Fred L. Allman, Jr., MD
Dr. Fred Allman was a man of exceptional strength, stamina, and dedication, a tireless worker and innovator. In the early 60’s in his new sports medicine practice, he traveled back to and from Atlanta to his alma mater, the University of Georgia in Athens, to attend to the football team. Later, he shifted to the athletes of Georgia Tech, but the majority of his time, frequently until late at night, was spent treating the hundreds of Atlanta public school athletes who filled his waiting room each week. Most came without an appointment, and all were treated without regard for race or economics. As the orthopaedic consultant for the Atlanta Public School System, Dr. Allman was instrumental in providing coverage – most of it personally – to what eventually grew to be 26 high schools. He dedicated himself to seeing any athlete with an injury, usually within hours, but always within a day.
James E. Bateman, MD, FRCS(C)
Dr. James Bateman received his medical training in both Canada and the United States. During his distinguished military career with both the American Hospital in Britain and The Canadian Army Medical Corps, he had the opportunity to develop and perfect various peripheral nerve surgical techniques. Upon returning to Canada, Dr. Bateman made the decision to dedicate his career to the specialty of orthopaedics. He then went on to practice at a number of leading medical institutions in Toronto. It was not very long before Dr. Bateman realized that there was a definite need for a specialized orthopaedic hospital that provided focused treatment and care to patients suffering from bone and joint diseases and injuries. It was at that point that Dr. Bateman joined forces with Dr. C. Stewart Wright and later with Dr. Wright’s son, Dr. Charles Wright, to turn the dream of a Toronto Orthopaedic Hospital into a reality.
Louis U. Bigliani, MD
Dr. Louis Bigliani spent three months as a fourth-year medical student with Dr. Charles S. Neer, II, and that experience motivated his career long interest in shoulder surgery. In 1977, Dr. Bigliani helped Dr. Neer found the Columbia Shoulder Clinic Fellowship and Service at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. After this fellowship, Dr. Bigliani joined the attending staff at Columbia and was Chief of the Shoulder Service from 1990 to 2013.
Robert H. Cofield, MD
Dr. Robert Cofield practiced Adult Reconstruction and Surgery of the Shoulder at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, between 1975 and 2008. He developed, in conjunction with Smith/Nephew, a shoulder arthroplasty system used for 1/3 a century. At Mayo and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery he served in many positions including residency and shoulder/elbow fellowship Program Director, Department Chair, and Dean of the Graduate School of Medicine. Nationally, he was involved with education administration, accreditation and certification as Chair of the Residency Review Committee, the AAOS Graduate Education Committee, the AMA Graduate Medical Education Advisory Committee, and as President of the ABOS. He and co-authors have contributed 400 scientific publications.
Richard L. Cruess, MD
Dr. Richard Cruess graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton in 1951 and an MD from Columbia University in 1955. He is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and a Core Member of the Centre for Medical Education at McGill University.
Anthony F. DePalma, MD
Dr. Anthony DePalma was born in Philadelphia in 1904, the son of immigrants from Alberona province of Foggia, Italy. He attended the University of Maryland for his premedical education, then Jefferson Medical College, from which he graduated in 1929. He then served a two-year internship at Philadelphia General Hospital. In 1931, he obtained a position as assistant surgeon at the Coaldale State Hospital, in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, a mining town. He became attracted to orthopaedics and in the autumn of 1932, he was appointed as a preceptor at the New Jersey Orthopaedic Hospital, an extension of the New York Orthopaedic Hospital. In 1939, he acquired Board certification and was appointed to the NJOH staff.
Frederick C. Ewald, MD
In addition to being a founding member of the ASES, Dr. Fred Ewald was also a founding member of the Knee Society, and it’s sixth President in 1989-90. He retired in 1999 after thirty years as Orthopedic Surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School. During that time, he was the designer/ co-designer of fourteen implanted total joint prosthesis for the elbow, hip, and knee which included the Capitello-Condylar total elbow and the Kinemax total knee.
Anthony G. Gristina, MD
Dr. Anthony Gristina joined the faculty at Bowman Gray School of Medicine (BGSM) in 1971 as Professor and Chairman in the Section of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Gristina’s work specialized in reconstructive surgeries, infections associated with surgery, burns, and the use of artificial limbs and organs. Dr. Gristina left BGSM in 1989 and went to Washington, D.C., to establish the Medical Sciences Research Institute. He was also a consultant in Washington to the National Institutes of Health and the Federal and Drug Administration. He died in 1998 at the age of 66.
Richard J. Hawkins, MD, FRCS(C)
Past President of ASES: 1991-1992 Dr. Richard Hawkins relocated from his native Canada to Vail, Colorado in October 1990, where he teamed with Dr. J. Richard Steadman to form the Steadman Hawkins Clinic. In 2004, Dr. Hawkins opened an expanded practice in South Carolina, the Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, which has grown to five locations and 27 physicians.
