HSS Research Institute

Since its founding more than 150 years ago, Hospital for Special Surgery has been a leader in research aimed at improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating orthopedic and rheumatic conditions such as arthritis, bone and soft tissue injuries, autoimmune diseases, and musculoskeletal pain and deformities.

Today, the HSS Research Institute, with over 225 dedicated personnel, is identifying mechanisms underlying these conditions, and developing effective approaches for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. With a focus on tissue repair, improving surgical outcomes, autoimmunity and inflammation, genomics, new treatments, and precision medicine, the impact of our discoveries – many of which are only happening at HSS – determine future directions of musculoskeletal research to best improve clinical outcomes.

$64M

Active Federal Grants Funding

1200

Publications in 2023

$35M

Active Foundation & Industry Funding

Movement is the Essence of Life

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We are embarking on a new era of research at HSS by expanding the scope of basic and clinical science and building multidisciplinary translational research teams.

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Lionel Ivashkiv, MD
Chief Scientific Officer

Research Areas

Bone Health
and Spine
Regeneration

Making bones better
Autoimmunity
and
Inflammation

Targeting the
immune system
Soft Tissue

Helping the body
to heal itself
Biomechanics

Engineering advances in orthopedics
Genomics

Interpreting the
body's blueprint
Precision
Medicine

Making healthcare personal
MRI Research

The best view
in the hospital

Basic and Translational Research

Clinical Research

Contact Us: 212.774.7123

Events

HSS Research Day will take place on Thursday, May 9, 2024 featuring keynote speaker John Varga, M.D., FACP, MACR, Frederick G L Huetwell, Professor of Rheumatology, Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan.
View the agenda and schedule here