Education
Born in Stratford, Ontario, he graduated in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1947, worked for two years at the Grenfell Medical Mission in Newfoundland, and spent one year as the McLaughlin Fellow in Oxford, England.
Born in Stratford, Ontario, he graduated in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1947, worked for two years at the Grenfell Medical Mission in Newfoundland, and spent one year as the McLaughlin Fellow in Oxford, England.
Salter then returned to join the medical staff at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto in 1955. He was later was appointed Surgeon-in-Chief. Salter developed a procedure to correct congenital dislocation of the hip, pioneered Continuous Passive Motion for the treatment of joint injuries, and codeveloped a classification of growth plate injuries in children, commonly known as the Salter-Harris fractures classification system.
He also developed the Salter Operation to treat congenital dislocation of hip.
His textbook of orthopaedic surgery, Disorders and Injuries of the Musculoskeletal System is used throughout the world. In 1988, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.
In 1995 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Salter died on May 10, 2010.