IHL Founder and CEO, Dr. Roye celebrated his illustrious forty-five year career at New York Orthopaedic Hospital/Columbia Orthopedics with a celebration in January 2020, surrounded by friends, family and colleagues.
Dr. Roye has been a Columbia faculty member since 1980, where he established the division of pediatric orthopedics in 1980, and later founded the Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center in 2013. In his career, he has committed himself to caring for children with orthopedic problems, teaching future orthopedic surgeons, and conducting research on children's musculoskeletal problems. He has gained the respect and admiration of his patients, their parents, and his students for his quiet competence, commitment, and caring.
In 2009, Dr. Roye received the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Humanitarian Award, which honors fellows of the academy who have “distinguished themselves by providing outstanding musculoskeletal care, both in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Roye has big plans after retirement and is set to make a permanent move to China in February 2020 to further his work at IHL. Dr. Roye will be concentrating his efforts on the development of training programs for next generation of health providers and policy makes in China. Dr. Roye will continue his work caring for patients with orthopedic and neuromuscular disorders in China.
