Participants
Russell F. Warren, M.D.
Surgeon-in-Chief
Attending Orthopedic Surgeon
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Dr. Warren joined the Hospital for Special Surgery in January 1977, and was named surgeon-in-chief in September 1993. As team physician for the NFL's New York Giants, he oversees medical care for all players.
Dr. Warren is Professor of Surgery (Orthopedics) and Chairman, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. A graduate of the State University of New York at Syracuse Medical School, he completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and a Fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
Dr. Warren is past president of both the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and the American Shoulder & Elbow Society.
He was named one of New York Magazine's "Best Doctors in New York" in June 2000
Christine Jurczak
Patient
Christine Jurczak, 21, graduated in May 2000 from Hobart and William Smith College in Geneva, NY, where she received a B.S. in environmental science with a minor in psychology. As all-district women's skipper and captain of the co-ed and women's divisions for the collegiate sailing team her junior and senior year, Jurczak helped lead her team to finish second in the Co-ed North American National Women's Sailing Championship. During her senior year, despite the setback with her knee, she still received Honorable Mention All-American Honors for collegiate Sailing. Throughout North America, only 14 women skippers qualified for this honor.
As a result of her athletic involvement, she has suffered injuries to her knee three times since 1993. She tore the meniscus cartilage in the summer of 1993. In 1994, while playing soccer, she re-tore the meniscus cartilage and stretched her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), forcing her to give up soccer. Because of her age, the surgeon did not want to do surgery. During the summer of 1999, she tore her ACL while running on the beach. In her own words she "heard the 'pop, felt the pain shoot into the back of my leg, and I knew it was serious."
Despite the knee injuries she sustained, Jurczak has an incredibly positive attitude and has been inspired to pursue a career in the sports industry, possibly in the areas of sports medicine, physical therapy, or sports psychology.
This fall, Jurczak will return to Geneva, NY, as the assistant coach for the Hobart and Williams Smith College sailing team
Jurczak was born in Towaco, NJ, in Morris County. She currently resides in Brick, NJ.
