| Kenneth Alleyne, M.D. | |
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 After spending two years in financial business, Dr. Kenneth Alleyne decided to pursue his life-long interest in medicine on a professional level. He trained at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and completed a research fellowship at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. His residency training was undertaken at the Howard University Hospital. Dr. Alleyne recently completed a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Yale's School of Medicine and is currently in private practice in New York City. Dr. Alleyne is also a founder of Morphogen Pharmaceuticals and an author of multiple published research papers, including a presentation on the longest follow-up on arthroscopic partial menisectomy in recreational athletes. Dr. Alleyne is a graduate of Williams College (MA). Dr. Alleyne has been a Knee1 Hero. |
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| Stanley A. Forwand, M.D. |
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 Dr. Forwand is Chief of Cardiology at Harvard's Mt. Auburn Hospital, one of the nation's top 100 cardiology centers. He is also Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He studied medicine and received degrees from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Union College in Schenectady, New York. Dr. Forwand is the author of numerous technical papers and abstracts and is currently overseeing several clinical studies in arrhythmia management and cardiac pacing. Dr. Forwand has been a Heart1 Hero. |
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| Michael J. Fuller, M.D., PhD. - Senior Medical Advisor |
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 Fuller is an internist and provider of primary care with attending privileges at Mt. Auburn Hospital and Harvard Teaching Hospital. He has provided primary medical care to individuals and their families for 22 years. Fuller studied medicine and received degrees from both Dartmouth (Hanover, NH) and Brown (Providence, RI) Medical Schools. He also received a PhD in physical chemistry from Harvard University, where he was an instructor and teaching fellow. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College. Fuller previously served as an outside Board member of the Hospice Program of Watertown, Waltham, and Belmont and is a Director of Meiogen, Inc. (http://www.Meiogen.com) a neuropharmaceutical firm. |
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| Kevin Stone, M.D. |
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 Dr. Stone is recognized internationally as an authority on cartilage growth, replacement and repair. He is a founder and chairman of the Stone Foundation for Sports Medicine and Arthritis Research, a leading center for treatment of athletes with joint injuries. A graduate of Harvard and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Dr. Stone has also been a physician for the U.S. Ski Team and the World Professional Ski Tour since 1988. Dr. stone has been a Knee1 Hero. |
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| John Ludden, M.D. |
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 Dr. Ludden is Director of the Tufts Medical School Joint M.D./MBA Program and Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School (Department of ambulatory care and prevention). As a recognized leader in health care, he has contributed significantly to the industry's work on quality improvement. In his role as the Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (Boston, MA) he had responsibility for health policy and federal legislative affairs. He was instrumental in the development of "Putting Patients First" for the Board of the American Association of Health Plans.
As Corporate Medical Director of Harvard Pilgrim he formed the quality improvement department, the system of clinical quality management, and began the development of clinical and disease management programs. As a key member of the Group Health Association of America (now AAHP), he helped launch the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Dr. Ludden currently serves on several other boards and committees, including the:
- American College of Physician Executives American
- Hospital Association's governance section- psychiatry & substance abuse
- National Health Policy Forum
- Health Care Services Board of the Institute of Medicine
- Executive committee of the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
Prior to his work at Harvard Pilgrim, he was the Director of the Alcohol Clinic at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. He has been a practicing psychiatrist for more than 26 years. Dr. Ludden is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. After interning in medicine at the University of Washington Hospital, he completed his residency training in psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He is also a graduate of the program for management development at the Harvard Business School. Dr. Ludden was previously featured as a Body1 Health Care Hero. |
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| Dr. Richard Alweis
Dr. Alweis is an internist at Harvard's Mount Auburn Hospital and a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University. Afterwards, he completed residency and a chief residency at Mount Auburn Hospital. His clinical interests lie in gastroenterology, infectious diseases, domestic violence outreach programs, and enhancing the use of technology to facilitate patient care. Currently, he is in practice in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Jonathan G. Smith, M.D., M.M.S.
Dr. Smith is an internist in Needham, MA, in affiliation with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, and is a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University, where he also earned a masters degree in artificial organs and tissue engineering. He completed residency training at Harvard's Mount Auburn Hospital in internal medicine. His main clinical and research interests lie in gastroenterology, orthopedic medicine, organ replacement and tissue engineering, and primary care medicine.
