Following is a list of 48 orthopedic surgeons who joined new organizations, retired or received promotions this year, grouped by state.
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Alaska
Aaron Humphreys, MD, joined Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center.
Arizona
Gil Ortega, MD, was named chair of the Orthopaedic Co-Management company, in partnership with Scottsdale-based HonorHealth.
Arkansas
Hot Springs-based National Park Medical Center hired Edward Rhomberg, MD.
Lowry Barnes, MD, of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, was appointed president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.
California
Edward Vanek, DO, was tapped to serve as medical adviser to the mayor of Atwater.
Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles appointed Neal ElAttrache, MD, to its board of directors.
Colorado
Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies added George Le, MD.
Braden Jones, MD, was hired by Southwest Health System in Cortez.
Solon Rosenblatt, MD, joined Centura Health-St. Thomas More Hospital in Cañon City.
Katie Bartush, MD, and Marissa Jamieson, MD, joined the foot and ankle fellowship program at The Steadman Clinic in Vail.
Florida
360 Orthopedics named Jeffrey Silverstein, MD, chief of surgery at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.
The Joint Replacement Institute in Naples onboarded Daniel Harmon, DO.
Georgia
David Brcka, MD, Virginia Jones, MD, Susan Jordan, MD, and Domenic Scalamogna, MD, moved to a Newnan, Ga., facility opened by OrthoAtlanta and Atlanta-based Piedmont Orthopedics.
Idaho
Dan Robinson, DPM, was sworn in as a member of the Blackfoot-based Bingham Healthcare board of directors.
Marvin Kym, MD, joined St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston.
Illinois
Chicago-based nonprofit Nth Dimensions appointed Bonnie Mason, MD, senior adviser to its board of directors.
Springfield-based HSHS Medical Group opened an orthopedic and sports medicine clinic in Greenville with Scott Urch, MD.
Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush added Vasili Karas, MD.
Indiana
Aaron Ruter, DPM, of Chesterton-based Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute, was elected as a teaching faculty member for the Association of Extremity Nerve Surgeons.
Kansas
Lionel Gottschalk, MD, joined Centura Health-Siena Medical Clinic in Garden City.
Kentucky
Shawn Price, MD, opened Fortis Orthopaedic & Sarcoma Group in Louisville.
Sanjiv Mehta, MD, is opening an orthopedic practice at Elizabethtown-based Hardin Memorial Health.
William Ben Kibler, MD, retired from Lexington Clinic Orthopedics–Sports Medicine after 43 years of practice.
Louisiana
The Louisiana Orthopaedic Association appointed Michael Leddy III, MD, as president.
Michigan
Dickinson County Healthcare System in Iron Mountain onboarded Melissa Koenig, MD.
Bryan Little, MD, was appointed to the Michigan Board of Medicine and the Michigan Task Force on Physician's Assistants.
Missouri
St. Louis-based Signature Orthopedics will add Nathan Fisher, Do, in late summer and Sri Pinnamaneni, MD, in the fall.
Montana
Glendive Medical Center onboarded Mark Rangitsch, MD, its second orthopedic surgeon.
North Carolina
Eric Breitbart, MD, was named president of the department of surgery at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton.
New Jersey
The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board appointed Michael Russonella, DO, as a boxing physician.
New Mexico
Jason Lucas, DO, assumed the role of chief of staff at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington.
New York
Olean-based Upper Allegheny Health System elected Shabir Bhayani, MD, to its board.
Kamaljeet Singh Banga, MD, joined Oswego Health.
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center hired Scott Nodzo, MD, Kathleen Keely Boyle, MD, and Benjamin Levy, MD.
Scott Gray, MD, and Matthew Rogell, MD, recently joined Somers Orthopedics.
Ohio
Cleveland-based Mark Froimson, MD, was appointed executive director of clinician engagement at medical investment company AngelMD .
Pennsylvania
ValueHealth appointed William Hozack, MD, of Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, as medical director.
Jeffrey Vakil, MD, joined Premier Orthopaedics in Chestnut Hill.
Tennessee
Alex Jahangir, MD, director of orthopedic trauma at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville was appointed to lead the city's Metro Coronavirus Task Force.
Texas
Azalea Orthopedics in Tyler added Gary Goodfried, MD.
Virginia
Richmond-based William Hazel, MD, was appointed senior deputy executive director of the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation.