Here are 13 orthopedic surgeons who recently received honors and promotions.
The Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society named Thomas Muzzonigro, MD, its 59th president.
Amherst, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopaedics named Andrew Stoeckl, MD, president of its board of directors.
Jonathan Deland, MD, and Scott Ellis, MD, received the prestigious J. Leonard Goldner Award at the recent American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society annual meeting.
Ron Hugate, MD, of Denver-based Colorado Limb Consultants, was featured by National Football League and NBC News in the film series "Together We Make Football."
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society named Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MD, president.
Davenport, Iowa-based Orthopaedic Specialists' Tyson Cobb, MD, was invited to speak at the European Wrist Arthroscopy Society Course in Los Angeles, a two-day event that will take place in November.
Tad L. Gerlinger, MD, was recently awarded the 2014 Uniformed Services University Alumni Military Medicine Award for outstanding achievement.
Kay Kirkpatrick, MD, was named president-elect of the Georgia Orthopaedic Society as well as council member-at-large for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Salem, Mass.-based North Shore Medical Center named Todd O'Brien, MD, chairman of its newly formed department of orthopedic surgery.
The Arthritis Foundation honored William Jay Bryan, MD, with the Medical Honoree Award.
Milwaukee-based Medical College of Wisconsin named Carole Street Vetter, MD, the inaugural David S. Haskell, M.D., Endowed Professor in Orthopaedic Education.
New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons named Jeffrey Lozman, MD, president.
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