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| Gary Meininger, M.D. |
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| Kim Scola, M.D. |
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| Jack Farr, M.D. |
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 Dr. Farr is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in knee and sports medicine. He serves on the board of the Orthopedic Research Foundation and is medical director of www.cartilagerestoration.org and www.myknee.md, where emphasis is on exploring new ways to treat damaged cartilage. Dr. Farr is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA). Dr. Farr has been a Knee Hero. |
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| Jon J.P. Warner, M.D. |
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 Dr. Warner is Associate Professor of the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Department and Chief of the Harvard Shoulder Service. He is the author of over 60 peer review publications, more than 150 book chapters, and 4 books. He is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and is a member of numerous specialty societies including the Orthopaedic Research Society and the American Orthopaedic Society. His practice is principally devoted to the treatment of problems of the shoulder and elbow and he has been featured as a Shoulder Hero. |
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| Joshua A Siegel, M.D. |
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 Dr. Josh Siegel is the Sports Medicine Director at Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics in Exeter, New Hampshire. He completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the renowned American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, training with Dr. Jim Andrews and Dr. Bill Clancy. His work is focused mainly on shoulder and knee injuries in athletes. He is a founding member of Northeast Surgical Care, an ambulatory surgery center in Newington, New Hampshire and works closely with the University of New Hampshire Women's Hockey team. He is also team physician for Phillips Exeter Academy. He is involved in a variety of innovative developments in shoulder arthroscopy and has lectured nationally on these developments. He is a member of the American Academy of orthopaedic Surgeons, and in the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports medicine. Dr. Siegel has been a Shoulder Hero. |
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| David S. Bailie, M.D. |
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 Dr. Bailie chairs the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Scottsdale Healthcare Shea (Hospital) in Scottsdale, Arizona, and he sees patients from all walks of life at The Orthopedic Clinic Association (TOCA) in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Indiana University School of Medicine and was a post-graduate fellow in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery at Baylor Sports Medicine Institute in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bailie specializes in all sports medicine injuries and arthroscopic surgery, including shoulder reconstruction. Dr. Bailie has been a Shoulder Hero. |
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| Ralf Kolvenbach, M.D. PhD.
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 Living and practicing in Duesseldorf, Germany, Dr. Ralf Kolvenbach serves as Chief of the Department of General and Vascular Surgery at Augusta Hospital. Dr. Kolvenbach is also a Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Duesseldorf. He is affiliated with the German Board of Vascular Surgery as a Fellow, the European Society of Vascular Surgery as a full member, and the Royal Society of Medicine (UK) as a Fellow, among others. Dr. Kolvenbach has been a Veins Hero. |
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| Gregory Spitz, M.D. |
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 Gregory A. Spitz, M.D., F.A.C.S., a leading general surgeon, is the inventor of the surgical technique for varicose vein removal used with the TriVex System.
As a member of the Senior Attending and Teaching Staff at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, IL, Dr. Spitz specializes in minimally invasive vein surgery, advanced laparoscopy and minimally invasive hernia repair.
Dr. Spitz is a member of the American Medical Association and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the Illinois State Medical Society, Kane County Medical Society (Secretary of Treasury, President-Elect, Board of Directors), Fox Valley Medicine (Board of Directors), the Warren Cole Surgical Society and the American College of Phlebology (member and speaker).
He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL. His internship and residency were performed at the University of Illinois, Metropolitan Group Hospitals, Chicago, IL. |
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| Steven Elias, M.D. |
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 Dr. Steven Elias is a fellowship-trained vascular surgeon who is the Director of the Center for Vein Disease at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Elias is also Assistant Professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
His undergraduate training was at John Hopkins University. He then attended the University of Buffalo Medical School and continued his surgical residency training in Buffalo at the University of Buffalo—Millard Fillmore Hospital. He conducted his advanced specialty fellowship training in vascular surgery at the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.
The majority of Dr. Elias’s clinical practice consists of the management of all aspects of vein disease. Techniques used to manage vein disease includes the use of laser and sclerotherapy (injections) for small spider veins to minimally invasive surgical techniques such as the TriVex procedure for the removal of varicose veins, the VNUS (closure) procedure, EVLT (endovenous laser therapy) for saphenous vein incompetence, and SEPS (Subfascial Endiscopic Perferator Surgery) for managing patients with non-healing wounds due to vein disease. He has published the results of these procedures and is on the faculty of courses teaching these minimally invasive techniques to other surgeons. He travels throughout the United States instructing as well as assisting other surgeons as they begin to perform these operations.
Dr. Elias is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of the American Venous Forum as well as the New Jersey Vascular Society. |
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Steve Houseworth, M.D. |
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 Dr. Houseworth specializes in Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery and sub-specializes the care of the knee and shoulder. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and Emory University School of Medicine. He is a Sports Medicine Consultant to Bahrain in the Middle East and currently practices in Colorado Springs, CO. Dr. Houseworth has been a Knee Hero. |
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| Susan Mendez-Eastman, RN |
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 Susan Mendez-Eastman is certified in both wound care and plastic surgical nursing. She has served four years as a Surgical First Assistant at Omaha's Plastic Surgical Center, and is a research nurse for the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. Eastman maintains independent practice privileges at several Omaha health systems. She is also a wound care nurse for the Nebraska Health System Center for Wound Healing. She received her ASN degree in nursing from Metropolitan Community College of Omaha, Nebraska. She has been a Wound Care Hero. |
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