Riad Barmada (; July 26, 1929 – January 10, 2014) is a Syrian-American

orthopaedic surgeon Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

and professor. He was the head of orthopedics at the

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from 1984 to 1998 and served as the president of the Illinois Orthopedic Society and president of the Chicago Committee on Trauma.

Early life and education

Barmada was born in 1929 and grew up in Aleppo. His father was a judge in Syria. His uncles were Mustafa Bey Barmada, former Governor-General of the

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; and Rashad Barmada, minister of Defense in Syria. Barmada completed his medical degree from

University of Damascus A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

in 1956 and completed a one-year general surgery residency there before going to Chicago. Baramda completed an internship at Walther Memorial Hospital, followed by residencies in orthopedic surgery at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Illinois Masonic Hospital, and the University of Illinois Hospital.

Career

In the early 1960s, he helped found a medical school at the

University of Aleppo University of Aleppo (, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after the University of Damascus. During 2005–06, the university had over 61,000 undergraduate ...

where the curriculum was taught in English so that students could learn from the most current medical literature without having to wait for translations. In 1967, he joined the faculty of

(UIC) College of Medicine as a research associate. He became a professor of orthopedics in 1972. He headed the department from 1984 to 1998. He retired in 1999 but remained professor emeritus. He worked quietly to bring women and minorities into orthopaedic surgery, which was a particularly male-dominated specialty in the 70s. He was a member of numerous associations, including the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology,

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, American Orthopaedic Association,

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, and Illinois State Medical Society. Barmada was a fellow of the

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, president of the Chicago Committee on Trauma, and served as president of the Illinois Orthopaedic Society in 1991. According to Google Scholar, Barmada has an

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of 20. According to the

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, he has an h-index of 16.

Books

* ''Orthopedic Surgery Case Studies: 40 Case Histories Related to Orthopedic Surgery'' * ''Pathophysiology of Orthopedic Diseases''

Selected journal publications

*Misoprostol Inhibits Polymethylmethacrylate-Stimulated Lysosomal Degranulation and IL-1 Release from Neutrophils * Optimisation of the posterior stabilised tibial post for greater femoral rollback after total knee arthroplasty—a finite element analysis * Factors influencing initial cup stability in total hip arthroplasty *Polymorphonuclear leukocyte degranulation with exposure to polymethylmethacrylate nanoparticles

References

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