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THE MAGAZINE OF THE HSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | FALL 2019
ALUMNI NEWS
Engaging leaders. Connecting peers.
Alumni Usher in
New Era of HSS Leadership
Newly appointed Surgeon-in-Chief Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA
and Associate Surgeon-in-Chief Douglas E. Padgett, MD
INSIDE
INSIDE
THIS
THIS
ISSUE
ISSUE
Distinguished Alumnus Honoring Our Alumni Veterans Welcome Class of 2019 Alumni
Gary M. Gartsman, MD John P. Lyden, MD
WHO’S WHO IN THE HSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Alumni Affairs Committee Alumni News
Jose A. Rodriguez, MD, Chair Editorial Committee
Alumni Officers Todd J. Albert, MD Marcia Ennis, Editor
Michael M. Alexiades, MD Todd J. Albert, MD
Bernard R. Bach Jr., MD Lauren Barber, MD
2019 President Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD, FACS
Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD, FACS Mary K. Crow, MD
Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Vincenzo Castellano, MD Shevaun M. Doyle, MD
Secretary/Treasurer Alexander Christ, MD Allison Goldberg, MPA
Charles N. Cornell, MD Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA
Thomas H. McCoy, MD Matthew E. Cunningham, MD, PhD
2020 President-Elect David B. Levine, MD
Gregory S. DiFelice, MD Joseph A. Markenson, MD
Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Patrick V. McMahon, MD
Alumni Association Allison Goldberg, MPA Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA
Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD
Leadership Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD
Colleen O’Shea, MPA
Daniel S. Rich, MD
Jose A. Rodriguez, MD Allan E. Inglis Jr., MD Jose A. Rodriguez, MD
Director, Alumni Affairs Christine Johnson, MD Peter K. Sculco, MD
Lana Kang, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD
Peter K. Sculco, MD
Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA Sabrina M. Strickland, MD
Associate Director, Alumni Affairs
Richard S. King, MD Samuel A. Taylor, MD
Samuel A. Taylor, MD Kanupriya Kumar, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD
Associate Director, Alumni Affairs David B. Levine, MD Russell E. Windsor, MD, PC
Francis Lovecchio, MD
John P. Lyden, MD
Education Institute Patrick V. McMahon, MD Finance Subcommittee
Alumni Administrators Douglas N. Mintz, MD of the HSS Alumni Affairs
Marcia Ennis
Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA Committee
Martin J. O’Malley, MD
Senior Creative Director Shevaun M. Doyle, MD, Chair
Colleen O’Shea, MPA
Education Marketing & Todd J. Albert, MD
Daniel S. Rich, MD
Digital Communications Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD, FACS
Peter K. Sculco, MD
Allison Goldberg, MPA Thomas P. Sculco, MD Allison Goldberg, MPA
Assistant Vice President, Professional Education Ernest L. Sink, MD Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD
Administrative Director, Alumni Affairs Michael Steinhaus, MD Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD
Samuel A. Taylor, MD Lana Kang, MD
Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA
Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD
Vice President David B. Levine, MD
Russell E. Windsor, MD, PC
Colleen O’Shea, MPA Joseph A. Markenson, MD
Patrick V. McMahon, MD
Manager, Alumni Affairs Alumni Meeting Douglas N. Mintz, MD
Planning Committee Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA
Todd J. Albert, MD, Chair Colleen O’Shea, MPA
Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD, FACS Daniel S. Rich, MD
Acknowledgment Charles N. Cornell, MD Jose A. Rodriguez, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery and the Mary K. Crow, MD Peter K. Sculco, MD
HSS Alumni Association gratefully thank Emily R. Dodwell, MD, MPH, FRCSC Thomas P. Sculco, MD
the Autumn Benefit Committee for Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Samuel A. Taylor, MD
ongoing support and major funding for Austin T. Fragomen, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD
several medical education initiatives, Allison Goldberg, MPA
including publication of Alumni News. Steven B. Haas, MD Archives Committee
Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD, MBA
Lionel B. Ivashkiv, MD Director
Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH
Office of Alumni Affairs Han Jo Kim, MD Associate Director
Education Institute Kanupriya Kumar, MD Todd J. Albert, MD
535 East 70th Street David B. Levine, MD Jason Blevins, MD
New York, NY 10021 Susanne Maher, PhD Jack Davis, MSN, RN, ONC
Patrick V. McMahon, MD Marcia Ennis
212.606.1057
Douglas N. Mintz, MD Bridget Jivanelli Gatto, MLIS
Peter J. Moley, MD Mary Hargett
Danyal H. Nawabi, MD, FRCS Randy Hawke
Find Hospital for Special Surgery Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA Pamela Kerns, MLS, MPA
on the web at HSS.edu Colleen O’Shea, MPA David B. Levine, MD
Daryl C. Osbahr, MD Francis Lovecchio, MD
Douglas E. Padgett, MD John P. Lyden, MD
Bernard A. Rawlins, MD C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD
Daniel S. Rich, MD Carle-Marie Memnon, FACHE
Contributors Matthew M. Roberts, MD Colleen O’Shea, MPA
Design: Randy Hawke Jose A. Rodriguez, MD Anil S. Ranawat, MD
Contributing Writers: Rosie Foster, Mary Hargett, Peter K. Sculco, MD Matthew M. Roberts, MD
Christina Pernambuco-Holsten, Colleen O’Shea, MPA Thomas P. Sculco, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD
Seth L. Sherman, MD
Photography: Robert Essel; Brad Hess; Linda Reineke, Ernest L. Sink, MD
Riverview Photography Samuel A. Taylor, MD Alumni News
Hospital for Special Surgery
Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD
2019 Aster Gold Award for Publication
© 2019 Hospital for Special Surgery Russell E. Windsor, MD, PC
Excellence
ALUMNI NEWS
THE MAGAZINE OF THE HSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | FALL 2019
Contents
4
2 A Message from the Alumni President
3 A Message from the Office of Alumni Affairs
4 HSS Alumni Usher in New Era of HSS Leadership
6 Distinguished Alumnus, Gary M. Gartsman, MD
7 HSS Alumni Active at National Meetings
8 HSS Alumni Association at the
8
2019 AAOS Annual Meeting
11 Joined at the Hip
12 Hometown Heroes, Honoring Our Alumni Veterans
13 Alumni Dues
13 The David B. Levine, MD, Archives and Special
Collections Adopt-a-Book Program
14 In Memoriam, Charles L. Christian, MD,
and Aaron S. Posner, PhD
12 15 HSS Abroad, A Fifth-Year Resident Is Surprised
by What She Finds in Ghana
16 Class Representatives
18 Awards & Accolades
19 Graduation Award Recipients 2019
20 Welcome Class of 2019 Alumni
14 On the cover: Surgeon-in-Chief Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA and
Associate Surgeon-in-Chief Douglas E. Padgett, MD
ALUMNINEWS | 1
A MESSAGE FROM THE
ALUMNI PRESIDENT
Bernard R. Bach Jr., MD
Fellow 1986
SAVE THE DATE
October 24–26 2019
101ST Annual It is an honor to serve as the 2019 Alumni Association President
and I have enjoyed participating in this capacity over the past year.
