HSS | Hospital for Special Surgery

Through decades of research Drs. Mary Crow, Physician-in-Chief Emerita, Kyriakos Kirou, rheumatologist, and their colleagues confirmed the pivotal role of interferon in lupus, leading up to the groundbreaking US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of anifrolumab (Saphnelo).

U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals 2021-2022” ranks HSS the No. 1 hospital in the nation for orthopedics, and a recognized leader in rheumatology, maintaining the No. 4 national ranking.

Principal investigator Laura Donlin, PhD, co-director of the Derfner Foundation Precision Medicine Laboratory at HSS and colleagues publish study results in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery demonstrating that bacterial DNA from prosthetic joint infections can be detected in circulating blood and sequenced to identify the bacteria causing the infection.

Summer temps present new challenges for sticking to your workout – and keeping yourself healthy. Read on for tips on hot-weather exercise.

HSS doctors and researchers Harry “Tate” Greditzer and Peter Fabricant share tips for getting started with this demanding but thrilling sport.

Is it possible to return to your pre-pregnancy form after giving birth? Marci Goolsby, a primary sports medicine physician in the Women’s Sports Medicine Center at HSS, has guidance for new moms.