Alan Graham Apley FRCS was a British orthopaedic surgeon and educator known for his textbook,Apley's System of Orthopaedics and Fractures,and for the Apley grind test in meniscal injury.
Sean Patrick Francis Hughes is emeritus professor of orthopaedic surgery at Imperial College London where he was previously professor of orthopaedic surgery and head of the department of surgery,anaesthetics and intensive care. Earlier in his career he had been professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Edinburgh.
Sir Robert Jones,1st Baronet,was a Welsh orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthopaedic surgery in Britain.
Sir Alexander Gillies was a New Zealand orthopaedic surgeon who played a major role in establishing orthopaedics as a surgical speciality in New Zealand. One of the first to practise hip replacement in New Zealand,he was prominent in the foundation of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association and became its first president. He was associated with a number of humanitarian causes including the New Zealand Red Cross Society of which he was chairman and latterly president.
John Chalmers is a Scottish orthopaedic surgeon.
Kantilal H. Sancheti is an orthopaedic physician who invented India's first indigenous knee implant,the Indus Knee,and founder of Maharashtra's first orthopaedic dedicated specialty hospital.
Sir Harold Jalland Stiles was an English surgeon who was known for his research into cancer and tuberculosis and for treatment of nerve injuries.
Sir Reginald Watson Watson-Jones,FRCS was a prominent English orthopaedic surgeon.
Professor Charles Samuel Bernard Galasko ChM,FRCS,FRCSEd,FCMSA (Hon),FFSEM (Ire),FFSEM (UK),FMedSci,often cited as Charles S. B. Galasko,is a South African orthopaedic surgeon.
Sir Walter Mercer KBE FRSE FRCSEd FRCPE LLD was a Scottish orthopaedic surgeon. He was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1951 to 1956. He was affectionately known as 'Wattie.' His collection of anatomical specimens was donated to Surgeon's Hall in Edinburgh,and is now known as the Walter Mercer Collection.
Robin Sydney Mackwood Ling,was an English surgeon who invented the Exeter hip system,a hip replacement. As an orthopaedic surgeon at the Princess Elizabeth orthopaedic hospital,Exeter,he co-operated with an engineer,Dr. Clive Lee from the University of Exeter,to develop a new hip replacement. Their work led to improved quality of life for millions of people.
John Ivor Pulsford James was a British orthopaedic surgeon. He was professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Edinburgh from 1958 to 1979. Most commonly known as "JIP",he was secretary then president of the British Orthopaedic Association which later awarded him its honorary fellowship. James attracted orthopaedic specialists to work in Edinburgh,encouraging them to develop an interest in a specialist area of orthopaedics,and in this way he was able to establish a comprehensive regional orthopaedic service. He made contributions to hand surgery and surgical treatment of scoliosis,and was a prime mover in promoting specialist training and qualification in orthopaedic surgery in the UK.
Sarah Elizabeth Lamb is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Exeter,and the Mireille Gillings Professor for Health Innovation. She is also an Honorary Departmental Professor at the Nuffield Department of Medicine,University of Oxford and was the Foundation Director of the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit.
Sir Herbert John Seddon was an English orthopaedic surgeon. He was Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford,where his work and publications on peripheral nerve injuries gained him an international reputation. His classification of nerve injuries forms the basis of that in use into the 21st century. He went on to become director of the new Institute of Orthopaedics in London and subsequently the first Professor of Orthopaedics in the University of London. In this role he directed basic science research into orthopaedic conditions and developed postgraduate training in orthopaedic surgery. He was President of the British Orthopaedic Association,and was knighted in 1964 for services to orthopaedics.
Robert Bransby Zachary was an English paediatric surgeon who spent the majority of his career at Sheffield Children's Hospital. He was an expert on the treatment of spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
Ian Scott Smillie OBE,FRCSEd was a British professor of orthopaedic surgery who became an international authority on conditions of the knee. He devised techniques and instruments to facilitate the surgical excision of the damaged knee meniscus. He was an early advocate of specialist team care in orthopaedics and of early mobilisation. His textbooks Injuries of the knee joint and Diseases of the knee Joint were widely read throughout the world. In 1981 he was elected president of the International Society of the Knee.
Christopher Lewis Colton is an English orthopaedic surgeon and Professor Emeritus in Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery at the University of Nottingham. He is a past president of both the British Orthopaedic Association and of the AO Foundation.
San Baw was a Burmese orthopaedic surgeon. He is best known for pioneering "the use of ivory hip prostheses to replace ununited fractures of the neck of the femur," and developing "a new technique for treating infantile pseudoarthrosis of the tibia." As the chief orthopaedic surgeon at Mandalay General Hospital (1957–1975) and at Rangoon General Hospital (1975–1980),he performed over 300 ivory hip prosthesis surgeries over his career. He also taught orthopaedics at the Institute of Medicine,Mandalay and at the Institute of Medicine 1,Rangoon throughout his career.
Hans-Christoph Pape is a German surgeon and trauma surgeon and was appointed full professor of traumatology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich on 31 October 2016,effective 1 February 2017. He heads the Department of Traumatology at the University Hospital Zurich. In particular,his research on polytrauma,pelvic fractures and severe joint injuries (articular) helped him to achieve a high international profile. From 2005 to 2009,he was head of the trauma surgery department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC),Pittsburgh,USA. From 2009 to 2016,he was head of the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen. Since March 2018,he has also once again been an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC),Pittsburgh.
Justin Peter Cobb is a British professor of orthopaedic surgery at Imperial College London,known for introducing medical robotics into orthopaedic surgery. He is a member of the Royal Medical Household and was royal orthopaedic surgeon to the Queen. He is on the staff at King Edward VII's Hospital (KEVII) and is civilian advisor in orthopaedics to the Royal Air Force (RAF). His research has also included themes relating to designing new devices such as for ceramic hip resurfacing,3D printing in orthopaedics,and training in surgical skills. He is a director of the MSk laboratory based in the Sir Michael Uren Hub.
