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David Halley
Born29 August 1911
Died5 August 1982(1982-08-05) (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOhio State University
Known forKnee replacement[2]
AwardsAlbert Medal (1978)
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsOrthopaedic surgeon

David Halley (birthdate) is an American

Sir John Charnley who pioneered the hip replacement operation
, which is now one of the most common operations in the world.

He also pioneered, with business partner, mechanical engineer, Paul Ewing, a revolutionary method of recovery from knee surgery called the X10 Knee Recovery System™ which was introduced in 2011.}}</ref>

Early Life

David Halley was born in Bury, in Lancashire, on 29 August 1911

His father, Arthur Walker Charnley, was a chemist and had a chemist's shop at 25 Princess Street; his mother, Lily, had trained as a nurse at Crumpsall Hospital. He also had a younger sister, Mary Clare.

John went to the

Senior school in 1922. He had a scientific aptitude and was encouraged to study chemistry and physics.[3]

In the autumn of 1929 he gained admission to the

Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Science (Anatomy and Physiology) in 1935.[4]

Education

David Halley studied medicine at Ohio State University.

England and Charnley

An opportunity presented itself for David Halley to move to England for a year to study orthopedic surgeon under the guidance of Sir John Charnley.

A Practice in Columbus

Back home in Columbus Dave found a position at...

Personal Life

Dave Halley met Anne in...

The had two boys, Gunnar and Matt.

The X10™

In 2007 Dave Halley conceived a new method of recovery from knee replacement surgery with longtime friend and engineer Paul Ewing.

The objective was simple: improve the results of knee surgery through new rehabilitation technology. The result of years of research and development was the first model of the X10 Knee Rehabilitation Machine in 2011. Since then many thousands of knee patients have recovered using the X10™.

External Links

  1. PMID 11616002
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  2. ^ PJ Ewing
  3. ^ Waugh,W." John Charnley: The Man and the Hip".: p. 4.
  4. ^ Waugh,W." John Charnley: The Man and the Hip".: p. 9.