Community Hospital’s Jennifer Cook, MD is Awarded the Insall Traveling Fellowship for 2009

Jennifer Cook, MDNew Port Richey, Florida (April 3, 2009) – Community Hospital, the future Medical Center of Trinity, has announced that Jennifer Cook, MD specialist in orthopaedic surgery and orthopaedic joint replacement and a physician with Florida Joint Replacement & Sports Medicine, has been awarded the Insall Traveling Fellowship for 2009, sponsored by the American Knee Society. The prestigious award is granted annually. It is designed to honor a surgeon’s outstanding achievements in the field of knee surgery. Dr. Cook will travel together with three North American fellows across the United States and Canada visiting knee society locations and internationally recognized joint replacement and knee surgery centers. The fellowship will provide a platform to absorb new ideas, learn new surgical techniques and to combine research projects.

The fellowship was founded by John Insall of the Insall-Scott-Kelly Institute. Dr. Insall’s legendary contributions to knee surgery were based on an academic pursuit of excellence in research and patient care. One of his major achievements was the development of the first anatomical knee replacement, which has provided life quality to thousands of patients since. In recognition of Dr. Insall’s contribution to both worldwide orthopaedic community and the Knee Society, The Insall Traveling Fellowship is designed to perpetuate his legacy. The annual group of four Fellows will include the most qualified candidates as determined by the selection committee. Ordinarily the process will lean towards selecting two North Americans, one trans-Atlantic and one Pan-Pacific candidate. The candidates must undertake a project during the four-week course of their travels and subsequently complete a synthesis of the data in a manuscript to present at selected international meetings and publish in appropriate journals. The scope of the project will be determined by the selection committee in cooperation with the Knee Society.

Dr. Cook is an active member of the Medical Staff at Community Hospital and sits on the hospital’s Orthopaedic Council. The council is focused on quality initiatives for the hospital’s Joint Care Center, which recently celebrated two years of providing exceptional Spine and Joint Care.

About Community Hospital:
Community Hospital is located in New Port Richey, FL. It is a leading Joint Commission accredited acute care center. Over 400 physicians, 1000 employees and 200 volunteers comprise our healthcare delivery team.

Community Hospital has received distinction in the following areas:

  • Chest Pain Center accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers
  • Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center
  • Dedicated Cancer Program recognized by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
  • Dedicated Breast Care Center with Digital Mammography, 3D/4D Ultrasound, Breast MRI, and Patient Liaison to ensure the patient’s needs are met.
  • All private room Women’s Center for Gynecology and Urology Services
  • All private room Spine & Joint Care Center
  • The only da Vinci Robotic System in Pasco, Hernando and Citrus Counties

Construction is underway on the Medical Center of Trinity, a 236 bed, state-of-the-art, private room facility at the corner of SR 54 and Little Road in Trinity to replace Community Hospital in late 2011.