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Orthopedic Surgery

Surgical Specialties
Origin Nicolas Andry coined the term orthopaedics in 1741; the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was founded in Chicago in 1933, growing out of the more restricted American Orthopaedic Association of 1887.

The specialty concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders of the musculoskeletal system: bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles. The term was coined in 1741 by French physician Nicolas Andry, originally naming a discipline focused on correcting skeletal deformities in children, well before orthopedics became a surgical specialty treating adults and trauma. The field organized professionally in the United States starting with the American Orthopaedic Association in 1887 and expanded into a broader national academy in 1933.

Facts
Origin Period
Nicolas Andry coined the term orthopaedics in 1741; the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was founded in Chicago in 1933, growing out of the more restricted American Orthopaedic Association of 1887. 2
Origin Year
1741 3
Classification
Type/Classification
Surgical Specialty 1
FAQs

Where does the word orthopedics come from?

Nicolas Andry coined it in 1741 for correcting deformities in children.

The term was coined in 1741 by the French physician Nicolas Andry. It originally named a discipline focused on correcting skeletal deformities in children, well before orthopedics became a surgical specialty treating adults and trauma.
Connections

Associated With

Arthritis, Conditions
X-rays, Discoveries

Rontgen's 1895 discovery of X-rays rapidly became indispensable to orthopedic diagnosis of fractures and skeletal deformities.

Source German scientist discovers X-rays

Notable Specialists

Albert Hoffa, Healers
Source Albert Hoffa (Wikipedia)
Source Alexander Lipmann-Kessel (Wikipedia)
Source Andrew J. Carr (Wikipedia)
Ann Redgrave, Healers
Source Ann Redgrave (Wikipedia)
Source Anthony F. DePalma (Wikipedia)
Source Antonius Mathijsen (Wikipedia)
Art Themen, Healers
Source Art Themen (source article)
Source Bernhard Heine (Wikipedia)
Bill Mallon, Healers
Source Bill Mallon (source article)
Source Carl Nicoladoni (Wikipedia)
Derek McMinn, Healers
Source Derek McMinn (source article)
Eduard Albert, Healers
Source Eduard Albert (Wikipedia)
Source Enrico Albanese (Wikipedia)
Source Erasmus Darwin Hudson (source article)
Evan Flatow, Healers
Source Evan Flatow (source article)
Source Frank Hastings Hamilton (Wikipedia)
Frank Jobe, Healers
Source Frank Jobe (Wikipedia)
Source Franklin Adin Simmonds (Wikipedia)
Source Franz König (surgeon) (source article)
Fred H. Albee, Healers
Source Fred H. Albee (Wikipedia)
Freddie Fu, Healers
Source Freddie Fu (Wikipedia)
Source Gary K. Michelson (source article)
Source George Bedbrook (Wikipedia)
Source Gerhard Küntscher (Wikipedia)
Gerry Wall, Healers
Source Gerry Wall (Wikipedia)
Gustav Zander, Healers
Source Gustav Zander (source article)
Source H. Winnett Orr (Wikipedia)
Source Hampar Kelikian (source article)
Hans Kraus, Healers
Source Hans Kraus (Wikipedia)
Source Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt (Wikipedia)
Source Hariharan Srinivasan (source article)
Harry Fang, Healers
Source Harry Fang (source article)
Source Heinrich Hilgenreiner (Wikipedia)
Source Henry Gassett Davis (Wikipedia)
Source Hermann Krukenberg (source article)
Source Holger Scheuermann (Wikipedia)
Source Ignacio Ponseti (Wikipedia)

Specialty named by the cited article.

Source Jacques Mathieu Delpech (Wikipedia)
Jakob Heine, Healers
Source Jakob Heine (source article)
James Cyriax, Healers

Specialty named by the cited article.

Source James Cyriax (Wikipedia)
Source Jean-André Venel (Wikipedia)
Source Johann von Dumreicher (Wikipedia)
John Charnley, Healers
Source John Charnley (Wikipedia)
Source Joseph-François Malgaigne (Wikipedia)
Source Julius Wolff (surgeon) (Wikipedia)
Source Karin Büttner-Janz (Wikipedia)
Kenneth McKee, Healers
Source Kenneth McKee (Wikipedia)
Source Kevin R. Stone (Wikipedia)
Larry Lemak, Healers
Source Larry Lemak (Wikipedia)
Leslie Rush, Healers
Source Leslie Rush (source article)

