Alumni News Magazine - Spring 2015

THE MAGAZINE OF THE HSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | SPRING 2015

ALUMNI NEWS E N G AG I N G L E A D E R S. C O N N E C T I N G P E E R S.

HSS CLASS REPRESENTATIVES FORGING BONDS, FOSTERING PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

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WHO’S WHO IN YOUR HSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ALUMNI OFFICERS Mathias P. Bostrom, MD 2015 President New York, New York Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Secretary/Treasurer New York, New York

ADMINISTRATORS David B. Levine, MD Director, Alumni Affairs

Martha O’Brasky, MPA Administrative Director Alumni Affairs

Daniel S. Rich, MD Associate Director Alumni Affairs

Colleen O’Shea, MPA Manager, Alumni Affairs

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Devin Seelman Coordinator, Alumni Affairs

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES ALUMNI AFFAIRS COMMITTEE David B. Levine, MD Chair Todd J. Albert, MD Michael M. Alexiades, MD Adele L. Boskey, PhD Mathias P. Bostrom, MD Vincenzo Castellano, MD Alexander Christ, MD Charles N. Cornell, MD Matthew E. Cunningham, MD, PhD Gregory S. DiFelice, MD Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Carrie R. Guheen, MD Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD Allan E. Inglis Jr., MD Lana Kang, MD Richard S. King, MD Jason Lehman, MD Joseph A. Markenson, MD Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD Patrick V. McMahon, MD Douglas N. Mintz, MD Martha O’Brasky, MPA Martin J. O’Malley, MD Colleen O’Shea, MPA Brian Rebolledo, MD Daniel S. Rich, MD Leon Root, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD Bernard N. Stulberg, MD Apostolos P. Tambakis, MD K. Durham Weeks, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD Philip Williams, MD

Edward V. Craig, MD, MPH Mary K. Crow, MD Emily R. Dodwell, MD, MPH, FRCSC Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Allison Goldberg, MPA Steven R. Goldring, MD Carrie R. Guheen, MD Steven B. Haas, MD Bryan T. Kelly, MD Han Jo Kim, MD David B. Levine, MD Suzanne A. Maher, PhD Patrick V. McMahon, MD Douglas N. Mintz, MD Peter J. Moley, MD Danyal H. Nawabi, MD Martha O’Brasky, MPA Colleen O’Shea, MPA Douglas E. Padgett, MD Bernard A. Rawlins, MD Daniel S. Rich, MD Matthew M. Roberts, MD S. Robert Rozbruch, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD Bernard N. Stulberg, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD Timothy M. Wright, PhD

ALUMNI NEWS EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Marcia Ennis Editor Todd J. Albert, MD Mathias P. Bostrom, MD Mary K. Crow, MD Shevaun M. Doyle, MD ALUMNI MEETING David B. Levine, MD PLANNING COMMITTEE Joseph A. Markenson, MD Patrick V. McMahon, MD Todd J. Albert, MD Martha O’Brasky, MPA Chair Colleen O’Shea, MPA Mathias P. Bostrom, MD Daniel S. Rich, MD Charles N. Cornell, MD

Thomas P. Sculco, MD Sabrina M. Strickland, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Chair Todd J. Albert, MD Mathias P. Bostrom, MD Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD Lana Kang, MD David B. Levine, MD Joseph A. Markenson, MD Patrick V. McMahon, MD Douglas N. Mintz, MD Martha O’Brasky, MPA Colleen O’Shea, MPA Daniel S. Rich, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD Bernard N. Stulberg, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD

ARCHIVES COMMITTEE David B. Levine, MD Chair Andrew A. Sama, MD Associate Director Rie Smethurst, MSLIS

Committee Administrative Director Marcia Ennis Indira Garcia Pamela Kerns, Archivist John P. Lyden, MD Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD Lisa A. Mix, MLA Colleen O’Shea, MPA Anil S. Ranawat, MD Matthew M. Roberts, MD Timothy Roberts, MLS Thomas P. Sculco, MD K. Durham Weeks, MD

ACKNOWLEDGMENT Hospital for Special Surgery and the HSS Alumni Association gratefully thank the Autumn Benefit Committee for ongoing support and major funding for several medical education initiatives, including publication of Alumni News.

HOW TO CONTACT US HSS Alumni Affairs | Education & Academic Affairs | 535 East 70th Street | NewYork, NY 10021 212.606.1823 | 212.734.3833 (fax) | www.hss.edu | alumni@hss.edu FIND HSS ON THE WEB! Contributors Design: Christina Fisher Contributing Writers: Elizabeth Hanson, PhD; Mary Hargett; Colleen O’Shea, MPA; Devin Seelman Photography: Brad Hess; Don Pollard Photos at right (from top to bottom) Alumni convene at an AAOS Hospitality Suite; Richard Bucala, MD, PhD (Fellow 1989), working in Zambia; exterior shot of new HSS Stamford Outpatient Center; Enrique Goytizolo, MD (Fellow 1998 and HSS Attending Anesthesiologist), instructing Rana Movahedi, MD (Fellow 2008), and Marco Lotano, MD (Fellow 2011), at the January 2015 FATE course.

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TA B L E O F C O N T E N TS

THIS ISSUE H S S S P EC I A L F E AT U R E S

4 HSS Class Representatives: Forging Bonds, Fostering Professional Excellence

8 96th Annual Alumni Meeting

12 Distinguished Alumnus John J. Callaghan, MD

16 A Gene Links Malaria and Rheumatic Disease: HSS Fellow Richard Bucala, MD, PhD

17 Update on the International Society of Orthopaedic Centers

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2 From the Surgeon-in-Chief

7 Introducing our New HSS Class Representatives

7 Welcome to our Latest International Alumni Ambassador

3 From the Office of Alumni Affairs

13 Update on the Continuing Commitment to Education Excellence Campaign

14 Class Notes

18 HSS in Brief

19 In Memoriam

20 Awards & Accolades

21 HSS Alumni Active at National Meetings

21 What’s Trending on for[MD]

E DUC AT ION F E AT U R E S BC Education Program Calendar BC Spotlight on HSS eAcademy

ON COVER: Class Representative Sommer Hammoud, MD, led a BSEL Visiting Alumni Session in 2012 with residents Michael M. Khair, MD, and Benjamin A. McArthur, MD.

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F ROM THE

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TODD J. ALBERT, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief

I look forward to attending this month’s AAOS conference and convening with HSS colleagues and alumni.

Last fall’s Annual Alumni Meeting was my first activity with the association and it was impressive to see nearly 200 alumni return to the HSS campus to participate in a variety of offerings during the three-day span.

HSS SPINE SERVICE As you may have heard during the meeting, the HSS Spine and Scoliosis Services have been combined into one Spine Service.

Frank P. Cammisa, MD, has been named chief of this merged spine team. I thank Matthew E. Cunningham, MD, for his service as Interim Chief of the Scoliosis Service. The deformity expertise he and others have exhibited will help continue to solidify HSS’s differentiation as the leading spine program in the world.

MEDICAL STAFF CONFERENCE GUEST SPEAKER SESSIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE TO HSS ALUMNI We have secured a series of renowned guest speakers for a number of our monthly Medical Staff Conferences. Most recently, Gerald Hickson, MD, was the keynote speaker for our annual culture of safety program. He is a national expert in quality improvement and patient safety with particular interest in the area of individual behaviors that can weaken a culture of safety. Michael Chernew, PhD, and Steve

Udvarhelyi, MD, brought a collective wealth of knowledge and expertise in the forces influencing healthcare during this unprecedented time of change in the industry.

I am pleased to let you know that these three lectures are now available for exclusive alumni viewing by logging into www.hss.edu/eacademy and searching keyword “MedStaff.” I am certain you will find the sessions thought-provoking on pressing topics facing our industry. You will be notified of future presentations through email and a posted notice on the for[MD] portal.

HSS STAMFORD OUTPATIENT CENTER A significant milestone for HSS is the recent opening of a new location in Stamford, CT. See page 18 of this issue for additional details about the facility. Our expansion in this region strengthens our presence outside of New York City and meets patient needs closer to where they live and work.

ANNUAL ALUMNI MEETING FALL 2015 Plans for the 97th Annual Alumni Meeting are well underway and will include cutting-edge content and relevant guest and alumni speakers. Daniel J. Berry, MD, is confirmed as Surgeon-in-Chief Pro Tempore. Mark

your calendars for October 22–24, 2015, and please plan to attend.

This year, we are encouraging increased reunion class participation, and are working to expand recognition to resident class years at the notable anniversaries of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years. In addition, we will combine fellows in 10-year class/specialty increments. Participation as reunion classes gives us all an invaluable opportunity to network and connect.

Discounts for reunion class tables at the annual benefit are in the works to assist with creating opportunities to easily connect.

