Who’s Who in Orthopedics
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Donald E. KING
1903–1987
Donald E. King was born in Porterville, California, on March 13, 1903. He received his BA from Stanford University in 1923 and his MD in 1927. After his internship at Stanford Univer- sity Hospitals, he completed his orthopedic train- ing under the tutelage of Dr. Carl Badgley at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he became assistant professor. After returning to Stanford University Hospitals in San Francisco as chief of orthopedic surgery, he developed the orthopedic residency program and served with distinction as chief and professor until the medical school moved to Palo Alto in 1959. Don King continued his inspirational teaching of orthopedic residents as chief of orthopedic service at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center until 1978. He was a clinical professor of ortho- pedic surgery at both Stanford University Medical School and the University of California School of Medicine until his death.
Dr. King’s ability enthusiastically to distil the truth and crystallize the facts of a clinical problem inspired his students to become orthopedic sur- geons. His residents worshiped him and remem- ber with appreciation the outstanding examples he set, both in the operating room and in the care of patients. Dr. King’s practice was considerable, and his approach to patients was friendly and direct. Many patients continued to seek his advice long after he ceased performing surgery. He served as president of both the Western Orthope- dic Association and the American Board of Ortho-
Robert KIENBÖCK
1871–1953
Robert Kienböck was born in Vienna and was educated at the University of Vienna, qualifying in medicine in 1895. X-rays, discovered by Roentgen that same year, had immediate and dra- matic applications in medicine. After a brief post- graduate period in Paris and London, Kienböck returned to Vienna and specialized in this new field. He founded a private x-ray institute in 1899 and began contributing papers on both the diag- nostic and therapeutic applications of x-ray. He began lecturing on x-rays at the medical school in 1903 and became professor of radiology in 1917.
He had a special interest in the radiologic features
of bone diseases. He was one of the few pioneers
in radiology whose life was not shortened by the
effects of exposure to radiation.
pedic Surgery. He was a member of the American Orthopedic Association and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, as well as many other distinguished orthopedic organiza- tions. Dr. King’s many honors included the J.E.
Wallace Sterling Distinguished Alumni Award from Stanford University School of Medicine and the Distinguished Service Award from the United States Army. Friends and former residents founded the Don King Orthopedic Library at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center in 1980. In his memory, the Don King Educational Fund has been initiated for the education of orthopedic residents at that institution.
Donald E. King died in San Francisco on December 1, 1987, at the age of 84. He was sur- vived by his wife Eva; sons, Donald and Douglas;
and daughter, Sharon Wilcox.
infancy in the large cities, Kite received many neglected cases in older children for whom more aggressive therapy was required.
His early interest in these cases became known, and the paper “Principles Involved in the Treat- ment of Congenital Clubfoot,” read before the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons on January 17, 1939, became a classic contribution to the treatment of club foot. Lorenz had “broken”
the deformity over a pyramid, but the slower, gradual correction in plaster produced infinitely better results, if surgical intervention became necessary; much less bone was involved in the
“corrected” foot than in straightening a deformed one. Following publication of Kite’s article, his method became standard practice for advanced deformed cases throughout the orthopedic world.
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