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AUTHORS

ANTHONY BALLARD, M.D.

Colonel, MC, USA (Ret.), Professor ofOrthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of MiamiSchool of Medicine; Chief, Section of Pediatric Orthopedics, JacksonMemorial Hospital,Miami, FL; Director of Orthopedic Residency Education, Department ofOrthopedics andRehabilitation, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center,1982-90; CommandingOfficer, 2d Surgical Hospital, Republic of Vietnam, 1966-67; Chief,Orthopedic Service, TriplerArmy Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, 1969-71; Chief, Orthopedic Service,Fitzsimons ArmyMedical Center, Denver, CO, 1974-80.

PAUL W. BROWN, M.D.

Colonel, MC, USA (Ret.), Clinical Professorof Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and ClinicalProfessor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale University Schoolof Medicine;Consultant in Hand Surgery, Veterans Administration; Chief of HandSurgery, St. Vincent’sMedical Center, Bridgeport, CT; Chief, Division of Orthopedics,Fitzsimons General Hospital,1966-69.

WILLIAM E. BURKHALTER, M.D. (deceased)

Colonel, MC, USA (Ret.), Professor andAssociate Chairman for Clinical Affairs in theDepartment of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Chief, Division of HandSurgery; Department ofOrthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Miami School of Medicine,Miami, FL; Chief ofOrthopedics and Chief, Professional Service, 85th Evacuation Hospital,Republic of Vietnam,1965-66; Chief of Orthopedics, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu,HI, 1967-69;Orthopedic Consultant, U.S. Army, Pacific, 1967-69; Chief ofOrthopedics, Fitzsimons ArmyMedical Center, Denver, CO, 1969-74.

WILLIAM W. EVERSMANN, Jr., M.D.

Colonel, MC, USA (Ret.), Chief, Orthopedics,and Chief, Professional Services, 27thSurgicalHospital, and Chief, Orthopedic Service, 91st Evacuation Hospital,Republic of Vietnam, 1971;Member of teaching staff, Orthopedic Service, Tripler Army MedicalCenter; Assistant Chiefand Chief, Orthopedic Service, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center until1983; affiliated with theIowa Medical Clinic, Cedar Rapids; President, Iowa Medical Society,1992-93.

AUTHORS

JOHN A. FEAGIN, Jr., M.D.

Colonel, MC, USA (Ret.), Associate Professorof Orthopedics, Duke University, 1990 topresent; Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Duke UniversityMedical Center, 1990 topresent; Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, Durham VA Hospital, 1990 topresent; Clinical Professorof Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 1989 topresent; Chief of Orthopedics,85th Evacuation Hospital, Qui Nhon, Vietnam, 1966-67; Team Physician,United States MilitaryAcademy, West Point, NY, 1968-72; Assistant Chief, Orthopedics,Letterman Army MedicalCenter, 1972-78; Commander, Keller Army Hospital, West Point, NY,1978-79.

GERALD W. MAYFIELD, M.D.

Colonel, MC, USA (Ret.). Chief ofOrthopedics, 121st Evacuation Hospital, Korea, 1966-67;Assistant Chief of Orthopedics, U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Zama, Japan,1967-68; Chief ofOrthopedics, U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Zama, Japan, 1969-70; TeachingStaff, FitzsimonsArmy Medical Center, 1971-74; Assistant Chief of Orthopedics, TriplerArmy Medical Center,1974-77; Chief of Orthopedics, Straub Clinic & Hospital, Honolulu,HI, 1980-91; AssistantClinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, John A. Burns School ofMedicine, University ofHawaii, 1977-91.

GEORGE E. OMER, Jr., M.D.

Colonel, MC, USA (Ret.). Professor ofAnatomy, Orthopedics and Surgery; Chairman,Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Chief, Division of HandSurgery, Department ofSurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque;Assistant Chief,Orthopedic Service, William Beaumont Army Hospital, 1956; Chief,Surgical Services, IrwinArmy Hospital, 1957-59; Orthopedic Consultant, Eighth U.S. Army, Chief,Orthopedics, 121stEvacuation Hospital, Korea, 1959-60; Assistant Chief, OrthopedicService, Fitzsimons GeneralHospital, 1960-63; Director, Orthopedic Residency Training Program andPathology Courses,Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1963-65; Consultant in OrthopedicSurgery to the SurgeonGeneral, U.S. Army, Chief, Hand Surgery Center, Chief, OrthopedicService, and AssistantChief, Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, 1965-70.