WITH APPRECIATION I am grateful to inform you that the 2014 Autumn Benefit was a tremendous success, thanks to your ongoing support and the dedicated efforts of my wife, committee chair Barbara Albert, and co-chairs Anne Altchek, Renee Flug, Ann Roberts and the Benefit Committee.

The event at Guastavino’s raised over $750,000 in support of medical education, the HSS Journal® and alumni initiatives.

Please reserve the date of October 23, 2015, for the benefit this fall.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the AAOS Annual Meeting.

PLEASE JOIN US! HSS @ AAOS ALUMNI EVENTS Alumni Hospitality Suite Thursday & Friday, March 26–27, 2015 11:30am–1:30pm | AquaKnox Restaurant, Aqua Room Conveniently located in Restaurant Row of the Venetian Hotel, which is connected to the Sands Expo Convention Center

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Alumni Cocktail Reception Friday, March 27, 2015 6:00–8:00pm Wynn Las Vegas, Sunset Terrace 3131 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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ALUMNI AFFAIRS Our 12th Surgeon-in-Chief,Todd J. Albert, MD, hit the ground running when he took over from Thomas P. Sculco, MD, in July 2014, less than a year ago.

One of his first challenges was to review HSS Orthopaedic Specialty Services and their chiefs for possible change. We like to keep alumni all over the world apprised of who the chiefs of services are at HSS, so that you can contact one directly.

For that reason, we are listing the specialty services with their current chief/ co-chiefs as of February 1, 2015. We believe that you, as HSS alumni, are VIPs and if you wish to refer a patient, you may want to contact a member of the HSS staff personally either by phone or email.

In addition, you should be aware that in the past year, under the leadership of Daniel S. Rich, MD (Resident 1982), Martha O’Brasky, MPA, Administrative Director, Alumni Affairs and Colleen O’Shea, MPA, Manager, Alumni Affairs, the new password-controlled alumni social networking platform, for[MD], allows you to post cases securely for discussion, questions and answers.

Clicking on the link www.hss.edu/ alumniservices will bring you to a for[MD] log-in and also lists a market basket filled with services of great potential. Try it – you’ll like it, guaranteed!

GAME CHANGERS Traditionally, service chiefs are appointed by the surgeon-in-chief. For many years dating back to the 1900s, a chief could remain in the position for years. There

DAVID B. LEVINE, MD

Director, Alumni Affairs Director, Archives

were no rules set in stone regarding service chief tenure. I was Chief of the Scoliosis Service for 28 years, from 1967 to 1995, when I retired from patient care.

I served in that position under four surgeons-in-chief (Robert Lee Patterson Jr., MD, Philip D. Wilson Jr., MD, Andrew J. Weiland, MD, and Russell F. Warren, MD). Last October, Oheneba BoachieAdjei, MD, who replaced me in 1995, moved back to Ghana after serving as Scoliosis Chief for 20 years. But now, as we are halfway into the second decade of this 21st century, the game is changing.

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY SERVICES Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement Division Douglas E. Padgett, MD, Chief, Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement Division 212.606.1642

The Scoliosis Service has now been combined into the Spine Service. This was the oldest scoliosis service in the country, starting back with Walter Truslow in 1899. John Cobb made it into one of the most famous, sought-after places to visit or train for young doctors interested in studying scoliosis.

Hand and Upper Extremity Service

The Chair in Scoliosis, established in 2006, is now fully funded for over $2 million by many dedicated donors, grateful patients and families and friends of the hospital. As the Scoliosis Research Society celebrates its 50th year in Minneapolis this September, it has continued to place the name “scoliosis” at the forefront of orthopaedics in global healthcare and keep it there. I expect HSS to follow suit.

Orthopaedic Trauma Service David L. Helfet, MD, Chief 212.606.1888

Mathias P. Bostrom, MD, Chief, Hip Service 212.606.1674 Steven B. Haas, MD, Chief, Knee Service 212.606.1852 Mark P. Figgie, MD, Chief, Surgical Arthritis Service, 212.606.1932 Foot and Ankle Service Matthew M. Roberts, MD, Chief 212.606.1181 Edward A. Athanasian, MD, Chief 212.606.1962 Hip Preservation Service Robert L. Buly, MD, Chief 212.606.1971 Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service S. Robert Rozbruch, MD, Chief 212.606.1415 Metabolic Bone Disease Musculoskeletal Oncology Service Joseph M. Lane, MD, Chief 212.606.1172

Pediatric Orthopaedic Service Roger F. Widmann, MD, Chief 212.606.1325 Spine Service Frank P. Cammisa Jr., MD, Chief 212.606.1946 Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service Bryan T. Kelly, MD, Chief 212.606.1159

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HSS Class Repre Forging Bonds, Fostering Professional Excellence Five years ago, the Class Representative program was launched to further invigorate the already dynamic HSS alumni network by improving communications, increasing the engagement of alumni and attendance at events and identifying potential avenues for alumni collaboration. In this short time, Class Representatives have championed an array of alumni programs and services into existence.

Today the group totals 74 and includes representatives from residents and fellows in each specialty, for most years since 1977.

International Alumni Ambassadors work with the Class Representatives and the Office of Alumni Affairs to boost HSS’s worldwide reach and reputation (see sidebar). Each year, two professional meetings provide an opportunity for Class Representatives and International Alumni Ambassadors to convene: the Annual HSS Alumni Meeting and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting (AAOS, upcoming, March 24–28 in Las Vegas).

“With the busy professional lives that we lead, it is hard to keep up with all of our classmates and alma maters,” says Gregory S. DiFelice, MD (Resident 1999).

But I feel that each one of us has a special fondness of our time at HSS and the maturation that we all went through together. The Class Representative program has been a great way to stay updated on each others’ whereabouts and accomplishments and help foster initiatives of importance and relevance to the alumni community.”

Communication lies at the core of the

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Class Representatives’ agenda, whether through face-to-face social gatherings, opportunities for mentoring and teaching, or using social media to compare notes on cases. By maintaining contact with class members and the HSS community, and promoting alumni activities and events, Class Representatives create and maintain a vibrant network essential to the success of the Alumni Association. They also work to enhance connection and community by boosting HSS alumni attendance at specialty meetings.

Supported by the Office of Alumni Affairs, HSS Class Representatives have spearheaded the following programs:

AAOS Hospitality Suite Need a place to retreat from the bustle of the AAOS conference? Look for the HSS Hospitality Suite – and thank the HSS Class Representatives for initiating this benefit, which provides a place to relax and reconnect with colleagues while grabbing a bite to eat. This year’s suite will be at the AquaKnox Aqua Room, in the Venetian Restaurant Row.

Bioskills Education Laboratory (BSEL) Visiting Alumni Program This program gives alumni who work outside of HSS an opportunity to return as visiting instructors for residents and fellows in HSS’s nationally accredited simulated surgical training facility. These sessions build relationships between trainees and alumni, foster lifelong learning and promote the exchange of diversified surgical knowl-

edge and strategies. Scheduling visits to coincide with the Visiting Professor Lecture Series and Resident Journal Club provides additional opportunities for participation.

Visiting alumni also can observe in the OR. “I spent an afternoon working with the residents at the Bioskills Lab, performing ACL reconstructions,” says Domenick J. Sisto, MD (Resident 1984). The facility is first-rate and the enthusiasm of the residents was infectious – it was an exhilarating day. I strongly recommend each alumnus to volunteer to teach!”

Watch for the upcoming announcement of BSEL visiting alumni for 2015. To date, the following alumni have participated: 2014: Benjamin A. McArthur, MD (Resident 2013), Charles L. Nelson, MD (Fellow 1998), and Christopher S. Smith, MD (Fellow 2012) 2013: Asheesh Bedi, MD (Fellow 2009), Domenick J. Sisto, MD (Resident 1984), Robert C. Klapper, MD (Resident 1988), and Christopher Wahl, MD (Fellow 2002) 2012: Sommer Hammoud, MD (Resident 2011) In addition to conducting the BSEL session, several alumni took part in additional opportunities while visiting HSS. Dr. Bedi conducted a Journal Club. Dr. Klapper observed surgery of current attending Chitranjan Ranawat, MD (Fellow 1969). Dr. Wahl observed surgeries of current attendings David S. Wellman, MD (Fellow 2011), and Dean G. Lorich, MD (Fellow 1996).

Professional Leadership Education Scholarship The first Professional Leadership Education Scholarship was recently awarded to Samir Trehan, MD. This scholarship is designed to support PGY–4 HSS residents in developing the skills to become effective

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sentatives International Alumni Ambassadors HSS is a world-class institution with an international alumni network. To engage alumni outside the United States, increase the visibility of HSS worldwide and cultivate international learning opportunities, the Alumni Association inaugurated the HSS International Alumni Ambassador Program in 2010.