Frank W. Jobe, MD
Past President of ASES: 1984-1985 Dr. Frank Jobe was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and at the age of 18 joined the US Army and served in World War II from 1943-1946. He received his Medical Degree from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA, in 1956 and completed his Internship and orthopaedic residency at the Los Angeles County Hospital.
Ian MacNab, MD, FRCS(C)
Dr. Ian MacNab was a Scottish-origin Canadian orthopedic surgeon and scholar. In the spine area, Dr. Macnab is well known for his research and publications on low back pain and the outcome instrument Macnab criteria. Dr. Macnab made outstanding contributions as researcher, teacher, and orthopaedic surgeon.
Frederick A. Matsen, III, MD
Dr. Rick Matsen was introduced to the world of shoulder surgery in 1975 by Dr. Charles Neer, who generously hosted the young Matsen family in his home during a three-week “total immersion” experience in this new specialty.
Virgil R. May, Jr., MD
Dr. Virgil May was born in 1920 and passed away in 2000. He practiced at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, with William Deyerle, MD.
Charles S. Neer, II, MD
Dr. Charles Neer was born on November 10, 1917, and raised in Vinita, Oklahoma. His father was a pioneer Oklahoma Territory Physician and Surgeon and his grandfather was also a physician. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School where he also did his internship in general surgery.
Robert J. Neviaser, MD
The second son of pioneering shoulder surgeon Dr. Julius S. Neviaser, Dr. Robert Jon Neviaser was born in Washington, D.C. After graduating from Princeton University and Jefferson Medical College, he completed a surgical internship and a year of General Surgery at the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center and an Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the New York Orthopaedic Hospital of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Medical Center, both in New York City.
Tom R. Norris, MD
Dr. Tom Norris is a shoulder surgeon who developed an interest in shoulder arthroplasty from his time with Dr. Charles Neer. Both were born in Oklahoma, but after Dr. Norris lost his parents to a small plane accident at an early age he was raised in Texas by an uncle.
Melvin Post, MD
Dr. Melvin Post was born on June 25, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, in June 1949 and his Doctorate of Medicine from the Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, in 1954.
Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD
Dr. Charles Rockwood is recognized internationally for his tremendous contributions to orthopaedic surgery during the past 40-plus years. Dr. Rockwood graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine in 1956 and completed his orthopaedic residency at the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Oklahoma in 1961 where he studied and was greatly influenced by Dr. Don O’Donoghue.
Robert L. Romano, MD
Dr. Robert Romano was born in Seattle in 1925, the first of three children to Mary and Joseph Romano. He attended O’Dea High School, Seattle University and St. Louis University Medical School. In 1950, he opened a family practice clinic on Beacon Hill in Seattle.
Carter R. Rowe, MD
Dr. Carter Rowe was an internationally prominent orthopaedic surgeon and educator was best known for his contributions to shoulder surgery. He elucidated many of the modern concepts, findings and management of atraumatic and voluntary shoulder instability. He helped perfect the Bankart procedure for anterior shoulder instability.
Robert L. Samilson, MD
Dr. Robert Samilson was born on August 31, 1923 in New York, New York. He completed his bachelor’s degree at Dartmouth College in 1943 and his MD at the New York Medical College in 1950. HeDr. Samilson was an intern at Mount Sinai Hospital in 1950-1951 and a resident in general surgery, as well as a fellow in physical medicine at Bellevue Hospital in 1951-1953. In addition to his residency in general surgery, he also completed a residency in orthopedic surgery New York Orthopedic Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in 1953-1956.
Clement B. Sledge, MD
Dr. Clement Sledge, a native of Oklahoma, graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and Yale Medical School. Following a surgical internship at Barnes Hospital and two years at sea in the Navy, he returned to Washington University for a second year of general surgery training and then moved to Boston for his orthopaedic residency in the Children’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Residency Program (HCORP today).
Russell F. Warren, MD
Sports medicine and shoulder specialist, Dr. Russell Warren, was born in 1939 in Burlington, Vermont, and received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia College. After receiving his medical degree from the State University of New York at Syracuse in 1966, he completed a 1-year surgical residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York and went on to serve as a Lt. Commander for the U.S. Navy during Vietnam. For his service, Dr. Warren received the U.S. Navy Medal of Commendation in 1969.
Keith C. Watson, MD
Dr. Keith Watson has been in clinical practice of complex shoulder and elbow problems with Orthopedic Specialty Associates of Fort Worth for 40 years as well as Shoulder and Elbow faculty in the John Peter Smith Orthopedic Residency program.
Alan H. Wilde, MD
Dr. Alan Wilde was a fixture in the Orthopaedic surgical world for over 4 decades, most of this time spent in the Cleveland area. He was respected widely, locally, nationally and internationally for his many contributions to his patients, his orthopaedic environments, his specialty, and his community. Dr. Wilde served as Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Cleveland Clinic from 1976-1991, and he practiced more than 25 years at that Institution.
