Hospital for Special Surgery Opens Kellen Tower, Completing Upper East Side Campus Expansion
-Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center dedicated to musculoskeletal health, today announced the opening of Kellen Tower, a new 94,000-square-foot, 12-story facility rising above the FDR Drive and overlooking the East River that expands HSS’s capacity to provide highly specialized orthopedic care. The opening of the tower marks a major milestone in the transformation of HSS’s Upper East Side campus.
Kellen Tower is adjacent to the main hospital at 535 East 70th Street and connected via a sky bridge. The building also connects to the HSS Pavilion to the west, further integrating inpatient, outpatient, and recovery services across the campus. The opening was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 30.
“Demand for complex musculoskeletal care continues to grow, and many of the patients who come to HSS require expertise and resources that are not widely available elsewhere,” said Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, President and CEO at HSS. “Kellen Tower allows us to expand access to that specialized care while maintaining the focused environment and standards of excellence that define HSS.”
Expanding Access to World-Leading Orthopedic Care
Recognized globally for excellence in musculoskeletal care, HSS is ranked the No. 1 hospital in orthopedics nationwide by U.S. News & World Report—a distinction it has held for 16 consecutive years. Patients travel from across the country and around the world to receive highly specialized surgical and nonsurgical care at HSS.
Kellen Tower will provide a specialized environment for joint replacement and spine surgery patients, including those with the most complex conditions. In addition to providing more space for physician offices and exam rooms, the new facility offers on-site imaging services and increases the number of single-bed rooms for patients. Three floors of private rooms are designed to enhance their comfort and care.
“The thoughtful design of Kellen Tower supports our commitment to delivering specialized care in a modern and highly efficient setting dedicated to orthopedic excellence and the needs of our patients,” said Thomas P. Sculco, MD, HSS Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus and Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Complex Joint Reconstruction Center.
“The enhanced inpatient spaces and the renovation of recovery floors in the main hospital will allow HSS to improve how existing beds are used and increase the proportion of private patient rooms across the main campus,” he added. “This has been an institutional priority to optimize the healing environment for our patients.”
As part of the Kellen Tower project, HSS is also fulfilling a longstanding commitment to the local community by funding major improvements to the East River Esplanade from 72nd to 78th Streets. The work aligns with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation’s master plan for the waterfront walkway and builds on HSS’s prior $1.8 million investment to renovate the Esplanade between 70th and 72nd Streets in 2018.
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