A tribute to Dr. Freddie H. Fu: remembering a “good friend”

Abstract

The orthopaedic community is deeply saddened by the loss of renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Freddie H. Fu, on September 24. A relentless and irreconcilable disease has taken the “good friend” from us at the very early age of 70, when he was dwelling at the highest summit of the mountain of success he built with his own hands. Freddie was definitely a legend, but he has never been inaccessible. Apart from thousands of people he treated or restored to a higher degree of sportive performance, he built countless number of personal relationships with friends, fellows, students, and people from every possible area of the community. He never ceased to connect himself to the society and made everyone feel endeared to him, as a reason why many is mourning today and not only the orthopaedic community.