Domenick J. Sisto, MD, conducted a BSEL Visiting Alumni Program performing ACL reconstructions.

teachers and successful leaders. Currently, trainees can apply for the scholarship to attend the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Leadership Skills Training Program for Chief Residents and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Residents as Teachers and Leadership Course.

for[MD] Alumni Online Community Portal Class Representatives and International Alumni Ambassadors have championed for[MD] to foster professional exchange and build loyalty. With for[MD], alumni can create profiles, connect, receive event updates, and securely discuss cases in a HIPAAcompliant platform. Internal and external alumni from the Foot and Ankle Service are active users of this platform, and Ogonna (Kenny) Nwaka, MD, is leading radiology alumni to encourage discussion of cases.

Ultimately, the aim is for each service to have an outlet for bringing together alumni at HSS and around the world.

HSS eAcademy

This award-winning digital platform brings educational and academic programs to the HSS community and medical professionals worldwide, as well as to patients and the public. Class Representatives are working to spread the word about this valuable resource.

Go to www.hss.edu/eAcademy to find: • Annual HSS Alumni Meeting • HSS Visiting Professor Lecture Series • Surgical Video Library • NEW! Guest speakers at HSS Medical Staff Conferences • CME and GME programs

Subspecialty Alumni Events Class Representatives are active in promoting alumni gatherings at subspecialty meetings. The Foot and Ankle Service held their first reception at the AOFAS last September. The Division of Rheumatology hosts an alumni reception at the ACR/ ARHP annual meeting. The W Society, created in honor of Drs. Russell F. Warren and Thomas L. Wickiewicz, has held engaging forums during AOSSM meetings since 2011. Radiology and Imaging alumni convene at the Annual Society of Skeletal

One of the most important responsibilities of these ambassadors is to host HSS residents during their travel electives. In addition, members of this cadre of talented physicians, all of whom completed graduate medical education at HSS: • Represent HSS in their countries, and serve as liaisons for HSS in the international medical community onduct outreach activities to promote • C partnership opportunities on behalf of HSS • A ssist in needs assessments and development of CME programs erve as HSS Journal® reviewers • S

Radiology. The Department of Anesthesiology holds annual dinners with alumni at the ASRA and ASA meetings. The Hand and Upper Extremity Service conducts Hand Club meetings at the ASSH. Gatherings are regularly held for ARJR alumni at AAHKS annual meetings. Class Representatives also continue to champion ongoing Alumni Association activities, such as the HSS Alumni Physician Referral Program, which streamlines the process by which external alumni refer patients to HSS. Do you have an idea for an initiative, program, or event to engage HSS alumni and strengthen the community? Contact your Class Representative (see list on page 6).

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Meet your Class Representatives Do you have an idea for an initiative, program or event to engage HSS alumni and strengthen the community? Contact your Class Representative!

Resident Class Representatives

Wakenda K. Tyler, MD, MPH

2007

Jon B. Wang, MD

1977

William Robertson, MD

2008

Richard L. Salzer, MD

1978

Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD

2009

Lewis B. Lane, MD

1979

2010

John Doherty Jr., MD

1980

Daryl C. Osbahr, MD Seth Sherman, MD

John F. Mendes, MD

1981

Sommer Hammoud, MD

2011

Robert E. Atkinson, MD

1982

Michael B. Cross, MD

2012

Thomas J. Nordstrom, MD

1983

Samuel A. Taylor, MD

2013

Domenick J. Sisto, MD

1984

K. Durham Weeks, MD

2014

Thomas M. Mauri, MD

1985

Thomas H. McCoy, MD

1986

Fellow Class Representatives

Robert C. Klapper, MD

1988

1977

Steven H. Stern, MD

1989

Joseph A. Markenson, MD Rheumatology

Scott G. Kantor, MD

1990

Karen Onel, MD, Rheumatology

1995

William F. Flynn Jr., MD

1991

Paul E. Kovatis, MD, Foot & Ankle

1996

Peter F. Rizzo, MD

1992

2002

G. Hadley Callaway, MD

1993

Peter J. Moley, MD, Physiatry Christopher J. Wahl, MD Sports Medicine

John T. Braun, MD

1994

2005

John C. L’Insalata, MD

1995

Christopher T. Behr, MD

1996

Laurence D. Higgins, MD

1997

Lana Kang, MD, Hand James D. O’Holleran, MD Sports Medicine Jonathan Samuels, MD, Rheumatology

Kevin F. Bonner, MD

1998

Jeffrey R. Dugas, MD Gregory S. DiFelice, MD

1999

Adam B. Shafritz, MD

2000

David C. Johnson, MD

2001

Matthew M. Roberts, MD

2002

Aruna Seneviratne, MD

2003

Martin Dolan, MD

2004

Peter D. Asnis, MD

2005

Christina Kuo, MD Anil S. Ranawat, MD

2006

Travis G. Maak, MD, Sports Medicine 2012 Burak Yagmur Ozturk, MD Sports Medicine Demetris Delos, MD, Sports Medicine 2013 Mazda Tabrizi Farshad, MD, MPH Spine Kathleen L. Davenport, MD Physiatry MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, Foot & Ankle Denis Nam, MD, ARJR Nina Suh, MD, Hand Susan Kim, MD, Rheumatology Jeremy LaMothe, MD, Trauma

2013

Soumya Darshan Chakravarty, MD, Rheumatology John Karbassi, MD, Spine/Scoliosis Erik A. Schnaser, MD, ARJR Joshua Schroeder, MD, Spine Wesley Tran, MD, Trauma Ogonna (Kenny) Nwawka, MD Radiology & Imaging

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International Ambassadors

Andrew A. Brief, MD, Foot & Ankle 2006 Jonas R. Rudzki, MD, Sports Medicine Yi Lin, MD, Anesthesiology Lorne E. Weeks, MD, Orthopaedics

2007

Juliet Brause Aizer, MD, MPH Rheumatology

2008

Asheesh Bedi, MD, Sports Medicine 2009 Christopher Cook, MD, Anesthesia Jonathan Lam, MD, PhD, Hand 2010 Yoshimi Endo, MD, Radiology Jessica K. Gordon, MD, Rheumatology

Wun-Jer Shen, MD, Taiwan

1994

George A. C. Murrell, MD, PhD Australia

1995

Clemente Ibarra, MD, Mexico James Linklater, MD, Australia

1997

Ashish Diwan, MD, Australia

2000

William L. Walter, MBBS, FRACS, PhD, Australia

2003

Andrea Baldini, MD, Italy

2004

Patrick S. Sussmann, MD, Switzerland 2005 Panagiotis Koulouvaris, MD, Greece 2006 Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, Ghana

Assoc.

The Lance E. Peters, MD, Memorial Biomechanics Award A tragedy galvanized the Class of 1999 as members began planning their 10th reunion, and as the Class Representative program got underway: Lance E. Peters, MD (Resident 1999; Fellow 2011) passed away.

As a memorial tribute, the class, represented by Gregory S. DiFelice, MD, along with others at HSS, established the

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Lance E. Peters, MD, Memorial Fund to facilitate the Lance E. Peters, MD, Memorial Biomechanics Award. The award honors a top biomechanics research paper by a resident, clinical or research fellow.

Recipients of the award to date are: 2014 Michael B. Cross, MD 2012 Mark M. Dolan, MD 2013 Danyal H. Nawabi, MD

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INTRODUCING OUR NEW

HSS CLASS REPRESENTATIVES BURAK YAGMUR OZTURK, MD Sports Medicine & Shoulder Fellowship, Class of 2012 burakyagmurozturk@hotmail.com

After completing his fellowship in 2012 at HSS, Burak Yagmur Ozturk, MD, returned home to his country, Turkey, and began his practice as an orthopaedic surgeon in various state hospitals in Anatolia. Last year Dr. Ozturk moved to Istanbul, his favorite city in the world – along with New York – where he started working as a specialist in sports medicine and shoulder surgery.

He is currently involved in clinical care of athletes and patients with shoulder and elbow problems, as well as training residents in a state-funded education and research hospital. Since 2012, he has served as the team physician for senior and junior Turkish national team handball squads and several team handball clubs. He is also the national orthopaedic consultant for the International School Sport Federation in Turkey. A former professional player, Dr. Ozturk continues to play team handball in national team handball league.

OGONNA (KENNY) NWAWKA, MD Radiology & Imaging Fellow, Class of 2014 nwawkao@hss.edu

Kenny Nwawka, MD, is an assistant attending radiologist at HSS, where she recently completed her fellowship in Musculoskeletal Imaging. As a fellow, Dr. Nwawka participated in numerous research projects that have gone on to produce multiple publications in the radiology and orthopaedic surgery literature. Trained in all realms of musculoskeletal imaging and interventions, Dr. Nwawka is particularly interested in nerve imaging and musculoskeletal ultrasound. She is the recipient of a grant from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine to study applications of ultrasound in nerve imaging.

