Board of Directors
Richard Hawkins, M.D., Founder, Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas
James Silliman, M.D., President, Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas
Dr. Hawkins specializes in shoulder, elbow, and knee reconstructive surgery and sports medicine. He is noted foremost as a shoulder surgeon and has authored seven textbooks on shoulder surgery that are used throughout the world. Dr. Hawkins is a founding member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society and physician for both the Denver Broncos and the Colorado Rockies. He is a clinical professor at the University of Colorado and at the University of Texas Southwest.
Dr. Silliman leads the growth and development of the Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas and serves as the Program Medical Director, Musculoskeletal Health and Wellness Institute within the Greenville Hospital System. Dr. Silliman earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
Dr. Ambler recently became Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina. Tony received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electronics from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology. He was on the faculty of that institution before moving to join Brunel University of West London. In 1996 he became a faculty member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He served as chairman of that department for 9 years before joining USC. His research expertise has been in test and quality of electronic boards and systems.
Dr. Chandler joined USC in 1987 as a post-doctoral fellow in the Baruch Institute. During his two-year tenure as interim dean, the school added a popular bachelor’s degree program in public health and maintained its perennial place among the top three schools and colleges within the University for external research funding.
Dr. Kresovich received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Washington and Jefferson College, a master's in agronomy at Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in crop physiology and genetics from The Ohio State University in 1982. Before joining the University of South Carolina, Dr. Kresovich served as the Vice Provost for Life Sciences at Cornell University.
Mr. Hyman has invested over 25 years in helping companies and organizations grow profitably. In 2006, Mr. Hyman left an established marketing consulting practice to work with Dr. Richard Hawkins in the development of the Hawkins Foundation. Mr. Hyman also serves as the Business Director of the S.C. Center in Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Services.
Mr. Agarwal is Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Advanced Surgical Devices Division of Smith & Nephew. In this role he provides global commercial leadership for all implantable medical devices and arthroscopic products. He joined Smith & Nephew as the chief operating officer of the Orthopaedic global business unit where he led initiatives to expedite the product development process, rationalize the product portfolio and ensure that Orthopaedics had best-in-class controls and procedures in place to streamline the organization to ensure operating efficiency.
Dr. Heeckt is the Chief Medical Officer at Smith & Nephew, Inc., in Memphis, Tennessee. He has previously served as the Medical Director of Fresenius ProServe for Fresenius AG in Oberursel, Germany, as the Director of Blasticon Biotechnological Research GmbH in Kiel, Germany, as the Director of the Surgical Academy, Maquet AG in Rastatt, Germany, and as Medical Director of Orto Maquet GmbH & Co. KG in Rastatt, Germany.
Ms. Whitsitt has a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Memphis and has completed Executive Education courses in business at Northwestern Universitys Kellogg Graduate School of Management and at Stanford University. She is a member of several advisory boards, including the University of Memphis College of Engineering Advisory Council and the FedEx Institute of Technology Advisory Board.
Anthony P. Ambler, PhD, Dean, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina
G. Thomas Chandler, M.Sc, Ph.D., Dean, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
Stephen Kresovich, Ph. D., Vice President for Research and Graduate Education
Gary Hyman, CEO, The Hawkins Foundation
Gaurav Agarwal, Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Advanced Surgical Devices Division
Peter Heeckt, M. D., Ph. D., Chief Medical Officer, Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Laura Whitsitt, Senior Vice President, Global Research and Innovation, Smith & Nephew, Inc.