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Treats

Orthopedic surgeons manage fractures

Clubfoot, Conditions
Scoliosis, Conditions
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification table
Quote, Classification table
Surgical specialties focus on manually operative and instrumental techniques to treat disease.
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2. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (NCBI Bookshelf)
National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of MedicineNCBI Bookshelf NBK218316, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons section, opening paragraph
Quote, NCBI Bookshelf NBK218316, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons section, opening paragraph
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) is a nonprofit corporation founded in Chicago in 1933.
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3. Nicolas Andry de Bois-Regard, the inventor of the word orthopaedics and the father of parasitology (PMC)
His work section
Quote, His work section
This book was first published in Paris in 1741 in two volumes (in 12).
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Orthopedics (Encyclopedia.com)
Encyclopedia.comencyclopedia.com Orthopedics page, History section, first article
Quote, encyclopedia.com Orthopedics page, History section, first article
The term orthopedics was coined by French physician Nicholas Andre who published a book in 1741
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German scientist discovers X-rays
HISTORY (A&E Television Networks)Associated With: X-raysView the Source
John Charnley (Wikipedia)
WikipediaNotable Specialists: John CharnleyView the Source
Ignacio Ponseti (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ignacio Ponseti, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ignacio Ponseti, Lead [specialist-in]
was a Spanish-American physician, specializing in orthopedics.
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Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, Lead
is a German orthopedist and sports physician
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Karin Büttner-Janz (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karin Büttner-Janz, Academic physician
Quote, Notable Specialists: Karin Büttner-Janz, Academic physician
went on to specialize in orthopaedics
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Hermann Krukenberg (source article)
Notable Specialists: Hermann Krukenberg, Article text, specialty
Quote, Notable Specialists: Hermann Krukenberg, Article text, specialty
deutscher Arzt und Orthopäde
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Art Themen (source article)
Notable Specialists: Art Themen, Life and career, medical training
Quote, Notable Specialists: Art Themen, Life and career, medical training
specialising in orthopaedic medicine, he eventually became a consultant
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Themistocles Gluck (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Themistocles Gluck, Biography
Quote, Notable Specialists: Themistocles Gluck, Biography
He first invented endoprostheses from ivory in 1890 at Berlin, when he performed the first documented total wrist Arthroplasty.
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Maurice Edmond Müller (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Maurice Edmond Müller, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Maurice Edmond Müller, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was a Swiss orthopedic surgeon
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Holger Scheuermann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Holger Scheuermann, Leben paragraph one
Quote, Notable Specialists: Holger Scheuermann, Leben paragraph one
i 1918 speciallæge i ortopædkirurgi og radiologi
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Bernhard Heine (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Bernhard Heine, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Bernhard Heine, Lead [specialist-in]
After a number of journeys he took over his own department in his uncle's orthopaedic institute.
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Ann Redgrave (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ann Redgrave, Medical career
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ann Redgrave, Medical career
entered a career in orthopaedic surgery
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Eduard Albert (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Eduard Albert, Life, orthopedic research
Quote, Notable Specialists: Eduard Albert, Life, orthopedic research
Albert is remembered for pioneer research in the field of orthopedic surgery
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Louis Stromeyer (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Louis Stromeyer, Biography, second paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Louis Stromeyer, Biography, second paragraph
Stromeyer was a pioneer in orthopedics and orthopedic surgery.
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Antonius Mathijsen (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Antonius Mathijsen, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Antonius Mathijsen, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
first used plaster of Paris to fixate broken bones in a plaster cast
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Jakob Heine (source article)
Notable Specialists: Jakob Heine, Lead paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Jakob Heine, Lead paragraph
November 12, 1879, Cannstatt, Germany) was a German orthopaedist.
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Albert Hoffa (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Albert Hoffa, Career section
Quote, Notable Specialists: Albert Hoffa, Career section
Hoffa is remembered for introducing an operation for congenital hip dislocations (1890)
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Franz König (surgeon) (source article)
Notable Specialists: Franz König (surgeon), Third paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Franz König (surgeon), Third paragraph
largely remembered for his work in bone and joint surgery
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Jean-André Venel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jean-André Venel, Lead paragraph [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Jean-André Venel, Lead paragraph [in-group]
was a Swiss surgeon and a pioneer in the field of orthopedics
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Derek McMinn (source article)
Notable Specialists: Derek McMinn, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Derek McMinn, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
is a British orthopaedic surgeon and inventor
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Julius Wolff (surgeon) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Julius Wolff (surgeon), Lead and biography
Quote, Notable Specialists: Julius Wolff (surgeon), Lead and biography
was the first professor of orthopedics
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Gerhard Küntscher (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gerhard Küntscher, Lead and biography
Quote, Notable Specialists: Gerhard Küntscher, Lead and biography
who pioneered the intramedullary nailing of long bone fractures
