Dr. William Russell MacAusland (December 9, 1922 – January 15, 2004) was the Surgeon in Chief
Orthopedic
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Department at the
Carney Hospital
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in
Boston
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. He held the distinction of performing the first plastic hip operation in the United States in 1950. He graduated from
Harvard Medical School
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in 1903.
References
W. R. MacAusland's obituary
Further reading
* Brand, Richard A, M.D.
"Biographical Sketch: William Russell MacAusland, MD 1882–1965" ''Clin Orthop Relat Res.'' Jan 2011; 469(1): 3–4.
American orthopedic surgeons
1922 births
2004 deaths
20th-century surgeons
Harvard Medical School alumni
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