Patrick F. O'Leary, MD, is the former chief of the spine surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He currently serves as an associate attending spine surgeon at HSS and an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. During his career, Dr. O'Leary has worked with several professional athletes, including New York Mets and Knicks players.

The American Hospital Association recognized Hospital for Special Surgery's Charla de Lupus program with the Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence.

Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, is the chief of the scoliosis service at Hospital for Special Surgery and founder and president of the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine — and organization focused on providing orthopedic and spine care to underserved populations in Ghana. The organization recently opened an orthopedic specialty hospital in Ghana with help from more than 1,800 donors and a grant from the Ghanaian government.

Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, chief of the scoliosis service at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and founder and president of the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine, has opened a 50-bed orthopedic and rehabilitation hospital in Ghana, Africa.

Frank Cammisa, MD, is the chief of the spine service at Hospital for Special Surgery. His expertise includes minimally invasive spine surgery, computer-assisted spinal surgery, athletic spinal injuries and motion-preserving procedures. He is a spinal consultant for the National Hockey League Player Association and has treated athletes from the New York Knicks, New York Jets and New York Giants professional athletic teams.

Co-chief of sports medicine and shoulder service at Hospital for Special Surgery and Senior Vice President for educational and academic affairs Laura Robbins participated in the initial phase of opening the first orthopedic specialty hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Mexico.

The Osteoarthritis Summit was recently held in New York City and hosted by Hospital for Special Surgery to build a consensus about advancing treatments and preventative strategies for osteoarthritis, according to a Bradenton Herald news report.

Hospital for Special Surgery, along with a professional lower extremity organization, announced the International Congress on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle, which will take place later this week in Dublin, Ireland.

What does it mean to be a top-performer, exactly? The phrase is often spoken with implicit meaning, but ask any two people and you'll likely hear different definitions. To help clarify what "top performance" looks like in healthcare right now, five hospital and health system CEOs from around the country deconstructed the term into five realms: clinical quality, finance, patient satisfaction, employee and physician morale, and leadership. Here is how a handful of our country's healthcare leaders are describing — and working toward — top performance within their organization.

David Altchek, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, will perform a knee procedure for Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum during the All Star break, according to an ESPN LA report.