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Alumni Reflections Across the Years Thoughts from the Reunion Classes of 1990–2010

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IN THIS ISSUE

Surgeons Restore Lives Honoring Our Alumni Veterans Alumni President through Operation Walk Lucas McDonald, MD Thomas H. McCoy, MD Lawrence D. Dorr, MD

Who’s Who in the HSS Alumni Association Committees Alumni Association

Alumni Officers Thomas H. McCoy, MD 2020 President

Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Secretary/Treasurer

Douglas E. Padgett, MD 2021 President-Elect

Alumni Association Leadership Jose A. Rodriguez, MD Director, Alumni Affairs

Peter K. Sculco, MD Associate Director, Alumni Affairs

Samuel A. Taylor, MD Associate Director, Alumni Affairs

David B. Levine, MD Director Emeritus, Alumni Affairs

Education Institute Alumni Administrators Marcia Ennis Senior Creative Director Education Marketing & Digital Communications

Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA Vice President

Colleen O’Shea, MPA Manager, Alumni Affairs

Acknowledgment

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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.

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Alumni Affairs Committee Jose A. Rodriguez, MD, Chair Todd J. Albert, MD Michael M. Alexiades, MD Lauren Barber, MD Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD, FACS Vincenzo Castellano, MD Alexander Christ, MD Charles N. Cornell, MD Matthew E. Cunningham, MD, PhD Gregory S. DiFelice, MD Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD Allan E. Inglis Jr., MD Christine Johnson, MD Lana Kang, MD Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA Richard S. King, MD Kanupriya Kumar, MD David B. Levine, MD Francis Lovecchio, MD John P. Lyden, MD Patrick V. McMahon, MD Douglas N. Mintz, MD Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA Martin J. O’Malley, MD Colleen O’Shea, MPA Daniel S. Rich, MD Peter K. Sculco, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD Ernest L. Sink, MD Michael Steinhaus, MD Samuel A. Taylor, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD Russell E. Windsor, MD, PC

Alumni Meeting Planning Committee

Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, Chair Todd J. Albert, MD, Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD, FACS Charles N. Cornell, MD Mary K. Crow, MD Emily R. Dodwell, MD, MPH, FRCSC Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Austin T. Fragomen, MD Steven B. Haas, MD Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD Lionel B. Ivashkiv, MD Han Jo Kim, MD Kanupriya Kumar, MD David B. Levine, MD Susanne Maher, PhD Douglas N. Mintz, MD Peter J. Moley, MD Danyal H. Nawabi, MD, FRCS Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA Colleen O’Shea, MPA Daryl C. Osbahr, MD Douglas E. Padgett, MD Bernard A. Rawlins, MD Daniel S. Rich, MD Matthew M. Roberts, MD Jose A. Rodriguez, MD Peter K. Sculco, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD Ernest L. Sink, MD Samuel A. Taylor, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD Russell E. Windsor, MD, PC

Alumni News Editorial Committee

Marcia Ennis, Editor Todd J. Albert, MD Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD, FACS Mary K. Crow, MD Shevaun M. Doyle, MD Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA David B. Levine, MD Joseph A. Markenson, MD Patrick V. McMahon, MD Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA Colleen O’Shea, MPA Daniel S. Rich, MD Jose A. Rodriguez, MD Peter K. Sculco, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD Sabrina M. Strickland, MD Samuel A. Taylor, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD Russell E. Windsor, MD, PC

Finance Subcommittee of the HSS Alumni Affairs Committee

Shevaun M. Doyle, MD, Chair Todd J. Albert, MD Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD, FACS Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD Lana Kang, MD Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA David B. Levine, MD Joseph A. Markenson, MD Patrick V. McMahon, MD Douglas N. Mintz, MD Martha O’Brasky-Crawley, MPA Colleen O’Shea, MPA Daniel S. Rich, MD Jose A. Rodriguez, MD Peter K. Sculco, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD Samuel A. Taylor, MD Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD

Archives Committee Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD, MBA Director Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH Associate Director Todd J. Albert, MD Jason Blevins, MD Jack Davis, MSN, RN, ONC Marcia Ennis Bridget Jivanelli Gatto, MLIS Mary Hargett Randy Hawke Pamela Kerns, MLS, MPA David B. Levine, MD Francis Lovecchio, MD John P. Lyden, MD C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD Carle-Marie Memnon, FACHE Colleen O’Shea, MPA Anil S. Ranawat, MD Matthew M. Roberts, MD Thomas P. Sculco, MD

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AlumniNews The magazine of the HSS Alumni Association Spring 2020

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Contents

4 A Message from the Surgeon-in-Chief

5 From the Office of Alumni Affairs: Shared

Experiences

6 Friday Morning Academic Conference

Lecture Series

7 Together, We Are HSS

8 Alumni Reflections Across the Years

11 2020 Alumni President, Thomas H. McCoy, MD

12 Alumni Association 101ST Annual Meeting

17 Annual Meeting Presentations

Available On-Demand

18 In Memoriam

20 Surgeons Restore Lives Through Operation Walk—

Lawrence D. Dorr, MD

22 Hometown Heroes, Lucas McDonald, MD

24 A Portrait Dedication

26 Class Notes

27 Awards & Accolades


A Message from the Surgeon-in-Chief

Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA

We are living through some of the most challenging times that our modern world has ever seen. The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled healthcare into a unprecedented crisis, while we continue to work and respond to the needs of patients, staff, families, communities, ourselves, and our world.

This emergency is an indelible reminder that we are all connected. I have seen proof of this every day, as HSS has transformed itself from a specialty facility to one with advanced-care capacity. Day by day, I am encouraged that we are surmounting this tremendous challenge together. As you work to lead your practices and institutions through these unparalleled tests, I encourage you to reach out to one another for support. It is vital that we take time to care for ourselves and our own mental and physical well-being. Much is unknown right now, but I know with certainty that as we endure we are stronger for it.

Updates from HSS Like all of you, we are focused on battling COVID-19. We completely restructured HSS to respond to the crisis by taking care of COVID-19 positive, critical care, and essential orthopaedic surgery patients, executing this surge plan to assist NewYork-Presbyterian to create additional capacity across their system and support our patients and community. The ground floor surgery unit was transformed into an orthopaedic emergency triage center, and 7 HSS locations are supporting urgent orthopaedic care needs. More than 200 physicians are now performing virtual visits.

We are now pivoting back to caring for urgent orthopaedic patients as the volume of COVID-19 patients begins to subside. This includes continuous evaluation of key crisis indicators so that we can increase capacity to care for patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Operational plans for a new normal are taking shape.

I also want to update you on several initiatives that have been in the works at HSS over the past year. Last summer, we broke ground on the HSS and Lima Corporate 3-D printing facility, which when fully operational later this year will be the first provider-based additive manufacturing 3-D printing facility for custom complex implants. In December, HSS expanded with a new outpatient center in Brooklyn’s Industry City, in the same building as the Brooklyn Nets HSS Training Center, providing access to high-quality care for this growing community and the NBA team. In January, we opened HSS Florida, a brand-new, state-of-the-art 60,000-square-foot facility in West Palm Beach. And our newest location will open soon at Hudson Yards in New York City, in the heart of the “New West Side.”

I would like to introduce and welcome to the Alumni Association the following new medical staff who have joined HSS during the last year, including:

Naimish G. Baxi, MD Theodore A. Blaine, MD Jason L. Blevins, MD James B. Carr II, MD Andrew P. Creighton, DO Fred David Cushner, MD George Cyrill, MD, FAAPMR Kathleen L. Davenport, MD Sameer Dixit, MD Daniel R. Dziadosz, MD Derek G. Hansen, MD Carlos Hernandez-Torres, MD Yoshihiro Katsuura, MD Anuj Malhotra, MD Daniel S. Markowicz, MD Benedict U. Nwachukwu, MD

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Jean-Pierre P. Ouanes, DO George A. Paletta Jr., MD James N. Robinson, MD Nicholas Sama, MD William W. Schairer, MD Elizabeth Schulman, MD Nicholas R. Sgrignoli, MD Mili Shum, MD Ryan W. Simovitch, MD Michael N. Singleton, MD Jessica R. Starr, MD Rudolph F. Taddonio Jr., MD Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, MD Edward S. Yoon, MD John L. Wang, MD

Annual Autumn Benefit Supporting Education The Annual Autumn Benefit was held in October at Guastavino’s in Manhattan and attended by more than 400 guests, raising more than $875,000 to support research, training, education, and academic programming at HSS. The benefit was chaired by Lois Kelly and co-chaired by Anne Altchek, Sandra L. Kozlowski, Andrea Ranawat, Dana Ranawat, and Mary Lee Shapiro. During the benefit, David S. Wellman, MD, Matthew M. Roberts, MD, and Samuel A. Taylor, MD, were recognized with awards for their commitment and dedication to educating our residents and fellows.

