Stephen Gryzlo, MD, has been named head team physician of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs.
Dr. Gryzlo has served as team orthopedist for the past 19 seasons and is also a professor of orthopedic surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, according to a Feb. 22 news release.
He specializes in orthopedic sports medicine with a secondary specialization in shoulder and elbow surgery.
The team also named Christopher Hogrefe, MD, as head team internist after previously serving as a team physician for the organization.