| 11-3-11 |
| Lawrence Bone, M.D., Professor and Department of Orthopaedics Chair, served as guest lecturer for the John R. Border Memorial Lectureship, sponsored by the Trauma Division of the UB Department of Surgery. He gave two presentations, "ARDS after Pulmonary Contusion" and "Fracture Fixation of Polytrauma Patients" in Smith Auditorium at the Erie County Medical Center. |
| Dr. Bone joined the faculty at the University of Buffalo and the Erie County Medical Center in 1986 and has served as the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics since 2001. He is widely recognized for markedly improving the care and outcome of the polytrauma patient, and is a prolific author on trauma related subjects, some of which he co-authored with Dr. Border. 2011 is his second invitation as guest lecturer for the John R. Border Memorial Lectureship, the first was in 1999. |
| John R. Border, M.D. (1926 - 1996) earned international acclaim as an authority on trauma care patients. In the early 1970’s, he led a team of UB researchers in developing treatment plans to prevent the stress of severe, multiple trauma from producing a chain of biochemical events that, if not treated with combination protein and glucose therapy, could lead to death. His pioneering work continues to save thousands of accident and injury victims from multiple system organ failure. Much of the lifesaving research over the years was funded at UB through grants from the National Institute of General Medical Services. |
| A 1956 graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Border did his undergraduate work at Harvard College and Indiana University. He joined the UB faculty in 1965 as a member of the Department of Surgery. He was director of the trauma service at ECMC and director of the Trauma Research Program in the UB School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences from 1968 until his retirement in 1991. |
| Although officially retired, Dr. Border continued his work, both locally and internationally, to improve the treatment of trauma patients. Wearing his trademark "fire engine red" suspenders, white shirt and tan slacks, he regularly visited his office at ECMC. |
| A modest, soft spoken man, he trained hundreds of UB medical students and residents during his career, inspiring them by his example to not only be good surgeons, but to practice the “art” of the profession. |
| In 1985, The Buffalo News honored Dr. Border as a Citizen of the Year. He served on the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma from 1982-1991, and was on the Board of the American Trauma Society. He was a member of more than a dozen professional organizations, authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific articles and text materials, and delivered more than 200 lectures worldwide during his career. |
| The Border Lecturship has been held annually since 1991. It is sponsored by the Trauma Division of the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo. |