Join Us for the Livestream Broadcasts of the New Friday Morning Academic Conference Lecture Series In addition to our 2020 Visiting Professor lectures, we have developed a new series as part of our Friday Morning Academic Conference programming. We will offer access to our alumni to watch these valuable talks via live streaming video on the date and time of these lectures. Please see page 6 for a schedule of upcoming events that are planned to date.

Mark Your Calendars The date has been set of Friday, October 30, 2020, for the Alumni Association 102nd Annual Meeting. The meeting will be fully accessible by live streaming video. If we are able to welcome you back to campus this fall, we will certainly do so, and will keep you posted. The scientific meeting will feature a new, condensed, one-day format this year. We look forward to a robust meeting with participation from across the HSS medical staff and our alumni community.

I wish our alumni community great strength and resilience during this time and look forward to when we can reconvene, share what we’ve learned, and move forward, united.

HSS Residents Christine Goodbody, MD, Lauren Wessel, MD, Cynthia Kahlenberg, MD, and Alex Anatone, MD, supporting care during the COVID-19 crisis.

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From the Office of Alumni Affairs

Shared Experiences Samuel A. Taylor, MD Associate Director, Alumni Affairs Resident 2013, Fellow 2014

On December 31st, my family and I met up with Dr. Michael Cross and his family at the one and only Caspary Estate. We barbecued steaks, walked the woods, and played with the kids on the front lawn as large snowflakes fell softly through the crisp winter air. During dinner, we sat in a library of history—a history largely documented by empty wine bottles labeled with names and dates marking events of our past.

There is no training program that cares so deeply about the resident and fellow than HSS. It is hard not to be thankful for HSS—for we have all benefited from the education, research, and clinical excellence regardless of our final landing place. What cannot be measured objectively, however, are the unbreakable relationships, which have been carved from our time at the Caspary, living at 310, celebrating life events with co-residents and their families, and emerging from training ready to begin a practice. These experiences bind us all together as HSS family.

With the kids finally asleep, the flames illuminating the great room’s darkness, and the hiss of the moisture escaping a fresh log added to the stack, we celebrated our shared past and future as we added an empty bottle of Cabernet to the hallowed Caspary library.

Best, Sam Taylor

HSS Alumni Association Leadership

Director Jose A. Rodriguez, MD

Associate Directors Peter K. Sculco, MD Samuel A. Taylor, MD

Secretary/Treasurer Shevaun M. Doyle, MD

2020 President Thomas H. McCoy, MD

2021 President-Elect Douglas E. Padgett, MD

The Taylor and Cross families celebrated the new year at the Caspary Estate.


New! Friday Morning Academic Conference Lecture Series

Livestreaming Events

Alumni are invited to tune in to this exciting new lecture series featuring thought leaders in leadership, physician wellness, clinical quality, and the business of medicine. These livestreaming events will be held from 7:00–8:00 am on select Fridays. No registration is required. Watch your email for more details and direct link access to view these lectures. You can also contact [email protected] for more information.

September 25, 2020 Thriving in Adversity Chris Lindsay US Navy Captain (Ret.) Founder and Principal, Leadership Support Network Adjunct Professor, Loyola Marymount University EMBA Program

November 20, 2020 Sustaining Culture That Drives Collaboration Daniel Coy Contributing Editor for Outside Magazine Author of The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

October 16, 2020 December 18, 2020 Battle Over Evidence- The High Cost of Burnout Based Medicine on Healthcare Professionals Eric Patashnik, PhD Tait Shanafelt, MD Professor of Public Policy and Jeanie & Stewart Ritchie Professor of Medicine Political Science Chief Wellness Officer, Stanford Medicine Brown University Director, WellMD Center

Associate Dean, Stanford School of Medicine

Faculty, dates, and topics are subject to change.


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Together, We Are HSS As the year 2020 unfolds, we ask that you reflect on what it means to belong to such an exclusive, honorable alumni association. The HSS Standard of Excellence that we all cherish was formed by each of our past members, and you can continue to build on that foundation for future generations by paying your alumni dues.

Association membership consists of any

resident or clinical/research fellow who trained

at HSS for a minimum of one year, all members

of the HSS Medical Staff, senior scientists

of the Research Division, and a select group

of individuals who have been given honorary

membership due to special meritorious

service performed. Members represent

excellence across all fields and specialties

of musculoskeletal medicine, and each have

played a distinctive role in the formation of this

association and in its future.

Your annual dues sustain association operations, and your philanthropic generosity to the Alumni Association Fund helps to support HSS programs and opportunities, including:

■ Bioskills Education Laboratory

■ Professional Leadership Education Scholarship

■ Andrew N. Swanson, MD, Humanitarian Lectureship

■ Andrew N. Swanson, MD, Traveling Fellowship

■ Lance Peters, MD, Memorial Biomechanics Award

■ Gigi Viellion Orthopaedic Nursing Education Scholarship Award

You can submit your dues and make a contribution via the online portal at hss.edu/alumni-giving.

Reminder: Paying your dues earns a 50% discount on all HSS-offered CME courses.

Join our professional community at @HSSProfEd and HSS Professional Education.


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Alumni Reflections Across the Years

1980 Residency Class 1970 Residency Class

The HSS Alumni Association 102nd Annual Meeting, which will be held October 30, 2020, not only allows alumni the opportunity to participate in symposia, lectures, and debate, but also provides returning alumni a chance to reconnect with each other and reminisce about their shared time at HSS.

HSS Alumni News asked representatives from classes of 2010, 2000, 1990, 1980, and 1970 to share their thoughts about the role HSS has played in their careers.

2010 2000 1990 1980 1970

Cassie Peter J. Kenneth J. Raymond P. Charles W. Root, MD Millett, MD Kress, MD Robinson, MD Carpenter, MD

Dr. Cassie Root is in Dr. Peter Millett is the Chief Dr. Kenneth Kress Dr. Robinson currently is Dr. Carpenter retired in private practice at Nirschl Medical Officer, Director practices orthopaedics Professor of Clinical 2001, after practicing Orthopaedic Center in of Shoulder Surgery and a in Atlanta, Ga. where he Orthopaedics at the orthopaedic surgery in Arlington, Va. where she sports medicine specialist specializes in hip and knee University of Miami Miller Binghamton, N.Y. since 1971. focuses on hand and at the Steadman Clinic in reconstructive surgery School of Medicine. Dr. Carpenter specialized upper extremity surgery. Vail, Colorado. He received as well as comprehensive Dr. Robinson specializes in in total joint replacement Dr. Root graduated from degrees from the University arthritic care management. hip and knee orthopaedic in his private practice Princeton University with of Scranton, University of Dr. Kress graduated from surgery. Previously, and was president of the honors and attended Cambridge, and Dartmouth The University of Notre Dame Dr. Robinson practiced medical staff at Binghamton Vanderbilt University Medical School. After an and completed medical medicine in Seattle, WA, General Hospital. He also School of Medicine. She HSS residency and a sports school at Weill Cornell where he was also a clinical established the sports also completed a fellowship medicine fellowship in Medical College of Cornell professor of orthopaedics at medicine program at SUNY in Hand, Upper Extremity Vail, Dr. Millett joined the University. He completed a the University of Washington. Binghamton. Dr. Carpenter and Microvascular Surgery faculty at Harvard Medical surgical internship at Case Dr. Robinson is most proud attended Cornell University at Washington University School and co-directed the Western Reserve University of carrying on the HSS and then Cornell University in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Root Harvard Shoulder Service. and completed a fellowship in tradition of teaching and Medical College, graduating has been very involved Currently, he serves as the Adult Knee Reconstruction at research. He has presented in 1963. He met his wife with the Washington, D.C. medical director for Ski and Resurgens Orthopaedics, PC. more than 350 national and Susan McKinley, a physical Society for Surgery of the Snowboard Club Vail. He and In his orthopaedic practice international lectures and therapist, while at HSS. Last Hand, bringing together his wife Sarah are active in Dr. Kress focuses on presentations in 17 year they celebrated their hand surgeons in the area. the Vail community serving developing outpatient total countries. 50th wedding anniversary. She recently served as the a number of nonprofits. With joint programs. Dr. Kress has organization’s president. their four children, the Milletts three adult children and enjoys

enjoy skiing and Colorado’s woodworking and skiing. outdoors.

