Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) honored Paul Pellicci, M.D., chief emeritus of the Hip Service, with the Lifetime Achievement Award at its 35th Tribute Dinner on June 4, 2018 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Paul Pellicci, M.D. Life Time Achievement Award
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Dr. Pellicci was, at the time of his induction, the youngest surgeon ever to be admitted to the prestigious Hip Society.
Dr. Pellicci graduated from Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University Medical College. “He received his training in General Surgery at the New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center from 1975 to 1977, in orthopedic surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery from 1977 to 1980, and in Adult Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in 1980. Dr. Pellicci then returned to HSS, where he has spent his entire career, becoming chief of the Hip Service in 1993 and continued in that role until 2005. He received the Philip D. Wilson, Jr., MD Teaching Award in 1996 and 2005.”
“Dr. Pellicci began his career at HSS over four decades ago and his outstanding medical accomplishments have contributed to HSS being recognized as the number one destination for hip and knee replacements,” said Todd Albert, M.D., surgeon-in-chief and medical director at HSS. “His superior surgical techniques have created a longstanding foundation for joint replacements, and the surgeon community is grateful for his exemplary work.”
Dr. Pellicci told OTW, “As a medical student I was familiar with HSS and the exposure to joint replacement made me realize that this is what I wanted to do. When I started my residency, hip replacement surgery was relatively new and knee replacement was newer than that, but all of the interesting things were happening in this field. The gratefulness that I’ve had for my HSS mentors I wanted to pass it along to the next generation of surgeons and hopefully they will do that with the next group. I’ve been fortunate to be in this field which has grown and evolved into what it is today, and I’m truly honored to receive this award as I have dedicated my career to improving my patients’ quality of life through joint replacements.”
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We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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