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
- Women in Medicine and Science
Research
- Orthopaedics in the Real World: The Business and Legal Aspects of Employment in 2022. Ast MP, Bhatia S, Emory CL. Instr Course Lect. 2023; 72:3-10.
- CD8+ T cell activation in cancer comprises an initial activation phase in lymph nodes followed by effector differentiation within the tumor. Prokhnevska N, Cardenas MA, Valanparambil RM, Sobierajska E, Barwick BG, Jansen C, Reyes Moon A, Gregorova P, delBalzo L, Greenwald R, Bilen MA, Alemozaffar M, Joshi S, Cimmino C, Larsen C, Master V, Sanda M, Kissick H. Immunity. 2023 Jan; 56(1):107-124.e5.
- New epigenetic regulators of T cell exhaustion. Kissick H, Ahmed R. Cancer Cell. 2022 Jul; 40(7):708-710.
- Systematic discovery of mutation-directed neo-protein-protein interactions in cancer. Mo X, Niu Q, Ivanov AA, Tsang YH, Tang C, Shu C, Li Q, Qian K, Wahafu A, Doyle SP, Cicka D, Yang X, Fan D, Reyna MA, Cooper LAD, Moreno CS, Zhou W, Owonikoko TK, Lonial S, Khuri FR, Du Y, Ramalingam SS, Mills GB, Fu H. Cell. 2022 May; 185(11):1974-1985.e12.
- Dually Insured Medicare/Medicaid Patients Undergoing Primary TJA Have More Comorbidities, Higher Complication Rates, and Lower Reimbursements Compared to Privately Insured Patients. Rosas SS, Luo TD, Emory CL, Krueger CA, Huddleston JL, Buller LT. J Arthroplasty. 2022 Aug; 37(8S):S748-S752.