Specialized in advancing orthopedics, rheumatology and related disciplines for 156 years and ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for orthopedics for the 10th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report, HSS expertise is recognized globally. Its Continuing Medical Education and other forms of training are the choice of professionals in 130 countries, and patients from more than 100 countries travel to HSS for care. As the world’s leading and largest laboratory for research in the fields of orthopedics and rheumatology, HSS advancements have included invention of the first modern total knee replacement and discoveries that led to an FDA approved therapy for rheumatoid arthritis.

To extend the availability and impact of its expertise, HSS collaborates strategically with select, like-minded organizations worldwide. Together, these collaborations work to transform care through innovation and the creation of a culture of excellence via continuous knowledge transfer, education and process improvement.

“HSS has the privilege and responsibility to advance care and quality of life everywhere, and collaboration with other organizations committed to excellence is proving to be a very effective strategy,” said Louis A. Shapiro, president and CEO of HSS. “Serena del Mar, and its Central Hospital supported by HSS, promise to have an outsized impact on quality of life in that part of the world.”

Serena del Mar is a new city constructed 12 km from the old city port of Cartagena, which offers residents opportunities for an enriched quality of life. Designed by innovative developers, planners, and landscapers, Serena del Mar will provide residents with offerings such as primary and higher education systems, economic opportunities, recreational green spaces and CHSM.

“At Serena del Mar, we have created a co-mingling of culture and innovation,” said Daniel Haime, president of Serena del Mar. “We wanted to provide residents with everything they may need including the best orthopedic care. HSS is in a class of its own, and its presence in our community will enhance our residents’ health and well-being.”

CHSM is operated by Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá; its orthopedics department will be affiliated with HSS. In this new collaboration, HSS will provide musculoskeletal-related clinical services, as well as recommendations for facility design, including enhancements to improve operating room efficiency.

CHSM is expected to open in January 2020.

HSS includes Hospital for Special Surgery, the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, ranked #1 for Orthopedics for the eighth consecutive year by USNews & World Report 'Best Hospitals' (2017-18). HSS is also a world leader in rheumatology and research, innovation and education related to musculoskeletal health.

"HSS is advancing state of the art musculoskeletal care globally through research, innovation, and a variety of collaborations with quality-focused organizations such as Bumin Hospital Group," said Louis A. Shapiro, president and chief executive officer of HSS. "We have a substantial responsibility and opportunity to distribute knowledge and capabilities that help consumers and providers to realize their potential."

In the first phase of their collaboration in 2014, an HSS expert team worked with BHG to develop strategies for advancing surgical, non-surgical, and rehabilitation outcomes, and improve operational efficiencies. HSS clinical and educational teams helped guide transformations at two BHG units -- Busan Bumin Hospital and Seoul Bumin Hospital.

The focus of the two-year engagement extension (2018-20) will be on strengthening the Quality Improvement and Infection Control programs at Seoul Bumin Hospital and Haeundae Bumin Hospital. Both facilities will work towards achieving by 2020 the designation of HSS Center of Excellence, a certification of advanced care delivery accompanied by continuing development support from and membership in the HSS Global Orthopedic Alliance Network.

"We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with BHG and share the depth of our experience in delivering world class orthopedic and rehabilitative care," said HSS Vice Chairman of Education and Academic Affairs Mathias P. Bostrom, M.D.. "Bumin Hospital shares many values with HSS, including a commitment to promoting musculoskeletal health in the global society by providing the best possible care to patients."

About Bumin Hospital Group
Bumin Hospital Group (BHG) operates four hospitals in South Korea with a total bed size of more than 1,200 including Bumin Hospital, a leading specialty hospital in musculoskeletal medicine in South Korea. To raise its clinical standards, Bumin has established clinical pathways for major surgeries and implemented a customer-oriented treatment system.   

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According to the segment, Nayelis experienced difficulty walking since birth and underwent nine failed surgeries in the DR. After coming to New York three months ago, Nayelis had both hips replaced by HSS hip and knee surgeon Edwin P. Su, MD.

"We had to perform a complicated replacement surgery of both hips. It was very difficult because she had scar tissue from all the previous surgeries and because her legs were shorter, so we lengthened them and we put it in its proper place," said Dr. Su.

"It was always a constant suffering since I was born and that is improving," said Nayelis.

"I'm excited because I do not believe it, I'm surprised because I thought she was never going to walk," said Nayelis' mother, Marisol Veras Rodriguez.

Once she completes physical therapy, Nayelis said that she hopes to travel the world.

Watch the full segment at ny1noticias.com [in Spanish]. This also aired during the July 17, 2018 broadcast.

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"Each year we visit we build upon what we did the previous year, so my expectation is to see the Physiatry presence at FOCOS continue to grow and get referrals from outside providers as a Physiatry Center of Excellence in Ghana," said Dr. Cooke.

According to the article, Dr. Maynard also ran a clinic on anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions and other sports-related injuries.

