Healthline featuring Seth A. Waldman, MD ...

HealthDay News featuring Danya A. DeMeo ...

Pharmacy Practice News featuring Christopher L. Wu, MD ...

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have identified gaps in patient knowledge about pain management and opioid use before total hip replacement, including misconceptions about how much pain relief to expect from opioids after surgery, h...

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have identified risk factors for persistent opioid use after surgery in pediatric patients.1 Study findings were presented at the 2021 Spring American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine ...

At this year's American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) annual meeting, HSS presents new research related to opioid safety and education, investigation of alternative pain management strategies, patient safety, and how COVID-1...

In a study conducted by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), cumulative opioid use was reduced by 30% in a patient group that received duloxetine after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) compared with patients who received placebo. Patients ...

Healio Rheumatology featuring Allan Gibofsky, MD ...

Anesthesiology News featuring Christopher L. Wu, MD ...

Autumn Years Magazine featuring Geoffrey H. Westrich, MD ...

The Rheumatologist featuring Maggie Wimmer ...

The Starr Foundation announced the gift of a $3 million grant to Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) to establish the C.V. Starr Endowed Chair in Pain Management. This commitment will provide support to enhance pain management research, program develo...

OrthoSpineNews.com featuring Todd J. Albert, MD, and Seth A. Waldman, MD ...

Becker's Hospital Review featuring Seth A. Waldman, MD ...

SpinalNewsInternational.com featuring Sravisht Iyer, MD ...

Into their second year of implementing key initiatives, the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Controlled Substances Task Force has achieved substantial results in the fight against the opioid epidemic in three key areas: considerably reducing opioid...

Orthopedics This Week featuring Ajay Premkumar, MD, MPH ...

Crain's New York Business featuring Seth A. Waldman, MD ...

Reuters featuring Jeff Stepan, MD ...

Spinal News International featuring Francis Lovecchio, MD ...

Healthcare Business Tech featuring Seth A. Waldman, MD, Roberta Stack, MS, and Lisa Goldstein ...

A study at HSS finds strong evidence that health care provider education and guidelines are effective in reducing the amount of opioids prescribed to patients when they are discharged from the hospital. Todd J. Albert, MD, HSS surgeon-in-chief, no...

Orthopedic surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City have developed a pain management pathway designed to reduce the use of opioid analgesics after joint procedures. The effort is part of the hospital’s commitment to minimize th...

As we all know, opioid addiction in the US has reached epidemic proportions. In 2017 alone, opioids were involved in the overdose deaths of 47,600 people. Many victims of opioid abuse began their journey with physician-prescribed medications that ini...

Regional and multimodal analgesia may be instrumental in reducing perioperative opioid use in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA), according to a narrative review published in HSS Journal. Surgery, particularly orthopedic surgery, i...

Daily Mail featured a study by Maggie Wimmer, coordinator of Programs and Outcomes, Public and Patient Education at HSS, who found that meditation could help patients manage pain as an alternative to opioids. "Opioid misuse and addiction are a maj...

Anesthesiology News featured HSS clinical fellow Crispiana Cozowicz, MD, in an article about her recent study on opioid complications in orthopedic surgery patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). According to the study, multimodal analgesia c...

Medscape featured Charles N. Cornell, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at HSS Orthopedics at Stamford Health; and Seth A. Waldman, MD, anesthesiologist and director of Pain Management at HSS; who addressed their collaborative educati...

Pain Medicine News reported on study findings from HSS hand and upper extremity surgeon Duretti Fufa, MD, who investigated the effectiveness of mandatory education and postoperative guidelines for opioid prescribers.   The study, "Opioid Prescribe...

HealthLeaders featured a study conducted led by Stavros G. Memtsoudis, MD, PhD, HSS anesthesiologist, on the effectiveness of liposomal bupivacaine, a local anesthetic drug, during total knee replacement surgery. Findings indicated that the medicatio...