2021 Walk to Cure Arthritis Honorees

 

Louis Bridges
Hospital for Special Surgery
Medical Honoree


Dr. Bridges is Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), as well as Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at both HSS and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is the Franchellie M. Cadwell Professor of Medicine at HSS and the Joseph P. Routh Professor of Rheumatic Diseases in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Bridges leads 75 full-time physicians, including 38 adult and 5 pediatric rheumatologists. They collectively provide outstanding care to patients across the full spectrum of autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic diseases and deliver perioperative medical care to patients undergoing surgical procedures at HSS.