Alumni Meeting Reflecting on my training and practice I recognize that all of us share
a common aspiration to be outstanding leaders in our fields, and
there is great benefit to maintaining our connections.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
Gary M. Gartsman, MD
Surgeon Emeritus
Join us for the 101ST Annual Alumni Meeting
Fondren Orthopedic Group I would like to personally invite you to attend our annual
Houston, TX meeting, to be held October 24-26, 2019. If you can’t come
to New York City, try the next best thing! For the first time
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT in program history, access to our meeting will be available
Bernard R. Bach Jr., MD to Alumni via live stream. It is not to be missed—the three days
The Claude N. Lambert, MD/Helen S. Thomson will offer a robust program of engaging debates and programs in
Professor all subspecialties; highlights include several invited pro-tempore
Director Emeritus, Division of Sports Medicine speakers, and a session where colleagues share pivotal cases that
Director Emeritus, Sports Medicine Fellowship changed how they practiced. The meeting is a unique educational
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery experience, and a great opportunity to reconnect with your
Rush University Medical Center classmates, touch base with mentors, and meet new alumni and
Chicago, IL current trainees.
See our colleague Gary Gartsman, MD, receive the Distinguished
CHARLES L. CHRISTIAN, MD, TRIBUTE Alumnus Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of
PROGRAM October 24, 2019 9:00 am–1:30 pm shoulder surgery and celebrate milestones with the reunion classes
Richard L. Menschel Education Center of 10, 20, and 30 years. Touch base with fellow alumni Bryan Kelly, MD,
and Doug Padgett, MD, as they embark on new pivotal roles at HSS
SPOUSE/GUEST PROGRAM as Surgeon-in-Chief and Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, respectively.
October 24, 2019 4:30–6:00 pm
Maintaining ties as classmates and colleagues is enjoyable and there
4:30 pm Rita & Frits Markus Library Tour
are opportunities to connect at two social receptions—the Annual
Exhibition: Evolving Campus
Reception on Thursday evening, October 24, held at the Weiss Cafe
The Rita & Frits Markus Library
at The Rockefeller University and on Friday evening, October 25,
The Rockefeller University
there will be a wine and cheese reception immediately following the
5:15 pm Guest Lecture by HSS Attending scientific program. Invite your spouse or special guest to attend a
John P. Lyden, MD special event before Thursday’s reception with a library and exhibit
Looking Back on the History tour at Rockefeller and a talk by fellow alumnus John Lyden, MD.
of Our Medical Center
Weiss Café, The Rockefeller University Stay Up-to-Date
Be sure to download the HSS Alumni App, available for iOS and
ALUMNI RECEPTION
Android. You can view the draft agenda for the 101st Meeting and see
October 24, 2019 6:00–8:00 pm
who is planning to attend. The app also provides access to the HSS
Weiss Café, The Rockefeller University
Alumni Directory, upcoming events, and special announcements
throughout the year.
WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION
October 25, 2019 If you haven’t registered yet, visit hss.edu/cme to reserve your spot
Richard L. Menschel Education Center and let us know whether you plan to be here in person or connect via
At the conclusion of the Friday scientific session live stream. I look forward to seeing many of you in October.
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FROM THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Communication and Collaboration
Jose Rodriguez, MD
Director, Alumni Affairs
Resident 1994
Over the years we have been delightful divergence of approaches
taught of the origins of HSS as the to a singular goal of making people
New York Society for the Relief of better, and we are collectively doing it
HSS Alumni Association the Ruptured and Crippled. The better every year. Each of us is taught
Leadership imagination is easily drawn to the and expected to lead—in the OR, in the
words “Ruptured” and “Crippled,” Reading Room, in the lab. This edition
Director but as I read through this Alumni also marks several transitions in
Jose A. Rodriguez, MD News magazine I am led to the words leadership of the Hospital. I invite you
Associate Directors “Society” and “Relief.” to read Bryan Kelly’s words focusing
Peter K. Sculco, MD on communication and collaboration
Our culture of service, innovation, and among our physician colleagues, as
Samuel A. Taylor, MD
excellence is clearly demonstrated they represent an integral part of
Secretary/Treasurer in the alumni profiles presented maintaining the tradition of excellence
Shevaun M. Doyle, MD here. Whether depicted in the task of and service, while adding wellness as
managing the difficult injuries of our a goal. I hope you enjoy reading this
2019 President
soldiers and Marines within the fog of issue of our magazine.
Bernard R. Bach Jr., MD
war, or being thrust into a new field
I look forward to seeing many of you at
2020 President by a trusted mentor and guiding that
our upcoming annual meeting; or tune
Thomas H. McCoy, MD field to new heights, or providing care
in via the live stream feed if you cannot
in an impoverished and underserved
attend with us in person.
part of the world even as one is still
learning, the focus on relief persists. See you in October,
We are, indeed, a society with a Jose A. Rodriguez, MD
Check out the
HSS Alumni App! latest updates
today!
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The Alumni App is
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Now you can: to download for iOS
■ Connect with the alumni community through a private and Android. Search
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Play. Make sure the
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ALUMNINEWS | 3
HSS Alumni
Usher in New Era
of HSS Leadership
Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, Named
Surgeon-in-Chief; New Medical
Leadership Office Established
In July, Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, (Resident 2001, Fellow 2003) assumed the role of HSS
Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director, taking the reins from Todd J. Albert, MD, who had held
the position since 2014. Among his first priorities, Dr. Kelly is overseeing the formation of a new
administrative body called the Office of Medical Leadership, which will help ensure the highest
standards in patient care, education, research and innovation for years to come. As part of this
effort, Douglas E. Padgett, MD, (Resident 1989) has been appointed Associate Surgeon-in-
Chief and Deputy Medical Director, a new role at HSS.
