Yale

Dr. Light, a former Yale wrestler who set the school record with a 15 second pin, graduated from Yale in 1969. He earned his M.D. from Chicago Medical School in 1973 then completed both surgical internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was a faculty member at the Yale Medical School until returning to Chicago in 1980.
 
Currently a professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Dr. Light served as the Dr. William Scholl Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery for 25 years and as Interim Dean of the Stritch Medical School. A world-renowned surgeon and teacher, he has provided lectures in 28 foreign countries and surgical care in 12 countries. His work overseas focuses on children born with congenital abnormalities of the hand. That effort includes 13 visits to Vilnius Children's Hospital in Lithuania, where he was awarded the Cross of the Knight Medal of Merit for Services to Lithuania by President Valdas Adamkus.  He also made eight visits to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Trauma and Orthopaedics, where he was awarded the Ho Chi Minh City Medal for service to the people of Vietnam.
 
Dr. Light has served as president of the American Orthopaedic Association and as president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
 
Dr. Light's community service includes volunteering as a docent for 20 years with the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust in Oak Park, Illinois. He served as Foundation Board President from 1988 to 1990. He is also a docent for the Chicago Architecture Center.