David Marsh Bosworth (23 January 1897, in New York City – 11 July 1979, in Vermont) was an American orthopedic surgeon and medical educator.
[1] He studied medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, member of Phi Chi medical fraternity,[2] graduating cum laude in 1921, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa society.
He then worked as Instructor of Anatomy at the University of Vermont College of Medicine for three years before becoming Lecturer in Anatomy at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1925 and then orthopedic resident at the New York Orthopaedic Hospital in 1926.
He was also Consultant Surgeon of the New York City Police Department from 1945, Impartial Specialist to the New York Supreme Court and the United States Department of Labor, and examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery from 1940 to 1966.
[1] He was awarded membership of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, and became the only foreign recipient of the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure in April 1968.