While staffing shortages continue among all medical specialties, some practices are having better luck recruiting new physicians than others.
Here are six orthopedic and spine practices that have added multiple surgeons since the beginning of the year:
1. Keene, N.H.-based Cheshire Medical Center, an affiliate of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health, added three new orthopedic surgeons, doubling the size of its department.
2. Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center added eight orthopedic surgeons and four mid-level providers to its family of regional clinics.
3. Memphis, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic added a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and a physiatrist.
4. Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa, added two orthopedic surgeons to its team from Iowa Ortho in Des Moines.
5. The Orthopedic Partners in Park City, Utah, added pediatric services and three new physicians.
6. Bend, Ore.-based The Center Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care added five surgeons from Bend-based Desert Orthopedics.