Professor in Residence, UCLA/Orthopaedic Institute for Children Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director of Surgery and Rehabilitation,
Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
From 1989 to 2011, Dr. Luck was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Medical Director of Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital. Through an alliance with UCLA, he served as residency Program Director of the combined UCLA/Orthopaedic Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA from 2005 to 2014, where he is currently Professor in Residence. From 2000 to 2011 he served as a Director of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS), which is responsible for the certification of all orthopaedic surgeons nationally, and served as its President in 2005. He served eight years, including two as Chairman of the Residency Review Committee (RRC) that accredits all orthopaedic training programs in the United States. He has also served on the Boards of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Association, and the California Orthopaedic Association, where he was president in 1994-5. He served as Chairman of the National Medical Advisory Board of Shriners Hospitals for Children from 1998 to 2015.
Among Dr. Luck’s honors are Orthopaedic Teacher of the Year Award and Special Residents’ Award for Excellence in Teaching (Orthopaedic Hospital) and Twinned Centers of the Year-1997, presented by the World Federation of Hemophilia to both Dr. Luck and Dr. Adolfo Llinás of Fundación Santa Fe, Bogotá, Colombia. He was granted Humanitarian of the Year awards by California Hospital and the Crippled Children’s Guild. In 2013, Dr. Luck received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Federation of Hemophilia. Dr. Luck and his wife Mary have one son, three daughters, and six grandchildren.
