W. Robert Harris

W. 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

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

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

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]

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