Charles Galasko
| Professor Charles Galasko | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Charles Samuel Bernard Galasko 1939 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation | Orthopaedic surgeon |
Professor Charles Samuel Bernard Galasko ChM, FRCS, FRCSEd, FCMSA(Hon), FFSEM(Ire), FFSEM(UK), FMedSci (born 1939), often cited as Charles S. B. Galasko, is a South African orthopaedic surgeon.
Galasko was educated at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.[1]
He was director of orthopaedics at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School from 1973 to 1976.[1]
From 1976 to 2004 he worked as professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Manchester, becoming emeritus on retirement.[1] At the same time he was consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and at Hope Hospital.[1]
He has served as president of the British Orthopaedic Association; president of the International Orthopaedic Research Society; vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; and chair of the Joint Committee for Higher Surgical Training (UK and Ireland) and of the Intercollegiate Academic Board for Sport and Exercise Medicine.[1]
He was the first president of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine; and was a member of the British Olympic Association's medical committee for 15 years; chair of the British Amateur Wrestling Association and their medical adviser from 1986 to 2002; and vice-chair of English Wrestling, being their medical adviser from 1986 to 2002.[1]
He was made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FFSEM) in 2014.[2] He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS(Eng)), a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRSCEd), and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).
He gave the 2003 Hunterian Oration, with a lecture entitled Hunter's Legacy and Surgical Training and Competence in the 21st Century [3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2009), Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-85484-121-9 http://www.histmodbiomed.org/witsem/vol36 Missing or empty
|title=(help), Wikidata Q29581766 - ↑ "Professor Charles Galasko Awarded Honorary Fellowship". Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ↑ "Hunterian Oration" (PDF). Royal College of Surgeons. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
External links
- Charles Galasko on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website