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Thomas Bills, MD, PhD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Mercer-Bucks Orthopaedics, a practice with seven locations throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He specializes in adult reconstructive surgery.

Brent Adams, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Wichita-based Kansas Spine Specialists.

Here are five sports medicine physicians who have recently joined hospitals or practices or gained promotions.

The Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute received a 2016 Pinnacle of Excellence Award and a 2016 Guardian of Excellence Award from South Bend, Ind.-based Press Ganey Associates.

Inglewood-Calif.-based Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic is opening its sixth location in Thousand Oaks to better serve the Los Angeles Rams and the southern California community.

Zach Johnson, DO, and Gina Pontius, MD, joined the Hannibal (Mo.) Clinic, the Herald-Whig reports.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals is naming Luga Podesta, MD, to its list titled "The Leading Physicians of the World."

Jonathan Cluett, MD, Suk Namkoong, MD, and James R. Whittum, MD, are joining Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington.

Device representatives have positioned themselves in the operating room, especially during orthopedic and neurosurgery procedures, according to Kaiser Health News. Is their presence necessary and ethical, or do device reps have too much influence in the OR?

Belgrade, Mont.-based Xtant Medical earned FDA clearance to use autografts and/or allografts in its Irix-C cervical cage.