1. Matthew Pifer, MD, was named team physician for Santa Barbara (Calif.) City College’s football program.
2. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis named Ryan Calfee, MD, as director of hand and microsurgery.
3. Carl Seon, MD, of UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pa., underwent a double lung transplant after complications of COVID-19.
4. George Griffin, MD, of Green Township, Ohio, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for prescribing an excessive amount of opioids.
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