HSS Journal®
The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special SurgeryHSS Journal is a publication of Hospital for Special Surgery, ranked U.S. #1 in orthopedics, 15 years in a row, and #3 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. The journal’s publication is a part of the overall HSS educational mission to be the most trusted educator by providing timely content to clinicians concerned with musculoskeletal health. Professionals in 130 countries receive CME via HSS eAcademy.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
HSS Journal: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery is a peer-reviewed publication featuring clinical and basic science research, case reports, commentaries, and review articles encompassing the spectrum of musculoskeletal health and disease. Our global audience of clinicians, surgeons, and scientists is dedicated to the diagnosis and management of orthopedic trauma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatic disease. Published since 2005, HSS Journal maintains a regionally and globally diverse, interdisciplinary editorial board committed to rigorous standards in publication ethics.
HSS Journal is a publication of HSS, the leading orthopedics institution in the US working to educate clinicians around the world. The journal and HSS uphold editorial independence as a key principle and our editors have full authority over the article selection and peer review process.
Charles N. Cornell, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Laura Robbins, DSW | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Joy Jacobson, MFA | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Cynthia Kahlenberg, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Alejandro Leali, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Robert G. Marx, MD, MSc, FRCSC | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Joseph T. Nguyen, MPH | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Ngozi Mogekwu Akabudike, MD | University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA |
Burak Altintas, MD | CORE Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA |
Lauren Barber, MD | Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA |
Karmela Kim Chan, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Jessica Heyer, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Sravist Iyer, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
David Landy MD, PhD | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA |
Joseph T. Nguyen, MPH | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Ogonna Nwawka MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Benjamin F. Ricciardi, MD | University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA |
Alana Elise Sigmund, MD, FHM | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Tony Wanich, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Domenico Alesi, MD | Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli di Bologna, Bologna, Italy |
John Apostolakos, MD | Steadman Clinic, Vail, CO, USA |
Andrea Baldini, MD | Florence Institute of Assistance and Care, Florence, Italy |
Lee Bayliss, MD, FRCS | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, London, England |
Eduardo Branco de Sousa, MD, PhD | Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Martin Buttaro, MD | Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Brian Chalmers, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Mustafa Citak, MD, PhD | Helios ENDO-Klinik Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
Prof. Mehmet Demirhan | Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey |
Caroline Donovan MSN, RN, CIC, ONC | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Maria Eugenia L. Duarte, MD, PhD | National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Christopher Dy, MD, MPH | Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA |
O. Folorunsho Edobor-Osula , MD | Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA |
Claire Eliasberg, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Michael Fu, MD, MHS | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Harry Greditzer, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
João Antonio Matheus Guimarães | National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Iftach Hetsroni, MD | Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Thomas J. Heyse, MD, PhD | Red Cross Hospital Frankfurt; Frankfurt, Germany |
Kushal Hippalgaonkar, MD | Sunshine Hospitals, Hyderabad, India |
Kethy M. Jules-Elysee, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Paz Kedem, MD | Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikvah, Israel |
Fidelindo Lim, CCRN, DNP | NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, NY, USA |
Francis Lovecchio, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Carol A. Mancuso, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Carol D. Morris, MD, MS | Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA |
Charles L. Nelson, MD | Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw, MD | OrthoVirginia, Richmond, VA, USA |
Joel M. Press, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Bheeshma Ravi, MD, PhD | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Holland Bone and Joint Program, Toronto, ON, Canada |
José A. Rodriguez, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Thomas P. Sculco, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Seung-Suk Seo, MD, PhD | Haeundae Bumin Hospital , Busan, South Korea |
John Shields | Atrium Health, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA |
Jeffrey Stepan, MD, MSc | University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA |
Lucía Beatriz Taboada Barrios, MD | Centro Hospitalario Serena del Mar, Cartagena, Colombia |
Jin Bo Tang, MD, PhD | Brown University, Providence, RI, USA |
Ekaterina Urch, MD | St. Charles Health System, Bend, OR, USA |
Deborah Valentine, MSN, CCM, ONC | HSS, Stamford, CT, USA |
Krina Vyas, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
William L. Walter, MD | University of Sydney & Northern Local Area Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Gwen Weinstock-Zlotnick, PhD, OTR/L, CHT | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
David S. Wellman, MD | Westchester Medical Center; Valhalla, NY, USA |
Timothy Wright, PhD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Albert Yee, MD, MSc | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Holland Bone and Joint Program, Toronto, ON, Canada |
Audrey Zucker-Levin, PhD, MBA, MSPT, GCS | University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada |
Troy Amen, MD, MBA | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Patawut Bovonratwet, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Heather Haeberle, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Yusef Jordan, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Gregory Kazarian, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Kyle Kunze, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Tyler Uppstrom, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Nathan Varady, MD, MBA | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Alexander White, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Troy Amen, MD, MBA | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Lauren Barber, MD | Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA |
Patawut Bovonratwet, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Claire Eliasberg, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Fidelindo Lim, CCRN, DNP | NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, NY, USA |
Charles L. Nelson, MD | Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw, MD | OrthoVirginia, Richmond, VA, USA |
Nathan Varady, MD, MBA | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
John Apostolakos, MD | Steadman Clinic, Vail, CO, USA |
Brian Chalmers, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Harry Greditzer, MD | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
Heather Haeberle, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Robert G. Marx, MD, MSc, FRCSC | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
John Shields | Atrium Health, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA |
Alexander White, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
Burak Altintas, MD | CORE Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA |
Gregory Kazarian, MD | HSS, New York, NY, USA |
David Landy MD, PhD | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA |
Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA | HSS, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA |
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