The director-elect of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and six other orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices or assumed new titles in January:
1. Stephen Michaels, MD, was named president of Clinton-based MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center and senior vice president of Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health.
2. John Awowale, MD, was added as a physician partner at Green Bay, Wis.-based BayCare Clinic.
3. John Priddy, MD, was appointed president of Tyler, Texas-based Azalea Orthopedics.
4. Scott Cooper, MD, was selected to be the new president of Mercy Clinic Northwest Arkansas in Rogers.
5. Martin Boyer, MD, an orthopedic surgery professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was named director-elect of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
6. Noblesville, Ind.-based Riverview Health welcomed Heather Williams, MD, to its orthopedic and sports medicine practice.
7. Burt Yaszay, MD, was tapped as the new chief of orthopedics and sports medicine at Seattle Children's hospital.