Thomas Sculco

Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Complex Joint Reconstruction Center, Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus at the Hospital for Special Surgery

Dr. Thomas P. Sculco was Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery from 2003-2014. He is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Dr. Sculco created the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Complex Joint Reconstruction Center in 2015 which cares for the most complex hip and knee problems.

He has been awarded both the Otto Aufranc and the Charnley Award from the Hip Society and the Arthritis Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the first American to be elected as an Honorary Member of the Austrian Orthopaedic Society and has also been named an Honorary Member of the Hellenic Orthopaedic Society. In 2013 he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor, First Class, for Science and Art. In 2023 Dr. Sculco was awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Athens in Athens, Greece. At the American Academy of Surgeons in 2025 he received the Diversity Award.

Dr. Sculco founded the International Society of Orthopaedic Centers and served as Executive Director for 10 years. He is a founding member of the Knee Society and was President in 2016. He is a Board Member of Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, of which he was President from 2022-2024.