In December, the Leapfrog Group named the top 31 ASCs for 2024, recognizing facilities for safety and recovery standards, fair billing practices, volume and other achievements.
Orthopedic
Apex Orthopedics, a firm specializing in orthopedic investment and innovation, has tapped David Elliott as senior vice president of business development.
Leonard Goldstock, MD, a shoulder specialist at OrthoNY in Albany, N.Y., is encouraging physicians to invest in a $70 million, 125,000-square-foot medical campus in Wilton, N.Y., according to a Dec. 26 report from the Times Union.
St. Louis-based Orthopedic Associates has added orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Frank Thomas, MD, to its team.
Ronceverte, W.Va.-based CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, part of Charleston, W.Va. based Vandalhia Health, has added orthopedic surgeon Doug Tice, MD, according to a Dec. 30 report from The Real WV.
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The highest paid orthopedic surgeon in Nashville, Tenn., earns $929,900, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $378,250 orthopedic surgeons make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Here are four orthopedic and sports medicine surgeons who retired in 2024, as reported by Becker's:
Central Maine Orthopedics has added Bruce Hamilton-Dick, MD, to its staff.
Urbana-based Carle Illinois College of Medicine has partnered with a nationwide initiative to encourage more women in orthopedics.