Interview with Dr. Sariah Khormaee

Abstract

Dr. Sariah Khormaee is an orthopaedic surgeon dedicated to advancing equality in musculoskeletal care. A native of Washington state, Khormaee graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Washington as President’s Medalist/Valedictorian. She then completed her MD at Harvard Medical School-MIT Health Sciences Technology with Honors. She earned her PhD from Cambridge University, United Kingdom, in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, receiving the Danckwerts-Pergamon Prize for the best PhD. Completing her orthopaedic residency at Hospital for Special Surgery, Khormaee received multiple awards, including the Distinguished Housestaff Award by HSS faculty for best graduating resident. She then finished a spine fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. Before joining SIGN, she was an attending surgeon and researcher at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. At HSS, she led an orthopaedic surgery practice focused on patients with spine conditions and ran a research lab that received multiple awards, including from the Kellen Family Foundation, AO Spine North America, and the Kevin Zoltan Merzei Foundation.