Oklahoma Sports & Orthopedics Institute history

In 1965, Doctor Harry Livingston came to Tulsa to join Drs.

McDonald and Dague and also practiced most at SFH. After one year he went into solo practice and gradually over the next few years devoted almost his entire practice at SFH. In 1966 Doctor James Mayoza joined Drs.

They were then joined in 1970 by Doctor George Mauerman (a college football player from Vanderbilt) who carried the sports medicine ball for EOOC for way over 30 years at the University of Tulsa.

Doctor Peter Beck did the first all metal total hip replacement (designed by Doctor Ring). Doctor Eugene Feild did the first cemented total hip replacement at SFH in 1971; Doctor Norman Dunitz did the first cemented total hip replacement in Tulsa at St John Hospital.

The specialty of physical medicine has also grown at Saint Francis Hospital with the addition of Doctor Alexander Raptou in 1972.

In 1973 he was joined in practice by Doctor Henry Modrak to form the Tulsa Orthopedic Associates.

A bone bank at Saint Francis Hospital was established in 1976 under the guidance of Doctor Harry Livingston, the orthopedic chair in 1976.

About 1977, they were joined at OST by Doctor Donald Baldwin, who had been at the Springer Clinic for several years.

In 1990 EOOC began a Sports Medicine Fellowship training program, which trains 2 fellows and soon to be 3 fellows a year.

In 1995, Orthopedic Specialists of Tulsa and Central States Orthopedics merged their practices to form Central States Orthopedic Specialists, Inc.

Doctor Christopher Browne, fellowship trained in joint replacements, joined EOOC in 2001.