"I am trying to bring a sports medicine competency here to help develop arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee. I will also hope that I can help by instituting a program in arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgery at FOCOS that can be continued in my absence," Dr. Maynard noted.

This article originally appeared at focoshospitalgh.com.

According to the article, HSS places more focus than other hospitals on international markets such as the Dominican Republic, Peru and Panama.

"We're having more conversations with national and international properties that can deliver outside New York City," said Calcano.

The article reported that HSS saw nearly 350 patients from the Dominican Republic in 2017, with more than 100 coming to HSS for surgery. The sponsored properties from the Dominican Republic include the Leones del Escogido baseball team and the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) basketball league.

Calcano noted that sponsorships have helped drive a roughly 400 percent increase in business in the country over the past five years.

"Many hospitals use sports to amplify their message. We do it differently. We're the official hospital and day-to-day medical provider," added Calcano.

This coverage originally appeared in sponsorship.com. The original article is no longer available online.

These results have spurred new global partnerships with other hospitals, enabling anesthesiologists at HSS to directly address the shortage of adequately trained physicians in underserved areas and help provide sustainable, long-lasting personnel infrastructure within these medical communities.

Since 2011, physicians from the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management have been visiting the Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopedics in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, providing hands-on instruction on the use of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia techniques. The crux of the program, however, isn’t providing care in the short-term but is focused on empowering local anesthesiologists to master these techniques and pass them on to other providers in the community, explained Swetha Pakala, MD, anesthesiologist, and director of the Global Health Initiative, who has brought anesthesiologists and fellows to Vietnam since 2012. She’s found that returning each year helps develop the relationships with the providers who in turn are building their skills more quickly.

"The Global Health Initiative is centered on the idea of providing a self-sustaining model of education," explained Dr. Pakala. "While many mission trips provide much-needed care, once the providers leaves that level of care leaves, too. We wanted to adjust that methodology to not only help patients but instill confidence in providers to perform these techniques so they can continue to utilize them once we leave."

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia is associated with lower infection rates, a faster return to function, and requires less medication compared to general anesthesia, making it a worthwhile skill for anesthesiologists to use to combat the large percentage of easily-treatable musculoskeletal conditions that may have otherwise gone untreated in resource-scarce settings like Vietnam.

"More than five billion people do not have access to quality surgical care – that’s more than two-thirds of the global population," explained Mark Brouillette, MD, regional anesthesiology and acute pain management fellow. Dr. Brouillette, who is joining the staff as a full-time attending in the fall of 2018, will help Dr. Pakala lead the Global Health Initiative.

"To improve global health equity, we need more qualified physicians practicing in limited-resource areas, and we need them to feel confident in these skills so they can train others – whether we’re there or not," said Dr. Brouillette.

Dr. Pakala and others measured the program by surveying its participants before and after their five-year curriculum. Overall, each participant surveyed felt confident or very comfortable in using ultrasound-guided blocks; before the Global Health Initiative, not one anesthesiologist expressed this level of comfort.

On average, each participant started using these techniques up to ten-fold more than they used to before the curriculum began, according to the researchers. Additionally, every clinician surveyed indicated they had a high-level of confidence in teaching their local colleagues these blocks in the future, a core tenant of the Global Health Initiative’s mission to provide sustainable education that increases the number of trained physicians in local communities.

After learning the results of the curriculum program in Vietnam, the Global Health Initiative has launched a new partnership with the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana. This partnership is affiliated with the hospital’s Global Academic Partnerships.

"The humanitarian work done by Dr. Pakala and colleagues in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine is in perfect alignment with HSS on global reach," said Laura Robbins, DSW, senior vice president of Global at HSS.

"HSS and its outstanding clinicians, working together, can have a profound impact on these patients around the world with little or no access to quality musculoskeletal care."

Throughout their time in Ghana, members of the Global Health Initiative will be evaluating their curriculum using the Global Regional Anesthesia Curriculum Engagement (GRACE) protocol. This tool helps by standardizing the design, administration, and measurement associated with implementing a curriculum tailored to meet the needs of local Ghanaian community. Already, members of the KATH department have seen changes in their practice.

"Our regional anesthesia skills were lacking before HSS anesthesiologists came to KATH," said Akwasi Antwi-Kusi, MD, head of the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department at KATH. "We have much more confidence in performing these techniques and caring for our patients."

The Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management at HSS hopes to expand their global health offerings and have established a fellowship track dedicated to improving the impact of the Global Health Initiative.

According to a survey conducted by the Global Health Initiative at HSS, local doctors who completed the six-year program felt "very" comfortable with performing the regional anesthesia procedures.

Swetha Pakala, MD, anesthesiologist and director of the Global Health Initiative at HSS, said "our focus is not so much on the clinical care of patients but to teach anesthesia, so they can learn the skills and teach it to their colleagues."

According to the article, the participants were able to pass on their learnings to eight new physicians visiting from central Vietnam.

Read the whole article at CrainsNewYork.com [subscription required].

The article reported that the children's block will have a center where patients can receive classroom instruction and engage in recreational activities.

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