Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) held its annual Autumn Benefiton Friday, October 20 at Guastavino’s. This signature event is dedicated to raising essential funds for its world-renowned medical education program. It was a wonderful evening celebrating the 160th anniversary of HSS, and a momentous occasion for four deserving honorees: Jason L. Blevins, MD, received the Richard S. Laskin, MD, Young Attending Award; David L. Helfet, MD, received the Philip D. Wilson Jr., MD, Teaching Award; Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA, received the Nancy Kane Bischoff Mentor Award; and Thomas P. Sculco, MD, received the Excellence in Diversity Award.
Hosted by the Autumn Benefit Committee and chaired by Lois Kelly, the event included a special performance by New York City-based Singer-Songwriter, Queen V and a keynote speech by American sports analyst and former Head Coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bill Cowher. With over 350 people in attendance, the event raised nearly $1 million in support of HSS’s key pillars of excellence — training, research, education and academic programming — for the ultimate benefit of patients worldwide.
Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA (co-chief of HSS Spine and recipient of the Nancy Kane Bischoff Mentor Award) and Pat Bovonratwet, MD (resident at HSS).Jason L. Blevins, MD (hip and knee surgeon at HSS and recipient of the Richard S. Laskin, MD, Young Attending Award) and Scott LaValva, MD (resident at HSS).Kat Barth, MD (resident at HSS) and David L. Helfet, MD (orthopedic trauma surgeon, executive medical director of HSS at NCH and recipient of the Philip D. Wilson Jr., MD, Teaching Award).Julia Retzky, MD (resident at HSS) and Thomas P. Sculco, MD (surgeon-in-chief emeritus at HSS and recipient of the Excellence in Diversity Award).Lois Kelly (chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee).Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA (president and CEO at HSS) and Lois Kelly.Alana C. Serota, MD, CCFP, CCD (physician in the Department of Metabolic Bone Disease at HSS and co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee), Liz Moley (co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee), Lois Kelly, Susan Padgett (co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee), and Lynette Buck (co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee).Sandra L. Kozlowski (HSS Board of Advisors and co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee), Alana C. Serota, MD, CCFP, CCD (physician in the Department of Metabolic Bone Disease at HSS and co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee), and Susan Padgett.Megan Gulotta (co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee), Lois Kelly, and Jennifer Marie Taylor (co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee).Danyal H. Nawabi, MD, FRCS (sports medicine surgeon at HSS), Sanam Lakhani (co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit Committee), Lynette Buck, and Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA (co-chief of HSS Spine and recipient of the Nancy Kane Bischoff Mentor Award).L. to r.: Douglas E. Padgett, MD (surgeon-in-chief and medical director at HSS) and Susan Padgett; Veronica Stigeler and Bill Cowher.Russell F. Warren, MD (surgeon-in-chief emeritus at HSS and New York Giants team physician), Ronnie Barnes (HSS Board of Advisors and senior vice president of medical services of the New York Giants), Frank P. Cammisa, Jr., MD (chief emeritus of HSS Spine and New York Giants team physician), Scott A. Rodeo, MD (sports medicine surgeon at HSS and New York Giants head team physician), Samuel A. Taylor, MD (sports medicine surgeon at HSS and New York Giants associate team physician), and Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA.Scott A. Rodeo, MD and Christine Frissora Rodeo.Bill Cowher, Veronica Stigeler, Lois Kelly, and Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA.Bill Cowher and Edwin P. Su, MD (hip and knee surgeon at HSS).Answorth A. Allen, MD (associate surgeon-in-chief and deputy medical director at HSS, New York Knicks team orthopedist) and Daphne A. Scott, MD (sports medicine physician and associate chief medical diversity officer at HSS, New York Knicks head team physician).Stavros G. Memtsoudis, MD, PhD, MBA (anesthesiologist-in-chief and director of the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management at HSS) and Paul Coyne, NP, DNP, MBA, MS, APRN, AGPCNP-BC (senior vice president and chief nurse executive at HSS).Tyler Jackson (primary sports medicine fellow at HSS), John P. DiFiori, MD, FACSM, FAMSSM (chief of the Primary Sports Medicine Service at HSS, director of sports medicine for the NBA), Daphne A. Scott, MD, and James N. Robinson, MD (sports medicine physician at HSS and New York Liberty team physician).L. to r.: Katherine Pearle (co-chair of the HSS Autmn Benefit committee) and Andrew D. Pearle, MD (chief of Sports Medicine Institute at HSS); Alana C. Serota, MD, CCFP, CCD and David J. Mayman, MD (chief of the Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement Service at HSS).Katharine Purnell (chief of staff at HSS), Stacey Malakoff (executive vice president and chief financial and administrative officer at HSS), and Mary E. Cassai, MPA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC (executive vice president and chief operating officer at HSS).Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA and Andrew A. Sama, MD (co-chief of HSS Spine).Andrew A. Sama, MD and Nicholas Sama, MD (orthopedic trauma surgeon and medical director at HSS Florida).S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD (physician-in-chief, chair of the Department of Medicine and Division of Rheumatology at HSS) and Ginny Karle, MD.Thomas P. Sculco, MD (surgeon-in-chief emeritus at HSS and recipient of the Excellence in Diversity Award), Marina Kellen French (HSS Board of Trustees), Steven B. Haas, MD (chief of the Knee Service at HSS), and Peter K. Sculco, MD (hip and knee surgeon at HSS).Dena Barsoum, MD (physiatrist at HSS), Joseph H. Feinberg, MD (physiatrist at HSS), Marika Swardh, Peter J. Moley, MD (physiatrist at HSS), and Joel M. Press, MD (physiatrist-in-chief at HSS).Kelly Helfet, David L. Helfet, MD (orthopedic trauma surgeon, executive medical director of HSS at NCH and recipient of the Philip D. Wilson Jr., MD, Teaching Award), and Molly Helfet.Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH (pediatric orthopedic surgeon at HSS), David M. Scher, MD (pediatric orthopedic surgeon at HSS), Nancy Scher, and Son McLaren.Lisa Bostrom and Mathias P. Bostrom, MD (associate surgeon-in-chief and director of Quality and Safety at HSS).Alberto Carli, MD (hip and knee surgeon at HSS) and Kelly Carli.Catherine MacLean, MD, PhD (chief value medical officer at HSS) and Daniel B. Maalouf, MD, MPH (anesthesiologist at HSS).Jason L. Blevins, MD (hip and knee surgeon at HSS and recipient of the Richard S. Laskin, MD, Young Attending Award) and Danielle Blevins.Michael P. Ast, MD (hip and knee surgeon, vice-chair of the HSS Innovation Institute and chief medical innovation officer) and Emily Ast.Jeffrey M. Ciccone, MD (pain management specialist at HSS) and Madeleine Ciccone.Caoimhe Daly, MD, Andrew Huges, MD (arthroplasty fellow at HSS), Kevin Mohr, and Duretti Fufa, MD (hand and upper extremity surgeon at HSS).Marina Kellen French, Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA, and Lynette Buck (co-chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee).Lois Kelly (chair of the HSS Autumn Benefit committee), Laurie Hodges Lapeyre (HSS Board of Trustees), and Pierre Lapeyre.Answorth A. Allen, MD, Daphne A. Scott, MD, Rae Wright Allen, MD, and Jason D’Amelio (athletic trainer at HSS).David L. Helfet, MD, Nicholas Sama, MD, Marina Kellen French, Andrew A. Sama, MD, and Robert L. Buly, MD (hip and knee surgeon at HSS).Cynthia Sculco, Thomas P. Sculco, MD, and Marina Kellen French.
