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We’d like to express our gratitude to HSS Trustee Ellen Wright who is featured in The Wall Street Journal as Donor of the Day for her program to provide prosthetic and orthotic devices for young people at Hospital for Special Surgery. Full story here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323566804578553831635811480.html
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A routine visit to the doctor for a pair of orthotics led Ellen Wright to launch a program to provide prosthetic and orthotic devices for young people.
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