A BRIEF HISTORY : UAB ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
LATE 1940s
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY RESIDENCY ESTABLISHED
1993
DREW FERGUSON HELPS PASS THE ATHLETIC
TRAINER LICENSURE ACT
1963
DR . CHESTLEY YELTON NAMED CHIEF OF
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
1951
100-BED CRIPPLED CHILDREN ’ S CLINIC & HOSPITAL OPENS FOR POLIO PATIENTS
1990
DR . VICTORIA MASEAR NAMED CHIEF OF
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY , CREDITED WITH BECOMING
THE FIRST FEMALE ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
CHAIR IN THE NATION
1994
DR . JOHN CUCKLER NAMED CHIEF OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY , PROPELS JOINT REPLACEMENT CARE AND REDUCES PROLONGED HOSPITAL STAYS AFTER SURGERY
1945
DR . JOHN D . SHERRILL NAMED CHIEF OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
1969
POLIO BECOMES LARGELY
ERADICATED ; CRIPPLED CHILDREN ’ S
HOSPITAL BECOMES PART OF UAB
2004
DR . THOMAS HUNT NAMED CHIEF OF
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY , INCREASES
NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN
PROGRAM
1974
DR . KURT NIEMANN NAMED CHIEF OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY , HELPS ESTABLISH ALABAMA ’ S FIRST AFTER- HOURS SPORTS MEDICINE CLINIC ALONGSIDE DREW FERGUSON
2005
KURT M . W . NIEMANN ENDOWMENT FUND CREATED
2 UAB Orthopaedic Surgery Report