What part of your training at HSS influenced you the most? Dr. Root: “Because of the strong mentorship I received at HSS, really gives residents the ability to learn about all aspects of I found my passion for hand and upper extremity surgery. The orthopedic surgery. The attendings are very influential people in mentorship program, which allows residents to form strong their field, and that really feeds a resident’s passion.” relationships with individual surgeons while working on rotations,


1990 Residency Class 2000 Residency Class 2010 Residency Class

Alumni Reflections Across the Years (continued)

Dr. Millett: “Working with the brightest minds in science and medicine and the most talented surgeons inspired me and made me want to pursue a career in academic orthopaedics. I had some of the ‘giants’ of orthopaedics as role models, and there is no doubt that because of my HSS training I have pursued an academic career path, contributing my small part to patient care, research, and education.”

Dr. Kress: “The breadth and the technical level of cases that I saw while a resident gave me such a tremendous foundation. I knew that I could go out and practice orthopaedic surgery anywhere in the world and feel very confident in my training and skills. The exposure to joint replacements in sports medicine I received led me to pursue a career in joint replacement surgery.”

Dr. Robinson: “By today’s standards, HSS was an intimate place when we started our residency in 1977, where we were part of a unique family. Imagine having the opportunity to interact with Phil Wilson, Jr., Allan Inglis, Chit Ranawat, John Insall, Eduardo Salvati, John Marshall, Al Burstein, Joe Lane, and so many others on a routine basis. We were exposed to a superb culture of teaching, systematic clinical and radiographic evaluation, research, and implant design that became a foundation of many fields of orthopaedics.”

Dr. Carpenter: “When I was a student at HSS, it was clear to me that everyone who was there teaching us really loved orthopaedics. I remember Drs. Patterson, Thompson, Levine, and Root and how they loved the practice of orthopaedics. Their passion really rubbed off on me.”

What was the most important lesson you took away from HSS? Dr. Root: “The importance of great teamwork. Great surgical results are always the result of great teamwork.

A surgeon cannot do it on his or her own. HSS does such as amazing job at every aspect of patient care, from the nurses to the therapists, physician assistants, anesthesiologists, etc. The collaborative effort by all different disciplines comes together to yield the surgical results.”

Dr. Millett: “Never settle for the status quo. I remember Dr. Warren always striving to make things better – to do surgeries less invasively, more anatomically, or with more predictable outcomes. I also learned that, where good solutions didn’t exist or where predictable patient outcomes were lacking, there were opportunities for creativity, innovation, and research. This understanding has given enormous meaning to my work and has inspired me to look carefully at my own patients’ outcomes to ensure they are receiving the best evidence-based treatments.”

Dr. Kress: “Through their training program and didactics they taught us to be skilled, technical surgeons. More importantly, they taught us how to be true critical thinkers and how to approach any problem in a systematic manner so that we would have an excellent outcome.”

Dr. Robinson: “The importance of a systematic prospective assessment of one’s treatment choices in order to generate the data necessary to improve the care of patients. We were surrounded by outstanding mentors never content with the status quo and always striving toward further improvements. I am thankful to all the special people at HSS who nurtured that inquisitive spirit in me. It has made my career so rewarding.”

Dr. Carpenter: I learned to follow the basic orthopaedic rules, and I did that throughout my career. I always knew if I followed the principles that we were taught I would be practicing good orthopaedics. Also, I learned

10 Years | Class of 2010 Carolyn Hettrich, MD, MPH Christopher K. Kepler, MD Anna Miller, MD Ngozi Mogekwu, MD Andrew S. Neviaser, MD Daryl C. Osbahr, MD Brad Raphael, MD Cassie Root, MD Seth L. Sherman, MD

20 Years | Class of 2000 Hyun Bae, MD Struan H. Coleman, MD, PhD William J. Ertl, MD Deborah A. Faryniarz, MD Stephen Fealy, MD Richard R. McCormack, MD Peter J. Millett, MD Adam B. Shafritz, MD Eric T. Tolo, MD

30 Years | Class of 1990 Mark K. Bowen, MD Robert L. Buly, MD Steven B. Haas, MD Scott G. Kantor, MD Kenneth J. Kress, MD Michael J. Maynard, MD Michael Moran, MD

40 Years | Class of 1980 John H. Doherty, MD Gary M. Gartsman, MD Richard J. Kearns, MD Paul M. Pellicci, MD Bruce Reider, MD Raymond P. Robinson, MD

50 Years | Class of 1970 James Stephen Bethea, MD Charles W. Carpenter, MD Joseph V. Hajek, MD Louis C. Jordan, MD Paul A. Lotke, MD John L. Marshall, MD


Alumni Reflections Across the Years (continued)

the importance of looking at a problem and asking if there was a better way to solve it, understanding that every case is different.”

What is your favorite HSS memory with your classmates? Dr. Root: “I loved the golf/tennis day. It was such a special thing HSS did, and the Rockefeller Estate was a beautiful setting. I enjoyed having that day to get away with classmates since our work schedules prevented us from all being together very often. And I enjoyed having that time with attendings and mentors as well.”

Dr. Millett: “I have a photo of my HSS classmates– Hyun Bae, Struan Coleman, William Ertl, Deborah Faryniarz, Stephen Fealy, Adam Shafritz, Eric Tolo – together with Drs. Warren and Sculco from our graduation in 2000. It hangs in my office to this day! My HSS classmates were all amazingly accomplished individuals. My fondest professional memories involve the process of learning the various technical and academic aspects of orthopaedic surgery together. Some of my most cherished personal memories include gatherings at 310, running in Central Park with classmates, preparing for golf tennis day or the chief roast, or for loading up on food at the Belaire café for a weekend on call!”

Dr. Kress: “Saturday morning breakfast on my first Saturday on call as a first-year. It was a nice introduction to a very busy weekend. Also, during my first rotation the senior resident said we were going to wrap up the day and go through our cases at the recovery room. I thought this was a strange place to go over cases. I didn’t realize The Recovery Room was the name of a bar near the hospital. My wife and infant son joined us. And we went over the cases, but in The Recovery Room.”

Dr. Robinson: For me the most memorable things were the shared experiences during our day-to-day work at HSS. For example, we all knew that during the weekly Tuesday morning teaching conference run by Dr. Chit Ranawat the prime place to sit was the second to the back row on the left because that was the hardest spot for Chit to see. And in the operating room, we all knew that from time to time Dr. Insall would have

an attack of uncertainty during a total knee operation. When John had one of his famous “Insall attacks” there was only one cure. Call for Dr. Burstein. Al would come from the biomechanics lab to the OR, change into a jump suit, look over John’s shoulder and reassuringly say, “looks good John”. In John’s defense, these were the days of new knee designs such as the posterior stabilized knee.”

Dr. Carpenter: Some of the residents a couple of years ahead of me started a group called ARGO, which stands for Association for Research in General Orthopaedics. It’s comprised of HSS alumni from the late 1960s and early 1970s. We were all friends at HSS during our training. We’ve continued that group since completing our residency, meeting every 18 months. We have about 25 people in the group, and when we meet one person is the president and sets the agenda. We present papers, and many of these papers are also presented at academy and other venues. It’s one of the highlights of our medical experience – learning new things with old friends. Everyone in the group is now retired, but we still meet and renew friendships. It’s one way that HSS has lived on in us throughout the years.”

What makes being an HSS alumni so special? Dr. Root: “The strong alumni network. When I meet other alumni there’s an immediate respect and connection that we have from going through similar training. Also, there’s always a network of mentors and classmates I can call. I know I can call my mentors from HSS at any time, and it is tremendously helpful to know they are willing to talk. As alumni, we always have that bond.”

