Hospital for Special Surgery

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is a hospital in New York City that specializes in orthopedic surgery and the treatment of rheumatologic conditions.[1][2]

Hospital for Special Surgery
Hospital as seen from Roosevelt Island (2019)
Geography
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Organization
TypeSpecialist, teaching
Affiliated universityRockefeller University
Weill Cornell Medical College
Services
StandardsAccredited by the Joint Commission, Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service
Beds205
History
Opened1863 (1863)
Links
Websitewww.hss.edu
ListsHospitals in New York

Founded in 1863 by James Knight, HSS is the oldest orthopedic hospital in the United States and is consistently ranked as the top orthopedic hospital in the United States.[3][4] Currently, HSS is ranked #1 in orthopedics, #3 in rheumatology and #22 in pediatric orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report.[5] Bryan Kelly serves as the medical director and surgeon-in-chief,[6] and Louis Shapiro serves as its president and chief executive officer.

Areas of expertise at HSS include joint replacement, orthopedic trauma, hand and upper extremity surgery, limb lengthening, foot and ankle surgery, pediatric orthopedics, spine surgery and sports medicine.[7][8] The hospital performs the most knee replacement surgeries of any hospital in the United States.[9] Trauma surgeons treat fractures and other acute injuries at HSS and work within an Orthopedic Trauma Service that also provides coverage at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center.[8][10] HSS physicians with a subspecialty training in the field of spine surgery focus on patients who suffer from congenital or acute spinal disorders as well as from chronic back pain. The sports medicine services at HSS treat athletic injuries of the musculoskeletal system with a special focus on shoulder, elbow, and knee injuries.[11] In addition, orthopedic surgeons at HSS perform limb lengthening, a procedure that uses the body's capacity to create new bone as well as the soft tissues, ligaments, blood vessels, and nerves that surround and support it.

HSS also offers professional medical education programs, including continuing medical education lecture series, conferences and symposia. Services are available in person at the New York facility and remotely worldwide through the Grand Rounds partnership "eConsult" platform.[12] The hospital has 327 active medical staff.[4]

History
The Hospital for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled built in 1870, shown that year
The 1912 building, at 321 East 42nd Street, between First and Second Avenues, shown the year it opened.

HSS was founded in 1863 as the Hospital for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled[13] in the home of James Knight on Second Avenue, just south of 6th Street. It opened its doors to the first patient, a four-year-old boy with paralysis, on May 1, 1863. There were 28 beds available, all for children. Adults were treated as outpatients.[14]

In 1870 it moved to a newly constructed 200-bed building on the corner of 42nd street and Lexington Avenue. There was no operating room until 1888 after a hospital fire. At the turn of the century, it became the target for efforts to expand Grand Central Terminal and negotiations were led by Cornelius Vanderbilt, II, a member of the Board of Managers of the hospital. In 1912, the hospital moved to a six-story building on 42nd Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue, a site that is now the home of the Ford Foundation. The hospital moved to its present location in 1955.[15][16]

About

Research

Current clinical trials focus on issues related to lupus and arthritis. In addition to clinical trials, HSS has several research programs that center on the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases. Basic and applied research conducted at the hospital addresses specific problems such as arthritis, injury, osteoporosis, scoliosis, autoimmune diseases such as lupus, and related musculoskeletal diseases as they affect children and adults.

Affiliations

The Hospital for Special Surgery is affiliated with the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System through the hospital's affiliation with Weill Cornell Medical College. The hospital is also affiliated with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Rockefeller University.

Facilities

Located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, HSS is built over the Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) drive and partially located in the Belaire building at 535 East 70th Street. Currently HSS has 205 beds and 29 operating rooms. HSS recently completed the construction of a new, ninth floor that adds 85,000 square feet (7,900 m2) of new space and 100,000 square feet (10,000 m2) of re-engineered and re-designed space.

HSS has several specialized centers that focus on specific patients and joint problems, including:

  • Institute for Cartilage Repair
  • Children and Adolescent Hand and Arm (CHArm) Center
  • Foster Center for Clinical Outcome Research
  • Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) Center
  • Center for Hip Pain and Preservation
  • Gosden Robinson Inflammatory Arthritis Center
  • Integrative Care Center - Combining traditional medicine (Physiatry, with inter alia Chiropractic and Acupuncture)[17]
  • Institute for Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction
  • Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Care
  • Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research
  • Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center
  • The Center for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine
  • Orthopedic Trauma Service
  • Osteoporosis Prevention Center
  • The Kathryn O. and Alan C. Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias
  • Spine Care Institute
  • Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Disease
  • Women's Sports Medicine Center
William Bradley Coley, Surgeon-in-Chief 1925–1933.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

Surgeons-in-chief

Physicians-in-chief

References
  1. "Hospital for Special Surgery". Health.usnews.com. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. "Hospital for Special Surgery launches global initiativer". Modernhealthcare.com. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  3. "Hospital for Special Surgery lays claim to being the oldest U.S. orthopedic hospital". Modernhealthcare.com. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  4. "About HSS: #1 in Orthopedics". Hospital for Special Surgery. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  5. "Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY - Rankings, Ratings & Photos". US News Best Hospitals Rankings. January 9, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  6. "HSS Appoints Bryan T. Kelly to Surgeon-in-Chief, Medical Director". HSS Appoints Bryan T. Kelly to Surgeon-in-Chief, Medical Director. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  7. "Conditions & Treatments | Expert Condition Information". Hospital for Special Surgery. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  8. "Orthopedic Trauma Service". Hospital for Special Surgery. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  9. "Hospital for Special Surgery to open ambulatory surgical center in Manhattan". dotmed.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  10. "Trauma - Weill Cornell Orthopedics at NewYork-Presbyterian". www.nyp.org. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  11. "Pele recovering well from hip surgery in New York," Reuters, January 14, 2016 (Soccer star received operation at HSS).
  12. "California company helps patients find that second opinion". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  13. Levine 2005, cited below, Introduction. Accessed February 3, 2021.
  14. Levine, David B. (September 1, 2005). "Hospital for Special Surgery: Origin and Early History First Site 1863–1870". HSS Journal. 1 (1): 3–8. doi:10.1007/s11420-005-0116-0. ISSN 1556-3316. PMC 2504132. PMID 18751802.
  15. Levine, D. B. (September 2007). "The Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled Moves East on 42nd Street 1912 to 1925". HSS Journal. Accessed October 10, 2008. ("The new Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled was built on 42nd Street between First and Second avenue, that is currently the location of the Ford Foundation".)
  16. Levine, David B. (2013). Anatomy of a Hospital. Hospital for Special Surgery 1863–2013. New York, NY: Print Matters, Inc. ISBN 0979668522, ISBN 978-0979668524.
  17. Hospital Staff. "ICC Faculty, Staff, and Independent Professionals". Hospital for Special Surgery. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

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