The establishment of the office reflects staying involved in clinical care. If of the major challenges in medicine
the rapidly growing footprint of HSS, you’re not seeing patients, you run the today is burnout,” he says, citing recent
with locations opening across the risk of distancing yourself from the statics that indicate 88% of doctors
tristate area and soon in Florida, as practice of medicine.” are moderately to severely stressed.
well as the ever-increasing complexity “What we do is incredibly stressful, and
of care and a constantly changing it’s essential that medical leadership
regulatory environment. “The role A Focus on Communication provide enhanced support.” Short-term
of the Surgeon-in-Chief has grown and Collaboration measures include expanded wellness
exponentially over the years,” says Teamwork and communication promise offerings tailored to the unique needs
Dr. Kelly. “With the creation of this new to be among the dominant themes of of physicians as well as a new physician
office, we are well positioned to maintain Dr. Kelly’s inaugural year as Surgeon- lounge in the hospital, plans for which are
our global leadership in musculoskeletal in-Chief. He emphasizes the need for already underway.
health and to raise the already high bar greater collaboration within leadership
For his part, Dr. Padgett will take the lead
across all aspects of the field.” councils as well as multidisciplinary
on quality initiatives, seeking out novel
exchanges across service lines and
“I am immensely excited about this ways to improve the care of individual
departments. “I want us to talk to each
opportunity,” says Dr. Padgett. “HSS patients, create a more robust structure
other,” he said. “I want the voices of the
has a long-standing commitment to for M&M conferences and Grand Rounds
medical staff to be heard, and I want
excellence, and I’m honored to work and support physicians with actionable
to involve as many people as we can in
with Dr. Kelly to maintain and build on data about the quality of their care. In
leadership roles.”
that tradition. The Office of Medical addition, Dr. Padgett will work closely
Leadership allows us to drive forward Another area of particular focus for with the medical directors at the various
key hospital-wide initiatives while Dr. Kelly is physician wellness. “One HSS locations to ensure that every
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HSS Alumni Usher in New Era of HSS Leadership
facility functions as an extension of the Leveraging Decades of
main campus. “We’ve had tremendous
success expanding our offerings
Dedicated Service
beyond the Upper East Side without Drs. Kelly and Padgett’s leadership
compromising the quality of our care,” reflects the culmination of more
he says. “I’m looking forward to working “One of the major challenges than 50 years of combined service
with my colleagues across locations to to HSS, including training. Both Drs.
learn how we can continue to improve
in medicine today is burnout. Kelly and Padgett completed their
residency at HSS, with Dr. Kelly going
and expand the offerings we provide in What we do is incredibly on to do a fellowship in sports medicine
every community we serve.”
For 2020 and beyond, Dr. Kelly has
stressful, and it’s essential and shoulder surgery. Prior to his
appointment, Dr. Kelly served as Chief
plans to tackle more big issues, that medical leadership of the Sports and Shoulder Service. He
including industry compliance also led the formation of the HSS Sports
standards, crisis management provide enhanced support.” Medicine Institute, a multidisciplinary
measures and sustainability, but he program that provides care to athletes
stresses the need for a continued from around the world. He is currently
focus on the cohesiveness of the
—Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA
Co-Director of the Center for Hip
leadership councils and ensuring that Preservation. Dr. Padgett joined HSS in
those bodies serve as advocates for 1993. He led the Hip Service from 2006
the medical staff, both collectively and to 2014 and served as Chief of the ARJR
individually. “We are constantly faced Service from 2008 to 2019.
with externalities that will challenge “I’m looking forward to
healthcare and HSS specifically,” he Succeeding Dr. Kelly as Chief of the
says. “We are much stronger when we
working with my colleagues Sports Medicine Institute is Andrew
face those challenges united.” D. Pearle, MD, (Resident 2004, Fellow
across locations to learn how 2005). Dr. Pearle has particular expertise
in arthroscopic and robotic surgery of the
we can continue to improve
shoulder, knee and ankle. He oversees
and expand the offerings we the Computer Assisted Surgery Center
at HSS. Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD,
provide in every community (Resident 1995, Fellow 1996) was named
Chief of the ARJR Service. Dr. Bostrom
we serve.” specializes in hip and knee surgery,
including complex reconstructions and
—Douglas E. Padgett, MD treatment of musculoskeletal infections.
He is Chief Emeritus of the Hip Service
and serves as Vice Chair, Education &
Academic Affairs.
Above: Dr. Kelly speaking at the 2019 Fellow
Graduation in July and addressing Alumni at the
AAOS Alumni Reception in March.
At right: Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, with Douglas E.
Padgett, MD.
ALUMNINEWS | 5
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
Gary M. Gartsman, MD
Surgeon Emeritus
Foundren Orthopedic Group
Houston, TX
When Gary Gartsman was a resident joints, such as total hip replacement State Board of Medical Examiners, and
at Hospital for Special Surgery in the or knee arthroscopy, could be used in Houston’s professional sports teams:
late 1970s, fewer than 1 percent of all the shoulder and elbow. Dr. Gartsman the Oilers (football), Astros (baseball),
surgical cases involved the shoulder recalls that HSS physicians who led a Rockets (men’s basketball), and Comets
and elbow. He saw an opportunity to seminar at a Manhattan hotel on total (women’s basketball).
make a contribution to the field, and joint replacement of the upper extremity
he did—dedicating the next 35 years had to bring patients who had this Operating at Texas Orthopedic Hospital,
of his orthopaedic career to shoulder procedure to the hotel to show those he set up trainings which attracted
surgery in Houston, Texas and training attending that it could indeed be done. surgeons from around the country.
scores of surgeons in minimally invasive There were no courses in arthroscopic
techniques. Surgeons were also hesitant to learn rotator cuff repair, so he and his team
arthroscopic shoulder procedures such organized their own. By the 1990s,
An Early Commitment as rotator cuff repair, and Dr. Gartsman the trainings had become enormously
“I can’t think of a time when I wanted was one of them. “I was pushed into popular. “Surgeons said it really
to be anything other than a physician,” shoulder arthroscopy kicking and changed their practices,” Dr. Gartsman
recalls Dr. Gartsman, now retired and screaming,” he contends. Just four says. “They brought in their partners,
living in his native Los Angeles. After months into his early career at Baylor too, and they left feeling confident they
completing his undergraduate education College of Medicine in Houston, the could perform these operations.” By
at University of California, Berkeley, he department chair — convinced that the late 1990s and early 2000s, these
earned his medical degree at University shoulder arthroscopy was worth techniques exploded in popularity. Of
of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in pursuing —called Dr. Gartsman into course today, with the expansion of
1975. There he looked up to Gerald Laros, his office, promoted him to Chief of sports medicine and better tools and
MD, then chief of orthopaedics, whose Shoulder Arthroscopy, and asked him approaches, minimally invasive shoulder
ability to combine research, clinical care, what equipment he needed. “I felt like surgery has become commonplace.
