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Robert Bayley Osgood

by Dr Mike Cadogan, last update December 4, 2018

Robert Bayley Osgood (1873–1956)

Robert Bayley Osgood (1873–1956) American orthopedic surgeon.

A distinguished Boston orthopedic surgeon, a leader in US surgical effort in World War I and important in the founding of the British Orthopaedic Association

Described the disease that partially bears his name (Osgood-Schlatter disease) in 1903, independently with Carl B. Schlatter

Biography

  • Born 6 July 1873 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA
  • 1899 – Doctorate in Medicine from Harvard Medical School
  • 1900 – Roentgologist at Boston Children’s Hospital
  • 1906 – Orthopedic Surgery Service at Carney Hospital in Boston
  • Head of Orthopedic Surgery – Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Died 1956

Medical Eponyms

  • Osgood-Schlatter disease (1903) – osteochondrosis of the tibial tuberosity, a common causes of knee pain in adolescents.

Major Publications

  • Osgood RB. Lesions of the tibial tubercle occurring during adolescence. Boston Med Surg J 1903;148:114-117 [Full Text]

References

  • OBITUARY Obituary. Robert B Osgood. Br Med J. 1956 Nov 10; 2(5001): 1120 [PMC2035885]
  • Osgood, Robert Bayley (1873 – 1956) Plarr’s lives of the Fellows

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About Dr Mike Cadogan

Emergency physician with a passion for medical informatics and medical education/textbooks. Asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. | @sandnsurf | + Mike Cadogan | LinkedIn

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