A LU M N I N E W S F E AT U R E
Resident Class of 1984 Domenick J. Sisto, MD, ran the New York City marathon for the seventh time this past November with his daughter, Nikki, who works alongside him as an orthopaedic physician assistant.
Resident Class of 1990 Michael C. Moran, MD, practices at Carle Foundation Hospital, a large hospital in Champaign, Illinois, with a total joint practice. His partners take care of the University of Illinois sports teams. The medical staff is entirely composed of hospital-employed physicians and therefore very efficient. Dr. Moran is happily married with four kids. Kenneth J.
Kress, MD, survived a myocardial infarction and is doing well. He joined a hospital system that wanted to grow its total joint program and finds it less stressful than his private practice. Robert L. Buly, MD, was made Chief of the HSS Hip Preservation Service in April of last year. He still finds time to produce Super Tuscan wine and olive oil in Tuscany.
Scott G. Kantor, MD, just completed four years in Medical Staff leadership as Vice Chief and then Chief of Staff at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. He also served as a trustee for the hospital from 2013 to 2015. Dr. Kantor’s oldest son is in his second year of medical school and is contemplating a career in orthopaedic surgery, and his younger son just moved to Austin, Texas. Dr. Kantor and Liz are married, living in Carmel, California. Steven B. Haas, MD, and Michael
J. Maynard, MD, remain at HSS and continue to thrive with their successful practices.
Resident Class of 1996 David M. Kalainov, MD, is 18 years and counting at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago in hand and upper extremity surgery and an Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Kalainov is navigating along with his five practice partners the challenges of morphing from a private business model to a multi-specialty group, hospital-owned business model.
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Resident Class of 2013 Alison F. Kitay, MD, is the Chief of Hand Surgery at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Georgetown University. She has also been named the Treasurer and Secretary of the DC Hand Society. Benjamin McArthur,
MD, is an Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon in Hip and Knee Reconstruction at Washington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. He was
and Joint Institute of Penn State Hershey College of Medicine. Venu Nemani, MD,
PhD, is currently doing a fellowship in adult and pediatric spine surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife, Jessica, spend their free time keeping up with their two kids, Oliver (2) and Scarlett (4 months). He will join Raleigh Orthopaedics this summer.
asked to join the faculty of the annual AAOS
Fellow Class of 2013
Fundamentals of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Richard Kang, MD, MS, is currently practic-
for Orthopaedic Residents course in Balti-
ing at the University of Chicago, specializing
more, Maryland. Dr. McArthur is collaborating
in sports medicine surgery. In addition to
with Johns Hopkins University Department
general sports medicine, he also serves as
of Applied Physics in the development of a
the Director of the Hip Preservation Section
system for computer navigation-assisted
at University of Chicago’s Department of
periacetabular Osteotomy. Major Marschall
Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Kang has an affilia-
Berkes, MD, was deployed to Niger in support
tion with the Shriners Hospitals for Children,
of U.S. Army Special Forces as part of Opera-
where he addresses pediatric sports injuries.
tion Juniper Shield. He is presently assigned
Additionally, he serves as a team physician
to the U.S. Air Force Mobile Forward Surgical
for several high schools and a local college
Team, based out of Landstuhl, Germany. Dr.
and recently became board certified by the
Berkes and his wife, Megan, are expecting
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
their second child in February. Milton T.M.
Dr. Kang and his wife, Audrey, currently reside
Little, MD, is an orthopaedic traumatologist
in downtown Chicago and hope to survive the
at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Chicago winter.
He was recently named to the AOTrauma North America orthopaedic faculty. Moira
M. McCarthy, MD, is an Assistant Attending
Resident Class of 2010 and Fellow Class of 2012
Orthopaedic Surgeon at HSS, specializing in
Xinning Li, MD, and Anna N. Miller, MD,
sports medicine. Samuel A. Taylor, MD, is
were selected for the 2015 American Ortho-
also an Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Sur-
paedic Association North American Traveling
geon at HSS, with a specialty in sports medi-
Fellowship. They had a great time traveling
cine. He currently serves as an Assistant Team
through the midwestern United States and
Physician for the New York Giants and Team
Canada this past fall. Through this once-in-a-
Physician for the Fire Department of New York
lifetime experience, they received fascinating
(FDNY) semi-professional football team. Dr.
leadership advice, learned how programs and
Taylor and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed their
hospitals are run and had the opportunity to
second daughter, Isabella, in May 2015.
meet many spectacular people.
Resident Class of 2015 Matthew Garner, MD, is currently com-
Fellow Classes of 2012 and 2015 Swetha Pakala, MD (2012), traveled to
pleting a fellowship in Orthopaedic Trauma
Uganda and India in September and October
at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle,
of 2015 on humanitarian/teaching missions,
Washington. He and his wife, Marina, are
along with Lee Rasamny, MD (2015), on
looking forward to returning to Pennsylvania
the first official “HSS Anesthesiology Global
where he has accepted a position at the Bone
Outreach.”