Dr Peter Fowler who was a surgeon whose groundbreaking work has aided and honed advanced surgical techniques for the rehabilitation of elite and amateur athletes across the country has passed away in London, Ont., at the ripe old age of 84.
Fowler died on Wednesday as the result of a respiratory infection with his family at his bedside at University Hospital in London, Ont., the place where the skilled surgeon also refined and perfected many of the minimally-invasive arthroscopic surgical techniques that would make him very famous.
Dr Peter Fowler Legacy
Fowler was a pioneer and founding father of inside and outside the operating room — teaming up with his mentor, the late Dr Jack Kennedy in 1974, to create their namesake Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic.
It has also grown from a small athletic injury clinic to one of the largest centers in North America, capable of providing a broad array of health services, from surgery to physiotherapy. “What really put Fowler Kennedy on the map was his view that the way we deliver care is a comprehensive team-based approach, where we have primary care physicians who specialize in sports medicine, surgeons, all working together under the same roof,” said Sarah Padfield, the clinic’s executive director.
Fowler was widely and highly respected in the world of medicine. He was only one of two Canadians ever named president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and was the first president of the International Society of Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, the largest such society in the world.
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He has also been the mentor and taught many surgeons who have since taken his innovative techniques all over the world, Padfield has also said.
“We’re getting lots of condolences from students all over the world. Our fellows and our trainees have come through here from all over the world, so the reach is immense.”
“We’re sad we’ve lost the soul of the clinic, but we are also very thankful for his vision and his leadership over the years,” Padfield has also said.
New England Journal of Medicine
Fowler also played an important role in pushing the boundaries of medical knowledge through research, with hundreds of peer-reviewed papers under his belt, that also includes one in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.
That paper submitted by Folwer and his team, compared knee arthroscopy to non-operative care for knee arthritis. It was awarded top achievements in health research in 2009 by the Canadian Medical Association Journal. A statement from the Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine clinic said Wednesday more information about Fowler’s legacy and a celebration of life would be “announced shortly.”
