Michael Suk, M.D.

One of the nation’s top experts on the correlation between health and outdoor recreation, Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, was chosen in 2003 as a White House Fellow with the U.S. Department of the Interior. Working for a year in one of the United States’ most distinguished avenues for young professionals to serve their country, Dr. Suk held the title of Special Advisor to Gale Norton, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Dr. Michael Suk and Secretary Norton co-wrote a law review piece that investigated the relationship between a healthy lifestyle and participating in outdoor activities such as bicycling, hiking, and camping. In 2011, Dr. Suk’s activism in this matter contributed to the National Parks Service’s adoption of a number of key values in its Centennial “Call to Action: Preparing for a Second Century of Stewardship and Engagement.”

In 1986, Dr. Michael Suk commenced his undergraduate studies at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in African American History in 1990, and then enrolled in the medical program at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. While working toward his MD, Dr. Suk attended classes at Boston University's School of Law and School of Public Health. In 1995, he earned his Juris Doctor and Master of Public Health from Boston University, followed by his Doctor of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Michael Suk completed his residency at the Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York as an orthopaedic surgeon. Subsequently, Dr. Suk spent time at New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery, where he fulfilled a fellowship in orthopaedic traumatology.

Dr. Michael Suk quickly became a respected authority in the area of broken bone treatment and its complexities. After his period of service as a White House Fellow, Dr. Suk acted as a Special Advisor on Health and Recreation with the U.S. National Park Service, while also serving the University of Florida's Shands Medical Center as Division Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Associate Director of the Regional Trauma System, and Associate Director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. In 2012, Dr. Suk left Florida to become Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery for the Geisinger Health System based in Danville, Pennsylvania.