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H. Robert Brashear, MD

Professor Emeritus

Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

     
Department of Orthopaedics
CB #7055, Bioinformatics Building
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7055
Education:
  • AB: University of California, Berkeley
  • MD: University of California, San Francisco
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania
Honors, Awards, and Recognitions (selected):
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society; elected by students of UNC School of Medicine
  • Faculty Teaching Award, Musculoskeletal Course, UNC School of Medicine
  • Whitehead Society Excellence in Teaching Award, Central Carolina Bank & Trust Co.
  • Medical Basic Science Teaching Award, Sophomore Class, UNC School of Medicine, 1990, 1995
  • Distinguished Service Award, UNC School of Medicine
  • Outstanding Service & Contributions to Orthopaedics, North Carolina Orthopaedic Association
  • Chairman, Orthopaedic Section, Southern Medical Association
  • President, North Carolina Orthopaedic Association, 1967
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1966-1979
  • Editor, AOA News, American Orthopaedic Association, 1971-1977
  • Chairman, Committee on History of Orthopaedic Surgery, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1993
  • Historian, North Carolina Orthopaedic Association, 1993-1995
  • Establishment of the H. Robert Brashear Teaching Professorship, 2005
Clinical Interests:
Bone tumors; bone pathology
Special Interests:
Teaching medical students in Pathology, Anatomy, and Orthopaedics
Academic Appointments:
1952-1953 Instructor; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
1953-1954 Instructor of Surgery (Orthopaedics); UNC School of Medicine
1954-1959 Assistant Professor of Surgery (Orthopaedics); UNC School of Medicine
1959-1967 Associate Professor of Surgery (Orthopaedics); UNC School of Medicine
1967-1995* Professor of Surgery (Orthopaedics); UNC School of Medicine
1978-present* Lecturer; Department of Anatomy, UNC School of Medicine
1992-present* Adjunct Professor of Pathology; UNC School of Medicine
1994-present* Adjunct Professor of Anatomy; UNC School of Medicine
1996-present* Professor of Orthopaedics; UNC School of Medicine
[*Retired to part-time, 1988]
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