Background
Buckwalter, Joseph Addison was born on June 21, 1947 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. Son of Joseph Addison and Carole Ann (Kelly) Buckwalter.
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Joseph Addison Buckwalter
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Joseph Addison Buckwalter, American Orthopedic surgeon, educator. Diplomate American Board Orthopaedic Surgery (recertification, oral examiner since 1988, director since 1990, member examinations committee since 1992, chairman examinations committee 1992-1993, chairman certified renewal committee since 1992); licensed surgeon Iowa. Student research fellow U. Iowa College Medicine, 1970.
Education
Bachelor of Science with high distinction, U. Iowa, 1969; Master of Science, U. Iowa, 1972; Doctor of Medicine, U. Iowa, 1974.
Career
Intern in internal medicine, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1974-1975;
resident in orthopaedics, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1975-1977, 78-79;
National Research Svc. Award research fellow, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1977-1978;
from assistant professor to associate professor orthopaedic surgery, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1979-1985;
professor orthopaedic surgery, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1985. Member Research and Development development committee VA Medical Center Committee, 1985-1988.
Member orthopaedic tumor therapy group U. Iowa Cancer Center, since 1981, cancer education subcommittee, 1982-1990. Member grants and fellowships advising committee Iowa City Veterans Medical Center, 1983-1986, chief orthopaedic surgery, 1987-1991. Member Arthritis Foundation Research Committee, 1985-1986.
Member panel National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Confs., Bethesda, Maryland., 1984, 88. Member rheumatology research advisory board Syntex Corporation, 1987-1994. Member of advisory board World Health Organization Multinational Collaborative Study on Predictorsof Osteoarthritis, 1992.
Member science advising committee Specialised Center Research on Osteoarthritis Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, since 1993. Member National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health, since 1993. Distinguished lecturer Hospital Special Surgery, New York City, 1982, College Physicians and Surgeons-New York Orthopaedic Hospital, 1988, U. New Mexico, 1989;guest lecturer Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, 1983, visiting professor, 1984.
Visiting professor U. Miami, Florida, 1986, Catholic Medical Colls., Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1989, U. Pittsburgh, 1993, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1994. Visiting orthopaedic professor of University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1990. American Orthopaedic Association 1991 International visiting professor Nuffield Orthopaedic Center, Oxford (England)U., 1991, visiting professor orthopaedics, 1991.
Visiting professor orthopaedics, University of North Carolina, 1991. OREF Hark lecturer and visiting professor U. Washington, Seattle, 1992;Watson Jones lecturer Royal College Surgeons (Great Britain), 1992. A.M. Rechtman lecturer Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society, 1993.
Predl. guest speaker 1993Japanese Orthopaedic Association Research Meeting, Matsumoto, Japan, 1993. Kelly Research Award visiting professor Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1993. Participant numerous workshops and conferences.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Institute Medical and Biological Engineering (founding), American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons (member committee basic science 1983-1985, Chairman of Commission evaulation 1985-1990, member at large, board directors 1988-1989, member steering committee for development Musculoskeletal Conditions in the United States 1990-1992, chairman county for research and science affairs 1990-1993, 94-, secretary 1993-1994). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society Limb Salvage, British Orthopaedic Association (companion member), Orthopaedic Research Society (secretary-treasurer 1985-1988, board directors 1985-1991, president 1989-1990), American Orthopaedic Association (exchange fellowship committee 1989-1990, chairman international visiting professor committee since 1993), American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (chairman research awards committee 1988-1990, research committee 1989-1991), International Skeletal Society, Iowa Orthopaedic Society, Johnson County Medical Society, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, 20th Century Orthopaedic Association, Girdlestone Orthopaedic Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Kathleen Coen, May 31, 1975. Children: Jody, Andrea, Abigail.
