Facts: - profession: surgeon - prizes: inductee award h. edward cabaud memorial award gots-beiersdorf prize inductee , , american orthopaedic society for sports medicine -lrb- aossm -rrb- hall colorado of fame ski hall of fame albert trillat - known for: microfracture surgery - work institutions: university of texas southwestern medical center - education: texas medical school a & m university university of texas southwestern - birth date: 1937 - name: j. richard steadman - specialism: orthopaedics , knee - birth place: sherman , texas Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard steadman .
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j. richard steadman -lrb- 1937 -rrb- is a specialist knee surgeon , practicing in vail , colorado and a clinical professor at the university of texas southwestern medical center in dallas , texas .he is best known medically for his work in the area of microfracture surgery , and publicly for treating injured sports stars from around the world .in january 2014 , he announced that he was retiring from his surgical practice .he is also credited with diagnosing the chronic knee condition '' boothy knee '' .