Tribute to Jacquelin Perry: 15th biannual Alfred R. Shands, Jr., Lecturer of the Orthopaedic Research Society, February 1999
✍ Scribed by Richard A. Brand; Robert L. Waters
- Book ID
- 102393641
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0736-0266
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✦ Synopsis
We wish to pay tribute to a woman who has made far more contributions to patients and the field of orthopaedic surgery than most of us can envision. Although Dr. Jacquelin Perry has received many awards in her long career, few are more fitting than the Alfred R. Shands, Jr., Lectureship, established in honor of a man who recognized that only research could advance our field and then developed strategies to ensure that the musculoskeletal community would capitalize on the potential.
Dr. Jacquelin Perry was born in Denver, Colorado. When she was 6, she and her family moved to the Los Angeles area. She attended the University of California at Los Angeles, where she received her bachelor's degree in physical education. She then joined the army and trained to be a physical therapist, receiving a certificate in physical therapy from Walter Reed Army General Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Perry served in the army as a physical therapist for 5 years before attending medical school at her ulma muter, the University of California at Los Angeles. She completed a residency in general surgery at Children's Hospital in San Francisco and a residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of California. San Francisco. Immediately following her residencies, Dr. Perry joined the medical staff at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, where she found an environment that suited her interest in human function and allowed her to flourish.
Dr. Perry has had a passion for improving the function of her patients. This was undoubtedly influenced by her early career as a physical therapist as well as by her time as an orthopaedic resident exposed to pioneering research in gait conducted in the Biomechanics Laboratory at the