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.

Professor
Charles Galasko
Born
Charles Samuel Bernard Galasko

1939 (age 84–85)
NationalitySouth African
OccupationOrthopaedic 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 Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK; 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 edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2009). The Development of Sports Medicine in Twentieth-century Britain. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-121-9. Wikidata Q29581766.
  2. ^ "Professor Charles Galasko Awarded Honorary Fellowship". Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Hunterian Oration" (PDF). Royal College of Surgeons. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2010.

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