EPISODE 22: STEVE FORTI

In this episode we are joined by Steve Forti. Prior to founding Fit Fight - a global competition fitness app, Steve was a consultant for Johnson and Johnson’s orthopedic trauma division, utilizing eight years of critical care and trauma nurse experience. In the military he earned the rank of Master Sergeant after serving over 23 years in Army special forces. He is a level one sniper and attended John’s Hopkins applied physics lab as well as the special operations planners course in Norfolk, Virginia. Steve earned a BS in nursing from Quinnipiac University, completed a critical care residency at Yale New Haven Hospital systems and holds a BS from Southern Connecticut State University. In March of 2020 Steve was asked to join the amazing team at the Hospital for Special Surgery as a Chief of Staff for crisis management, the number one orthopedic surgical hospital in the world as they transformed the entire hospital into a Covid-19 treatment center to do their part in the fight to save lives during the height of the Covid-19 crisis. As the crises ebbed, he was asked to join the leadership team there as a chief wellness and resiliency officer.