From surgical pioneering to facility expansions, here are seven stories related to New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery that Becker's has covered in 2022:
1. Hospital for Special Surgery is partnering with sports technology company Sports Engineering to design athletic footwear that reduces the chance of foot and ankle injuries.
2. Hospital for Special Surgery installed AeroClean Technologies' Pūrgo air purification and sanitization devices in its facilities.
3. Hospital for Special Surgery named Marci Goolsby, MD, and Beth Shubin Stein, MD, as co-directors of its Women's Sports Medicine Center.
4. Two surgeons performed the first cases with 3D-printed implants developed at the ProMade Point of Care Center for Complex Orthopedic Solutions at HSS as part of a partnership with devicemaker LimaCorporate.
5. Construction is underway on Hospital for Special Surgery's 12-story tower adjacent to its main campus in New York City.
6. A new study by the hosptial found Black patients were less likely than White patients to be completely satisfied after undergoing a hip or knee replacement.
7. Hospital for Special Surgery expanded its location in Uniondale, N.Y.