and teaching earned Dr. Gartsman’s I was on an island all by myself, with no
admiration and persuaded him to enter resources,” Dr. Gartsman recalls. Paying It Forward
orthopaedics as well. Over the years, Dr. Gartsman authored
He taught himself, practicing on numerous journal articles, book
He spent one month as a fourth-year hospital cadavers and working with chapters, and meeting presentations. He
medical student observing orthopaedics equipment manufacturers not only to served as President of the HSS Alumni
at HSS and chose this field for his get the tools he needed, but to create Association in 2006. He considers the
residency, completing his general those that did not yet exist, such as opportunities to teach shoulder surgery
surgery residency at Weill Cornell special burrs for arthroscopic use. to trainees to be the most fulfilling part
Medical College and an orthopaedic He videotaped all of his surgeries for of his career. Today his days are spent
surgery residency at HSS in 1980. study later. His first shoulder enjoying retirement, with much of that
Dr. Gartsman stayed at HSS to pursue arthroscopy patient was a department happening on the golf course.
a hand and upper extremity surgery chair from another Houston hospital.
He encourages residents, fellows, and
fellowship (1980-1981), having witnessed
the need for more surgeons in this field.
Leading a Nascent Field new alumni to create teams to achieve
their goals. “It would be impossible to do
“I found it appealing because there was Before long, Dr. Gartsman became the
yourself. When problems arise, work as
so little knowledge about the shoulder expert in shoulder arthroscopy and for
a team to make each problem as small
and elbow at that time,” he notes. 20 years was the only full-time shoulder
and simple as possible,” he concludes.
surgeon in Houston. “No one wanted
“You have to be content with putting one
Changing the Tide to do shoulder surgery then, so I got
brick in the wall of knowledge, rather
In the 1980s, many doctors were lots of cases,” he explains. He became
than building the whole wall yourself. It
reluctant to embrace the possibility a consultant in shoulder surgery for
really does take a village.”
that techniques applied to some the University of Houston, the Texas
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HSS Alumni Active 101ST Annual Alumni Meeting
at National Meetings Friday Class Meet-Ups
Why not make plans now to get together with
your class year after Friday’s wine and cheese
reception? Invite surrounding class years too!
Scientific Meeting
HONORED PRO-TEMPORE FACULTY
SURGEON-IN-CHIEF PRO-TEMPORE
55th Philip D. Wilson, MD
Distinguished Orthopaedic Lecture
Peak Performance for Orthopaedic
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Complex Joint Reconstruction Center Surgeons: Managing Your Energy, Time
conducted the International Symposium on Acetabular Bone Loss in Revision and Priorities
Hip Surgery in June 2019.
John M. Flynn, MD
Richard M. Armstrong Jr.,
Spring 2019 ASRA Meeting
Endowed Chair
The HSS Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management
Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department hosted a dinner and reception for over 70 HSS Staff,
The Children’s Hospital of
Fellow Alumni, Future Fellows, and Colleagues on April 11, 2019,
Philadelphia
in Las Vegas, at TREVI during the Spring American Society of
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) meeting. Several
The University of Pennsylvania
fellow alumni, current fellows and future fellows were presenting
School of Medicine
faculty at this conference.
Philadelphia, PA
AOSSM Annual Meeting
The Annual “W” Society Meeting took place July 12, 2019, in PHYSICIAN-IN-CHIEF PRO-TEMPORE
Charles L. Christian, MD, Distinguished Lecture
Boston at the AOSSM Annual Meeting. Curriculum highlights
included lectures by Michael Angeline, MD, Joshua S. Dines, MD, Targeting Inflammation in Osteoarthritis
Craig S. Mauro, MD, Seth L. Sherman, MD, and Matthew A. Tao, MD. William Robinson, MD, PhD
The Fellowship Alumni Reception followed the scientific program, Professor of Medicine, Immunology
allowing alumni to unwind and reminisce with their HSS family. and Rheumatology
Stanford University
Orthopaedic Trauma Association Meeting
Palo Alto, CA
The Alumni Orthopaedic Trauma Service Dinner at the
Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) Annual Meeting took
place in Denver, Colorado on September 26, 2019.
ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Annual HSS Alumni Reception at the American College of
Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Health CHIEF SCIENTIST PRO-TEMPORE
Professionals Annual Meeting will take place on November 11, 2019 16th Torsten N. Wiesel, MD, Distinguished Lecture
in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional details will be provided by the HSS The Rejuvenation of Fracture Repair:
Department of Rheumatology. It’s All in the Blood
Benjamin A. Alman, MD
Pictured, left to right:
James R. Urbaniak Professor and
Deirdre Kelleher, MD, (2019
Chair
Fellow), Lindsay Gibeault,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
MD, (2020 Fellow), Mary
Duke University School of Medicine
Hargett, Mark Harris, MD,
Durham, NC
(2020 Fellow), and Susan
Bragg, MD, (2019 Fellow)
at the Spring 2019 ASRA
Meeting.
ALUMNINEWS | 7
HSS Alumni Association at the
2019 AAOS Annual Meeting
Gathering on the Sunset Terrace at the Wynn Las Vegas on March 27, 2019,
HSS Alumni took advantage of the picturesque view and enjoyed an evening of
cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and socializing.
As the sun set, old friends and colleagues reminisced about past memories while
creating new ones. Todd J. Albert, MD, and Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, offered
inspiring words on the uniqueness of the HSS Alumni family and the future of the
association. Generations of Alumni from far and wide reconnected, making the
event one to remember.
Prior to the festivities, Alumni Association Leadership, Class Representatives,
and International Ambassadors convened for the bi-annual meeting to discuss
the vision and priorities of the Alumni Association.
