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Awards RESIDENTS DAVID B. LEVINE, MD (1964), was
elected Historian of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons at its 63rd annual meeting in Dublin, Ireland, in June. Dr. Levine, founder and Director of the HSS Archives, has served previously as Historian of the Interurban Orthopaedic Society.
CATHLEEN L. RAGGIO, MD (1984), was appointed to the Medical Advisory Board of The Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation. SOMMER HAMMOUD, MD (2011), was
presented with the Russell F. Warren, MD, Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Basic/Translational Research. HAN JO KIM, MD (2011), received
the Lewis Clark Wagner, MD, Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Clinical/Translational Research.
PETER FABRICANT, MD (PGY-4), recently
received a new OREF Resident Educational Grant for the study of “The Impact of Scoliosis Surgery on the Adolescent Athlete.”
FELLOWS JANE E. SALMON, MD (1983), received a new research award from the Lupus Research Institute in collaboration with Columbia University for “A Novel, Exploratory Approach to Delineating the Mechanism of the Increased Risk of Preeclampsia in SLE.” JO A. HANNAFIN, MD (1991, 1992), was
elected to the presidential line of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and will be the first woman to receive this honor. HOLLIS G. POTTER, MD (1992), was inducted as a senior fellow into the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and served as a member of the Biomedical Imaging Technology (BMIT) study group for NIH. ROBERT G. MARX, MD, MSC, FRCSC (2000),
was appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). TEENA SHETTY, MD (2006), was named and featured as one of Crain’s New York’s “40 Under Forty.”
Accolades GREGORY J. GALANO, MD (2011), was presented with the Chief Fellow plaque by John Blanco, MD, chair of the Fellowship Committee.
received the Charles L. Christian, MD, Award for Excellence in Musculoskeletal Research.
CATHERINE HAYTER, MD (2011),
received the Philip D. Wilson, MD, Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research.
AARON KRYCH, MD (2011),
LEI LI, MD (2011), was the recipient of one of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine’s Resident Travel Awards for her abstract “Cervical Spine Disease is a Risk Factor for Persistent Phrenic Nerve Paresis Following Interscalene Block for Shoulder Surgery.” Dr. Li participated under the direction of Victor M. Zayas, MD, Director of Pediatric Anesthesia at HSS. Dr. Li’s abstract was one of only three that were chosen from more than 250 submissions.
RESIDENT & FELLOW MATHIAS P. BOSTROM, MD (1995, 1996),
received the Nancy Kane Bischoff Mentor Award for consistently demonstrating concern for the interests and welfare of the residents and acting as a trusted guide. He has also been named to the presidential line for the Orthopaedic Research Society and will assume the presidency in 2015. SABRINA STRICKLAND, MD (2001, 2002),
was the recipient of the Philip D. Wilson, Jr., MD, Teaching Award for outstanding commitment to resident education as deemed by the graduating chief residents. TRAVIS G. MAAK, MD (2011, CURRENT SPORTS MEDICINE AND SHOULDER FELLOW), was the recipient of the J.C.
McDaniel Award for Resident Leadership. The winner of this award is a chief resident who demonstrates a high level of professional skill, dedication to the ethics of medicine and commitment to resident education and to the community of HSS.
HSS STAFF served on the Steering Committee and chaired a session on “Facilitating Productive Collaborations” for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental
RICHARD BOCKMAN, MD, PHD,
Biology (FASEB) sponsored research symposium on “Engaging Basic Scientists in Translational Research” held at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He also serves as Chairman of the Calcium Subcommittee of the Professional Practice Committee of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) and was appointed to the Steering and Planning Committee of the Clinical Endocrinology Update meeting of the Endocrine Society. ADELE L. BOSKEY, PHD, was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Calcified Tissue International.
was a guest speaker at the Joint Meeting of the Bone Research Society and British Orthopedic Research Society in Cambridge, UK.
MARY GOLDRING, PHD,
was an invited lecturer at the Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids, Mich.
STEVEN R. GOLDRING, MD,
QIU GUO, PHD, received a new research award from the Feldstein Medical Foundation to study “Micro RNA Regulation of the Interferon Pathway in SLE.”
was appointed Chair of the NIH Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Special Grants Review Committee Study Section.
JOSEPH M. LANE, MD,
recently joined the HSS Hand and Upper Extremity Service and has been named Research Director of the HSS Center for Brachial Plexus and Complex Nerve Injury, which opens this fall.
STEVE K. LEE, MD,
THERESA LU, MD, PHD, was
invited to be a Charter Member of the NIH Atherosclerosis and Inflammation of the Cardiovascular System Study Section.
was invited by the FDA to participate in a public workshop held by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health to discuss the Center’s new Innovation Initiative. The purpose of the workshop was to solicit feedback on the Medical Device Innovation Initiative, an effort to accelerate and reduce the cost of development and regulatory evaluation of innovative medical devices safely and based on sound science.
TIMOTHY M. WRIGHT, PHD,
ENGAGING LEADERS. CONNECTING PEERS.
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