 | The mission of the GOS Foundation is to advance the orthopedic education and well-being of patients, orthopedic surgeons, and residents in orthopedic training programs.
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GOSF HALL OF FAME
PURPOSE: THE HALL of FAME HONORS ICONIC SURGEONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ADVANCED THE SOCIETY AND THE PROFESSION THROUGH THEIR LEADERSHIP, SERVICE AND/OR DEDICATION TO EDUCATING ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS IN GEORGIA
THE FIRST 25 YEARS ~ 1946-1971
2022 Hall of Fame inductees:
James l. Becton, MD | President of GOS 1978-1979 Secretary-Treasurer of GOS Founding member GSSH 1991 Educated residents at AU post –retirement Frequent gos meeting attendee |
Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr, MD | President of GOS1974-1975 Secretary-Treasurer of GOS Obtained cme credits for annual meeting Put the constitution & bylaws in booklet form Created the 1st pictorial membership directory 1982 Founded GSSH 1991 Frequent GOS meeting attendee |
Joseph H. Dimon, III, MD | President of GOS 1976-1977 Dedicated to teaching 1st total hip in Atlanta Orthopaedic trailblazer Jim Funk award 2007 |
Thomas E. Whitesides, MD | President of GOS 1971-1972 Educated residents throughout his career AAOS kappa delta award Residents’ paper award named for him in 2002 Jim Funk award 2009 |
2021 Hall of Fame inductees:
| Michael Hoke, MD | 1st orthopaedists in Georgia |
| 1st Medical Director of the SRH | |
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1st Medical Director of the Warm Springs Foundation |
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| Hiram Kite, MD | GOS Pres ’49-’51 |
| 2nd Medical Director of the SRH | |
| Organized the orthopaedic section of the Medical Association of Georgia | |
| Founding member of GOS | |
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Author |
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| Charles Ed Irwin, MD | Founder Georgia Orthopaedic Society |
| 1st GOS President | |
| 2nd Medical Director of the Warm Springs Foundation | |
| 1st Georgian to be invited to join ASSH | |
| FDR’s personal orthopaedist | |
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Faculty combined Georgia Baptist/MCG orthopaedic residency program |
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| F. Bert Brown, MD |
Founding member of GOS; 1st GOS Sec-Treas; GOS Pres ‘53 |
| Ruth Waring, MD | Founding member of GOS |
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GOS Pres ’59-’60 (1st Female President) |
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| Jack Hughston, MD | Founding member of GOS; ; |
| GOS Pres ’67-’68 | |
| 1st GOS Rep to BOC | |
| 1ST to promote OREF | |
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Founder Hughston Clinic |
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| Robert P. Kelly, MD | Founding member of GOS; |
| Founder Emory University Orthopaedic Residency Program | |
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Chief Emory Univ. Orthopaedic Surgery Dept until 1974 |
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| Floyd Ted Bliven, MD | GOS Pres ’63-’64 |
| Chair MCG Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program until 1979 | |
| 1st GOS Historian | |
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Established GOS Residency Paper Award |
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| Peter B. Wright, MD | Founding member of GOS |
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1st Residency Program director MCG 1945 |
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| Jim Funk, MD | GOS Pres ’61-’62 |
| Founder Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic Atlanta | |
| Performed 1st THA & 1ST Knee Arthroscopy in Atlanta | |
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Jim Funk Distinguished Service
Award |
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| Richard King, MD | 1st Chairman Georgia Baptist Medical Center Orthopaedic Residency Program |
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GOS Pres ’64-‘65 |
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| Bill Bondurant, MD | GOS Pres ’65-’66 |
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Kept early GOS minutes secure |
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| Darius Flinchum, MD | GOS Pres ’66-’67 |
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Faculty combined Georgia Baptist/MCG Residency program teaching Residents with Dr. Irwin and Dr. Lovell
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| Robert Wells, MD | GOS President ’68-’69 |
| 1st GOS BOC Rep to be elected Chair of the BOC | |
| 1ST Georgia Orthopaedist to be elected President of AAOS ’81 | |
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Jim Funk Award Winner 2012 |
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| Wood Lovell, MD | GOS Pres ’58-’59 |
| 3rd Medical Director of SRH | |
| Co-Founder Georgia Baptist Orthopaedic Residency Program | |
| Author |