Dr. Sculco’s research interests are currently centered on improvements in surgical technique and preventing failure of hip and knee implants. He has been awarded both the Otto Aufranc and the Charnley Award from the Hip Society for his work with Thrombogenesis in Total Hip Replacement. In 1999 he was awarded the Arthritis Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the first American to be elected as an Honorary Member of the Austrian Orthopaedic Society. Dr. Sculco was awarded the Humes Professorship in Salzburg, Austria. He was awarded the Philip D. Wilson, Jr. Resident Teaching Award in 2002. In 2005 he received the Gold Medal Award for Clinical Medicine from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He has written over 230 papers, 63 chapters and three books on orthopedic surgery and the surgical treatment of arthritis.
Dr. Sculco is extremely active in international and national medical associations including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, American Orthopedic Association, Academic Orthopedic Association and the Societe Internationale de Chirugie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie. He is a founding member of the Knee Society and currently a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer and is a member of the Hip Society. Dr. Sculco served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and is the liaison between the AAOS and The Arthritis Foundation.
Dr. Thomas P. Sculco
Dr. Thomas P. Sculco is currently Surgeon-in-Chief and Korein-Wilson Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery. He is the Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Sculco graduated from Brown University with a degree in Classics and earned his medical degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He subsequently trained at the Roosevelt Hospital in General Surgery and received his orthopedic training at The Hospital for Special Surgery. He received the Bowen Brooks Fellowship from the New York Academy of Medicine on completion of his residency and studied the delivery of care to patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Finland, England and Italy.