Kelly assumes role of president of Hospital for Special Surgery, to succeed Shapiro as CEO
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Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, will succeed president and CEO of Hospital for Special Surgery Louis A. Shapiro in a phased-in transition that will occur during the course of 2023, according to a press release from Hospital for Special Surgery.
This transition will have Kelly become the first surgeon to lead the 160-year-old academic medical system, which specializes in musculoskeletal health, according to the release.
Shapiro was appointed Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) President and CEO in 2006 and has worked in partnership since 2019 with Kelly, who is surgeon-in-chief and medical director of HSS.
According to the release, Kelly assumes the role of president, effective immediately. Shapiro will remain as CEO during the transition period, after which Kelly will become president and CEO.
“Lou shaped and cultivated a groundbreaking vision for HSS that saw the institution transform from a specialty hospital in New York to an international network with universal prominence,” HSS Board Co-chairs Thomas H. Lister and Robert K. Steel said in the release. “Having led the enterprise through unprecedented growth and challenges, including COVID, Lou decided the time is right to make this change. HSS is well positioned to continue to strengthen and expand its global preeminence in musculoskeletal health under Dr. Kelly’s proven leadership and extraordinary capability.”
Shapiro said in the release, “I am immensely grateful for the opportunity to serve HSS and thank the board of trustees for their support. Bryan’s leadership abilities are innate. Supporting his transition is one of the many capstone achievements I look forward to in the coming year. Bryan is ready to lead HSS.”
“Dr. Kelly is a world-class leader in the operating room and the board room, and well equipped to build on Lou's legacy of advancing and balancing what is best for patients, medical specialists, and the institution,” Lister and Steel said in the press release.
“It is hard to imagine anyone better suited than Lou to lead the evolution of HSS to become an outsized influence, not only on musculoskeletal care, but also on how better-quality health care can be achieved at large scale,” Kelly said in the release. “Our next chapter will build on this by advancing and widening our core strength in clinical care, scientific research, education, innovation, and making superior care and outcomes more accessible to more people in more places.”
A world-renowned surgeon, scientist and educator specialized in sports medicine and hip preservation, Kelly came to HSS in 1996. Having played an instrumental role in the evolution of the specialty of hip preservation, in 2010 Kelly started the hip preservation service at HSS and has a broad range of clinical and basic science interests, according to the release.
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