Dr. Millett: “To have trained under the tutelage of some of the true masters of orthopaedic surgery was an experience for which I will be forever grateful. Being part of this legacy and serving as an ambassador for HSS, with the mission of preserving people’s mobility, is truly noble and special. When I graduated from HSS as a resident, I remember stating that I would always be proud and honored to say that I trained at HSS. Twenty years later, those words still ring true.

Dr. Kress: “I didn’t come from a family of medicine and I wasn’t raised in New York City, so I didn’t appreciate the stature of HSS initially. But out in the world, I think we all realize that the level of training we had was unmatched. To be selected as a resident for the program made my career. I am grateful to this day. Also, 30 years later, the relationships I made at HSS are still there. If I ever need to talk with someone, whether it is personal or professional, those people are there.”

Dr. Robinson: “Being from HSS is like being part of a family for life. I recently had the experience of returning to HSS for my wife’s total knee and total shoulder replacements. Although the physical plant has changed dramatically since 1981 and there are many new faces, the welcoming atmosphere, memories, and many familiar older faces made it feel as if I had never left. What a special and precious thing. HSS has been an anchor for me and a continuous source of information throughout my career.”

Dr. Carpenter: “The experience at HSS is so unique. It was when I was there, and I think it still is. I was exceedingly lucky to be there. As a country doctor I have a patent on a device to improve component alignment for total hip replacements, and I presented a paper at the academy demonstrating how critical the joint line level in total knee replacement is to post-operative range of motion. I don’t think I would have done either of those if I didn’t have the basic training that I received at HSS.”

“When I meet other alumni there’s an immediate respect and connection that we have from going through similar training. Also, there’s always a network of mentors and classmates I can call.”

—Cassie Root, MD

Have a special class year coming up? Make plans to get together at the annual meeting this year. Invite surrounding years too!


2020 Alumni President Thomas H. McCoy, MD Orthopaedic Surgeon UNOVA Health Clinic Lady Lake, FL

Thomas McCoy set off from his native Charlotte, North Carolina for Williams College in 1972 with every intention of becoming an English professor. At that time, he contends that English majors needed to also become fluent in French and German, but a hearing deficit prevented him from mastering these languages—even despite a year off spent in France with the goal of becoming fluent. “I figured then I’d better do something I’m good at,” he recalls.

He decided to major in religion because that department at Williams was very strong. The son of a father who was an obstetrician and a mother who was a general practitioner, he also took premedical courses, enrolling in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1977. He was most interested in surgery, ultimately choosing orthopaedics. “It’s a happy specialty, and I really like the surgery,” Dr. McCoy says. “Plus I peaked in math in geometry, and that really applies to orthopaedics.”

“Don’t look at who the payor is—treat all of your patients equally. And when you go on rounds and examine patients, comment on the good work of your colleagues. It’s good to think well of your partners.”

On the advice of one of his medical school instructors, he chose Roosevelt Hospital in New York City to do two years (1981–1983) of his general surgical residency. He completed his orthopaedic residency in 1986 at HSS—“where there were incredible masters of their art,” he asserts. He was invited back to North Carolina to join a growing practice in Charlotte as a hip and knee surgeon. North Carolina needed more doctors, and groups were being bought by larger entities. “The only way we could have a voice at the table was to get bigger,” Dr. McCoy notes.

The practice would eventually expand to become OrthoCarolina, which now boasts nearly 150 orthopaedic surgeons. It’s a place where surgeons can train residents and conduct clinical research while maintaining a private practice. Many of OrthoCarolina’s surgeons trained at HSS. “We all came to practice in Charlotte because of the reputation of and opportunities presented by OrthoCarolina,” Dr. McCoy adds. He remained at OrthoCarolina

through December 2019. He has conducted multiple clinical research projects over the years and continues as an investigator on several of them.

Over the decades, he marvels at how specialized orthopaedics has become, with surgeons subspecializing in foot/ankle, hand, shoulder, hip/knee, spine, pediatric surgery, and sports medicine. He worries that with so much attention to billing, coding, compliance, and efficiency, there may be a loss of professionalism. His advice to orthopaedic surgeons early in their careers: “Don’t look at who the payor is—treat all of your patients equally. And when you go on rounds and examine patients, comment on the good work of your colleagues. It’s good to think well of your partners.”

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Above: Daughter, Arrington, with grand dog Pia and son, Tom Jr.

Left: Dr. McCoy with his partner, Erin, and their son, Cash.


2019 Alumni Association 101ST Annual Meeting Colleen O’Shea, MPA

This past October 24–26, the Alumni Association 101st Annual Meeting included a memorial tribute, historical lecture, honored guest speakers, symposia, debates, breakout sessions as well as the ever popular reunion presentations.



A tribute to Charles C. Christian, MD, was held in recognition of a life dedicated to patients, medicine and science. Heartfelt speeches from family members, esteemed colleagues, and peers illustrated the tremendous impact Dr. Christian had on HSS research and rheumatology. Dr. Christian was a pioneer in his field and will be greatly missed by the HSS family.

The HSS Alumni Spouse/Guest Program held on Thursday evening at Rockefeller University kicked off the social festivities for the weekend. A guided tour of the Rita and Frits Markus Library was provided, followed by a lecture from HSS Attending John P. Lyden, MD (Resident 1972/ Fellow 1973) entitled Looking Back on the History of Our Medical Center. Dr. Lyden gave a unique historical talk on the evolution of the Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled and the establishment of meaningful relationships with the surrounding medical institutions. The Annual Cocktail Reception immediately followed with alumni connecting and catching up.

Academic sessions began on Thursday afternoon with the Resident Seminar: Helping You Find Your Practice, coordinated by Samuel A. Taylor, MD (Resident 2013/Fellow 2014). The seminar provided an opportunity for residents to learn how to navigate different practice contract negotiations and hear about pearls and pitfalls of various professional paths.

Friday and Saturday meeting highlights included:

■ Lectures from Surgeon-in-Chief Pro-Tempore John M. Flynn, MD; Physician-in-Chief Pro-Tempore William Robinson, MD, PhD; and Chief Scientist Pro-Tempore Benjamin A. Alman, MD

■ Presidential Address from Bernard R. Bach Jr., MD (Fellow 1986)

■ Adult Reconstruction, Sports Medicine, and Spine Breakout Sessions

■ Resident Research Presentations

At the conclusion of the Friday program, a wine and cheese reception allowed alumni the opportunity to unwind and relax. Following the official meeting adjournment on Saturday afternoon, alumni leadership and class representatives met to discuss the goals of the association and plan for the future.

Mark your calendars for the Alumni Association 102nd Annual Meeting on October 30, 2020!

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Wickiewicz, MD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD E: Michael B. Cross, MD, Mark P. Figgie, MD, Peter K. Sculco, MD, Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD F: Alumni enjoy

the scenic sunset from the Weiss Cafe at Rockefeller University G: Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, Gary Gartsman, MD H: Drew Miller, MD, Jay Lieberman,

MD, Bernard R. Bach Jr., MD I: Peter K. Sculco, MD, Kevin R. Math, MD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD J: Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD, Dirk Dugan, MD

K: Barbara Albert, David B. Levine, MD, Lois Kelly, Andrew Collins, MD L: Attending the Resident Seminar M: Thomas H. McCoy, MD N: Andreas H.

Gomoll, MD, Scott A. Rodeo, MD, Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH, Andrew D. Pearle, MD O: Alex Greenberg, MD, Alyson Turner, PA, Jose A. Rodriguez, MD,

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Roger F. Widmann, MD E: Bridget Ellsworth, MD, Chrisopher Brusalis, MD, Yianni Apostolakos, MD, Ryan Rauck, MD F: Mark C. Drakos, MD, Michael K.

Shindle, MD, Dean Wang, MD, Thomas H. McCoy, MD, Emily Ast, JD, Gregory Galano, MD G: Bernard R. Bach, MD H: Amar S. Ranawat, MD, Benjamin

Ricciardi, MD, Scott Nodzo, MD I: Kyle Hancock, MD, Sabrina M. Strickland, MD J: Ajay Premkumar, MD, Jordan Gruskay, MD K: Steven B. Haas, MD,

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Earn CME Credit Online Over 40 Presentations Now Available On-Demand Presentations from the Alumni Association 101st Annual Meeting have just been released. Login to hss.edu/eAcademy and enter the keyword “2019Alumni” in the Search Courses box to show available topics. You can also search by title from the list below. If you need assistance, contact Colleen O’Shea, MPA, at [email protected].

