Orthopedic

Here are 14 orthopedic surgeons that retired, joined new practices or were promoted to leadership roles in the past month.

Tustin, Calif.-based miVIP Orange County Multispecialty Surgery Center May 1 celebrated completing more than 1,200 robotic surgeries.

Orthopedic specialists are at the forefront of major changes in healthcare, according to American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons President Chris Reeves, DPM.

Rachel Thompson, MD, of the Los Angeles-based Orthopaedic Institute for Children, went to Columbia to provide care to children.

Last month Rod Wigle, MD, retired after 37 years of practicing orthopedics in his chosen town of Bend, Ore., reports local newspaper The Bend Bulletin.

Moby Parsons, MD, performed a reverse shoulder replacement procedure at Seabrook, N.H.-based Atlantic Coast Surgical Suites.

Board-certified orthopedic surgeon Chris FitzMorris, DO, will begin work at Mount Washington, N.H.-based Memorial Hospital's orthopedic practice in May, the Conway Daily Sun reports.

Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., has added Terry Schwab, MD, to its medical staff, KOAM News Now reports.

Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics' Richard Bundschu, MD, had his research on high-frequency spinal cord stimulation published in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.

Alexander J. Pappas, MD, of OrthoSC in Carolina Forest, Conway and Murrells Inlet, is set to perform his 100th total ankle replacement procedure at Grand Strand Medical Center April 25.