A B C
A: Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, Benjamin Domb, MD, Anna Domb B: Linda S. Bauer, Thomas W. Bauer, MD, PhD, Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD
C: Ryan Rauck, MD D: Jordan Villa, MD, Cynthia Kahlenberg, MD, Elizabeth A. Cody, MD, Allyson Turner, MD, Daphne N. Scott, MD
E: Charles Msika, MD, Robert E. Atkinson, MD, Alex B. Bodenstab, MD F: Seth L. Sherman, MD G: Alumni enjoying the evening on the terrace
H: Shawn Smith Richardson, MD, Keith T. Corpus, MD, Riley J. Williams III, MD, Joseph J. Ruzbarsky, MD I: Christopher C. Dodson, MD,
Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD J: Cindy Montgomery, Bill Montgomery, MD, Drew V. Miller, MD, Serena Hu, MD K: Alumni mingle at the reception
L: Robert C. Klapper, MD, Thomas H. McCoy, MD M: Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, Charles Msika, MD
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ALUMNINEWS | 92019 AAOS Annual Meeting N O P Q R N: Kenneth D. Weeks III, MD, David L. Helfet, MD, Patrick C. Schottel, MD O: Aruna Seneviratne, MD, Scott A. Rodeo, MD P: Bernard R. Bach Jr., MD, George A.C. Murrell, MD, PhD Q: Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, Seth C. Gamradt, MD, Jon J.P. Warner, MD, Russell F. Warren, MD R: Todd J. Albert, MD, addresses Alumni. PLEASE JOIN US IN 2020! HSS ALUMNI @ AAOS March 24–28, 2020 Alumni Cocktail Reception Friday, March 27, 2020 6:00–8:00 pm Hyatt Regency Orlando Orlando, Florida details to come 10 | ALUMNINEWS
Philip D. Wilson Sr., MD Salvati and Adamo visit in Larchmont, NY in 2019.
Joined
at the
Hip
Two Surgeons Operate on the
Same Patient’s Hip 60 Years Apart
Eduardo A. Salvati, MD
Fellow 1969
Director Emeritus of the Hip and Knee Service
Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon
Hospital for Special Surgery
Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Eduardo Salvati, MD, with Frank Adamo at HSS. Weill Cornell Medicine
It’s not often that one surgeon in 1941 and another many decades later would have
the opportunity to care for the same patient. But that’s exactly what happened with
me and Philip D. Wilson Sr., MD.
Dr. Wilson Sr. began taking care of Frank Mr. Adamo has fond recollections of the and the Count Basie Orchestra, among
Adamo when he came to Hospital for experience, including admission to the others. In his next career move, he
Special Surgery at age 13 for treatment hospital for several weeks. His active became a real estate contractor in
of a slipped capital femoral epiphysis. motion physical therapy at that time Westchester County and and Director
Dr. Wilson Sr., who became Surgeon- might be considered crude by today’s of Roads and Maintenance of the Pryer
in-Chief of The Hospital for the Relief standards, but effective: plywood under Manor Homeowners Association.
of the Ruptured and Crippled in 1935, his lower extremities and roller skates
It was an active life, and Mr. Adamo
had studied under Marius Nygaard with perpendicular wheels to facilitate
wanted to stay active. So when his cup
Smith Petersen, MD, developer of abduction exercises while in bed. His
arthroplasty failed 30 years later, he
“mould arthroplasty” later known as recovery was uneventful and his hip
knew just where to go: back to Hospital
cup arthroplasty, at Massachusetts function was fine for the next three
for Special Surgery. I met him in 1973
General Hospital in 1923. Dr. Petersen decades.
and performed a Charnley total hip
had first used glass as interposition
In the years to follow, Mr. Adamo and replacement. When the stem fractured
between the femoral head and
his cup arthroplasty would lead quite 30 years later, I performed revision
acetabulum, but later substituted it with
a busy life, with a roster of friends and surgery.
vitallium because of glass breakage.
acquaintances that would rival any
Dr. Petersen also pioneered the anterior Today, 46 years after his first total hip
Hollywood A-list. While working for
iliofemoral approach to hip surgery, the replacement, Mr. Adamo, 91, continues
American Airlines at LaGuardia Airport,
three-phalanged nail for femoral neck to lead an active life in Larchmont, New
he met boxer Joe Louis, Muhammad
fractures, and osteotomy of the spine York, where he enjoys the company
Ali, and Frank Sinatra along the way. He
for ankylosing spondylitis. of his family and friends. It’s been a
then became Director of Maintenance
pleasure for me not only to continue his
To treat Mr. Adamo, Dr. Wilson and Operations at the Freedomland
long-term care, but to enjoy his kind and
Sr. harnessed the knowledge and amusement park in the Bronx, where
warm friendship.
skills acquired under Dr. Petersen he helped organized concerts for Louis
and performed a cup arthroplasty. Armstrong, Paul Anka, Eydie Gormé,
ALUMNINEWS | 11Hometown Heroes
Honoring Our Alumni Veterans
John P. Lyden, MD
Resident 1972, Fellow 1973
Hometown Heroes is a new Alumni News It was an experience that shaped his
series that celebrates the many HSS future as an orthopaedic surgeon
faculty and alumni who have served specializing in trauma care. “In those
our country in the military. In this issue, situations, you really learn about
meet renowned orthopaedic trauma teamwork, especially when you’re
surgeon John P. Lyden, MD, who was under attack, and what it takes to
drafted into the United States Navy just do your job when there are guys
Medical Corps in 1967. outside the ORs trying to do us in,” in a local civilian hospital, where he
he says. “You learn about loyalty, observed the awful effects of orthopaedic
He was first sent to Bethesda Naval camaraderie, and brotherhood.” trauma on civilians. “If someone
Hospital in Washington, DC, where he sustained a compound fracture in the
Although he was too old to be drafted
served from 1967 to 1968. The patients jungle and couldn’t get help, it was a
as an enlisted soldier, Dr. Lyden was
there were mainly members of the U.S. death sentence,” Dr. Lyden notes. He
among many doctors drafted selectively
Marine Corps who had been injured in then recognized the tremendous value
from hospitals across the nation to
Vietnam. These casualties arrived in of medical evacuation helicopters for
support the war effort. Through the same
great numbers by medevac from various getting patients to the lifesaving care
program, HSS orthopaedic surgeons
hospitals in the Pacific—sometimes they needed.
Russell F. Warren, MD, and Joseph M.
up to 10 or 15 per day. They were
Lane, MD, as well as Surgeon-in-Chief He also received firsthand experience
severely injured and required immediate
Emeritus Thomas P. Sculco, MD, all served about the effects of war and its
extensive care. This experience formed
either in the battle zone or by conducting injuries on patients’ lives, including
Dr. Lyden’s initiation into the Navy
medical research for the military. the debilitation of amputation and the
Medical Corps. As a result of this work,
he was selected for a research team long-term effects of post-traumatic
Dr. Lyden’s military training was far
in Vietnam focused on wounding, stress disorder. Conducting research
shorter than the traditional boot camp.
weapons, and medical support. for the Department of Defense, his team
He spent a week in the Aberdeen
tracked 4,000 casualties to determine
Proving Ground learning about weapons
Dr. Lyden was part of the team for the the number of doctors and equipment
development and one week of “jungle
Pentagon that evaluated weapons, body needed to care for injured soldiers.
orientation” in Okinawa before traveling
armor, and medical evacuation needs.
to his post in Da Nang. In Vietnam, he
This project was based at the Edgewood
spent one day each week volunteering (continued on page 18)
Arsenal at the Aberdeen Proving
Ground in Maryland, where weapons
such as the M16 were under review. He
worked as the surgeon on a team of field
Marines who evaluated the disability
and incapacitation of casualties and
corpsmen and documented their medical
needs. The team was assigned to the 1st
Marine Division, a M.A.S.H. unit in Da
Nang, South Vietnam. “We performed
surgery on casualties while we were
under fire,” says Dr. Lyden. “We did what
we had to do.”