46-Year-Old Female with Dysplasia: PAO vs. THA Ernest L. Sink, MD

A Case of Cerebral Palsy Michael B. Cross, MD

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis* Jensen Henry, MD

Adult Arthroplasty Treatment of Pediatric Hip Pathology: Case-based Presentations Douglas E. Padgett, MD

Alumnus Lessons Learned: Case Report Award James C. Dreese, MD Kevin R. Math, MD

Award Session: Alumni Association 101st Annual Meeting* Gary M. Gartsman, MD, Andrew Grose, MD, MSc, Dean Wang, MD

Bearing Selection and Biomechanics in the Pediatric THA Timothy Wright, PhD

Borderline Dysplasia and Brief Review of the Current Treatment Options Danyal H. Nawabi, MD, FRCS

Business Meeting: Alumni Association 101st Annual Meeting* Bernard R. Bach, Jr., MD, Mary K. Crow, MD, Shevaun M. Doyle, MD, Lionel B. Ivashkiv, MD, Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, Louis A. Shapiro, MD

Cartilage Restoration: Can We Alter the Future? Andres H. Gomoll, MD Cases That Changed How I Practice Bernard R. Bach, Jr., MD, John M. Flynn, MD, Thomas H. McCoy, MD, Roger F. Widmann, MD

Challenging Surgery Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Skeletal Dysplasia Mark P. Figgie, MD

Class Reunion Presentations: Alumni Association 101st Annual Meeting* Gregory S. DiFelice, MD, Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, Steven H. Stern, MD

Congenital Unilateral Hip and Knee Dislocation David Alcoloumbre, MD

Custom Implant Planning of Complex Deformity Joseph Lipman, MS

Custom Knee Design Jose A. Rodriguez, MD

EOS Imaging and Tantalum Beads for Monitoring of Growth Modulation and Epiphysiodesis Emily R. Dodwell, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Imaging Deformity Ryan Breighner, PhD

Is Meniscal Transplantation Chondroprotective? Scott A. Rodeo, MD

Managing Deformity Jose A. Rodriguez, MD

Models of Orthopaedic Practice Thomas H. McCoy, MD

Navigation and Intra-operative 3D Imaging in Pediatric Foot and Ankle Surgery David M. Scher, MD

Navigation and Robotics in Pediatric Spine Surgery Roger F. Widmann, MD

Neuromuscular Scoliosis Christine Goodbody, MD

Optimization of Treating Meniscal Pathology in a 12-Year-Old Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH

Orthopaedic Contract Basics Emily Ast, JD

PAO Is Indicated for Symptomatic Borderline Dysplasia Jeffrey Peck, MD

PAO Treatment in Older Patients Ernest L. Sink, MD

Peak Performance for Orthopaedic Surgeons John M. Flynn, MD

Pediatric Total Hip Arthroplasty: Case Report Brian P. Gladnick, MD

Practice Models Pros and Cons Panel Discussion Emily Ast, JD, Mark C. Drakos, MD, Gregory J. Galano, MD, Michael K. Shindle, MD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD, Dean Wang, MD

Presidential Address: Alumni Association 101st Annual Meeting* Bernard R. Bach, Jr., MD

Principles of Planning and Execution of Deformity Correction S. Robert Rozbruch, MD

Resident Highlights: Then and Now* Christine Goodbody, MD

Resident Research Presentation* Ameer Elbuluk, MD, Yannick Goeb, MD, Jensen Henry, MD

Restless to Do Better John M. Flynn, MD

Sequelae of Pediatric Hip Septic Arthritis Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, MD

Targeting Inflammation in Osteoarthritis William Robinson, MD, PhD

THA in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, MD

THA in the Pediatric Patient: Case Discussion Peter K. Sculco, MD

THA in Younger Patients with Tonnis 2 Changes Edwin P. Su, MD

The Rejuvenation of Fracture Repair Benjamin A. Alman, MD

UKA in a 40-Year-Old Patient: What to Expect? Andrew D. Pearle, MD

Also Available On-Demand

Charles L. Christian, MD, Tribute Featuring speakers honoring Charles L. Christian, MD, a premier leader in the field of rheumatology who dedicated his life to patients, medicine and science.

HSS Faculty: Mary K. Crow, MD, Allan Gibofsky, MD, JD, MACR, FACP, FCLM, Michael D. Lockshin, MD, Joseph A. Markenson, MD, Stephen A. Paget, MD, FACP, FACR, Laura Robbins, DSW, Linda A. Russell, MD, Jane E. Salmon, MD, Robert F. Spiera, MD

Guest Faculty/Speakers: Keith B. Elkon, MD, Professor Graham R.V. Hughes MD, FRCP, Robert D. Inman, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FRCP Edin, Robert P. Kimberly, MD, Molly Rinehart, William Robinson, MD, PhD, John S. Sergent, MD

*Exclusive content available to Alumni Association members only.


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IN MEMORIAM

Patrick J. Barry, MD Patrick J. Barry, MD (Resident 1962), passed away at home December 27, 2019. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Dr. Barry moved with his family to New York where, as a young actor, he played leading roles in Broadway hits such as Life With Father, Kiss and Tell and Junior Miss. It wasn’t until his time in the US Army during the Korean War that Dr. Barry discovered his future calling in medicine.

Dr. Barry attending Columbia University and Cornell University Medical School. He interned at Jackson Memorial Hospital and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Hospital for Special Surgery in 1962. After graduation, he moved to Florida and began practicing as a back specialist transitioning later to a knee specialist. Dr. Barry’s many gifts included healing tens of thousands of knee patients spanning his career.

In addition to caring for his patients, Dr. Barry lent his skill and time to multiple causes beyond his practice. In December of 1972 when Nicaragua suffered a devastating earthquake, Dr. Barry rushed to the scene and treated hundreds of patients in a makeshift hospital. On the night of his return home, an Eastern Airlines plane had crashed in the Everglades and he immediately began treatment of crash victims. When a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala in 1976, he again headed south, tending to victims there at the government’s request. Dr. Barry received the Roberto Clemente Humanitarian award for his efforts in the earthquake disasters.

Dr. Barry’s humanitarian efforts abroad also included providing expertise in medical missions in Brazil. For over 20 years, he treated people in need of medical care on Rarotonga, an island in the South Pacific near Fiji, working at the behest of the island’s prime minister. In 1998, he was granted a humanitarian visa by the Cuban government and spent over a decade treating patients and training doctors in that country.

He was a pioneer in many fields of medicine, human and animal. With the help of a medical device company, Dr. Barry performed on surgery on a “celebrity elephant” in the Crandon Park Zoo to fuse the animal’s damaged joint. He went on to perform surgery on a 350-pound loggerhead turtle who lost two fins in a shark attack in the Florida Keys in 1984. Dr. Barry again with the help of medical device companies, attached bionic replacement fins and the turtle immediately began to swim.

In 1983, at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Florida, Dr. Barry was the first to perform arthroscopic surgery on a racehorse. Soon thereafter, Dr. Barry helped to establish an international veterinarian training center in Venezuela for this type of surgery and rehabilitation of horses. Now a common practice, arthroscopic surgery has saved the lives of countless animals destined otherwise for crippling pain or euthanasia.

Dr. Barry’s devotion to medicine and desire to innovate was endless. He continued to restore quality of life and dignity to his patients’ lives through medicine until November 2019 in his medical practices in South Florida, Tampa and New York City.

Dr. Barry was a loyal HSS alumnus who was extremely proud of training at HSS and will be greatly missed by the alumni family. Dr. Barry is survived by his four children: Cynthia Barry, Judith Barry, Patrick Barry, Jr. and Donna Burdge, their spouses, and his three grandchildren.

—Judy Barry


IN MEMORIAM

Peter G. Bullough, MD It is with profound sadness that we share news of the loss of Peter G. Bullough, MD, former Chairman of the Department of Pathology.

