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W. Robert Harris

by Zacharia Joseph, Last updated December 26, 2017

W. Robert HarrisW. Robert Harris (1922-2005) was a Canadian Orthopaedic Surgeon.

  • Eponymously associated with the Salter-Harris Classification along with Robert Bruce Salter
  • Published the Salter-Harris Classification of fractures for epiphyseal injuries in 1963
  • The son of a Professor and a very well respected Orthopaedic Surgeon in his own right with a long career in Canada, obtaining many awards and titles in the process

Biography

  • Born 1922
  • His Father, Professor Robert I. Harris was the first Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Toronto General Hospital
  • 1945 – graduated with a Honours in Medicine in Toronto
  • 1945 – Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Canadian Navy
  • 1946 – married Barbara-Drew Brook and was Father to four children and then Grandfather to ten grandchildren
  • 1947 – studied Histology under Professor Arthur Ham, contributing to his textbook of Histology with regards to fracture healing
  • 1948-1952 – postgraduate Orthopedic Surgical training, going on to do Fellowships in Europe
  • 1953 Orthopaedic Surgeon, University of Toronto
  • Professor Emeritus of Surgery, University of Toronto
  • Examiner at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  • 1968 – President of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association
  • Died on the 13th of December, 2005 from pancreatic cancer in Toronto, Canada

Key Medical Attributions:

  • Histology of fracture healing
  • Special interests in epiphyseal plate fractures, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, transplantation of epiphyses, rehabilitation, amputation

Medical Eponyms

  • Salter-Harris Classification

Major Publications

  • Salter RB, Harris WR. Injuries involving the epiphyseal plate. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery – American Volume: April 1963 – Volume 45 – Issue 3 – ppg 587-622 [Full Text]
  • Dale GG, Harris WR. Prognosis of epiphysial separation: an experimental study. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1958 Feb;40-B(1):116-22. [PMID 13513660]
  • Harris WR, Hobson KW. Histological changes in experimentally displaced upper femoral epiphyses in rabbits. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1956 Nov;38-B(4):914-21. [PMID 13376679]
  • Harris WR. The early diagnosis of slipped femoral epiphysis. Can Med Assoc J. 1955 Jun 1;72(11):835-7. [PMC1825915]
  • Harris WR. Surgical procedures of value in rheumatoid arthritis. Can Med Assoc J. 1956 Apr 1; 74(7): 512–514. [PMC1823120]
  • Harris WR. Trigger Wrist with Intermittent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Can Med Assoc J. 1961 Apr 29;84(17):963. [PMC1939529]

References

  • Salter RB. W. Robert Harris (1922–2005). J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2006;88-B:698. [Full Text]
  • Hunter TB, Peltier LF, Lund PJ. Radiologic history exhibit. Musculoskeletal eponyms: who are those guys? RadioGraphics 2000; 20: 819-36. [Full Text]
  • Revista Trauma. Epónimos. Trauma Fundación Mapfre Vol. 25 (2014), No. 1

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  • Orthopaedic Eponyms – Eponymous orthopedic fractures and classifications
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