Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota's orthopedic surgery department is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Here is a timeline of major events:
1969: Orthopedic spine surgeon John Moe, MD, served as the first department chair until he retired in 1972.
1978: John Moe, MD, David Bradford, MD, Robert Winter, MD, and John Lonstein, MD, published Scoliosis and Other Spine Deformities.
1979: Jean Eelma, MD, was the first woman to be accepted into the residency program.
1981: Ramon Gustilo, MD, formed the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and established trauma as a subspecialty.
1984: A fellowship in sports medicine was established with Elizabeth Arendt, MD, as the first fellow.
1985: Elizabeth Arendt, MD, became the first woman to join the University of Minnesota orthopedic surgery staff.
1989: A pediatric orthopedics fellowship was formed by Steven Koop, MD, and Roby Thompson Jr., MD, with Deborah Quanbeck, MD, as the first fellow.
1991: A fellowship in hand surgery was created, led by James House, MD, and Matthew Putnam, MD. Mark Fischer, MD, was the first fellow.
1999: Ann Van Heest, MD, was appointed residency program director and expanded the residency program from six to eight residents per year.
2005: TRIA Orthopedic Center opened with the goal of improving student education and providing residents a place to conduct clinical outcomes research.
2008: Joan Bechtold, PhD, formed The Ramon Gustilo, MD, Endowed Professorship in Biomechanics Research in Orthopedic Surgery.
2017: The Sports and Orthopedics Walk-In Clinic opened, providing walk in care every day of the week.
2018: Elizabeth Arendt, MD became the first woman from the department of orthopedic surgery to receive a plaque on the medical school's wall of scholarship for receiving over 1,000 citations of her paper "Knee injury patterns among men and women in collegiate basketball and soccer."
2019: The department celebrated its 50th year anniversary.