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Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD, MBA Please note that the National Library of Medicine
Laura and Steve Robbins recently retired the Loansome Doc system. If you
Jose A. Rodriguez, MD previously used Loansome Doc to request articles
Thomas P. Sculco, MD from the library, we invite you to submit your
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Help us preserve priceless HSS medical history books. The David B. Follow these easy steps to submit your
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ALUMNINEWS | 13IN MEMORIAM
Charles L. Christian, MD
Charles L. Christian, MD, former HSS medicine, he held the position of Dr. Christian served as Editor-in-Chief,
Physician-in-Chief, passed away on Associate Director of the Department Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1971-75,
August 11, 2019 surrounded by his family. of Research. Dr. Christian was called President of the American College of
on twice to serve as Acting Physician- Rheumatology in 1976-77, and received
Dr. Christian was born and grew in-Chief at the New York Hospital and the Presidential Gold Medal of that
up in Wichita, Kansas. After a tour as Acting Chairman of the Department organization in 1996, in recognition
in the Navy, he attended Case of Medicine at Cornell University of outstanding achievements in
Western Reserve School of Medicine, Medical College. At HSS, Dr. Christian rheumatology over an entire career.
graduating in 1953. He came to New developed the Combined Arthritis He was an emeritus member of
York for training in internal medicine Program, a unique clinical and teaching the American Society for Clinical
at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital collaboration among rheumatologists, Investigation.
where he developed his interest in the orthopaedic surgeons and social
rheumatic diseases under the tutelage workers, providing comprehensive Dr. Christian was preceded in death
of Dr. Charles Ragan, a founder of the management of the most complex by his wife Diane. He is survived by his
Arthritis Foundation. At Columbia he patients with arthritis. Under Dr. soulmate, Molly Rinehart, his children,
initiated a scientific career marked Christian’s leadership, in 1978 HSS Victoria, Jennifer, and Matthew, and so
by significant insights into the received its first Multipurpose Arthritis many patients and physicians whose
pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis Center grant from the National lives he enriched.
and systemic lupus erythematosus. Institutes of Health and 10 years later
in 1988, received its second grant. Dr. Christian was a revered icon in
In early 1970, Dr. Christian was After retirement from his academic academic medicine, a beloved mentor,
recruited to Hospital for Special position at HSS and Cornell in 1995, and treasured member of the HSS
Surgery, where he served as Physician- Dr. Christian continued to care for family. He will be remembered for his
in-Chief and Director of Rheumatic patients with rheumatic disease as a elegance, kindness, and grace.
Diseases, as well as Chief of the Professor of Medicine at the University
Division of Rheumatology at Weill of Florida College of Medicine in A tribute program for Dr. Christian will
Cornell Medical College from 1970 to Jacksonville, Florida. be held at HSS on October 24 at HSS.
1995. In addition to his role in clinical See page 2.
Aaron S. Posner, PhD
HSS STAFF
Aaron S. Posner, PhD, former HSS He continued his studies at Research from 1985-1987. He enjoyed a
Director of Research, passed away on Brooklyn Polytech and University deep appreciation for the arts, both as a
June 17, 2019 in his home. of Liege, Belgium, to earn a PhD in spectator and a creator.
crystallography. Dr. Posner was a
Dr. Posner was born in Newark, New pioneer in bone and tooth research and Dr. Posner was a wonderful husband to
Jersey and graduated from Rutgers served as a professor of biochemistry Rita Nussbaum Posner for 75 years and
University. Shortly after, he enlisted in at Cornell University Medical College. was a loving father and grandfather. He
the Army Air Corps, served in WWII and In 1963, he joined the HSS Research was an outstanding contributor to his
returned as a decorated 2nd Lieutenant. Division and served as Director of family at HSS and he will truly be missed.
14 | ALUMNINEWSHSS Abroad
A Fifth-Year Resident Is Surprised
by What She Finds in Ghana
Sariah Khormaee, MD, PhD, who completed her five-year orthopaedic residency
at HSS in June 2019, spent a week at the FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital in Accra,
Ghana in March 2019 as the recipient of the Andrew N. Swanson, MD, Traveling
Fellowship Award. The 50-bed hospital opened in 2012 and is the culmination of
years of effort by Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, emeritus chief of the HSS Scoliosis
Service, to bring state-of-the-art orthopaedic care to a part of the world where
the need is great. Dr. Khormaee, who has contributed her medical expertise in
resource-limited nations before, shares her experience.
I became interested in spine care during and after surgery to boost patients’ The Andrew N. Swanson, MD, Traveling
my residency at HSS and am now health. Children from within and outside Fellowship Award is given to an
pursuing a spine surgery fellowship at of Ghana live onsite in housing provided outstanding HSS resident interested
Stanford University. I chose to go to by the hospital. It shows what’s possible in spine surgery with a demonstrated
FOCOS because I wanted to learn how when you have a team and a leader who commitment to providing compassionate
to enhance access to spine care for know how to work together to deliver medical care. Andrew Swanson was
patients in areas with fewer resources. I high-quality medical care. an HSS Class of 2005 resident, spine
also wanted to study Dr. Boachie-Adjei’s surgeon, and active climber who passed
techniques. I was inspired by how upbeat my young away in 2009 while scaling Mount
patients were—even though many had McKinley. He was dedicated to serving
I had some idea of what to expect when I highly complex spinal deformities—and others and was a prior volunteer with
set out for my trip to FOCOS. I knew that also by the compassion and efficiency FOCOS throughout his residency.
hospitals in areas with limited access to of the staff. We performed many spine
resources often had to learn to do more fusions during my time there. I was also
with less. I had been to Vietnam and able to observe advanced techniques
Myanmar on other trips and knew that such as vertebral column resection.
patients often travelled great distances I’m especially interested in ways to
to get to our care. And I had been deliver high-quality medical care using
through the orientation that HSS staff equipment that is considered less
receive before going to FOCOS. expensive, including different kinds of
implants.