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Johann von Dumreicher (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Johann von Dumreicher, Article body [specialist-in 2]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johann von Dumreicher, Article body [specialist-in 2]
Known for his work in orthopedic medicine
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Ruth Jackson (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ruth Jackson, Lead sentence [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ruth Jackson, Lead sentence [in-group]
the first female board-certified orthopedic surgeon in the United States
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Jacques Mathieu Delpech (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jacques Mathieu Delpech, Article body [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Jacques Mathieu Delpech, Article body [specialist-in]
Delpech is best known for his work in orthopedics
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James Cyriax (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: James Cyriax, Article body [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: James Cyriax, Article body [specialist-in]
was appointed house surgeon of orthopedic surgery at St. Thomas' Hospital in London
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Frank Jobe (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Frank Jobe, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Frank Jobe, Lead [specialist-in]
was an American orthopedic surgeon and co-founder
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Frank Hastings Hamilton (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Frank Hastings Hamilton, Buffalo medical school
Quote, Notable Specialists: Frank Hastings Hamilton, Buffalo medical school
His interest in the musculoskeletal system, along with his interest in trauma and fractures
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Gary K. Michelson (source article)
Notable Specialists: Gary K. Michelson, Lead paragraph, profession [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Gary K. Michelson, Lead paragraph, profession [specialist-in]
American orthopedic surgeon
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Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1st Baronet (source article)
Notable Specialists: Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1st Baronet, Lead paragraph, profession [specialist-in 2]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1st Baronet, Lead paragraph, profession [specialist-in 2]
mastered orthopaedic, abdominal, and ear, nose and throat surgery
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Gustav Zander (source article)
Notable Specialists: Gustav Zander, Lead section and biography of the source article [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Gustav Zander, Lead section and biography of the source article [specialist-in]
Swedish physician, orthopedist and one of the originators of mechanotherapy
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Hampar Kelikian (source article)
Notable Specialists: Hampar Kelikian, Lead sentence [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Hampar Kelikian, Lead sentence [in-group]
was an Armenian American orthopedic surgeon
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Joseph-François Malgaigne (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Joseph-François Malgaigne, Third paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Joseph-François Malgaigne, Third paragraph
specializing in orthopedic surgery of the knee, hip and shoulder
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Freddie Fu (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Freddie Fu, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Freddie Fu, Lead [specialist-in]
He was the David Silver Professor and chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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Sakari Orava (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Sakari Orava, Lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Sakari Orava, Lead [in-group]
is a Finnish sports medicine surgeon, physician, orthopedist, and professor
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Kevin R. Stone (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Kevin R. Stone, Lead paragraph [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Kevin R. Stone, Lead paragraph [in-group]
an American physician, orthopedic surgeon, clinician, researcher
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Anthony F. DePalma (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Anthony F. DePalma, Lead sentence, occupation
Quote, Notable Specialists: Anthony F. DePalma, Lead sentence, occupation
American orthopedic surgeon
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Alexander Lipmann-Kessel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Alexander Lipmann-Kessel, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Alexander Lipmann-Kessel, Lead [specialist-in]
was an orthopaedic surgeon and Second World War medical officer
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Hans Kraus (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hans Kraus, Career
Quote, Notable Specialists: Hans Kraus, Career
becoming an orthopedic surgeon
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Evan Flatow (source article)
Notable Specialists: Evan Flatow, Article lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Evan Flatow, Article lead [specialist-in]
is an American orthopaedic surgeon-scientist and academic medical leader whose work in shoulder surgery
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Bill Mallon (source article)
Notable Specialists: Bill Mallon, Article lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Bill Mallon, Article lead [specialist-in]
is an American orthopedic surgeon, former professional golfer
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Harry Fang (source article)
Notable Specialists: Harry Fang, Biography [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Harry Fang, Biography [specialist-in]
He then specialized in orthopedics and quickly became an orthopedic surgeon.
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S. V. Adinarayana Rao (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: S. V. Adinarayana Rao, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: S. V. Adinarayana Rao, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was an Indian orthopaedic surgeon noted for his work for the poor and needy
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Wikipedia (Norwegian): Torunn Janbu
Wikipedia (Norwegian)Notable Specialists: Torunn Janbu, Norwegian Wikipedia, lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Torunn Janbu, Norwegian Wikipedia, lead
spesialist i generell kirurgi og ortopedisk kirurgi
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Hariharan Srinivasan (source article)
Notable Specialists: Hariharan Srinivasan, Lead paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Hariharan Srinivasan, Lead paragraph
Indian orthopedic surgeon who worked primarily with leprosy
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H. Winnett Orr (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: H. Winnett Orr, Lead paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: H. Winnett Orr, Lead paragraph
an American orthopedic surgeon
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Gerry Wall (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gerry Wall, Early life and career
Quote, Notable Specialists: Gerry Wall, Early life and career
specialising in orthopaedic and plastic surgery
