Hospital Heroes: Dr. Jo Hannafin, MD, PhD

Coalition to Protect America's Health Care—March 22, 2016

Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD, a sports medicine surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), is highlighted in a recent "Hospital Heroes" feature presented by the Coalition to Protect America's Health and Care. Dr. Hannafin is praised for her role as a leading surgeon and researcher as well as being a trailblazer for women in medicine.

The article quotes: "In a medical field in which less than five percent of board-certified orthopedic surgeons are women, Dr. Hannafin was the first clinician-scientist, the first female sports medicine fellow, and first female sports medicine attending at Manhattan’s Hospital for Special Surgery."

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