Dr. Peter Gill Bullough passed away peacefully at his home in Winchester, Virginia on Saturday, November 2, 2019 after a recent diagnosis of leukemia. He was 87 years old. Dr. Bullough was born in 1932 in Oldham, England. He attended Liverpool University Medical School in England followed by a residency in Pathology at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He then completed a fellowship in Bone Pathology at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City. After his fellowship, he accepted the position of lecturer in Orthopedic Pathology at Oxford University in England. Several years later he became a full professor of Pathology at the Cornell University Medical College (now the Weill Cornell Medical School) and served as Chairman of the department of Pathology at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.

Dr. Bullough was a member of the International Skeletal Society, serving as program director and winning both the silver medal and gold medal awarded by that society. He was also awarded the Henry Jaffe medal from the Hospital for Joint Diseases and the Abraham Colles medal from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dr. Bullough authored numerous books including a definitive textbook on Bone Pathology and published over 150 articles. He taught hundreds of medical students over the years and mentored scores of pathology residents. Dr. Bullough was a great supporter of the arts and established the Peter Bullough Foundation to support newly graduated students of fine arts. He is survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews and will be greatly missed by family, friends and colleagues alike.

Bernard Ghelman, MD It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Bernard Ghelman, MD, a longstanding member of the HSS Department of Radiology & Imaging. Dr. Ghelman was a valued member of the HSS community as a clinical radiologist and educator for half a century. Dr. Ghelman started at HSS in 1969, became Emeritus Staff in 2015 and retired last year.

Dr. Ghelman made an impact on several generations of physicians. As an educator, Dr. Ghelman taught many hundreds of radiologists and orthopaedic surgeons musculoskeletal radiology through radiology and radiology/pathology conferences at HSS, Lenox Hill Hospital, and Saint Vincent’s, as well as to the Mount Sinai radiology residents during their rotations at Elmhurst Hospital. At HSS, he twice won the orthopaedic surgery residents’ Teacher of the Year award.

Dr. Ghelman graduated from medical school in Sao Paolo, completed an internship at Mount Sinai, followed by a radiology residency in the VA system in New York. As commensurate with his abilities and academic status, he authored or co-authored many books, papers, posters, and presentations. He will be fondly remembered for making patients feel at ease, teaching generations of trainees, and being a consultant to the care of countless patients.

Dr. Ghelman’s death at 80 years old preceded that of his beloved wife, Dorothy (Dottie) by one day. He is survived by two daughters, Stephanie Sculco and Jane Citron, and five grandchildren. The oldest two are continuing his legacy as they pursue careers as physicians.

—Hollis Potter MD, Douglas Mintz, MD, and Richard Fleury


Alumni Outreach Surgeons Restore Lives Through Operation Walk

Lawrence D. Dorr, MD Fellow 1977

Meet Sixto, the Cuban fisherman whose severely bowed leg was rendered straight by a knee replacement. Pramod, the young teacher in Nepal with ankylosing spondylitis who reclaimed his place in his community, thanks to a bilateral hip replacement. And Melida, a mother in Nicaragua who lost her ability to work due to hip pain from a bus accident at age 15, and who can now walk comfortably after a left hip replacement.

What these three patients have in common, as well as more than 17,000 others in 25 countries, is that their mobility—and their lives—were restored by surgeons volunteering for Operation Walk. Founded in 1996 by hip and knee surgeon and HSS alumnus Lawrence D. Dorr, MD (Fellow 1977), Operation Walk now has 20 chapters in the U.S., two in Canada, one in Ireland, one in Thailand, and another being organized in London.

The idea for Operation Walk came to Dr. Dorr during a trip to Russia in 1994. He had been invited there to teach hip replacement at the main orthopedic hospital in Moscow and was shocked at what he found. “They were behind on so many things, like infection control,” Dr. Dorr recalls. On a train ride during his visit, he read about Operation Smile, which helps children with facial deformities, and he got the idea for Operation Walk. The organization’s mission is to perform life-changing joint replacement surgery at no cost to the patient for people in resource-limited areas immobilized by hip and knee disorders—places where good healthcare is often a privilege, not a right.

It took a couple of years to get the project organized and it was officially founded in 1996. In 1997, the group set out on its first mission, to Cuba. The country was in dire economic straits, and some groups were skeptical about the surgeons’ motives. “The

autoclaves were not running effectively and we suggested changing them, but we were met with resistance,” Dr. Dorr notes.

Eventually Mary Ellen Sieben, RN—who cofounded Operation Walk with Dr. Dorr and Jeri Ward, RN—convinced them of the need for new autoclaves, which were replaced under the watch of soldiers. The surgeons were able to complete joint replacements safely, operating for 11 hours a day in three ORs—including the first knee replacement in Cuba. “At that point, they realized we were there to help, and we began performing operations local people couldn’t get otherwise,” adds Dr. Dorr.

In the years to follow, Operation Walk has arranged trips to treat people in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Honduras, Panama, and Nepal, with equipment and prostheses donated by manufacturers. The entire surgical team—surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, anesthesiologists, prosthetic technicians, and others—volunteers their time. New chapters began to form. One of the first was Operation Walk Mooresville in Indiana, launched by HSS alumnus Merrill A. Ritter, MD (Resident 1969, Fellow 1970), who traveled with Dr. Dorr on that first mission to Cuba in 1997. “I was so impressed with the idea that my nurse and I decided to organize a new chapter,” he explains.


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The chapter now rotates missions between Cuba, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, working their way up to more than 100 replacements per 3-4 day mission. “People come from the hills to see us, bringing their families along to take care of them. Even when they speak no English, they often manage to say ‘thank you,’” Dr. Ritter says. “You can see the love in the eyes of the people you’ve made well. For us, it feels so wonderful to do good.”

Many HSS surgeons and alumni have volunteered since the organization was established. Walter B. Beaver, MD (Resident 1989)—who practices in Charlotte, North Carolina—traveled to Panama City in 2013 with Operation Walk Denver, where the team performed about 70 hip and knee replacements for very crippled patients. “The experience was addictive and we had to have more,” Dr. Beaver notes. He and a surgical colleague founded Operation Walk Carolinas and have completed missions in Panama, Cuba, and Honduras. “It was one of the best decisions we’ve made in our careers,” Dr. Beaver continues. “The most amazing part is the appreciation we receive from the patients and their families. This is their only chance to gain mobility and live a normal life. Operation Walk is truly changing the world.”

“In the communities we visit, people who can’t walk can’t work, and if they are women, they may not be able to marry. They are considered a burden to society,” Dr. Dorr adds. “So it’s not just the patients we are helping—it’s their families and communities, too. You get a big ‘mushroom effect’ by helping one person.” The teams not only perform miracles in the OR, but do follow-up exams for previous patients during return trips. They also teach local surgeons and leave behind new technologies and equipment for doctors and hospitals to use.

For his efforts, Dr. Dorr was honored in 2006 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons as Humanitarian of the Year. He stopped operating last June and now funnels his energy into expanding Operation Walk’s efforts. He would like to provide hip and knee replacement on native American reservations, where healthcare is very poor and the average life expectancy is only 47. He’s also forging an educational alliance in Ethiopia with an AO Trauma group and has connected with the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, which is becoming the national governance board for Operation Walk.

The son of a Methodist minister, Dr. Dorr was raised knowing the importance of giving back and encourages other surgeons to participate in humanitarian missions. He concludes, “Surgeons who go on these trips experience the thrill of unconditional giving. The warmth we receive reminds us of the romance of medicine that we first felt when we were starting out.”

For more information, visit operationwalk.org.

On previous page: Dr. Dorr working in Tanzania, Guatemala, and Vietnam.

On this page, from top: Dr. Larry Dorr in Honduras. Dr. Merrill Ritter accepts an honor for the Indiana Operation Walk Team for their service to the Cuban people. Dr. Walter Beaver with a patient who had a total knee replacement, here with her daughter and his Physician Assistant. The first Operation Walk mission team in Cuba in 1997.


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Hometown Heroes Honoring Our Alumni Veterans

Lucas McDonald, MD Fellow 2015

Hometown Heroes is a new Alumni News series that celebrates the many HSS faculty and alumni who have served our country in the military. In this issue, meet orthopaedic surgeon Lucas McDonald, MD, Cmdr. in the U.S. Navy.