Dr. Nwawka enjoys travel, having lived in four different countries during her childhood and visiting many more. Currently, her favorite city to visit is Barcelona, and she is taking suggestions for future travel destinations. She also plays tennis and the guitar, both of them poorly but enthusiastically.

JOSH SCHROEDER, MD Spine Fellow, Class of 2014 schroeder.josh@gmail.com

Since leaving HSS, Josh Schroeder, MD, has moved back to Jerusalem, Israel, where he works as an attending spine surgeon at the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center.

He covers two hospitals, taking care of congenital, pediatric and adult spine pathologies as part of a team of three surgeons in charge of the population of Jerusalem and the surrounding villages.

WELCOME TO OUR LATEST

INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI AMBASSADOR JAMES LINKLATER, MD

Radiology & Imaging Fellow, Class of 1997 linklj@bigpond.com

Upon completing his MRI fellowship in 1997, James Linklater, MD, returned to Sydney, Australia, where he works in private practice, providing comprehensive sports imaging services to a number of professional sporting teams and elite sportsmen. Dr. Linklater is actively involved in research and teaching and is immediate past president of the Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG). He lives in Sydney with his wife and two children and enjoys surfing and skiing.

Our HSS International Alumni Ambasadors have completed their graduate medical education at HSS and have been nominated.

We welcome Dr. Linklater as the newest representative. The program now numbers 10 ambassadors, representing 7 different countries. A major goal of the program is to engage ambassadors to participate in hosting an HSS resident during his/her travel elective.

The ambassadors work with the Alumni Association to identify new opportunities worldwide for future partnerships in integrating best practices, sharing research, and creating educational programming. With the current international climate and the globalization of medicine, we are excited for the future and what this program can accomplish.

“It is a great honor to be appointed an HSS International Alumni Ambassador. I am grateful to HSS and to Dr. Potter in particular for teaching me a commitment to excellence and academic enquiry.

I look forward to working with my fellow alumni.”

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96TH ANNUAL

ALUMNI MEETING The Alumni Association conducted another outstanding annual meeting from Thursday, October 30, through Saturday, November 1, 2014. The 7th Annual HSS Education Leadership Program kicked off the CME-accredited program. Anne E. Van Heest, MD, facilitated a seminar focused on measuring performances and innovations in education that are necessary to develop effective teaching skills.

After the program, alumni donned festive attire and headed to Guastavino’s for the Annual HSS Autumn Benefit, which raised over $750,000 in support of medical education initiatives.

The meeting resumed early Friday morning with resident case presentations and a lecture by Georg Schett, MD, Physician-in-Chief Pro-Tempore. The day continued with several symposiums on scoliosis, bone remodeling, the role of vitamin D in sports medicine and new techniques in joint replacement. Debate sessions examined outpatient vs. inpatient total knee replacement, the use of rhBMP-2 in spinal surgery and the use of tranexamic acid for joint replacement surgery. Alumni Association President Bernard N. Stulberg, MD, presided over an informative Annual Business Meeting.

The Alumni Association was pleased to honor several alumni during the afternoon award session, including Distinguished Alumnus John J. Callaghan, MD, Matthew E. Cunningham, MD, PhD, recipient of the Andrew N. Swanson, MD, Memorial Spine Award, and Michael B. Cross, MD, recipient of the Lance Peters, MD, Memorial Biomechanics Award. Poster Presentation Awards were also presented to selected residents and fellows, please see page 20 for the 2014 winners.

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the meeting to recruit alumni participants for her study “Effect of Impaction Variability Among Surgeons – A Mechanical Analysis.”

Alumni eagerly volunteered to visit the Bioskills Education Laboratory to test out the impact a surgical mallet has on the femoral head. Friday evening concluded with a large gathering of alumni at the Annual Cocktail Reception at the Knickerbocker Club.

The Saturday morning session began with a special presentation from David B. Levine, MD, on the history of nursing at HSS. Additional meeting highlights included a lecture by Serena S. Hu, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief Pro-Tempore, the presentation of the Pier Giorgio Marchetti, MD, Award to Clemente Ibarra, MD, PhD, and a keynote address by David A. Halsey, MD, on the impact of health reform in

orthopaedic practice in 2015. Afternoon breakout session selections featured the topics of Transitioning from Training to Practice, Scoliosis and Arthroplasty.

Offering brief rounds of entertainment and reflection throughout the meeting were representatives from each reunion class (1984, 1994, 2004).

The Annual Alumni Meeting offers a unique opportunity to return and enjoy lectures, debates and discussion with your HSS colleagues. Each year we are grateful to have the top clinicians in their field participate and offer stimulating sessions for residents and alumni. Thank you to all alumni in attendance, and we hope to see you next year.

Much of the meeting was captured on video and will be accessible on HSS eAcademy at the end of March at www.hss.edu/eAcademy.

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JOHN J. CALLAGHAN, MD A LIFETIME OF LEADERSHIP Dr. Callaghan credits his HSS mentor Philip D. Wilson Jr., MD, with teaching him about leadership. In addition to many other positions, Dr. Callaghan has served as president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, The Hip Society, and other organizations.

In 2010 he became president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, focusing his efforts on making U.S. orthopaedics a model for quality and value-driven interventions.

From left to right: Son, Patrick, wife, Kim, and daughter Katie, with Dr. Callaghan.

In recognition of his leadership and his active participation in alumni affairs, HSS presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award to John J. Callaghan, MD, at the 96th Annual Alumni Meeting last November.

Callaghan. “In New York, medicine was already dynamic in the 1980s. To see the model of academic medicine, and that concept of quality, taught me what kind of medicine I wanted to practice.”

Dr. Callaghan is The Lawrence and Marilyn Dorr Chair in Hip and Knee Reconstruction as well as professor in the Department of Bioengineering, at the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City.

From HSS, Dr. Callaghan went on to serve in the U.S. Army on the faculty of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, where he remains assistant professor. He then moved to Duke University before returning to Iowa in 1990.

He graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, earned the MD at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, in Chicago, and completed a residency in orthopaedics at the University of Iowa before arriving at HSS as a fellow in 1983.

A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE “My experience at HSS jump-started both my clinical and research careers,” says Dr.

Among many honors, Dr. Callaghan has received numerous awards from the Hip Society and the Knee Society. In 2014 the British Orthopaedic Associaton named him an honorary fellow.

He also has authored or co-authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications.

In 2014, Dr. Callaghan took over as president of the International Hip Society.

He is the first HSS alumnus and only the sixth American to serve in this role in the 40-year history of the organization.

LOOKING AHEAD Dr. Callaghan continues to shape the future of orthopaedics as chairman of the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, and he maintains an active research program focused on issues of quality in healthcare. He also continues to collaborate on new knee designs with long-time HSS mentor, colleague and friend Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD. Dr. Callaghan’s lifelong ties to the “tremendous family” of HSS fellows and faculty are personal as well as professional – he and his wife, Kim, and their children, Patrick and Katie, still consider New York to be a second home.

These relationships also form the basis of his advice to current fellows: “Find mentors. Over the course of a career, mentors become colleagues and collaborators – and friends. That cycle is so important.”

“Find mentors. Over the course of a career, mentors become colleagues and collaborators – and friends. That cycle is so important.”

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Continuing a Commitment to Educational Excellence Campaign SHEVAUN M. DOYLE, MD | Secretary/Treasurer, Alumni Association

With over 100 years of tradition in place, the Alumni Association takes pride in the contributions of its members in the field of musculoskeletal health. The Continuing a Commitment to Educational Excellence Campaign was launched to support our continued exchange of knowledge, the advancement of education and the development of global thought leaders in orthopaedics, rheumatology and related disciplines. The campaign goal is to raise $100,000, and we have received over $76,000 in generous donations from our alumni to date. This campaign directly funds educational opportunities such as the Bioskills Education Laboratory Visiting Alumni Program, HSS eAcademy and the newly launched Professional Leadership Education Scholarships.

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS This year, the HSS Alumni Association announced two opportunities for a Professional Leadership Education Scholarship. Funded through the Continuing a Commitment to Educational Excellence Fund, the scholarship was designed to support an HSS resident attending a course in professional leadership to encourage his or her advancement in becoming an academic Residents Durham Weeks, MD, Alexia HernandezSoria, MD, and Matthew Garner, MD, during a BSEL Visiting Alumni session with Benjamin McArthur, MD.

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clinician in the field of musculoskeletal medicine.

The Alumni Affairs Committee has identified two programs residents can apply to attend that will support mid-level residents’ development of essential nonclinical skills that will be critical to their success as senior level residents and practicing clinicians, including the skills necessary to be more effective teachers and more successful leaders.

The scholarship will be granted annually to a qualified senior resident to attend the ACGME Multispecialty Leadership Skills Training or the ACS Residents as Teachers and Leaders Course.

We thank the loyal alumni who have already contributed to this campaign and ask for continued support to help reach the goal.

