Here are 25 orthopedic surgeons who recently joined new practices, hospitals and health systems.
Richard Ferkel, MD, opened a practice in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Nashville-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance added Lucas J. Burton, MD, and Robert Lowe III, MD, to its team.
Steven Becker, MD, is joining the staff of PeaceHealth Medical Group's Orthopedic and Sports Medicine clinic in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Warren Ayers, MD, is joining the staff of Maui (Hawaii) Memorial Medical Center.
Mercy Health Orthopedic Specialists added David Ajibade, MD, to its staff.
Aaron Forbes, MD, will join the staff of Morristown, N.J.-based Tri-County Orthopedics.
Michael G. Fitzgerald, MD, is joining the hand, wrist and shoulder team of Syracuse (N.Y.) Orthopedic Specialists.
Coal Township, Pa.-based Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital added Hemil Maniar, MD, to its staff.
Michael Messina, MD, joined Valley Forge Orthopedics in Phoenixville, Pa.
David Brown, MD, joined Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, Alaska.
Haverhill, Mass.-based Associates in Orthopedics added Xavier Simcock, MD, to its staff.
Dean Fochios, MD, joined the staff of the Rockford (Ill.) Health Physicians.
Powell, Tenn.-based Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic added Chad M. Ferguson, MD, and Curtis Gaylord, MD, to its team.
Greg Tchejeyan, MD, is moving his sports medicine practice to Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Sparrow Ionia (Mich.) Hospital added Alicia Ballard, DO, to its orthopedic team.
Laith Al-Shihabi, MD, joined Orthopaedic Associates of Wisconsin.
Margaret Harvey, DO, is joining the Greenwich, Conn.-based Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.
OrthoArizona welcomed three orthopedic surgeons: Keith Jarbo, MD, Kenneth Schmidt, MD, and Ryan Odgers, MD.
Matthew Cantlon, MD, is joining Greenwich, Conn.-based Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists.
Ada, Okla.-based Mercy Hospital added six physicians to its staff including orthopedic surgeon M. Cody Curry, MD.
Stephen Klinge, MD, joined UMass Memorial-Marlborough Hospital.