High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Buchan Duthie, CBE FRCSE FRCS (4 May 1925 - 25 December 2005) was a US-born British orthopaedic surgeon who established the prestige of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and built its leading reputation for musculoskeletal medicine. He developed novel methods of injury management and contributed to teaching and research, turning Oxford into a major centre for training. From 1973 to 1978 he served on the Pearson commission.