South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard named Walter O. Carlson, MD, to the State Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners, according to a Sioux Falls Business Journal report.
Dr. Daugaard is an orthopedic spine surgeon providing care at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Orthopedic Institute. He focuses on spine surgery and total joints. He has completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopedic and scoliosis at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas.
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