Michele Brinkman, chief operating officer of Albany-based OrthoNY since 2017, has been appointed interim CEO of the practice, the Albany Business Review reported March 12.
Four things to know:
1. Former CEO Julie Shaw left her post in May 2020. OrthoNY did not disclose the reason for her departure.
2. Ms. Brinkman's achievements as COO include implementing a new EHR system and leading the development of OrthoNY's $6.9 million flagship facility in Clifton Park, N,Y., which opened in October.
3. OrthoNY was founded in 2013 after Northeast Orthopaedics in Orangeburg, N.Y., merged with Orthopaedic Associates of Saratoga in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
4. The practice has more than 300 staff, including 41 physicians at 14 locations.