John Chalmers

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John Chalmers (born September 21, 1927 in Aberdeen ) is a Scottish orthopedist .

Life

Chalmers studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh . After his exam (MB ChB) and two years as a house officer , he began his surgical training in the British Army Medical Service (RAMC) in 1952 . In 1953 he passed the exams for a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England . From 1954 to 1957 he completed his orthopedic training in Oxford and at the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital London . After an Orthopedic Fellowship at the University of Illinois , he was a lecturer in Edinburgh from 1958 to 1961 . In 1961 he graduated with an MD in 1963 he also became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh .

As a senior lecturer and consultant , he stayed at the Royal Infirmary and Princess Margaret Rose Orthopedic Hospital for over 32 years until 1990 . After retiring, he ran a private practice until 1997 and taught in third world countries . He is known as an "orthopedist for orthopedists".

Private

He and his wife Gwyneth have four children and six grandchildren. One son is an interventional radiologist , the other a lawyer , one daughter a general practitioner in New Zealand and the other a tax advisor .

He dedicated himself to beekeeping for over 50 years .

Honorary positions and committees

  • President of the British Orthopedic Association (1989/90)
  • President of the British Orthopedic Research Society
  • Specialist Advisory Committee for Orthopedic Surgery
  • Scottish Bone Tumor Registry
  • Medical Research Council , Osteoporosis Commission
  • Merit Award Committee for Scotland

Visiting professorships

He gave guest lectures in Kuwait , Oman , Coimbatore and Pakistan (for the WHO ).

editor

Publications (selection)

  • March hemoglobinuria . British Journal of Surgery 44 (1957), 394
  • Transplantation immunity in bone homografting . Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 41-B (1959), 160-179
  • The growth of transplanted fetal bones in different immunological environments . JBJS 44-B: 149-164 (1962)
  • Cancellous bone: its strength and changes with aging and an evaluation of some methods for measuring its mineral content .
    • I Age changes in cancellous bone . JBJS 48-A (1966), 289-299
    • II An evaluation of some methods for measuring osteoporosis . JBJS 48-A (1966), 299-308
  • Bone transplant . In: Journal of Clinical Pathology , 20 : 540-550 (1967).
  • Osteomalacia - a common disease in elderly women . JBJS 49-B: 403-423 (1967)
  • Peripheral compression lesions of the ulnar nerve . JBJS 50-B: 793-803 (1968)
  • Quantitative measurements of osteoid in health and disease . Clinical Orthopedics 63: 196-209 (1969)
  • Geographical variations in senile osteoporosis . JBJS 52-B: 667-675 (1970)
  • Observations on the induction of bone in soft tissues . JBJS 57-B: 36-45 (1975)
  • Unusual causes of peripheral nerve compression . The Hand 19: 168-175 (1978)
  • Aneurysmal bone cysts of the phalanges . The Hand, 13: 296-300 (1981)
  • Spontaneous healing of aneurysmal bone cysts . JBJS 67-B: 310-312 (1985)
  • Osteosarcoma (editorial). The Lancet (1985), 131-133
  • Recent Advances in Great Britain (Editor). Clinical Orthopedics (1986), 210
  • Fractures of the Femoral Neck in Elderly Patients with hyperparathyroidism . Clinical Orthopedics, 229: 125-130 (1988)
  • Tumors of the musculo-skeletal system: clinical presentation . Clinical Orthopedics 2: 135-140 (1988)
  • Orthogerontics (editorial). Journal of Orthopedic Surgery 4: 7-8 (1996)
  • Treatment of Ruptures of the Tendo-Achilles (Review Article). Journal of Orthopedic Surgery 2000

Books

  • Audubon in Edinburgh . Edinburgh, 2003
  • Andrew Duncan, Physician of the Enlightenment . Edinburgh, 2010

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The British MD corresponds to the German habilitation
  2. ↑ meeting (with picture)
personal data
SURNAME Chalmers, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British orthopedist
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen , Scotland