Still, when I got there, I was surprised by
just how similar FOCOS was to HSS. It Through FOCOS, Dr. Boachie-Adjei has
is an extremely well-run hospital in the created something that runs amazingly
middle of Ghana. Everywhere you go, well in an area where you wouldn’t
you see traces of the HSS influence—like expect it. I’m very grateful for the
equipment labelled the same way it is at opportunity to have travelled there, and
HSS in New York. There’s an electronic very happy that HSS is able to make this
medical record system, a pediatric ICU, happen year after year.
and nutritional support provided before
Above: Sariah Khormaee, MD, PhD. At right: Sariah Khormaee, MD, PhD, with Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, during her
Swanson Traveling Fellowship service trip to the FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital in March 2019.
ALUMNINEWS | 15INTRODUCING OUR NEW
Class Representatives
Class of 2019 Medicine for an anesthesia residency followed by HSS for a
Evan A. O’Donnell, MD Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine fellowship.
odonnell.evan@gmail.com He notes that he quickly learned that HSS was truly a special
place to be and admired the teamwork and patient care
Evan A. O’Donnell, MD, MBA, was born that took place daily to ensure best results for patients. As
and raised in upstate New York, in the small one of the Co-Chief Fellows, he not only saw the excellent
town of Guilderland. He went to Guilderland direct patient care in the operating rooms and floors but also
High School with his older brother, Ryan, who taught him the behind the scenes in the board room and various committee
game of lacrosse. He excelled in the sport and was recruited to meetings aimed at ensuring the best care for the patients
Harvard University to play collegiately during his four years. At as well as the staff. The strong commitment to education at
Harvard, Evan studied psychology in addition to his pre-medical HSS guarantees a future of excellent care to millions of future
courses, and met his wife, Kirsten Kester. After graduating, patients. Devang remarks that he is thankful for this as he
Evan researched at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in ventures back to Texas to practice. He looks forward to acting
Boston, Massachusetts for two years before matriculating as a class representative to help create an even stronger HSS
into medical school at the Columbia College of Physicians and family and wishes everyone the best!
Surgeon in New York City. At P&S, Evan developed a passion for
orthopaedic surgery. He then attended HSS for residency. He
spent the past five years with fantastic mentors and colleagues, Fellow 2019
graduating in June 2019. He is pursuing a fellowship in sports Jonathan T. Cheah, MBBS
medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he Rheumatology
hopes to specialize in shoulder pathology, and will help take jonathan@cheah.org.uk
care of the Patriots, Bruins, and Red Sox sports teams.
Jonathan T. Cheah, MBBS, is now
practicing in the Division of Rheumatology at
Fellow 2019 UMass Memorial Medical Center and as an Assistant Professor
Shawn Richardson, MD of Medicine within the Department of Medicine at the University
Adult Reconstruction and Joint of Massachusetts Medical School. He received his medical
Replacement degree with Distinctions in Medical Sciences and Clinical
shawn.s.richards@gmail.com Practice from University College London, before initial post-
graduate training at Southampton General Hospital where he
After finishing both residency and spent four months as an Academic Foundation Trainee at the
fellowship at HSS, Shawn Richardson, MD, is currently MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton.
practicing in adult reconstruction and joint replacement Following a year as a Clinical Teaching Fellow at Warwick
at Kaiser Hospital in Roseville, CA. He completed his Hospital and Warwick Medical School, he subsequently moved
undergraduate degree at Harvard College and medical school across the Atlantic to start residency training in Internal
at UC San Francisco prior to coming to HSS. Although he will Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College
miss the community at HSS and the offerings of New York of Medicine. During residency, he was awarded both the
City, he is excited to return home to CA to be near family and Program Innovation Award as well as the award for Outstanding
friends. His practice will be focused on primary and complex House Officer in Internal Medicine. While at HSS, in addition
revision total hip and knee arthroplasty as well as performing to patient care, Jonathan was involved in research related to
research using the large Kaiser Joint Replacement Registry. patients’ perspectives of the effects of systemic glucocorticoids
In his free time, he plans to take advantage of the outdoor as well as novel imaging methods for the detection of poor bone
offerings of Northern California, including skiing in Tahoe and quality. In addition, he volunteered with the American College of
visiting wineries in Napa. Rheumatology as a fellow-in-training committee member and
CARE question writer. Jonathan is looking forward to starting
the next chapter of life with his wife, Magdalena, who will also be
Fellow 2019 practicing at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
Devang Patel, MD, MBA as an infectious disease physician, and raising their two-year-
Anesthesiology old child.
dvpatelmd@gmail.com
Devang Patel, MD, MBA, grew up in
Central Texas on the outskirts of Austin,
and attended Texas A&M University for his undergraduate
career. Here he gained a love for the traditions and discovered
a new Aggie family. Devang continued his medical career here
and pursued an MBA. He went on to University of Chicago
16 | ALUMNINEWSINTRODUCING OUR NEW
Class Representatives
Fellow 2019 School in Rochester, Minnesota. He completed his residency
Yoshihiro Katsuura, MD in orthopaedic surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago,
Spine IL, and was elected by faculty and peers to serve as Chief
katsuuray@hss.edu Resident. He went on to complete his fellowship training in
orthopaedic sports and shoulder surgery at HSS in 2019.
Yoshihiro Katsuura, MD, received his Shawn is passionate about evidence-based sports medicine
undergraduate degree from the University and care for athletes of all varieties – the young adolescent,
of California at Berkeley with a double major in molecular the professional athlete, the weekend warrior, and everyone
and cellular biology and Japanese language and literature. in between. In addition to his clinical duties during training,
During his time as an undergraduate, he was heavily involved he assisted in providing care for multiple professional
in basic science research in microbiological bioremediation— sports organizations including the New York Rangers, New
the use of bacteria to clean the environment of heavy metal York Liberty, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, and
contaminants; and later was involved in research studying Chicago Bears. He is grateful for the outstanding education
the role of opioid signaling neurological pathways in reward- he received, and looks forward to taking this world-class,
driven behavior. This involvement with neuroscience research professional training back home to the folks of mid-Missouri.
sparked an intense interest in the nervous system and Shawn and his wife have two daughters and are enjoying being
devotion to the study of the spine. back home in Columbia, Missouri with family and friends.
Yoshihiro then received his medical degree from the Royal
College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed a residency in
orthopaedic surgery at the University of Tennessee, a Level 1 Fellow 2019
trauma center in the beautiful southern city of Chattanooga. James Shaw, MD
There, he trained under both orthopaedic spine surgeons and Trauma
neurosurgeons, and learned to love the nuances and variety jcjshaw@gmail.com
of approaches available for treating problems of the spine.
