Fractures of the Neck of the Femur in Childhood: John C. Wilson, Sr., MD (1888–1957) The 7th President of the AAOS 1938

• Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research
• Main Author: Brand, Richard A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2008
• Subjects: Symposium: Aaos 75th Anniversary Tribute to Past Presidents; Fort McPherson
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2505285; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18196374; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-007-0024-3

John Cree Wilson, Sr, was born in Santa Ana, California, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of California in 1908 and medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, in 1912 [2]. He had a one year internship, then entered private practice, but apparently believed he needed more training and in 1916 quit his private practice for postgraduate training at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed that training, then served in military hospital at Fort McPherson, Georgia, when the US entered WW I. Following discharge he moved to Los Angeles, working at the Los Angeles General Hospital and then the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. He became Chief of the Orthopaedic Division at the Children’s Hospital, a post he retained until 1955.