Master ($50,000–$99,999) Dr. and Mrs. Gary M. Gartsman* Professor ($25,000–$49,999) E. Brown Crosby, MD Patron ($10,000–$24,999) Paul E. Kovatis, MD** Henry George White, Jr., MD Supporter ($1,000–$4,999) Dr. John and Kim Callaghan Susan and Charles Carpenter, MD Joseph C. DeFiore, Jr., MD Joshua S. Dines, MD Daniel P. Hely, MD Norman A. Johanson, MD Richard S. King, MD David B. Levine, MD Gregory S. McDowell, MD Bruce H. Moeckel, MD Daniel S. Rich, MD Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Rajiv Taliwal, MD David Wolff, MD

Friend ($250–$999) Stephen C. Allen, MD Anonymous “In Honor of the Blue Patch” Friedrich Boettner, MD Charles N. Cornell, MD John F. Crowe, MD Daneca M. DiPaolo, MD Christopher M. Farrell, MD Victor M. Goldberg, MD Joseph M. Lane, MD Andrew P. Lehman, MD Samuel J. MacDessi, MBBS (Hons), FRACS, FAOA Ronen Marmur, MD John M. Marzo, MD Peter F. Merkle, MD Donald C. Stahl, MD Apostolos P. Tambakis, MD Eleby R. Washington III, MD Contributor ($25–$249) William W. Brien, MD Clifford W. Colwell, MD Frank A. Cordasco, MD, MS Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Malcolm L. Ecker, MD Michael J. Errico, MD Gordon and Carol Hahn Foundation Michael J. Klein, MD Peter J. Linden, MD Pier Giorgio Marchetti, MD Joseph A. Markenson, MD Patrick V. McMahon, MD Douglas N. Mintz, MD Charles Msika, MD Clare M. Rimnac, PhD Peter J. Rizzo, MD Linda A. Russell, MD Ernest L. Sink, MD Michael Soudry, MD Seth Waldman, MD Philip D. Wilson, Jr., MD

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Fellow Class of 1991 Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD, completed her one-year term as president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) in July. She will continue to serve as past president in 2015. Dr. Hannafin has also been appointed the Medical Director of the newly opened HSS Stamford Outpatient Center.

Resident Class of 1992 Michelle G. Carlson, MD, was recently appointed treasurer of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. She is the Consulting Hand Surgeon for the New York Mets, New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Iona College and St. John’s University Athletic Department.

Fellow Class of 2004 Alejandro Gonzales Della Valle, MD, is the director of education of the ARJR service at HSS and a clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. He has over 150 peerreviewed publications and book chapters on hip and knee surgery. Dr. Gonzales Della Valle received The Hip Society’s 2005 John Charnley Award and the 2007 Nicholas Andry Award. He delivered the Presidential Guest Lecture and became an Honorary Member of the British Hip Society in 2011. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Francesca, and 4-year-old son, Luca. He takes his son skiing in the winter and sailing in the summer. Marmur Ronen, MD, is a shareholder at Mount Kisco Medical Group and affiliated with Northern Westchester Hospital and Putnam Hospital Center.

He received the Top Doc, Rheumatology Award from Westchester Magazine in 2014.

Fellow Class of 2005 Lana Kang, MD, received a master’s degree in science in clinical epidemiology and research methodology from the Cornell University Graduate School of Medicine.

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the field of orthopaedic surgery research. It also confirmed how despite the pressure to prove ‘evidence-based’ medicine, the fact that orthopaedic surgery is not a hard science and ‘validate-able’ is what makes it wonderfully human and not robotic. Andrew Gross, MD, is a member of the AAOS Patient Safety Committee. He was the 2014–2015 recipient of the American Hospital Association–National Patient Safety Foundation Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship. Dr. Gross is practicing orthopaedic trauma and adult reconstruction at Westchester Medical Center and Stamford Hospital. He has authored upcoming chapters in Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum from AO Press. Dr. Gross lives in Sleepy Hollow, NY, with his wife, Gina, and two daughters, Eliza (13) and Sasha (9). Jonathan Samuels, MD, moved downtown to join the rheumatology faculty at NYU Langone Medical Center, where he is currently an assistant professor of medicine. In addition to seeing general rheumatology patients for the faculty practice, he has focused much of his research efforts on knee and hand osteoarthritis. He has also become one of the nation’s leading rheumatologists in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasonography, teaching courses in various cities and pursuing research projects in this field as well. From 2006–2013, he served as the director of the clinical immunology laboratory of NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases. Dr. Samuels is active in the local chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, and this spring he will be serving as the 2015 Physician Chair for the NYC Walk to Cure Arthritis. Perhaps his most significant splash within the rheumatology world came in 2009, when he married another NYU rheumatologist, Svetlana Krasnokutsky Samuels, MD. Their 3-year-old twin sons, Leon and Samuel, are already well-versed in cytokine and arthritis lingo.

Resident Class of 2009 Joseph U. Barker, MD, is in North Carolina and is the team doctor for the NHL

Carolina Hurricanes and for North Carolina State University. R. Frank Henn, MD, is the director of the residency program at the University of Maryland and is the team doctor for their Big 10 athletic teams.

Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, was recently named director of sports medicine research at HSS. James E. Voos, MD, has recently accepted a position as chief, division of sports medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland-CWRU and head team physician for the Cleveland Browns.

Fellow Class of 2009 Dana E. Orange MD, MSc, is an assistant attending physician in rheumatology at HSS and is a member of the Early Phase Physician Scientist program at The Rockefeller University. Her research interests include genomics and immunology, as well as rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Orange is a recipient of the American College of Rheumatology Research Education Foundation Bridge to K award and Arthritis Foundation Clinical to Science award.

Fellow Class of 2010 Jessica K. Gordon, MD, is an assistant attending physician in rheumatology at HSS, where she specializes in the treatment of scleroderma and related disorders. Dr. Gordon is a recipient of the Clinician Scientist Development award through the Kellen Foundation at HSS. She is an investigator on multiple different scleroderma-focused projects. Michael K. Shindle, MD, is affiliated with Summit Medical Group. He is the assistant team physician for the New Jersey Devils and New York Red Bulls and the team physician for the USA Hockey Team.

He will travel to Prague, Czech Republic, in May for the 2015 World Hockey Championships with the USA Team.

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the Air Force Commendation Medal. He also spent time in Africa providing orthopaedic trauma care to U.S. Special Operations Forces. In his spare time, he serves as an Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Alison F. Kitay, MD, is now the chief of hand surgery at Medstar Montgomery Medical Center and an assistant professor of orthopaedics at Georgetown University Medical Center. Milton Little, MD, is an assistant professor of surgery and orthopedic trauma in the Division of Orthopedic Surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Benjamin A. McArthur, MD, is an attending orthopaedic surgeon in adult lower extremity reconstruction and hip preservation with Washington Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and is co-director of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Center for Hip Preservation. Moira M. McCarthy, MD, completed a sports medicine and shoulder fellowship at HSS in August and spent three months traveling to England, Belgium and France for further sports medicine and ACL reconstruction training. She then began her new appointment as an assistant attending orthopaedic surgeon on the sports medicine and shoulder service at Hospital for Special Surgery. Samuel A. Taylor, MD, has joined the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service at HSS. He finished a fellowship at the Hospital in August 2014 followed by a traveling fellowship in the United States and France.

Fellow Class of 2013 Matthew P. Abdel, MD, completed the Maurice E. Müller/Hip Society European Fellowship in Hip Reconstruction. He was promoted to assistant professor of

orthopaedic surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Abdel was awarded the Knee Society Mark Coventry 2014 award for a paper entitled “At 5 Years HighlyPorous-Metal Tibial Components Were Durable and Reliable in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.”

He was elected to the board of directors of the Minnesota Orthopaedic Society and was nominated to serve on Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry Relations Medial Services Review Board. He was elected to the editorial board of the Bone and Joint Journal (BJJ) 360°, Journal of Orthopaedic Research (JOR), European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. Dr. Abdel was also awarded ORS/OREF 2014 Travel Award in Orthopaedic Research Translation. Kathleen L. Davenport, MD, became the company physician for Miami City Ballet. She is on the executive committee of the Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health. She also writes a regular column on dancer health for the World of Dance Magazine. She is an affiliate associate professor at Florida Atlantic University and still practices at Preferred Orthopedics of the Palm Beaches. Thomas D. Owen, MD, returned to Montana with his wife and three children to join Ortho Montana. Meanwhile, Eugene T. Ek, MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACS, is enjoying life back in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and son. He joined Melbourne Orthopaedic Group and was also appointed an associate professor at Monash University. Nina Suh, MD, joined the Hand and Upper Limb Centre at St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Canada, as an assistant professor of the University of Western Ontario. Demetris Delos, MD (Resident 2012, Fellow 2013),

is in private practice with the Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists (ONS) group in Greenwich, CT. He and his wife Janet, along with older siblings, Dean and Mila, welcomed the newest addition to the family, baby Leo, in January 2015. Lauchlan K. Chambers, MD, MPH, is happily living in Newport Beach, CA, and has been very busy doing sports medicine and complex shoulder surgery. He has also returned to playing competitive USTA tennis, and is eagerly awaiting his birthday next year so he can move up to the over 35 division.