Dr. Lucas McDonald grew up knowing he wanted to be in the military. “I looked at all the service academies, but I wanted to be a pilot and, more importantly, my grandfather was a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, so I had this family legacy.” Dr. McDonald, a 2001 graduate of the Naval Academy, took many medical school prerequisites while there and discovered he had an interest in medicine. This passion and the realization that he no longer had the 20/20 vision required of Navy pilots led him to attend medical school.

“I originally planned to be a primary care provider, which is why I spent time studying tropical medicine and public health. But as I started my clinical rotation late in medical school, I discovered I enjoyed the surgical and technical aspect of orthopaedics, and I knew that as a military physician I would have that opportunity.”

Dr. McDonald’s path from the Naval Academy to medical school is not a typical one for academy graduates. Out of his graduating class of 900, fewer than 15 chose to attend medical school. Beginning his medical training at Tulane University, he not only received his medical degree but also a Master of Public Health with a focus on tropical medicine. “We had opportunities and requirements to take elective classes as first-year medical students, and I enjoyed the classes in tropical medicine,” he recalls. Dr. McDonald later used these degrees while a fourth-year student, working in Ghana and with the Kellermann Foundation in Uganda. “I got exposure to practicing medicine in the third world,” he says. “I was involved

Lt. Cmdr. Victoria McDonald, a Navy General Surgeon and Cmdr. Lucas McDonald, a Navy Orthopaedic Surgeon with their son, Stevenson.

in treatment of tropical diseases such as malaria in Uganda, and in Ghana I worked with general and orthopaedic surgeons, experiencing surgical treatment in the third world.”

After completing his internship in General Surgery at the Naval Medical Center in 2006, Dr. McDonald began a series of deployments both in the U.S. and around the world as a naval flight surgeon. The first six weeks of the six month-long flight surgery training program is identical to the training that pilots experience. More specific aeronautical training for the flight surgeons follows to teach them flying of the aircraft. Water evacuation training and three additional months of academic training to learn about aviation physiology complete the instruction.

Dr. McDonald’s six-month deployment in 2008 was to Al Anbar Province in Iraq, where he was stationed with the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, a unit that moved equipment, personnel, and supplies for operations within the area. “My job was to be a physician and primary care provider for the unit of 350 pilots and aircrewman stationed there,” he says. Dr. McDonald also became qualified as an aircrewman on the helicopter, assisting with operations in the helicopter as the Marines made flights throughout the region.

In 2009, Dr. McDonald began his residency in orthopaedics at the Naval Medical Center San Diego, followed by a one-year fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at HSS. “I enjoyed orthopaedics as a field,” he says. “I originally planned to be a primary care provider, which is why I spent time studying tropical


United States Naval Academy graduates, Capt. Arnette Klugh, neurosurgeon, Lt. Cmdr. Ashley Bullard, emergency physician, and Cmdr. Lucas McDonald, orthopaedic surgeon, stationed at the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Army Lt. Col. Daniel Stinner and Navy Cmdr. Lucas McDonald, orthopaedic surgeons.

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medicine and public health. But as I started my clinical rotation late in medical school, I discovered I enjoyed the surgical and technical aspect of orthopaedics, and I knew that as a military physician I would have that opportunity.”

Presently, Dr. McDonald is Vice Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Naval Medical Center in San Diego, where he cares for active duty, retirees, and their family members and focuses primarily on shoulders and knees. “The best part of my job today is working with the active duty patients and getting them back to full duty and their job as a marine or sailor,” he says. The Naval Medical Center also has a residency program, allowing him the opportunity to teach and work with residents. And Dr. McDonald praises his colleagues in his practice. “The people I get to work with on a daily basis are top notch.”

“One of the great things about the military is the willingness and ability of your partners and peers to help you with whatever happens. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy the military so much and why I plan on staying in the military for the rest of my career.”

Although he is managing a busy practice, Dr. McDonald is still subject to deployments at any time. Last year he spent six months as a forward deployed orthopaedic surgeon with the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan, providing care for U.S. and coalition troops as well as Afghan partners. “To go forward to an area where you have some pretty significant trauma and limited resources but still need to provide good medical care is a great opportunity for a surgeon,” he says. He returned to the states in October.

“Being deployed is definitely challenging,” he notes. When he deployed to Afghanistan Dr. McDonald left behind his wife, Vickie, a Navy General Surgeon, and a four-month-old son, Stevie.

“Part of my experience in the military is my family’s experience as well. Having a support network so that I can do my job and be successful is critical. It’s one of the great things about the military–the willingness and ability of your partners and peers to help you with whatever happens. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy the military so much and why I plan on staying in the military for the rest of my career.”

Cmdr. Eamon O’Reilly, plastic surgeon, and Cmdr. Lucas McDonald, orthopaedic surgeon, providing forward deployed surgical care.

Cmdr. Lucas McDonald with wife Lt. Cmdr Victoria McDonald and son Stevie on his return from deployment.


Dr. Salvati surrounded by his son, Pascal, wife, Antonella, and son Christian.

A Portrait Dedication

Educator of Excellence

Eduardo A. Salvati, MD

On November 11, 2019, a portrait of Dr. Eduardo A. Salvati was installed in the Richard L. Menschel Education Center. An intimate gathering of family, friends, and colleagues were present, and the evening included moving tributes from Dr. Thomas P. Sculco, Dr. John P. Lyden and Dr. Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle. The portrait, commissioned from artist Ying-He Liu, hangs in the Educators of Excellence gallery, honoring his years of dedication to patient care, and education and surgical training—and for his many contributions in improving hip surgery.

David B. Levine, MD, Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD, Eduardo A. Salvati, MD, Thomas P. Sculco MD, John P. Lyden, MD, Nigel E. Sharrock, MBMedSci, MB, ChB

Thomas P. Sculco, MD, gave tribute to his colleague.

Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle, MD David B. Levine, MD and Dr. Salvati enjoy the dedication. Dr. Salvati and Alexander Greenberg, MD

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2020 Alumni President Thomas H. McCoy, MD (continued)

In January, Dr. McCoy moved to central Florida with his partner, Erin, and their new baby, Cash. He is a surgeon for UNOVA Health Clinic, a small but vibrant practice where he performs hip and knee replacements. He also volunteers on the board of Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina (now called Curi). His two adult children—son Tom Jr., 35, and daughter Arrington, 33—both live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, so Dr. McCoy enjoys being able to hop on a flight to Boston and visit them at the same time.

He notes that burnout is a very real problem in orthopaedic surgery and encourages doctors to participate in humanitarian endeavors to reduce the risk of that happening. He has traveled with One World Surgery to perform hip and knee replacements in Kenya, Nigeria, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic and is planning two more trips to Honduras this year. “It is so much fun. The people are in such obvious need—hopeful, but with no real expectations,” Dr. McCoy explains. “Everyone on the team is working for the good of the patient. It is pure medicine, which is amazingly rewarding.”

THE MUSCULOSKELETAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY

Call for Manuscripts: COVID-19 Submission Deadline: June 1, 2020 HSS Journal®, the Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery, is soliciting articles on COVID-19. All submissions on this topic will be fast-tracked through peer review and, if accepted, to publication. Find additional information at hss.edu/hss-journal-submission-information.

Questions? Contact Joy Jacobson, Managing Editor, [email protected].

Save the Date New one-day format this year!

Alumni Association 102ND Annual Meeting Friday, October 30, 2020 7:00 am–5:00 pm

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Surgeon-in-Chief Pro-Tempore James P. Bradley, MD Orthopaedic Surgeon Burke & Bradley Orthopaedics Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon Pittsburgh Steelers Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA

Distinguished Alumnus Paul T. Rubery, MD Marjorie Strong Wehle Professor and Chair Department of Orthopaedics University of Rochester Rochester, NY

Alumni Association President Thomas H. McCoy, MD Orthopaedic Surgeon UNOVA Health Clinic Lady Lake, FL

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Class Notes

Swetha Pakala, MD in Ghana OR

Lauren Wessel, MD, Steven Orr, MD, Daniel Osei, MD, Scott Wolfe, MD, and Duretti Fufa, MD, at the Triennial Conference of the International

Jonathan T. Deland, MD, in Brazil Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand in Berlin.

