Robert Duthie
Professor Robert Buchan Duthie, CBE, FRCSE, FRCS was a US-born British orthopaedic surgeon who established the prestige of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and built its leading reputation for musculoskeletal medicine. Duthie was the fourth Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford, serving between 1966 and 1992.
He developed novel methods of injury management and contributed to teaching and research, turning Oxford into a major centre for training. From 1973 to 1978 he served on the Pearson commission.