Richard W. Kang, MD, MS, is currently practicing at the University of Chicago, specializing in sports medicine surgery. In addition to general sports medicine, he also serves as the director of the hip preservation section at University of Chicago’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Kang also has an affiliation with the Shriners Hospitals for Children where he addresses pediatric sports medicine injuries. Additionally, he serves as a team physician for several high schools and a local college. Dr. Kang is also a happy newlywed. He and his wife, Audrey, got married in September 2014. They currently reside in downtown Chicago and are looking forward to the summer. Kristofer J. Jones, MD (Resident 2012, Fellow 2013), is the assistant professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UCLA and the assistant team physician for UCLA Athletics. He is the head team physician for Women’s Soccer, which won the Division 1 national title last year. Dr. Jones was also elected to the AOA Emerging Leaders Program and participated in the AAOS/ORS Clinician Scholar Program. He is currently living in Manhattan Beach, CA.

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NEW YORK MEDICAL & SURGICAL SOCIETY For over 180 years, the New York Medical & Surgical Society has a legacy of bringing together the brightest minds in medicine to continue discussing and improving the practice of medicine in the United States. Throughout the years, many members of the society, including members of the HSS Alumni Association, have become known as pioneers in their fields.

John P. Lyden, MD, is currently serving as the 2015 President with Thomas P. Sculco, MD, acting as Vice President. Dr. Sculco is in line for the presidency in 2016. David B. Levine, MD, was the invited speaker at the Annual Holiday Meeting in December, lecturing on “William Bradley Coley, MD, Father of Cancer Immunology Therapy, 3rd Surgeon-in-Chief, Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled.”

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Translational research takes former HSS Fellow Richard Bucala, MD, PhD, from his Yale University laboratory to a hospital in Zambia Back in 1988, when Richard Bucala arrived at HSS for subspecialty training in rheumatology under Charles Christian, MD, he never imagined that he would start a rheumatology training program in Zambia.

But today he credits his experience at HSS for the success of this endeavor. “HSS had such a great cadre of mentors and amazing clinical teachers,” says Dr. Bucala. “It imparted in me a notion of what excellence was in clinical care and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach.”

Dr. Bucala earned his MD and PhD through the Weill Cornell–Rockefeller University program and completed internship and residency training in internal medicine at Harvard's Brigham & Womens Hospital. In addition to his HSS fellowship, returning to New York gave him the opportunity to do postdoctoral research at Rockefeller. “We were trying to identify new cytokines,” he says. That’s when he succeeded in cloning macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a cytokine that regulates steroid responsiveness. Little did he know that

the research would launch his career and eventually take him halfway around the world.

From the beginning, Dr. Bucala and others thought MIF had potential as a therapeutic. Nine years later, when his laboratory at Yale sequenced the human MIF gene, Dr. Bucala gained insight into how MIF works. He discovered short repeating DNA sequences that influence how much MIF protein is produced during an immune response – the more repeats, the more MIF. Sequencing MIF in different human populations showed a tendency for fewer repeats among populations in Africa, where malaria is common. And that led him to wonder whether, similar to sickle cell trait, reduced MIF production confered protection against malaria’s lethal complications.

To test this idea, Dr. Bucala led a genetic epidemiology study in collaboration with the Macha Mission Hospital in Zambia. He also developed a fast, low-cost biochip for characterizing an individual’s MIF allele. The

research confirmed the protective effect of low-level MIF against severe malaria. A practical result of this work is that children with malaria who are susceptible to a high MIF response can be identified, and monitored and treated more aggressively.

Dr. Bucala’s population studies also revealed a role for MIF in autoimmune disease. People with rheumatoid arthritis, for example, who have fewer MIF repeats, tend to have less severe disease. With more repeats, this and other autoimmune diseases such as lupus are more severe.

Through his work in Zambia, Dr. Bucala learned that this country of 13 million people had only two physicians working part time in rheumatology. With support from the International League of Associations for Rheumatology in 2012 and 2013, he spearheaded a project to advance training and professional development at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, establish rheumatic disease registers and increase public awareness.

Today Dr. Bucala is bringing MIF-based therapies to fruition. At Yale University School of Medicine, where he is Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Epidemiology & Public Health, his laboratory is developing such therapies to target autoimmune diseases, and for use as immune adjuvents, among other applications. Dr. Bucala also is the newly elected editor-in-chief of Arthritis & Rheumatology, closing the circle established by his mentors Charles Christian, and more recently Michael Lockshin, who have both served as prior editors-in-chief.

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The 6th ISOC Meeting was held at Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación in Mexico City. It consisted of a robust schedule of scientific meetings, CEO sessions and task force reports.

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ORTHOPAEDIC CENTERS Founded in 2006 to create a forum for leading international orthopaedic academic centers, the International Society of Orthopaedic Centers (ISOC) now numbers 20 members in 17 countries on 7 continents. Annual meetings allow member organizations to exchange ideas and cutting-edge practices and work together to make global improvements in orthopaedic patient care, education and research.

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must be either orthopaedic specialty hospitals or large orthopaedic departments, perform more than 5,000 procedures per year and have a commitment to basic and clinical research and to medical education. Jose Clemente Ibarra, MD, PhD (Fellow 1977), chaired the 6th ISOC Meeting on October 23–25, 2014, at Instituto Nacional De Rehabilitación, Mexico City, Mexico. HSS has strong ties to ISOC. The group was launched by HSS Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus Thomas P.

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Sculco, MD, and he continues to serve today as executive director. Other HSS alumni around the world participate in ISOC through their member institutions, including, from HSS, Mathias P. Bostrom, MD, Timothy Wright, PhD, Matthew Cunningham, MD, PhD, and Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, Patrick S. Sussmann, MD, Schulthess Klinik, and John Sperling, MD, MBA, Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Sculco, William Walter, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, Mater Hospital, Claudio Mella, MD, Clinica Alemana, and Jose Clemente Ibarra, MD, PhD, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, serve on the Board.

In spring 2016, the 7th ISOC Meeting will convene at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, UK. Timothy Briggs, MD, FRACS, will serve as chair.

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HSS in brief HSS Launches Two New Outpatient Centers in Connecticut and Northern New Jersey HSS continues to strengthen the main campus while also developing locations to bring services and medical treatment closer to patients outside of New York City. As the demand for the excellent care we provide continues to grow, it is essential that the Hospital grows along with it.

The HSS Stamford office has 10 physician offices for full-time and part-time physicians, seating for 50 in the lobby, a conference room, 20 exam rooms, an MRI, three x-ray units and a special procedures unit. It is co-located with Chelsea Piers and NBC Sports. You can find a list of the service lines and physicians who will be practicing at the HSS Stamford office at right.

Doors opened at HSS Stamford Outpatient Center in February Last year, HSS announced that the office in Greenwich, CT, would be moving to a larger site in Stamford. The HSS Stamford Outpatient Center opened its doors at Chelsea Piers Connecticut on February 2, 2015.

The new office, which is 18,000 square feet, offers musculoskeletal care focused on surgical and

non-surgical treatment, with physicians representing the range of orthopedic subspecialties represented at the HSS main campus. Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD (Fellow 1991, 1992), has been appointed the facility’s medical director. The HSS Stamford office will offer community education and outreach programs to meet the musculoskeletal health and lifestyle needs of the surrounding community, says Hannafin.

Meet New Medical Staff Three new alumni have recently joined the medical staff at HSS over the past few months.

Please take the opportunity to meet them when returning to campus.

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HSS Paramus Outpatient Center Opened in November This new location in northern New Jersey opened its doors in November 2014 and offers medical diagnosis, pre-and postoperative care, nonsurgical management of injuries and joint pain and x-rays. Dr. David A. Wang is the full-time physician on-site. Please see the listing at right for other physicians who will see patients at this facility.