Residents Scott J. Ellis, MD (Resident 2007, Fellow 2008) served as the president of the AOFAS foundation and was elected to be the chair for specialty day at the AOFAS Annual Meeting in September 2020 in San Antonio. Dr. Ellis recently served as a visiting professor at the University of Florida. He was an invited guest for the Brazilian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society where he gave several lectures in November. Dr. Ellis and HSS fellow Rachel DaCunha, MD, had their manuscript entitled Return to Sports and Physical Activities after First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Arthrodesis in Young Patients selected as the lead article (with a podcast) in the July issue of Foot and Ankle International. On a personal note, Dr. Ellis, his wife, Esther, and two daughters spent a month this summer in Spain, as they do every year as Esther is from Madrid. He coached his 11-year-old in soccer and played a piano concerto with each of them at their piano recital in January: Mozart Piano Concerto in C Major with Lorena (age 13) and the Haydn Piano Concerto in D Major with Olivia (age 11). Dr. Ellis played an arrangement of the orchestral part while the girls played the piano solo!

Duretti Fufa, MD (Resident 2011) traveled to Seoul, Korea in November as an invited speaker representing the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Hosted by the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand, Dr. Fufa spoke on “free functioning muscle transfer for brachial plexus reconstruction”. It was an incredible learning experience with esteemed hand surgeons from across the world!

Scott W. Wolfe, MD (Resident 1989) received the Linscheid Dobyns Excellence in Wrist Research Award and the Emmanuel B. Kaplan Award for Best Anatomical Paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Dr. Wolfe served as a visiting professor in France, Colombia, Scotland, Germany, and Japan this past year and published 15 peer-reviewed publications. He and his fellow classmates celebrated their 30th residency anniversary at the Alumni Association 101st Annual Meeting.

Mark Drakos, MD (Resident 2008, Fellow 2009) presented multiple posters at American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) 2019 conference last September in Chicago. Dr. Drakos’s research focused on stem cell cartilage treatments.

AlumniNews

Fellows Mark Brouillette, MD (2018 Fellow/HSS Attending), Enrique Goytizolo, MD (1998 HSS Fellow/HSS Attending) along with Michael Urban, MD (HSS Attending) traveled to Kumasi, Ghana in January 2020 to continue the Grace Project. The mission is to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged and naturally challenged children around the world, though education.

Swetha Pakala, MD (2012 Fellow/HSS Attending), along with Thomas J. Quinn, MD, MBA (HSS Attending), and Mark Harris, MD (2019-2020 Global Health Fellow) returned to Osmania Hospital in Hyderabad, India to continue their Global Regional Anesthesia Curriculum Engagement (“GRACE”) Project.

HSS Staff HSS alumni honored to join the new operations at HSS Florida include Founding Medical Director David W. Altchek, MD (Resident 1987, Fellow 1988), trauma surgeon Nicholas Sama, MD (Fellow 2005), sports medicine and shoulder surgeon Ryan Simovitch, MD, hand and upper extremity surgeon Michelle Carlson, MD (Resident 1992, Fellow 1993), adult reconstruction and joint replacement surgeon John Wang, MD (Fellow 2011), sports medicine surgeon James “Beamer Carr II, MD, and physiatrist Kathleen Davenport, MD (Fellow 2013). All are excited to be a part of this major milestone and look forward to providing exemplary comprehensive outpatient orthopaedic care to the Palm Beach area.

Jonathan T. Deland, MD (HSS Attending) was the honored guest lecturer in Brazil on Reconstruction of Flatfoot Deformity and included a talk on “Why They Call Me Mr. Flatfoot”.

Scott Wolfe, MD and Alfonzo Perez, MD were honored with the 2019 Linscheid-Dobyns Excellence in Wrist Research Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. From left to right: Alfonso Perez, MD (Santiago, Chile), Marc Garcia-Elias, MD, PhD (Barcelona, Spain), Scott Wolfe, MD, Joerg van Schoonhoven (Bad Neustadt, Germany), Mark Ross, MD (Brisbane, Australia), and Michael Sandow, MD (Adelaide, Australia).

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Awards & Accolades Residents Matthew M. Roberts, MD (2002) was recognized with the Nancy Bischoff Mentor Award, which is presented to an attending physician who has consistently demonstrated concern for the interest and welfare of the residents and who acts as a trusted guide and mentor.

David S. Wellman, MD (2011) was honored with the Philip D. Wilson Jr., MD, Teaching Award, given to an attending physician who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to resident education as deemed by the graduating chief residents.

Samuel A. Taylor, MD (2013) received the Richard S. Laskin, MD, Young Attending Award, honoring an attending physician who demonstrates exemplary teaching skills and qualities for being an outstanding academic physician.

Samuel A. Taylor, MD, Matthew M. Roberts, MD, and David S. Wellman, MD, were recognized at the benefit for providing excellence in medical education.

Dr. Jacques Caton, Orthopaedic Surgeon, member of the Academie Francaise de Chirurgie, Andre Ferreira, President of the Societe Francaise de la Hanche et du Genou, Dr. Salvati, Michel Fessy, Professor of Orthopaedics, Lyon, France.

AlumniNews

Fellows Eduardo A. Salvati, MD (Fellow 1969) received the Gold Medal of the Societe Francaise de la Hanche et du Genou in Lyon, France, September 2019.

Andrea Baldini, MD, PhD (2004) is a founding member of the European Knee Society (EKS), served as President in 2018, and is currently part of the EKS Board. Dr. Baldini won the best paper award at the recent EKS Closed Meeting (members only) in London in December 2019. He is currently the Institute Director at IFCA Institute, a high-volume hip and knee arthroplasty center in Florence, Italy.

Swetha Pakala, MD (2012) received the first HSS Leon Root, MD, Community Service Award for her continuing work in sustainable education for anesthesia providers in low resource locations, including Ghana, India, Uganda and Vietnam. Dr. Pakala was presented with this award at a special reception in September 2019.

Stephen Haskins, MD (2013) served as Co-Chair for the 9th Annual Society of Anesthesia Sleep Medicine, in Orlando, Florida, in October 2019.

Benjamin Johnson, MD (2019) was awarded “Educator of the Year” from the Anesthesiology Department at Rush University.

HSS Staff

Steve K. Lee, MD became Chief of the HSS Hand and Upper Extremity Service and was appointed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. He also won the 2019 Service Excellence Award from the Health Network Foundation along with a $10,000 award for research.

Additional promotions noted within the Hand and Upper Extremity Service at HSS include:

Daniel A. Osei, MD, MSc (Resident 2011) to Fellowship Director, Aaron Daluiski, MD (Fellow 2001) to Research Director, and Samir K. Trehan, MD (Resident 2016) to Education Director.

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HSS Alumni Active at National Meetings

Anesthesiology A reception and dinner were held at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting in Orlando, Florida on October 20, 2019. HSS staff, alumni, current fellows, and even future fellows were all in attendance.

Sports Medicine The 9th Annual “W” Society Meeting will take place at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Conference in Chicago this August. Stay tuned for time and location.

Department of Medicine Alumni reception will take place next November at the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ACR/ ARHP) Meeting in Washington D.C. More details to come.

Fellowship Opportunities Available

Quality & Value Fellowship This new fellowship is designed to provide an aspiring or current musculoskeletal physician with the unique opportunity to participate in a one-year, unaccredited fellowship program to learn how HSS produces high-value care.

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Metabolic Bone Disease Fellowship This fellowship is currently accepting applications and is designed to provide the participant with an ongoing, in-depth experience in the medical management of patients with metabolic bone disease.

Visit www.hss.edu/MetabolicFellowship for more information.


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Livestreaming Courses

OCTOBER 30, 2020 Alumni Association 102nd Annual Meeting HSS hosts the Alumni Association Meeting each year for Alumni to share best practices in musculoskeletal medicine through case presentations, interactive specialty breakout sessions, and collectively comparing emerging treatment options.

DECEMBER 3–5, 2020 32nd Annual Holiday Knee & Hip Course Join us to learn optimal patient assessment, care and treatment, and the most up-to-date evidence-based practices in total knee and hip arthroplasty. Highlights this year include debates on robotics and cementless knees, kinematic alignment, alignment in total knees, impact of the spine on total knee replacement, and ambulatory joint replacements.

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