Here are six orthopedic surgeons who recently joined new practices or took on new positions in March.
Steven J. Kaplan, MD, joined Lewis County General Hospital and Lewis County Orthopedics in Lowville, N.Y.
Bernard Bach, Jr., MD, of Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush was inducted into the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine Hall of Fame.
Melissa Kounine, DO, joined the Washington Orthopaedic Center in Centralia.
Peter Mulhern, MD, joined OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Ill., and OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, Ill.
N.J.-based Atlantic Health System named James Wittig, MD, medical director of orthopedic oncology and chairman of the orthopedics department at Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center.
Chief of adult reconstructive surgery at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center Craig Della Valle, MD, was named the 28th president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.