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Kevin D. Heaton, DO, recently joined Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics in Exeter, N.H., according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.
Nathan Gause, MD, a foot and ankle surgeon, has joined Great River Orthopedic Specialists in West Burlington, Iowa, according to a practice news release.