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Resident 1964 David B. Levine, MD, spoke in January at the Museum of the City of New York on “The Diseased, Crippled and Neglected: Orthopaedic Medicine in Civil War New York and Beyond.”
four scholarships Enduring Freedom awarded each year as a member of the to young orthoSpecial Operations paedic surgeons Surgical Team. He through the Ameriprovided damage can Osteopathic control surgical Resident Class of 1974 Association and support to In June, Thomas P. Sculco, MD, was Japanese OrthopaeAmerican and delighted to accept an honor bestowed on dic Association. Dr. Coalition special him from the town of Corigliano Calabro in Tyler was honored operations forces in Italy upon behalf of the entire Sculco family. to represent her austere, outside the The Resident Class of 2013 gathered with their families Dr. Sculco recalls that his grandparents left department abroad wire locations and to celebrate after Graduation last year. Corigliano Calabro for the United States and found the expewas awarded the over 110 years ago and settled in Westerly, rience exciting and rewarding. She, along NATO Service Medal, the National Defense RI. The New England town attracted many with her colleagues, traveled throughout Service Medal and the Global War on from Calabria because it had granite quarJapan learning surgical practices and Terrorism Service Medal. Alison T. Kitay, ries, and many of the Calabrese came to presenting their research and experiences MD, completed a hand surgery fellowship cut the stone. Many remained in Rhode Isat various universities. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and has land, raised their families and became part started as an attending physician and Resident Class of 2011 of the melting pot of the United States. Dr. assistant professor at MedStar GeorgeSculco’s grandfather was a cheesemaker town Orthopaedic Institute in Washington, Duretti T. Fufa, MD, who specializes in for the Italian community and became DC. She and her husband, Ed, are hand surgery, with additional expertise in quite famous for the amazing cheese that expecting their second child this fall. reconstruction and microsurgery and exhe made. His grandparents raised eight Samuel A. Taylor, MD, completed a ceptional training in both orthopaedic and children, all who went on to be successful, fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder plastic surgery, is enjoying volunteering her including an engineer, surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery, time with the organizaa neurosurgeon and where he served as co-chief fellow. He tion Health Volunteers Dr. Sculco’s father, a was awarded the J. Whit Ewing Resident/ Overseas. famous trumpet player Fellow Essay Award at the AANA 2014 with the “big bands” in Resident Annual Meeting for his paper “Standard the 1940s. He credits Diagnostic Arthroscopy Fails to Fully Class of 2013 these successes to Evaluate the Biceps-Labral Complex.” He Milton T.M. Little, MD, their encouragement has joined the Sports Medicine and completed a Trauma of hard work, educaShoulder Surgery Service at Hospital for Fellowship at Harbortion and excelling at Special Surgery. Moira McCarthy, MD, Professor Matsuda from Kyoto University, a geisha view Medical Center and Wakenda Tyler, MD, during Dr. Tyler’s traveling whatever you do. The completed a fellowship in sports medicine and has started as an fellowship in Japan. Sculco family remains and shoulder surgery at Hospital for assistant attending appreciative of the town’s kindness and Special Surgery, where she served as orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of treasures this unique honor. co-chief fellow. She has joined the Sports Orthopaedic Trauma and Adult ReconMedicine and Shoulder Surgery Service at struction Surgery at Cedars-Sinai in Los Resident Class of 2007 Hospital for Special Surgery. Benjamin Angeles, CA. Major Marschall Berkes, McArthur, MD, completed a fellowship in In May, Wakenda K. Tyler, MD, particiMD, an attending orthopaedic surgeon at adult reconstruction at Mayo Clinic. He has pated in the Japanese AO Traveling FelLandstuhl Regional Medical Center in joined the Washington Orthopaedics and lowship, which was a three-week traveling Germany, was deployed to Afghanistan for Sports Medicine group in Washington, DC. fellowship to Japan. She received one of six months in support of Operation
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