Moreover, his travels throughout Europe and the southern James Shaw, MD, was born in Austin,
United States also afforded him exposure to a diverse patient Texas. He completed his undergraduate
population and fueled his passion for interacting with a broad degree at the University of Texas at Austin in Biomedical
range of cultures. Engineering. His studies led him to pursue a career
in medicine, and he earned his medical degree at the
His thirst for increased knowledge of the spine led him to University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
HSS, where he completed a fellowship in spine surgery. He remained in Houston to complete a residency in
Yoshihiro gained expertise in treating spinal pathology of all orthopaedics and quickly cultivated a passion for
types; ranging from deformity and oncology to degenerative trauma surgery. James spent two months of his chief
conditions and pediatrics. He was also lucky enough to have year in Santiago, Chile and Cape Town, South Africa as
three amazing co-fellows who will be lifelong friends and an invited trauma fellow. During that time, James had a
colleagues. He will remain at HSS as an assistant attending unique experience observing the challenges of delivering
surgeon in the Spine Service, where he plans to cultivate a orthopaedic care in international healthcare systems.
practice of adult and pediatric complex spinal reconstruction
and deformity and aims to provide excellent care to the He subsequently completed his final year of formal training
diverse patient population of the NYC metropolitan area. He at HSS, serving as a trauma fellow with Dr. David Helfet. He
is appreciative of the unwavering support of his lovely wife, was hired to rejoin his academic program at UT Houston
Julia, a gifted pediatrician, and his 1-year-old son, Hirofumi, a McGovern Medical School as faculty, practicing orthopaedic
talented eater. trauma surgery. He is extremely grateful to everyone who
mentored and supported him throughout his training,
especially his wife, Tahlia.
Fellow 2019
Shawn Sahota, MD
Sports Medicine and Shoulder
sahota.shawn@gmail.com
Are you interested in becoming
Shawn Sahota, MD, practices orthopaedic
sports medicine – shoulder, hip, and knee
a class representative?
surgery at the Columbia Orthopaedic Group in Columbia,
Missouri. Shawn graduated summa cum laude from the Contact Colleen O’Shea, MPA, at
University of Missouri with a B.S. degree in biological osheac@hss.edu for more information.
sciences, B.A. degree in economics, and minor in psychology.
He attended medical school at the Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical
ALUMNINEWS | 17Awards & Accolades
Residents She is a member
Scott A. Rodeo, MD (1994) received the of the Board of
Charles Neer Award from the American Trustees of Hospital
Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society for Special Surgery
for a collaborative paper on cell-based and of the Arthritis
approaches to improve treatment of soft Foundation, New York Peggy Crow, MD, was recognized as the Medical Honoree at the
tissue injuries. Chapter. She was Arthritis Foundation Walk to Cure to Arthritis in June.
named an “Arthritis
Jose A. Rodriguez, MD (1994) was programs that have significant impact
Hero” by the Arthritis Foundation in
honored at the Annual Luncheon of on the health of vulnerable and
2001 and received the Margaret D.
the American Association of Latino underserved communities.
Smith Lifetime Achievement Award
Orthopaedic Surgeons (AALOS). Dr.
of the Arthritis Foundation, New York Vandy Gaffney II, MD (2017) was
Rodriguez, a former AALOS Board
Chapter in 2010. In 2017, Dr. Crow was referenced and mentioned in an article
Member, was recognized for his active
one of two American physicians to be about anesthesiologists around Atlanta
research, mentorship, and involvement
named an honorary member of the combating the opioid crisis in Atlanta
on the editorial boards of the Journal
European League Against Rheumatism, Medicine, Vol. 90, No. 3.
of Arthroplasty, Bone and Joint Journal,
and in 2018 she received the President
Clinical Orthopedics and Related
Gold Medal of the American College
Research, and the HSS Journal. He was
of Rheumatology in recognition
Medical Staff
also acknowledged for his service as a Todd J. Albert, MD, received the
of outstanding achievements in
US Army Reserve Major with two tours Nicolas Andry Award from Association
rheumatology over an entire career.
of duty in Iraq. of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) at
Michael L. Parks, MD (1997) received the association’s annual meeting in July
the 2019 Diversity Award from the 2019. Dr. Albert also became Treasurer-
Fellows American Academy of Orthopaedic Elect for the American Orthopaedic
HSS served as the presenting sponsor
Surgeons (AAOS). The award recognizes Association (AOA).
of the Arthritis Foundation Walk to
members of the Academy who have
Cure Arthritis which took place June 2, Jonathan T. Deland, MD, was presented
distinguished themselves through their
2019, at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space with the 2019 Lifetime Achievement
outstanding commitment to making
Museum. Mary K. (Peggy) Crow, MD Award at the HSS 36th Tribute Dinner for
orthopaedics more representative
(1983), Physician-in-Chief and Chair his devotion to patient care and steadfast
of, and accessible to, diverse patient
of the Department of Medicine, was commitment to advancing the science
populations.
recognized as the Medical Honoree for and techniques to improve surgical
her leadership and achievements in both Swetha Pakala, MD (2012) was chosen treatment of foot and ankle conditions.
national and international rheumatology as the first recipient of the Leon Root, He notably established the Rose Registry,
communities. MD, Community Award for exemplifying which is the largest foot and ankle
leadership in creating or advancing registry for clinical research in the U.S.
Hometown Heroes In honor of his meritorious service, Dr. Lyden received multiple
awards:
Honoring our Alumni Veterans ■ The Bronze Star, one of the highest combat awards, given to
(continued) soldiers who demonstrate bravery on the battlefield (and in
When his tour in the military was over, Dr. Lyden explains that Dr. Lyden’s case, operating in a body vest and helmet), with a
the country, which was heavily against the war, was not very “V” attached to it for valor in combat heroism.
welcoming of returning soldiers or doctors and would even spit ■ The Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry for treating Vietnamese
on them. But at HSS, the response was different. “Hospital for patients brought into the civilian hospital.
Special Surgery had a good idea of what we’d been through ■ Three Presidential Unit Citations in recognition of his
and welcomed us warmly and openly,” he recalls. Today, he research contributions.
continues to focus on post-traumatic stress disorder through
military organizations in New York City—observing that the “I will never forget the Marine Corps,” Dr. Lyden concludes.
best treatment is helping veterans deal with their guilt and “The soldiers took care of us, and we took care of them.
assisting them with fitting into a meaningful social structure The experience taught me about the impact that we, as
and employment as soon as possible. surgeons, can have on patients’ lives.”
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