Moira M. McCarthy, MD (Resident 2013, Fellow 2014) Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service Danyal H. Nawabi, MD, FRCS (Fellow 2012–2014) Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service Hip Preservation Service Samuel A. Taylor, MD (Resident 2013, Fellow 2014) Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service

HSS Stamford Outpatient Center Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Constantine Demetrocopoulos, MD (Resident 2012) David S. Levine, MD (Resident 1997) Hand and Upper Extremity Scott W. Wolfe, MD (Resident 1989) Joint Replacement Charles N. Cornell, MD (Resident 1985) Bryan J. Nestor, MD (Fellow 1995) Neurology Jonathan M. Goldstein, MD Pediatric Orthopaedics Daniel W. Green, MD (Resident 1996) Cathleen L. Raggio, MD (Resident 1984) Primary Care Sports Medicine Jordan D. Metzl, MD Physiatry Alice Chen, MD (Full-Time) Peter J. Moley, MD (Fellow 2002) Spine Andrew A. Sama, MD Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Edward V. Craig, MD, MPH Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD (Fellow 1991, 1992) Moira M. McCarthy, MD (Full-Time) (Resident 2013, Fellow 2014) John D. MacGillivray, MD (Resident 1995, Fellow 1999) Andrew D. Pearle, MD (Resident 2004, Fellow 2005) Samuel A. Taylor, MD (Full-Time) (Resident 2013, Fellow 2014) Sabrina M. Strickland, MD (Resident 2001, Fellow 2002) Russell F. Warren, MD (Resident 1973)

HSS Paramus Outpatient Center Foot and Ankle Andrew J. Elliot, MD (Fellow 1997) Pediatric Orthopaedics Roger F. Widmann, MD Scoliosis Bernard A. Rawlins, MD Roger F. Widmann, MD Spine Bernard A. Rawlins, MD Sports Medicine & Shoulder Gregory S. DiFelice, MD (Resident 1999) Anil S. Ranwawat, MD (Resident 2006) Pain Management Semih Gungor, MD Primary Care Sports Medicine David A. Wang, MD Rheumatology Joseph A. Markenson, MD (Fellow 1977, Resident 1975)

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HSS Welcomed Travelling Fellows HSS welcomed the 2014 John N. Insall Travelling Fellows last fall for a two-day program hosted by Steven B. Haas, MD, Chief of the Knee Service and John N. Insall Chair.

The Insall Fellowship is awarded to four candidates internationally and provides the opportunity for those individuals to travel to prominent joint replacement and knee surgery centers. Two physicians came from the United States, one from the United Kingdom and one from Japan.

The fellows spent one day at HSS observing in the operating room and one focused on an educational program that included a welcome address by Surgeon-in-Chief Todd J. Albert, MD, and presentations by HSS alumni, including Drs. Mathias P. Bostrom, Mark P. Figgie, Russell E. Windsor, and David J. Mayman.

HSS also welcomed two travelling fellows from the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (SECEC/ESSSE) and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society (ASES) last month. The fellowship provides an exchange for surgeons devoted to shoulder and elbow surgery.

Joshua S. Dines, MD, hosted the fellows – one from France and one from Italy – for two days, during which they observed in the OR with Drs. David Dines, Joshua Dines, Altchek, Warren, Allen, Cordasco, Fealy, Gulotta and Craig. The fellows also attended a dinner hosted by HSS members of the ASES.

in MEMORIAM It is with great regret that HSS reports the passing of two treasured alumni, Victor Goldberg, MD, and Felix Bronner, PhD.

Victor Goldberg, MD, Resident Class of 1971 Victor Goldberg, MD, passed away in February. He attended New York University and graduated from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in 1964. He began an internship in surgery at the University Hospitals of Cleveland (Western Reserve University) in 1964 and completed his surgical residency and fellowship in 1966. During his time in Cleveland, he became fascinated with orthopaedics and subsequently began an orthopaedic surgical residency at HSS in 1968.

Dr. Goldberg served as the Head, Orthopaedic Section of Rheumatology Surgery for Ohio and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland from 1972 to 1989 as well as the Chair, Department of Orthopaedics from 1989 to 2002. Throughout his career, Dr. Goldberg held several prestigious positions, including Director, Musculoskeletal Institute, 1991-2002; Medical Director, University Faculty Practice Association, 1994-2002; and Director, Musculoskeletal Research, The Research Institute, 2002-2003.

During his exceptional career, Dr. Goldberg received several awards, including the Kappa Delta Award, Excellence for Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, in 1985, 1992 and 2003 from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He honorably served in several presidential roles as President, Cleveland Rheumatism Society, 1979–1982; President, Orthopaedic Research Society, 1987–1988; President, Hospital for Special Surgery Alumni Association, 1988–1989; and President, Knee Society, 1996–1997. Dr. Goldberg served as Vice Chair, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Board of Trustees, 1999–2002, and Chair, 2003–2005. Dr. Goldberg received the Otto Aufranc Award from The Hip Society for Outstanding Research in 2006 and the ORS/OREF Distinguished Investigator Award in 2008.

Dr. Goldberg is survived by his wife, Harriet, his children, Rebecca, Jonathan and Eden and five grandchildren.

Felix Bronner, PhD, HSS Staff Felix Bronner, PhD, passed away in February at the age of 93. Dr. Bronner received his undergraduate degree from the University of California and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1952. Dr. Bronner was a pioneer in calcium metabolism. He authored 121 journal publications, edited 79 book chapters and was editor for 58 different books. In the 1960s, Dr. Bronner was a senior scientist at HSS and headed the Laboratory for Mineral Metabolism.

During his career, Dr. Bronner also was the first Chairman and Organizer of the Gordon Research Conference on Bones and Teeth. Among his many honors was the 1974 Andre Lichwitz Prize, which is awarded by the French National Institutes of Health (INSERM). Each year the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research presents the ASBMR Felix Bronner Young Investigator Award in his honor. Dr. Bronner was a member of the faculty at the University of Connecticut Health Center since 1969.

Top: Dr. Dines (center) with travelling fellows Stefano Carbone, MD, Sapienza University (left), and Lionel Neyton, MD, Centre Orthopedique Santy. Bottom: From left, Dr. Albert, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, MD, Dr. Haas, Vikas Khanduja, MD, Matthew Morrey, MD, and Zachary Post, MD.

During his later years he developed a second career as a successful abstract artist.

He is survived by his wife Leah, daughter Deborah, son Ethan, daughter-in-law Naomi and four grandsons, Eli, Gabriel, Joseph and Joshua.

Sources: The Plain Dealer, Hartford Courant and ASBMR.org

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Awards RESIDENTS SCOTT W. WOLFE, MD (1989), Chief Emeritus, Hand and Upper Extremity Service, was appointed president of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand at the opening meeting in September for the 2014–2015 year.

CHRISTOPHER J. DY, MD, MPH (2014),

presented his poster at the Annual Alumni Meeting in recognition of his receipt of the Lewis Clark Wagner, MD, Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Clinical/Translational Research. The poster was entitled, “Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Surgical Delay, Readmissions, Complications and Mortality for Hip Fractures.”

PETER D. FABRICANT, MD, MPH (2014), presented a poster in honor of his attainment of the Russell F. Warren, MD, Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Basic/Translational Research. The poster was entitled, “Development and Validation of a Pediatric Sports Activity Rating Scale.”

FELLOWS JANE E. SALMON, MD (1983), is

a co-recipient of the Lupus Foundation of America’s Evelyn V. Hess Award. This prestigious award recognizes important career achievements in lupus research and is presented to an investigator whose work has significantly advanced the understanding of the causes and management of lupus.

CAROL MANCUSO, MD (1992), was

appointed a member of the Mentored PatientOriented Research Review Panel of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

DANYAL H. NAWABI, MD (2013, 2014), along with JAIME EDELSTEIN, PT, DSCPT, COMT, CSCS, and PETER DRAOVITCH, PT, MS, ATC, CSCS, led a two-day hip symposium in Doylestown, PA. Titled “Hip Symposium: Clinical Medicine, Functional Science and Applications to the Hip and Trunk,” the program was co-sponsored by HSS Rehabilitation and Northeast Seminars.

Dr. Nawabi also presented a poster at the Annual Alumni Meeting in recognition of his receipt as a fellow of the 2014 Philip D. Wilson, MD, Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research. His topic was “Limited Retinacular Vessel Damage

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Accolades Does Not Compromise Femoral Head Perfusion During Hip Arthroscopy: Can the Vascular Safe Zone be Extended?”

CORR/ORS workshops on “Musculoskeletal Sex Differences throughout the Lifespan” in Chicago, IL.

LINDSAY S. LALLY, MD (2014), was honored to receive the Distinguished Fellow Award from the American College of Rheumatology. The Division welcomed Dr. Lally as a faculty member in January, with a plan to develop a practice in general rheumatology with a particular focus on vasculitis.

CHITRA DAHIA, PHD, gave a talk on “Role of Shh and Wnt signaling pathways in regulation of postnatal mouse intervertebral disc development and ageing” in the Tissue Formation and Engineering session of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Developmental Biology held in Seattle, WA.

DANIELLE RAMSDEN-STEIN, MD (2014), presented her research poster that acknowledged her receipt of the 2014 Charles L. Christian, MD, Award for Excellence in Musculoskeletal Research. Her study was entitled “Social Networks and Hip Replacement Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis.”

STEVEN R. GOLDRING, MD, was the plenary speaker and recipient of the W.S.S. Jee Remodeling in Bone Award at the 44th International Sun Valley Workshop on musculoskeletal biology.

