Current Fellows
arnold alqueza, MD
Dr. Alqueza graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1994 with Distinction receiving his bachelor’s degree in computer science. He served as a Submarine Officer aboard the USS Spadefish and the USS Nebraska receiving three Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals. In 1998, he became a certified Nuclear Engineer. He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1999, and graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine with Honors in academics and research. He received the William F. Enneking Award for most promise in an academic career and the Thorkild W. Anderson Award for academic excellence and contribution to fellow students.
Dr. Alqueza completed his orthopaedic residency training at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program in 2010. He was an administrative chief resident at MGH, and received the James H. Herndon, MD Resident Teaching & Mentoring Award, the William H. Thomas Award, and the Best Basic Science Paper Award at Osgood Thesis Day. He completed a fellowship in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery last year at MGH, and will remain at Harvard for his second fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery.
Dr. Alqueza lives in Boston with his wife Elizabeth, who is a physician assistant at the Faulkner Hospital, and his 19-month-old son Riley. He enjoys spending time with family, golfing, skiing and working out.
michael t. freehill, md
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Dr. Freehill grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of San Diego. After graduating from college, he was drafted by and signed with the California Angels Baseball Team as a pitcher. He reached the major league 40-man roster for two years with the Angels before requiring shoulder surgery. Following release from the Angels organization, he signed with the Texas Rangers and reached the Triple A level prior to retiring from professional baseball.
Dr. Freehill received his medical doctorate from Tulane University and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. During residency, he was involved in both coverage and research with the Baltimore Orioles organization and continues to study the overhead athlete as a passion. As a Chief Resident, Dr. Freehill received the Johns Hopkins University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Researcher Award. Given his interest in the shoulder, he decided to pursue both a sports medicine fellowship and a shoulder & elbow fellowship. He completed his sports fellowship last year at Stanford University, and is looking forward to his second fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery at Harvard.
Dr. Freehill currently lives in Boston with his wife Karein, Lizzie age 6, and Jack age 3.
albert lin, md
Dr. Lin grew up outside of Pittsburgh and graduated from Harvard University. He was a recipient of the John Harvard Scholarship and the Harvard College Scholarship, graduating magna cum laude in biology. He is a classically trained musician in piano and violin, and had performed both at Carnegie Hall in NYC and with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and subsequently completed his orthopaedic surgery training at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program. As a resident, he became interested in sports medicine and clinical research regarding the patellofemoral joint and outcomes following rotator cuff surgery. For his first fellowship, he trained in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. As a fellow, Dr. Lin received the O’Donoghue Sports Injury Research Award given by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for his work on in vivo kinematic analysis of the isolated PCL deficient knee. He has returned to Harvard for his second fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery.
Dr. Lin resides in Brookline, MA. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, golfing, watching sports, and playing music.
lewis shi, Md
Dr. Shi was born and raised in Beijing, China and moved to Tallahasse, Florida for high school. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He excelled at teaching as an undergraduate as well as a medical student, and was awarded the Derek S. Bok Teaching Award from Harvard University. He was also heavily involved in community medicine; he helped to start a health clinic for the homeless in Harvard Square and was a director of an organization performing community outreach regarding hepatitis.
Dr. Shi completed his orthopaedic surgery training at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program. As a resident, he has worked on various research projects and has published on topics ranging from elbow arthroplasty to vascularized fibula grafts.
In his spare time, Dr. Shi enjoys spending time with his wife Elena and hopes to stay healthy to run his eighth Boston Marathon in 2012.