Pennsylvania orthopedic surgeon dies at 71

Pennsylvania orthopedic surgeon Robert Armstrong, MD, died Dec. 7 at the Butler (Pa.) Memorial Hospital following a brief illness, according to a Dec. 10 obituary.

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Dr. Armstrong took an interest in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine after sustaining a rotator cuff injury in high school. He graduated from Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and from medical school in New Jersey. He then completed an orthopedic residency at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, N.J. 

He went on to work as a surgeon in Clarion, Pa., performing countless operations throughout his career, according to the obituary. 

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