The staff at NYU Langone’s Center for Quality and Patient Safety is made up of experts who have assumed a leadership role in addressing quality and safety issues in the delivery of healthcare.

Joseph Bosco III, MD
Program Director, Center for Quality and Patient Safety
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Lorraine Hutzler, MPA
Associate Program Director, Center for Quality and Patient Safety

Divisional Directors of Quality and Patient Safety

Adult Reconstruction

Joshua C. Rozell, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn)
Gregory H. Sirounian, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island)

Spine

Charla R. Fischer, MD (NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital)
Kola Jegede, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn)
Anthony M. Petrizzo, DO (NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island)

Shoulder and Elbow

Mandeep S. Virk, MD (NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital)
Mark G. Grossman, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island)

Trauma and Fracture

Toni M. McLaurin, MD (NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital)
Nirmal C. Tejwani, MD (NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital)

Oncology

Timothy B. Rapp, MD

Hand

Nader Paksima, DO, MPH (NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital)
Jadie E. De Tolla, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn)
Glenn A. Teplitz, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island)

Pediatrics

Mara Karamitopoulos, MD (NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital)
John Gaffney, DO (NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island)

Sports Medicine

Kirk A. Campbell, MD (NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital)
Joseph Bogdan, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn)
Mark G. Grossman, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island)

Foot and Ankle

John G. Kennedy, MD
Rick Delmonte, DPM

Primary Care Sports Medicine

Lauren E. Borowski, MD (NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital)
Rupinder K. Johal, MD (NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island)

Clinical Site Directors of Quality and Patient Safety

NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

Claudette M. Lajam, MD

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn

Thomas R. Lyon, MD
John Gao, NP

NYU Langone’s Joan H. and Preston Robert Tisch Center at Essex Crossing

Nader Paksima, DO, MPH

NYU Langone Orthopedic Center

Laith M. Jazrawi, MD

NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion

Nirmal C. Tejwani, MD

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island

James D. Capozzi, MD
Gregory H. Sirounian MD
John Gaffney, DO
Karen Rubino