RESIDENT & FELLOW GEOFFREY H. WESTRICH, MD (1995, 1996),

was named First Vice President of the prestigious Eastern Orthopaedic Association and will serve as president in 2016.

He has also been appointed professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.

BRYAN T. KELLY, MD (2001, 2003), recently

received the 2015 Jacqueline Perry, MD, Resident Research Award at the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) Annual Meeting and a 2014 Co-Investigator-R01 NIH Grant to study the comparative effectiveness of FAI arthroscopy.

MATTHEW E. CUNNINGHAM, MD, PHD (2005, 2006, 2007), received the Andrew N. Swan-

son Memorial Spine Award at the HSS Annual Alumni Meeting in October 2014.

He also will present a poster at the AAOS 2015 Annual Meeting, which has been designated as the highest rated poster in the spine category.

HSS STAFF was appointed to the NIH study section that reviews Investigator Initiated Program Project Applications for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

FRANCK BARRAT, PHD,

was a member of the planning committee for the AAOS/

ADELE L. BOSKEY, PHD,

ANDREW A. SAMA, MD, gave

a grand rounds presentation at the University of Miami Department of Orthopedics on January 8, 2015.

ANDREW J. WEILAND, MD, will receive the Tipton Leadership Award at the upcoming AAOS 2015 Annual Meeting.

GROUP RECOGNITION HSS has been selected by the NIH as a Research Site with VIVIAN BYKERK, MD (ATTENDING), LIONEL IVASHKIV, MD (ATTENDING), and ALESSANDRA B. PERNIS, MD (ATTENDING).

JONATHAN T. DELAND, MD (ATTENDING), SCOTT J. ELLIS, MD (ATTENDING, RESIDENT 2007, FELLOW 2008), MATTHEW S. CONTI, BA, and HUONG T. DO, MA, were recognized

with the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) J. Leonard Goldner Award. The award is given in recognition of the outstanding basic science paper presented at the AOFAS Annual Meeting. Drs. Deland and Ellis were also involved in a multicenter study that was recognized with the Roger A. Mann Award, given in recognition of the outstanding clinical paper presented at the AOFAS Annual Meeting.

HSS Spine Service Chief FRANK P. CAMMISA JR., MD (RESIDENT 1987), JOSHUA SCHROEDER, MD (FELLOW 2014), and CELESTE ABJORNSON, PHD, Director of the

Integrated Spine Research Program, have developed an “annulus patch” constructed of a novel device composed of carbon nanorods and polymer design to cover the hole in the annulus and present reherniation for herniated discs.

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National Meetings AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING Mary K. Crow, MD, hosted an annual reception this past November at the ACR/ ARHP Annual Meeting in Boston. After the structured scientific program, 150 alumni gathered at the Westin Waterfront for a three-hour reception to spend time with treasured colleagues and their families.

AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT & ANKLE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING Jonathan T. Deland, MD, and Matthew M. Roberts, MD, organized the first alumni reception at the AOFAS Annual Conference last September. Choosing a location close to the convention center, alumni met

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for[MD] is a virtual venue where alumni can connect, keep in touch with fellow professionals and share cases and discussions. In addition to alumni community-wide postings, there are multiple subspecialty user groups established to facilitate specialty-specific postings that are targeted to your practice interests. The platform will also keep n

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at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago immediately following the scientific meeting to decompress. The inaugural reception was a brilliant success and is sure to become an annual tradition. Alumni are looking forward to reconnecting at the next meeting later this year!

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Over the course of 2014, many alumni have taken advantage of the for[MD] social networking platform. Twenty-nine percent of the HSS Alumni Association have activated their accounts and joined their subspecialty groups, selected articles and posted comments or questions to support what is sure to be an interesting dialog every month.

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The faculty for the January 31, 2015 FATE Course included some HSS alumni. Back row: Dr. Stephen Haskins, far left; Dr. Enrique Goytizolo, far right. Front row: Dr. James Beckman, far right.

you informed about association events, publications of interest and announcements such as new HSS eAcademy online educational offerings and scheduled live CME courses.

Ogonna (Kenny) Nwawka, MD, has been a leader in implementing the for[MD] platform for Radiology Alumni. Back in September, Dr. Nwawka initiated sharing “What’s the Diagnosis” and MSK Ultrasound cases with the HSS Radiology Alumni and Musculoskeletal Radiology for[MD] communities. These cases test orthopaedic, rheumatologic and radiology/imaging knowledge. When each new case is added, the for[MD] community is welcomed and encouraged to engage in a discussion.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS MEETING Several HSS alumni organized a group dinner at a local restaurant during the American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting in New Orleans. The tight alumni community takes advantage of national meetings to stay in touch and reconnect with each other.

FOCUSED ASSESSED TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (FATE) COURSE Dr. Stephen C. Haskins (Fellow 2013) returned as activity director for the second officially sponsored North American Course in Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography (FATE), which took place on January 31 at HSS. Other alumni participating as faculty were Dr. Enrique Goytizolo (1997–1998 Fellow and Attending Anesthesiologist) and Dr. James Beckman (1996–1997 Fellow and HSS Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist).

Han Jo Kim, MD, has also been highly involved in for[MD] and recently participated in a session from the Orthopaedic Education Initiative (OEI). The process here is that prominent faculty from various institutions present a de-identified patient case with a medical history, images and other posts of discussion. Dr. Kim’s unusual case generated a series of questions and a thought-provoking discussion on different techniques and treatment approaches.

We invite all alumni to sign up and participate in discussions to help make this HIPAA-compliant platform become an active network and a productive vehicle. All alumni with email addresses on file received a personal activation link to sign up. If you have not yet activated your membership, please contact Colleen O’Shea, MPA, at osheac@hss. Sign up to participate in discussions and present questions and cases for consideration via this platform.

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EDUCATION PROGRAM CALENDAR UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS HSS offers CME programs throughout the year. All courses below will be held in New York City unless otherwise noted. Register online at www.hss.edu/cme.

Questions? Email professionaleducation@ hss.edu or call 212.606.1812.

ACL Tears in 2015: When to Fix, How to Do It and How Best to Recover Webinar April 7, 2015 Target audience: Orthopaedic surgeons specializing in knee surgery, general orthopaedists, sports medicine physicians, physiatrists, physical therapists and athletic trainers Live streaming webcast available during this course!

9th Annual HSS Sports Medicine Symposium April 17–18, 2015 Target audience: Physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning professionals, physician assistants, orthopaedists, sports medicine physicians, physiatrists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, residents, fellows and medical students 19th Annual Symposium: Best Practices in Anesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery April 18, 2015 Target audience: Anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, fellows, residents and medical students Location: The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York City

Don’t forget about this benefit for dues-paying alumni! Take 50 percent off the registration fee for upcoming Professional Education Programs.

Cervical Spine Motion Preservation Symposium May 8, 2015 Target audience: Neurosurgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, spine surgeons, fellows, residents and medical students 97th Annual Alumni Association Meeting October 22–24, 2015 Target audience: Physicians and scientists working in the specialties of orthopaedics, rheumatology, radiology, anesthesiology, physiatry and neurology, including HSS alumni and current residents, fellows and medical staff

SPOTLIGHT ON HSS eACADEMY www.hss.edu/eAcademy EARN CME/CEU CREDIT ONLINE! HSS eAcademy features free on-demand webcasts by expert faculty from around the world. Now available at www.hss. edu/eAcademy as streaming video with simultaneous slide presentations. CME and CEU credit can be earned at completion.

New online CME topics in orthopaedics recently added, including: omplex Limb Construction •C xternal Fixator Biomechanics •E orrection of Right Thoracic Scoliosis •C Surgical Video* osterior Column Osteotomy Surgical Video* •P T • otal Ankle Replacement: Innovations,

Management, and Case Discussion linical Outcomes and Survivorship of Total •C Ankle Arthroplasty adial to Axillary Nerve Transfer and Biopsy •R Surgical Video* ebate: Return or Retirement? Should a Child •D Return to Contact Sport After ACL Injury?

96th Annual Alumni Meeting Online Alumni have exclusive access to view the full Annual Alumni Meeting online at the end of March. Please log on to HSS eAcademy using your preferred email address and search keyword “Alumni 2014.” If you need assistance contact Colleen O’Shea, MPA, at osheac@hss.edu.

HSS Journal® online CME activities, including: A Patient with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension for Hip Arthroplasty Visiting Professor Lecture Series Since 1968, this series has showcased lectures by renowned visiting faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized for their expertise in our field. The Winter/Spring 2015 calendar of lecture dates is available on www.hss/edu/vpls.

New lecture available online: • Measuring Treatment Outcomes for Spinal Conditions* *Not an accredited activity.

Hospital for Special Surgery holds Accreditation with Commendation, the highest level of recognition offered by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).