Supported jointly by OTA and AO/North America
This lectureship was established to honor the memory of Dr. John Border.
John Border was instrumental in the development of modern trauma care and in particular, modern orthopaedic trauma care. He was the pioneer in the concept of total care and the implications of the orthopaedic injuries on the total management of the trauma patient. He was also a surgeon scientist, using both his clinical observations and basic science research to further his patient care in Orthopaedic Trauma.
| 2025 | Stand in the Door - Life and Leadership Lessons from Faith, Family, and the Airborne Infantry James P. Stannard, MD |
| 2024 | An Up Close and Personal Conversation with OTA Past Presidents Moderators: Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FIOTA; Michael T. Archdeacon, MD, MSE, FIOTA |
| 2023 | How Can I Change the World? Robert Probe, MD, MBA |
| 2022 | We Stand on the Shoulders of Giants: Our Mentors Our Teachers David L. Helfet, MD |
| 2021 | Living with No Excuses Noah Galloway |
| 2020 | Stephen K. Benirschke, MD |
| 2019 | What Matters Milton Chip L. Routt, MD |
| 2018 | The Evolution of the Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon in North America John H. Wilber, MD |
| 2017 | Observations in Innovation Roy Sanders, MD |
| 2016 | In a Climate of Healthcare as a Commodity, What is the Role of the Individual Surgeon? Keith A. Mayo, MD |
| 2015 | Minimally Invasive Surgery - Past, Present, Future Christian Krettek, MD |
| 2014 | Long Term Careers in Orthopaedic Trauma: System Design and Career Development Andrew R. Burgess, MD |
| 2013 | Skeletal Trauma: Global Conundrum Bruce D. Browner, MD |
| 2012 | Orthopaedic Trauma - My Perspective James F. Kellam, MD, FRCS(C), FACS |
| 2011 | Femoral Neck Fracture Management - WWJD (John)? Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD |
| 2010 | Travels With John 2.0 Sigvard T. Hansen, Jr. MD |
| 2009 | Trauma Surgery Is Not Supposed To Be Easy Lawrence B. Bone, MD |
| 2008 | Orthopaedic Trauma Education: Industrial Strenght? Peter G. Trafton, MD, |
| 2007 | Once and Future Trauma Systems: Role of the Orthopaedic Surgeon A. Brent Eastman, MD, FACS |
| 2006 | Forty Years of Pelvic Trauma: Looking Back, Looking Forward Marvin Tile, MD |
| 2005 | Delaying Emergency Fracture Care - Fact of Fad Robert N. Meek, MD |
| 2004 | The Future of Education in Orthopaedic Surgery Michael W. Chapman, MD |
| 2003 | Tracking patient Outcomes: Lessons Learned and Future Directions in Trauma Orthopaedics Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD |
| 2002 | Thoughts on our Future Progress in Acetabular and Pelvic Fracture Surgery Joel M. Matta, MD |
| 2001 | Cancelled |
| 2000 | The Metamorphosis of the Trauma Surgeon to the Reconstructionist Jeffrey W. Mast, MD |
| 1999 | The Changing Role fo Internal Fixation - A Lifetime Pespective Sigvard T. Hansen, MD |
| 1998 | Travels with John: Blunt Multiple Trauma Sigvard T. Hansen, MD |
| 1997 | Trauma Care in Europe before and after John Border: The Evolution of Trauma Management at the University of Hannover Professor Harold Tscheme, MD |