Charles Galasko | |
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| Born | Charles Samuel Bernard Galasko 1939 (age 86–87) |
| Occupation | Orthopaedic surgeon |
Charles Samuel Bernard Galasko (born 1939), often cited as Charles S. B. Galasko, is a South African orthopaedic surgeon.
Galasko was educated at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. [1]
He was director of orthopaedics at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School from 1973 to 1976. [1]
From 1976 to 2004 he worked as professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Manchester, becoming emeritus on retirement. [1] At the same time he was consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and at Hope Hospital. [1]
He has served as president of the British Orthopaedic Association; president of the International Orthopaedic Research Society; vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; and chair of the Joint Committee for Higher Surgical Training (UK and Ireland) and of the Intercollegiate Academic Board for Sport and Exercise Medicine. [1]
He was the first president of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK; and was a member of the British Olympic Association's medical committee for 15 years; chair of the British Amateur Wrestling Association and their medical adviser from 1986 to 2002; and vice-chair of English Wrestling, being their medical adviser from 1986 to 2002. [1]
He was made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FFSEM) in 2014. [2] He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS (Eng)), a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRSCEd), and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).
He gave the 2003 Hunterian Oration, with a lecture entitled Hunter's Legacy and Surgical Training and Competence in the 21st Century. [3]