Chief Wellness and Resiliency Officer Hospital for Special Surgery
Steven Forti was a consultant for Johnson & Johnson’s Orthopedic Trauma Division, where he utilized eight years of Critical Care and Trauma Nursing experience. In the military, he earned the rank of Master Sergeant after serving 23+ years in Army Special Forces, where his specialties included Special Forces Weapons Sergeant and Special Forces Intel Sergeant. He is a Level 1 Sniper, and attended Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab at DIA as well as the Special Operations Planners Course in Norfolk, VA. Steve earned a BS in Nursing from Quinnipiac University, completed a Critical Care Residency at Yale New Haven Hospital Systems, and holds a BS from Southern Connecticut State University.
In March of 2020, he was asked to join Hospital for Special Surgery as the Chief of Staff for crisis management, as they transformed the entire hospital into a Covid treatment center to do their part in the fight to save lives during the height of the Covid crisis. As the crisis ebbed, he was asked to join the leadership team as the Chief Wellness and Resiliency Officer with a focus on overall wellbeing, burnout, and suicide awareness and prevention. His approach is scienced based on allostatic load management and autonomic downregulation and is a nationally sought after speaker for wellbeing and resilience.
When not at HSS, Steven spends his time enjoying every moment of his family, and also dedicates time to the Children of Fallen Patriots and is board president of a drug and alcohol rehab in Bridgeport, CT.
