About Our Doctors

Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service

S. Robert Rozbruch, MD
Director

Austin Fragomen, MD
Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon

	Dustin Quig, PA-C Physician Assistant Dustin Quig, PA-C Physician Assistant Dustin Quig, PA-C is physician assistant to Dr. S. Robert Rozbruch on the Limb Lengthening Service. He attended Penn State University where he graduated with Honors earning a degree in Kinesiology. Following graduation, Dustin attended the Cornell University Physician Assistant program. While at Cornell, Dustin had a strong desire to pursue Orthopedics completing an elective rotation at the Hospital for Special Surgery and writing his senior thesis on hip replacement surgery. After graduation Dustin joined the HSS Limb Lengthening team. In his spare time Dustin enjoys playing guitar, participating in both baseball and football, and exploring New York City.
	Lisa Halfen, PA-C, ATC Physician Assistant Lisa Halfen, PA-C, ATC Physician Assistant Lisa Halfen, PA-C, ATC is a physician assistant on the Limb Lengthening Service. She attended Mercy College where she earned a Master’s degree in physician assistant studies. Prior to attending PA school, Lisa worked as an athletic trainer at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Jericho High School. She earned a Master’s degree in athletic training at Indiana University, and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training at The University of Michigan. With her background in athletic training, orthopedics was the area of medicine that interested Lisa most when she was in PA school. After graduating from PA school, Lisa began working at HSS, and is proud to be a part of the limb lengthening team.
	Raul Kuchinad, MD Fellow 2011-2012 Raul Kuchinad, MD Fellow 2011-2012 Dr. Kuchinad is one of our two Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Fellows for the 2011-2012 year. Originally from Canada, he graduated medical school from Queen’s University in Kingston ,Ontario and completed his Orthopaedic surgery residency in Calgary, Alberta. After he completed his surgical residency, Dr. Kuchinad pursued an arthroplasty fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Among his other accomplishments, Dr. Kuchinad is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. His future aspirations are to be an academic lower extremity reconstruction surgeon upon returning home to Canada. Dr. Kuchinad is currently working on research in regards to knee fusions after failed total knee replacements and hip arthroplasties with massive leg length discrepancy. Outside of medicine, Dr. Kuchinad enjoys skiing, hiking, and traveling.
	N. Brian Flowers, MD Fellow 2011-2012 N. Brian Flowers, MD Fellow 2011-2012 Dr. Flowers is one of our two Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Fellows for the 2011-2012 year. He grew up in Huntington, Long Island in a Jamaican Immigrant family, who raised him to embrace his rich heritage. Before attending medical school, he received his Bachelor’s degree and Masters in Physical Therapy from Howard University. After some time as a physical therapist, Dr. Flowers continued his education at Howard University, by attending medical school there. Upon graduation, he did his residency at New York Medical College studying under Dr. John Denton. After his time at HSS, he looks forward to moving to Texas with his wife Sonya and their two children to practice complex reconstructive surgery. Dr. Flowers is currently working on researching the role of gastrocnemius recessions during tibial lengthenings.
	Eugene A. Borst Research Coordinator Eugene A. Borst Research Coordinator Eugene Borst began his time at the Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service in the summer of 2008 as an HSS volunteer working closely with Dr. Fragomen on several research projects. Those of which include a comprehensive study of one hundred ankle fusion surgeries and a summer working in the hospital’s Biomechanics Department assisting in a motion capture study. Through his hard work and dedication, he won the hospital’s Mary Ryan Student Award which is given to only two student volunteers each year. He graduated with honors as a History Major from CUNY Hunter College in the spring of 2010 and is currently back at Hunter, part-time, taking science courses in preparation for medical school. Now he has become the department’s research coordinator and looks forward to continuing his education and work on many great research projects. Gene hopes to continue to follow his passion and attend medical school in the near future.
	Svetlana Ilizarov, MD Consultant Svetlana Ilizarov, MD Consultant Dr. Svetlana Ilizarov was born in Kurgan, Siberia. After graduating from Chelyabinsk Medical School she returned to Kurgan were she was trained by her father Prof. Gavriil A. Ilizarov in Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction at the Center of Reconstructive Orthopaedics and Trauma (1000 bed Orthopaedic Hospital and Research Institute). She has done clinical research and completed Ph.D. Thesis "Correction of Knee Deformity with Simultaneous Lengthening in Patients with Sequelae of Hematogenic Osteomyelitis of the Distal End of the Femur." She published Surgical Technique Guides on Lower Extremity Lengthening. In the U.S. she had training in Arthroscopy as international fellow at the Hospital for Joint Diseases and completed Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency program at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. She is board certified physiatrist specializing in Rehabilitation of patients after Ilizarov Surgery. Areas of interest include conservative treatment of other musculoskeletal disorders, Prosthetics/Orthotics, Electrodiagnostic Medicine.