New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City had a strong 2024 with bolstered leadership and growth.
13 key notes:
1. Hospital for Special Surgery was among 134 hospitals named to Healthgrades' Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery Excellence ranking, and it is the only hospital to earn the top rating in all four surgery cohorts.
2. West Palm Beach-based Hospital for Special Surgery Florida named Heather Woolf, RN, as vice president for its Palm Beach County facilities.
3. Hospital for Special Surgery and Stamford (Conn.) Health established the HSS Spine Center with Stamford Health. The spine center, formed in 2023, is led by Steven McAnany, MD, and Andrea Douglas, MD.
4. Hospital for Special Surgery named Jeff Wang as senior vice president and chief innovation officer.
5. Hospital for Special Surgery is set to collaborate with Best in Class MD to launch a bundled surgery program for orthopedics.
6. Hospital for Special Surgery named Constantine Demetracopoulos, MD, as chief of foot and ankle service.
7. Hospital for Special Surgery appointed new medical director roles in Florida. Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, is chief medical officer of HSS Florida. David Backstein, MD, is medical director of HSS at NCH in Naples, Fla.
8. Hospital for Special Surgery named its first chief digital and technology officer, Ashis Barad, MD.
9. Hospital for Special Surgery named Daphne Scott, MD, as chief of primary sports medicine.
10.Hospital for Special Surgery named Christopher Dunleavy as CFO.
11. HSS was included on Healthgrades' best spine and orthopedic hospital rankings.
12. Hospital for Special Surgery and Westport, Conn.-based Stamford Health have cut the ribbon on a 10,000-square-foot regional outpatient center in Westport.
13. Hospital for Special Surgery honored two physicians and received a $12 million multiyear gift from billionaire Kenneth Griffin.