Inspiration for this Award
The Peter J. Fowler Career Clinical Educator Award was established to recognize an ISAKOS member who has demonstrated
a commitment to educational outcomes and medical education throughout their career. The award was created in honor of Dr. Peter Fowler,
the first president of ISAKOS, and a pioneer in his contributions to the development of sport medicine in Canada. With his career
start as the first orthopedic surgical resident at Western University under the mentorship of the late Dr. Jack Kennedy, Dr. Fowler
learned about and went on to perfect surgical techniques and rehabilitation using an arthroscope in aid of injured elite and amateur
athletes from across the country. Following the completion of his residency, he and Dr. Kennedy would go on to grow what began in
1974 as a small athletic injuries’ clinic into one of the largest, most comprehensive sport medicine clinics in North America,
The Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic. Among many other achievements, Dr. Fowler was elected as the president of the American
Orthopaedic Society for Sport Medicine, the most influential society in this specialty, where he was one of only two Canadians to
ever be honored with this position.