Sir John Charnley

Biography

• Born 29 August 1911 Bury, Lancashire
• 1936 – Fellow Royal College of Surgeons, England
• 1937 – Manchester Royal Infirmary
• 1940 – Royal Army Medical Corps – RAMC
• 1947 – Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary
• 1961 – Wrightington Hospital
• 1970 – CBE and was knighted in 1977
• 1972 – Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester
• 1976 – Lister Orator at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Died 5 August 1982

Key Medical Attributions:

• Developed the concept of laminar air flow to eradicate a systemic infection problem in his hospital

Medical Eponyms

• Charnley prosthesis

Major Publications

• Charnley J. The Closed Treatment of Common Fractures. Cambridge University Press. 1950

References

• Biography: Charnley, Sir John (1911 – 1982). Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows Online. Royal College of Surgeons of England.
• Jackson J. Father of the modern hip replacement: Professor Sir John Charnley (1911-82). J Med Biogr. 2011 Nov;19(4):151-6. [PMID 22319187]
• Nisbet NW, Woodruff M. John Charnley: 29 August 1911-5 August 1982. Biogr Mem Fellows R Soc. 1984;30:119-37. [PMID 11616002]
• AAOS. One Hip Doctor
• Mostofi SB. Who’s Who in Orthopedics. Springer; pp 60-62. 2005
• Waugh W. John Charnley – The Man and the Hip. Springer 1990