Charles Anthony Fager

Charles Anthony Fager
Born (1924-01-16)January 16, 1924
Nassau, Bahamas, British West Indies
Died April 8, 2014(2014-04-08) (aged 90)
Education Wagner College
New York State University
Occupation Surgeon; Neurosurgeon
Known for Neurosurgeon

Charles Anthony Fager (January 16, 1924 - April 8, 2014) was born in Nassau, Bahamas, British West Indies. He had a long career as a neurosurgeon in the United States.

Education

Fager graduated from Wagner College and SUNY Downstate Medical Center (M.D., 1946). His did both his internship (1946–47) and residency in general surgery (1947–48) at Syracuse University Medical Center. That was followed by a residency in neurosurgery at Cushing VA Hospital, Framingham, Massachusetts (1950–52), and a fellowship in neurosurgery at Lahey Clinic (1952–53).[1]

Career

His many publications concerned the appropriate selection of patients and the proper indications and operations for surgery. These focused on the importance of posterior and posterolateral operations for cervical disc lesions. He spoke regularly at postgraduate courses and seminars, and wrote chapters in textbooks on these subjects.[2]

Charles Anthony Fager, MD, a pioneering neurosurgeon, died on April 8, 2014. "Dr. Fager served as president of the Neurosurgical Society of America and chaired the neurosurgery department at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Mass. The hospital later named its neurosurgery endowment fund and the department chair in his honor. He was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and authored a textbook of neurosurgery called "Atlas of Spinal Surgery,"[3] according to the report." [4]

Accomplishments and awards

Fager was a member of the American Medical Association; the Massachusetts Medical Society; the New England Neurosurgical Society (past-President); the Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry (past-President); the American Association of Neurological Surgeons(AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons{CNS}, American College of Surgeons (past-Chairman, Advisory Council for Neurosurgery; Chairman, Advisory Council Chairman); the Neurosurgical Society of America (past-President); the Boston Surgical Society; the Argentine Neurosurgical Association; and the Venezuelan Society of Neurosurgery

Fager received the Dudley Award in Medicine from New York State University Downstate Medical Center and the Lifetime achievement Award from the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine of the AANS & CNS in 1992. He was a member of the American Board of Neurological Surgery from 1976 to 1983. He gave a number of guest lectures, the Teachenor Memorial, The Balado Memorial and the Gardner Lectures, among them. In 2000, he received the Gold Medal of the Neurological Society of America.

Fager and John A. Nerud

In 1965, Dr. Fager saved the life of John A. Nerud, a horse trainer who had a blood clot on his brain.[5] Profoundly thankful, Nerud named a horse after Fager, who soon became a fan of horseracing. The horse, Dr. Fager, was a record-setter, horse of the year in 1968, and the only horse to win four championships in a single year.[6][7][8][9]

Notable publications

  • Atlas of spinal surgery - Volume 17 (1989),[3][10]
  • Stop talking to the jury: stories of a medical witness (2004)[11]
  • Quality of the Issue: Memoirs and Perspectives of a Neurosurgeon (2001)[12]
  • A Hole in the Wind : The Story of a Man and His Horse (2004)[13]
  • Analysis of failures and poor results of lumbar spine surgery (1980) Fager, CA; Freidberg, SR (1980). "Analysis of failures and poor results of lumbar spine surgery". Spine. 5. doi:10.1097/00007632-198001000-00015. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  • Intrasellar epithelial cysts (1966) Fager, CA; Carter, H (1966). "Intrasellar Epithelial Cysts". Journal of Neurosurgery. 24 (1): 77–81. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  • Results of adequate posterior decompression in the relief of spondylotic cervical myelopathy (1973) Fager, CA (1973). "Results of adequate posterior decompression in the relief of spondylotic cervical myelopathy". Journal of Neurosurgery. 38 (6): 684–692. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  • Management of Cervical Disc Lesions And Spondylosis by Posterior Approaches (1977) Fager, CA (1977). "Management of Cervical Disc Lesions And Spondylosis by Posterior Approaches". Neurosurgery. 24 (CN_suppl_1): 488–507. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  • Intracranial Aneurysms Results of Surgical Treatment (1960) Fager, CA; Poppen, JL (1960). "Intracranial Aneurysms Results of Surgical Treatment". Journal of Neurosurgery. 17 (2): 283–296. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "The Society of Neurological Surgeons". Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Fager, Neurosurgeon and Namesake of Great Racehorse, Dies at 90". Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 Fager, Charles Anthony (1989). Atlas of spinal surgery. 17.
  4. ↑ "Neurosurgeon Dr. Charles Fager Dies". Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "John A. Nerud, Hall of Fame Thoroughbred Trainer, Dies at 102". Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Charles Fager, Dies at 90; Lent Name to a Racetrack Champion". Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Son Of Human Dr. Fager Looks Back At The Equine Dr. Fager". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Pioneering neurosurgeon Dr Charles Fager dies at 90". Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Fager: The horse, the name, the stuff of legend". Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Book Review: Atlas of Spinal Surgery; 1990". Lea & Febiger. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  11. ↑ Fager, Charles Anthony (2004). Stop talking to the jury: stories of a medical witness. Jay Street Pub.
  12. ↑ Fager, Charles Anthony (2001). Quality of the Issue: Memoirs and Perspectives of a Neurosurgeon. Vantage Pr. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  13. ↑ Fager, Charles Anthony (2004). A Hole in the Wind : The Story of a Man and His Horse. Jay Street Pub. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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