Here are 15 spine surgeons and specialists who joined new groups and received promotions over the past few months.
Neurosurgeon Wade Ceola, MD, plans to join High Mountain Brain and Spinal Surgery Center at Valley View in Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System in Winchester welcomed John T. Friedland, MD, to the medical team of Southern Tennessee Orthopedics and Spine Center.
East Meadow, N.Y.-based NuHealth named Elizabeth Fontana, MD, to lead the neurosurgery division at Nassau University Medical Center.
Minimally invasive spine surgeon Chi Lim, MD, joined Spartanburg, S.C.-based Orthopaedic Associates.
Fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon Jeffrey Meincke, MD, joined Fond du Lack, Wis.-based Agnesian HealthCare.
Michael Madsen, MD, joined Salida, Colo.-based Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center.
Neurosurgeon Dawn Waters, MD, joined Sierra Neurosurgery in Reno.
West Orange, N.J.-based Atlantic Spine Center, welcomed Praveen Kadimcherla, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, and Kaliq Chang, MD, an interventional pain management specialist.
Neurosurgeon Thomas Chappell, MD, joined Los Angeles-based Healthpointe.
Greesh John, MD, a pain management fellowship-trained physician, joined Frederick, Md.-based Newbridge Spine & Pain Center.
Fellowship-trained spine and interventional pain management physician Jonathan M. Simhaee, MD, joined The Center for Spinal Disorders and The Center for Pain Management in Englewood, N.J.
Neurosurgeon Patrick A. Sugrue, MD, joined Northwestern Lake Forest (Ill.) Hospital after completing a fellowship in orthopedic surgery and in adult and pediatric spine surgery.
Thomas Saul, MD, who focuses on neurosurgical spine care, joined Mercy Health Physicians in Cincinnati.
Orthopedic spine surgeon Brad M. Picha, MD, became a partner at Youngstown (Ohio) Orthopedic Associates.