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R. Morton Bolman, II, Award (Trauma Surgery)
R. Morton Bolman II, MD - 1915-1966
The Executive Council of the Indiana Chapter voted at its quarterly meeting in November 1997, to create a fourth research award for a trauma paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Chapter. The chapter awards prizes to the best papers in general surgery, specialty surgery, and trauma surgery. The new award will be the second in trauma surgery. The award will be named in honor of Dr. R. Morton Bolman II who was the sixth president of the Chapter.
Dr. Bolman, a Ft. Wayne native, attended Northwestern University in Chicago from which he achieved baccalaureate, masters, and Doctor of Medicine degrees. He interned at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Bolman served in Europe during World War II. Upon his return to Ft. Wayne following the War, he petitioned the American Board of Surgery, then only 9 years old, to take its examination. Based upon the operative case experience documented in his Army surgical log book, Dr. Bolman was granted admission to and passed the American Board of Surgery examination.
He joined the St. Joseph Hospital medical staff organization of which his father had been a founding member as the first Board certified surgeon in town. Dr. Bolman recruited a number of young surgeons to Ft. Wayne, and he built one of the largest surgical practices in Indiana. He anonymously assisted nursing and medical students so that they could attend school.
Dr. Bolman fostered scientific investigation in surgery during his tenure as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Joseph Hospital. Under Dr. Bolman's leadership St. Joseph Hospital opened an animal experimentation laboratory and a surgical amphitheater and it hosted countless visiting surgeons who demonstrated the latest surgical techniques.
In 1959, at a meeting of the Indiana and Kentucky Chapters of the American College of Surgeons, along with the Kentucky Surgical Society, Dr. Bolman presented a memorable Presidential Address entitled THE ULTIMATE SURGEON. Dr. Bolman described eloquently those qualities which best characterize surgeons. Dr. Bolman died at the age of 51. He lived a life of fullness and intensity. He was a man consumed by a yearning to live surgery. He loved medicine.
William W. Turner, Jr. MD FACS
Dr. Bolman fostered scientific investigation in surgery during his tenure as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Joseph Hospital. Under Dr. Bolman's leadership St. Joseph Hospital opened an animal experimentation laboratory and a surgical amphitheater and it hosted countless visiting surgeons who demonstrated the latest surgical techniques.
In 1959, at a meeting of the Indiana and Kentucky Chapters of the American College of Surgeons, along with the Kentucky Surgical Society, Dr. Bolman presented a memorable Presidential Address entitled THE ULTIMATE SURGEON. Dr. Bolman described eloquently those qualities which best characterize surgeons. Dr. Bolman died at the age of 51. He lived a life of fullness and intensity. He was a man consumed by a yearning to live surgery. He loved medicine.
William W. Turner, Jr. MD FACS
Award Winners
1998 Mustafa Kabeer, M.D.1999 Brian Kogon, M. D.2000 D. Selzer, M. D.2001 No Award2002 Chad Wiesenauer, M.D.2003 No Award2004 John A. Sandoval, M.D.2005 No Award2006 No Award2007 Jeffrey Staron, MD2008 Ben Williams, M.D.2009 No Award2010 Brian Rapp, MD2011 No Award2012 Patrick Davis, BA2013 Daniel Weber, MD2014 James Butler, MD2015 Kevin O'Connor, MD2016 Scott Dolejs, MD