Here are 15 orthopedic surgeons who were on the move in the last month:
Ralph J. Napolitano Jr., DPM, joined OrthoNeuro in Columbus, Ohio.
Surgical Affiliates Management Group in Sacramento launched a program to provide acute care orthopedic surgicalist services at Sutter Health's Memorial Hospital Los Banos (Calif.), with Pamela Mehta, MD, leading the way as Surgical Affiliates' chief of orthopedic surgery.
Deitrick L. Cox, MD, joined OrthoAtlanta and will provide physiatric care.
Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center added Lisa Foster, MD, to the Johns Creek, Ga. Location.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates opened a new office in Mooresville, where John Lesher, MD, treats back and neck injuries.
Robert Harrington, MD, will join Dover, N.H.-based Wentworth-Douglass Center for Orthopedics and Joint Replacement when it opens in March.
Daly City, Calif.-based Seton Medical Center named John H. Velyvis, MD, medical director of robotic orthopedic surgery.
Tom Price, MD, R-Ga., was confirmed as the new HHS secretary.
Raymond Kim, MD, joined Vail, Colo.-based The Steadman Clinic to specialize in knee and hip replacements.
Brian M. Babka, MD, and Jerome Kolavo, MD, began seeing patients at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, treating DeKalb, Ill., residents' sports and spine-related injuries.
Orthopedic surgeon William Stanton, MD, joined Vero Beach, Fla.-based Indian River Medical Center.
Orthopedic surgeon Rolf Langeland, MD, joined Rhode Island's Newport Orthopedics.
Orthopedic sports medicine surgeon Leo Hise, DO, joined Hibbings, Minn.-based Fairview Range.
Nikhil N. Verma, MD, of Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush was named the Chicago White Sox's head team physician.
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