Tributo - Um homem que mudou a ortopedia

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"He has truly made outstanding contributions that have brought clarity out of chaos in the variou areas of shoulder surgery. His publications are voluminous, and each article is written accurately, clearly and with obvious attention to every detail. His versatility as a teacher, researcher, and surgeon is far excellence". (Texto do Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1987).Professor Charles S. Neer II was born on November 10, 1917 and died on February 28, 2011 on the same rural estate, in Vinita, Oklahoma, USA. A son and grandson of doctors, he studied at Dartmouth College, at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, where he began his internship, finally becoming a Professor Emeritus, culminating in an impressive academic career. He was a surgeon in the US Army during the Second World War, stationed in Europe, Japan and the Philippines.After the war, he returned to Columbia University, where he Editorial TriBuTE -THE mAN WHO CHANGEd THE FACE OF OrTHOPEdiCSOur specialization is still in its infancy. We have, perhaps, just one generation of orthopedists who were trained specifically in this branch of medicine.Our principles are based mostly on the experiences and practices of pioneers, who entered the area of orthopedics coming from other areas of medicine.Some of its dogmas are very old and have not yet been replaced. In traumatic and orthopedic pathology of the shoulder, a man emerged to change and create new concepts -Charles S. Neer.RBO pays him a tribute with this summary of his life, written by Osvandré Lech.