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The 2008 Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency Program (HCORP) Graduation Reception and Dinner
was held on June 20, 2008 at the Park Plaza Hotel. It was a
beautiful event, attended by numerous residents, faculty, fellows,
family members and friends. The evening began with
cocktails and a slide-show of photos of the graduating class over
their years in the program. After the reception, the attendees
took their seats for dinner and the graduation ceremony.
Dr. James Herndon, Master of Ceremonies and Director
of the Residency Program, welcomed everyone to the event.
The Graduating Fellows of each of the hospitals were then
acknowledged by their respective chairman, Drs.Mark Gebhardt,
Thomas Thornhill, Harry Rubash and Peter Waters, who was
representing Dr. James Kasser. In total, there were 43 graduating
fellows this year.
The Osgood Visiting Professor, Dr. Vincent Pelligrini was
then introduced by Dr. Herndon. Dr. Pellegrini is the James
Lawrence Kernan Professor and Chair of the Department of
Orthopaedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
His subspecialty interests include Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
and Hand and Upper Extremity surgery. He applauded the
graduating class of seniors for their outstanding thesis work
and the quality of their presentations at Thesis Day. Dr.
Pellegrini then announced the winners of this year’s Thesis
Day Research Awards – Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Johnson for her
work “A Retrospective Analysis of a Modified Peroneal Groove
Deepening Technique for Chronic Peroneal Instability” and
Dr. Robert Golden for his project entitled “Increased Fracture
Severity in Workers’ Compensation Patients: An Etiology for
Poorer Outcomes.”
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The next award given for the night was a first for the
HCORP graduation. This year the incoming Chief Residents,
with the support of the residents in the program, created a
Resident Teaching and Mentoring Award. The Award, voted
on by all the residents in the program, is to be given to the
Graduating Senior, selected by their peers, that has given the
most back to other residents in the program as a teacher, mentor
and advocate. In a fitting tribute to the Program’s outgoing
Program Director, Dr. James Herndon, the Award will be known
as the James H. Herndon Resident Teaching and Mentoring
Award. This year’s winner was Dr. Mark Price. Dr. Price was
selected by the other residents for this award given his outstanding
commitment over his five years in the program to
teaching and mentoring junior residents and medical students
and for being a strong advocate for improvements in the educational
aspects of the Program. Congratulations Mark!
The Class of 2008 then collectively took the stage for the
announcement of the Golden Apple Award. The Golden Apple
is given to the faculty member that the graduating class feels
“contributed the most to resident education and provided
inspirational leadership through outstanding dedication to
patient care.” This year the Golden Apple was awarded to Dr.
Timothy Bhattacharyya from the Partners Trauma Service. Dr.
Bhattacharyya is known by all as an Attending who patiently
guides residents through cases, who encourages residents to
develop thorough surgical/treatment plans, and for providing
residents with follow-up on patients months to years after a
resident participated in the care of the patient. He encourages
evidence-based decisions and resident responsibility in developing
care plans. Congratulations Dr. Bhattacharyya!
The Graduating Class also thanked four very special
people. Elizabeth Lynch, PA-C from the Brigham and Women’s
Hospital was given a gift from the graduating class to thank her
for all the work she does at the Brigham in coordinating care
and discharges of inpatients. Anna Cipollone, our Assistant
Residency Coordinator was acknowledged for the work that she
does in helping the program run smoothly. Diane Sheehan,
the beloved Residency Coordinator, was then brought forward
and thanked for the tremendous work she does in making the
residency program what it is and helping the residents navigate
through during their five years in the program. Finally, the
graduating class thanked Dr. Herndon for his many years of
hard work on behalf of the residents. They made note of his
wonderful mentorship and pointed out that he will truly be
missed.
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The Executive Committee Award for the Best OITE Scores
over 4 Years was then announced by Dr. Peter Waters. This
Award is given annually to the graduating senior with the highest
Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE) scores. This
year’s Award recipient was Dr. Charles Petit. Dr. Petit is known
and respected by his fellow residents as a man with great command
of orthopaedic knowledge, his score of 100 on his most
recent OITE certainly supports that observation!
Dr. Thomas Thornhill then announced the recipient of
the William H. Thomas Award. This award, voted on by the
faculty of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is awarded to
the resident that “best exemplifies excellence in orthopaedics,
devotion to patient care, collegiality and teamwork.”
Dr. Thornhill then announced that the Brigham faculty, with
approval of the Executive Committee, had selected Dr. Mark
Price. Congratulations Mark!
Dr. Herndon then invited Dr. Price back to the stage and
honored him for his work as Editor-in-Chief of the Orthopaedic
Journal at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Price then announced
the person to whom this year’s Journal would be dedicated.
Traditionally dedicated to one member of the Harvard faculty,
this year the journal was dedicated to Dr. Louis Meeks
for his numerous years of service to the Harvard Orthopaedic
Residency Program as a model teacher, mentor and friend.
Generations of Harvard Residents have learned their basic
arthroscopy skills and humanitarian ways from the teachings of
Dr. Meeks. Dr. Meeks commented that being a teacher was his
greatest love and was honored by the dedication.
The wonderful evening culminated in the reason for all
being there - the graduation of a wonderfully talented group of
residents. Drs. Rubash, Thornhill, Waters and Gebhardt introduced
the members of the graduating class - sharing stories
from residency, quoting embarrassing excerpts from their personal
statements, and sharing some of their many accomplishments
from both before and during residency - and presented
them with their diplomas.
Congratulations to Class of 2008!
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