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Fred H. Albee (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Fred H. Albee, Lead sentence, orthopedic surgery
Quote, Notable Specialists: Fred H. Albee, Lead sentence, orthopedic surgery
invented bone grafting and other advances in orthopedic surgery
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Enrico Albanese (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Enrico Albanese, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Enrico Albanese, Lead [specialist-in]
distinguished himself in the field of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
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Niall Hogan (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Niall Hogan, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Niall Hogan, Lead [specialist-in]
is an Irish orthopaedic surgeon
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Wiktor Dega (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Wiktor Dega, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Wiktor Dega, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was a Polish surgeon and orthopedist who was well known for his work on polio
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Carl Nicoladoni (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Carl Nicoladoni, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Carl Nicoladoni, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Nicoladoni specialized in orthopedic and reconstructive surgery
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Peter Essex-Lopresti (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Peter Essex-Lopresti, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Peter Essex-Lopresti, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was a British orthopaedic surgeon
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George Bedbrook (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: George Bedbrook, Career section
Quote, Notable Specialists: George Bedbrook, Career section
He headed the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Royal Perth Hospital from 1965 to 1975.
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Larry Lemak (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Larry Lemak, Lead and career text [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Larry Lemak, Lead and career text [specialist-in]
is an orthopedic surgeon who practices at the Lemak Sports Medicine & Orthopedics in Birmingham, Alabama
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Leslie Rush (source article)
Notable Specialists: Leslie Rush, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Leslie Rush, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
helped revolutionize the treatment of bone fractures
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Kenneth McKee (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Kenneth McKee, Lead sentence
Quote, Notable Specialists: Kenneth McKee, Lead sentence
George Kenneth McKee CBE (5 January 1906-18 July 1991) was an English orthopaedist
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Andrew J. Carr (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Andrew J. Carr, Lead paragraph, chair
Quote, Notable Specialists: Andrew J. Carr, Lead paragraph, chair
has been the sixth Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedics since 2001
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William Ludwig Detmold (source article)
Notable Specialists: William Ludwig Detmold, Biography, orthopedic clinic
Quote, Notable Specialists: William Ludwig Detmold, Biography, orthopedic clinic
as early as 1841 he established an orthopedic clinic in New York
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Thomas Porter McMurray (source article)
Notable Specialists: Thomas Porter McMurray, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Thomas Porter McMurray, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was a British orthopaedic surgeon remembered for describing the McMurray test
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Erasmus Darwin Hudson (source article)
Notable Specialists: Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Lead paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Lead paragraph
he became a general and orthopedic surgeon
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Melvin Starkey Henderson (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Melvin Starkey Henderson, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Melvin Starkey Henderson, Lead
was an American orthopaedic surgeon associated with the Mayo Clinic
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Robert William Smith (surgeon) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Robert William Smith (surgeon), Lead and body text of the English Wikipedia article [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Robert William Smith (surgeon), Lead and body text of the English Wikipedia article [specialist-in]
A Treatise on Fractures in the Vicinity of Joints and on Certain Forms of Accidental and Congenital Dislocations
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Heinrich Hilgenreiner (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich Hilgenreiner, Lead and body text of the English Wikipedia article [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich Hilgenreiner, Lead and body text of the English Wikipedia article [specialist-in]
German surgeon and orthopedist
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Sean E. McCance (source article)
Notable Specialists: Sean E. McCance, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Sean E. McCance, Lead
Sean E. McCance is an American orthopedic surgeon and Co-Director of Spine Surgery in the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
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Michael Hoke (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Michael Hoke, Lead sentence, profession
Quote, Notable Specialists: Michael Hoke, Lead sentence, profession
was a leading orthopedic surgeon who pioneered the advance of the science for disabled children throughout the United States
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Henry Gassett Davis (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Henry Gassett Davis, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Henry Gassett Davis, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
was an American orthopedic surgeon
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Franklin Adin Simmonds (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Franklin Adin Simmonds, Lead and career sections [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Franklin Adin Simmonds, Lead and career sections [specialist-in]
was a British orthopaedic surgeon
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Michael J. Bronson (source article)
Notable Specialists: Michael J. Bronson, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Michael J. Bronson, Lead
His practice focuses on total hip and total knee replacement, partial knee replacement, and revision of failed total joint replacements.
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Robert McMurtry (physician) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Robert McMurtry (physician), Career, residency
Quote, Notable Specialists: Robert McMurtry (physician), Career, residency
During his residency in orthopedic surgery, he spent 2 years in Africa
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