Samuel Karel Van de Velde, MD, MPH, PhD

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^{Samuel Karel Van de Velde, MD, MPH, PhD}

Samuel Karel Van de Velde, MD, MPH, PhD, is an orthopedic surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Brooklyn and NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. He is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Van de Velde received specialized orthopedic training in the United States, Australia, and Canada. He treats all aspects of the lower limbs, including child and young adult hip preservation (hip arthroscopy, periacetabular osteotomy, impingement surgery) and minimally invasive anterior total hip replacement. After medical school in Louvain, Belgium, Dr. Van de Velde joined the Bioengineering Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, where his NIH-funded research was commemorated with a PhD in Medical Sciences at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. While in Boston, Dr. Van de Velde was an instructor in orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and completed his masters degree at the Harvard School of Public Health. He also received the Ruth L. Kirschstein Award from the NIH and won the prestigious O'Donoghue Sports Injury Award together with Thomas J. Gill, IV, MD. Dr. Van de Velde has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and has presented his research at both national and international medical conferences and symposiums. He is a reviewer for several medical journals and sits on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Sports Medicine. After completing his orthopedic surgical training at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, Dr. Van de Velde visited the Royal Childrens Hospital in Australia, and served pediatric orthopedic surgery fellowships at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, and Seattle Childrens Hospital in Seattle, Washington. He completed one year of training in the diagnosis and specialized treatment of hip and knee pathology in children and young adults in Perth, Australia. Dr. Van de Velde participated in two medical missions to the Comoros Islands in Africa, where he performed complex limb alignment, corrective surgeries, and trained local providers.