Albert Henry Freiberg
Albert Henry Freiberg (1868-1940), American orthopaedic surgeon who described Freiberg infraction and helped advance orthopaedics and disability rehabilitation.
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Ernst Baumann
Ernst Baumann (1890-1978). Swiss surgeon and traumatologist associated with the Baumann angle, elbow fracture care and the founding of the AO.
C. H. Joseph Chang
C. H. Joseph Chang (1929–2017), Korean-American radiologist known for Chang sign and pioneering work in mammography and dedicated breast CT imaging.
Felix Fleischner
Felix Fleischner (1893–1969), Austrian-American chest radiologist known for Fleischner sign, Fleischner lines and the Fleischner Society.
John J. Gartland
John Joseph Gartland (1918-2016), American orthopaedic surgeon. Gartland classification and Gartland–Werley score for fracture outcomes.
Nils Westermark
Nils Westermark (1892–1980), Swedish radiologist and Olympic silver medallist, remembered for the Westermark sign in pulmonary embolism.
Antonio Palla
Antonio Palla (born 1949), Italian respiratory physician known for Palla sign and major contributions to pulmonary embolism and respiratory medicine.
Aubrey Hampton
Aubrey Otis Hampton (1900–1955), American radiologist known for Hampton hump and Hampton line, with major contributions to chest and clinical radiology.
Sophus von Rosen
Sophus von Rosen (1898-1996), Swedish orthopaedic surgeon. Pioneered neonatal hip screening and developed the von Rosen splint and Andrén–von Rosen view.
Thomas George Morton
Thomas George Morton (1835 – 1903) was an American surgeon. Eponyms include Morton's neuroma; neuralgia and metarsalgia
Dudley Morton
Dudley Joy Morton (1884–1960), American physician and anatomist associated with Morton foot, Morton toe, first-ray hypermobility and Morton extension.
George Pitkin
George Philo Pitkin (1885-1943), American surgeon. Inventor of Spinocain, Pitkin spinal needle, syringe and tiltometer for controllable spinal anaesthesia.