In remembrance: Morton Spinner, MD (1928–2003)

✍ Scribed by Robert J. Spinner

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 57 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0897-3806
• DOI: 10.1002/ca.20005

✦ Synopsis

Morton Spinner, MD, a retired hand surgeon and clinical anatomist, passed away quietly in Rochester, Minnesota on September 23, 2003 at the age of 75 after a long and valiant battle with multiple health problems. Dr. Spinner was born in Bronx, New York in 1928. He attended the Bronx High School of Science. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1947 and a medical degree in 1951 both from New York University. He performed a rotating internship at the Beth Israel Hospital in New York and a surgical internship at Bellevue Hospital. He served as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps in Korea and was awarded a Bronze Star in 1954. He then completed residency training in orthopedics at the Hospital for Joint Diseases as well as additional training with Dr. Emanuel B. Kaplan, a noted hand surgeon and anatomist.

Dr. Spinner was one of a group of early hand surgeons in the United States. He wrote extensively and lectured widely in the field of peripheral nerve surgery. His significant contributions related primarily to the anatomic localization of peripheral nerve lesions. His academic interests focussed on the accurate diagnosis and operative treatment of peripheral nerve lesions, particularly those in the forearm. He introduced