Patient Stories

I was able to play soccer again after 9 months!

In December 2012, I slipped off a ladder while painting the kitchen ceiling of the new apartment I'd just moved into, and shattered my heel bone.
I'm not an elite athlete. I was a single middle-aged woman actively engaged in my life, walking and cycling everywhere, loving New York City for al...

I have had bunions since I was a teenager. In spite of being very big, they had never hurt. One day my right foot started to hurt and it turned out my toe had subluxated. I went on the HSS website and I liked Dr. Levine’s profile. Since I live outside of the U.S., I requested that he operate o...

In June of 2013, I was hit by a car crossing the street with friends. I was taken to a local hospital where they treated my broken leg and then there were complications with the blood flow to my foot. After several surgeries, the doctors told my parents they would ultimately need to amputate my leg ...

Success Stories - A "Two for One" Success!
My name is Levi Halliwell. I am seven years old. I had hemiplegia. That means I have a boo-boo in my brain. It affects my right hand so I can't do stuff as well as with my left hand, but I'm trying to do more as I get older. My parents took me to see...

One of my favorite sayings is “No good deed goes unpunished”. And in the annals of good deeds gone bad my fall off a high ladder while helping to set up for a charity benefit event at our beach house is right up there. I ended up breaking my calcaneus (heel) bone which though excruciating, was a...

In the summer after my first collegiate cross-country track seasons, I was hit by a car while I was on a training run. Thankfully, my only major injury was a compound (open) fracture of my tibia and fibula – as it could have been much worse! However, the worst part of my injury was that it prevent...

In June 2013, Dr. David Levine at HSS performed interpositional arthroplasty on my left foot. I believe this a tissue implant of equine myocardial tissue. I suffered from hallux rigidus of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint. I’d had two surgeries by then – two cheilectomies – and had cu...

After many years of playing soccer at the club level, I finally succumbed to the numerous ankle ligament injuries acquired over the years. Not only was I unable to play soccer anymore, I was having extreme pain when simply walking. I was no longer able to do anything physical that involved my lower ...

I had hallux rigidus in both feet and Dr. David Levine operated on both. He gave me my life back. I had to get my big toe fused, and I do not regret it. I am able to play all the sports I want, whereas when I came to Dr. Levine I was having trouble even walking. I highly recommend Dr. Levine and I a...