Patient Testimonials

On the Road to Recovery

Patients who come to Hospital for Special Surgery for their care find an extraordinary team of physicians, nurses, physical therapists and other health professionals who help them on the road to recovery. It is a road that is often filled with twists and turns as they try to determine the cause of unusual symptoms, reconstruct a hip shattered in an accident, or help a child learn to walk who never has.

To the patients, such as the ones you will meet on the following pages, whose injuries or chronic illness bring them to HSS, these health professionals are their heroes. But it’s not simply because their diseases were cured, their pain alleviated, their mobility restored. It’s because the road to accomplishing their medical triumphs was paved with compassion and understanding that mended their spirits as well.

View the two patient stories below, and please browse through our patients' testimonials on the right hand column of this page to hear more about the new possibilities they have discovered through their experiences at HSS.
 

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Ian Gillen was an athlete on his way to playing Division I basketball, until he was diagnosed with a large bone tumor in the middle of his tibia, resulting in doctors removing 17cm of bone from his leg. Ian turned to the doctors at Hospital for Special Surgery to help him get back onto the basketball court. This video follows Ian through his recovery process.

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Peter Sgambati was diagnosed with arthritis in his knee. He underwent knee replacement surgery, but had to have his implant removed twice after infections set in. He turned to the doctors at HSS to alleviate the pain his arthritis and previous knee replacements were causing him. In this video, Mr. Sgambati tells his story.