Hospital benefit to support medical education

The Greenwich (Conn.) Post—November 8, 2012

As part of its ongoing commitment to professional medical education, the Autumn Benefit Committee of Hospital for Special Surgery will host a cocktail reception and dinner on Friday, Nov. 9, at Guastavino’s, 409 East 59th Street in New York City.

Hospital for Special Surgery, located in Manhattan, has an Affiliated Physicians Office in Greenwich as well as a number of Greenwich residents on its Benefit Committee.

Gail Cammisa, Priscilla Cornell, Mary Jones and Laurie Warren of Greenwich, and Dr. Stephanie Hotchkiss of Riverside were credited with helping make the event possible.

More than 300 people are expected to attend the benefit, where guests will enjoy entertainment by The Unexpected Surfer Boys, featuring a musical tribute to the Beach Boys.

After dinner, the benefit continues with “Late Night,” an evening of festivity and dancing, hosted by Young Friends of Hospital for Special Surgery.

The Autumn Benefit is an opportunity for Hospital for Special Surgery to celebrate “its ongoing commitment to superior medical education and teaching the latest techniques in orthopedics, anesthesiology, rheumatology, musculoskeletal radiology, rehabilitation, sports medicine and physiatry” according to a press release.

The event supports a variety of educational initiatives and underwrites the HSS Journal, The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery.

The Autumn Benefit will begin with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. “Late Night” will begin at 9:30 p.m.

For additional information, visit HSS.edu/autumnbenefit or call 917-359-3939.

This story originally appeared at greenwich-post.com.