Dr. Roy Kulick was born and raised in the Bronx. Following his training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and the Hospital for Special surgery, he became the first orthopedic hand surgeon at Montefiore Medical Center in 1979. He holds the role of Chief of the Hand Service.

In 1981 he became a member of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand and, in 1995, became President of the Society. Following the completion of his presidency, his devotion to the Society kept him as an ad hoc member of the Executive Committee. In 2004 he was appointed Historian of the Society, a position he holds to this day.

Steven Z. Glickel was born and raised in New York CIty. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1976, spent two years at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for his General Surgery internship, and then completed his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic program. In 1981, he completed a one year microsurgery fellowship and in 1982-1983, served as a Hand Fellow with Drs. Littler and Eaton at Roosevelt Hospital. After one year of private practice in Connecticut, he was asked to return to Roosevelt Hospital and rejoined Drs. Littler and Eaton. Since 1985, he has had a successful private practice while maintaining strong academic ties. He has made significant contributions to the hand surgery literature particularly in the areas of basal joint reconstruction, thumb ligament injuries and fracture treatment. He was president of the NYSSH in 1998-1999. Over the years he became a Clinical Professor at Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons, Mt. Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, and since 2016, at the NYU Langone School of Medicine. He has served on essentially every important committee for the ASSH, and served as its president from 2007-2008. He was the Chair of the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand from 2016-2018.

In 1999, he became Director of the renowned C.V. Starr Hand Service and Fellowship at Roosevelt Hospital. He has trained over 60 Hand Surgery Fellows, all of whom he taught the art of a thorough physical examination and myriad surgical tricks. Not only is Steve a gifted surgeon, he is also well known for his conservative, compassionate patient care and commitment to ethical practices.

Dr. Melone served as President of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand from 1991-1992. In 1994 he was appointed to the Medical Advisory Board of the New York State Athletic Commission. Furthermore, Dr. Melone acts as a hand consultant for the Scleroderma Foundation and the Arthritis Foundation.

Dr. Melone has served as a hand surgery consultant for the majority of New York and New Jersey professional sports teams and the New York City Public School Athletic League.

Dr. Melone has participated in over 115 lectures and post-graduate courses on hand surgery across the country and has written over 50 articles on various topics in hand surgery ranging from hand injuries in boxers and distal radius fractures to scleroderma. He described the Melone Classification of distal radius fractures in 1984 and which emphasized the critical medial complex fragments.