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

orthopaedic surgeon Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt 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. Barmada was the head of orthopedics at the

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois ...

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 and his uncles were

Mustafa Bey Barmada Mustafa Bey Barmada ( ar, مصطفى برمدا; 1883 – April 2, 1953) was a Syrian statesman, politician and judge; served as the Governor General of the State of Aleppo between 1923 and 1924 and headed the Judiciary of Syria between 1930s an ...

former Governor-General of the

State of Aleppo The State of Aleppo (french: État d'Alep; ar, دولة حلب ') was one of the five states that were established by the French High Commissioner of the Levant, General Henri Gouraud, in the French Mandate of Syria which followed the San Remo ...

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

University of Damascus The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...

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 1967, he joined the faculty of

(UIC) College of Medicine as a research associate and became a professor of orthopedics in 1972. He headed the department from 1984 to 1998. He retired in 1999 but remained professor emeritus. He was a member of numerous associations, including the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Association,

American Medical Association The American Medical Association (AMA) is a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students. Founded in 1847, it is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Membership was approximately 240,000 in 2016. The AMA's sta ...

, and Illinois State Medical Society, Dr. Barmada was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 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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