Bernard MORREY, M.D.

Bernard F. Morrey, M.D., is the emeritus chair of the Department of Orthopedics, and the John and Posy Krehbiel Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Mayo Clinic. He holds the academic rank of Professor of Orthopaedics at both Mayo Clinic and at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.

He has served in a number of extramural professional capacities, including Past President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Past President of the American Orthopaedic Association, and Past President of American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. He has been the chair of the Board of Trustees of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and also of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. He served for eight years on the Board of Governors of Mayo Clinic, where he was primarily responsible for monitoring and improving the cost-effectiveness and quality of the Mayo practice.

He is a member of numerous specialty orthopaedic organisations, including the Orthopedic Research Society, Hip Society, Knee Society and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. Dr. Morrey is a Fulbright Scholar and a former member of and consultant to the Food and Drug Administration Orthopaedic Device Panel and to the National Football League. He has been recognised on numerous occasions for his contributions to the research arena – both clinically and administratively, nationally and abroad. Additional academic interests include NIHsupported basic research programmes involving joint kinematics, and more recently he has investigated the genetic basis of host variation as it applies to the musculoskeletal system. He holds seven patents for orthopaedic devices, and he has authored 12 major textbooks under four different titles. He has also authored over 375 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Morrey’s major area of orthopaedic interest is adult reconstructive surgery, with a particular emphasis on the hip, knee and elbow. He is the personal orthopaedic surgeon to the senior President and Mrs. Bush. He has been named a distinguished alumnus of both Mayo Clinic and the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Dr. Morrey grew up in Ft. Worth, Texas and, after working at NASA as an aerospace engineer for two years in Houston, he attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He completed an internship and residency at Mayo Clinic Rochester, during which time he also received a master’s degree in biomechanics from the University of Minnesota. After two years of service in the Air Force, he joined the staff at Mayo in 1978.