Orthopedic

Amy Jo Ptaszek, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Illinois Bone & Joint Institute in Glenview, Ill. and Wilmette, Ill.

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Mark Abel, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System.

Orthopedic surgeons received the highest value of payments, according to the CMS Open Payment Data in 2017.

Northern Arizona Orthopaedics partnered with Phoenix-based Health Care Outcomes Performance Company, the management company for several Southwest orthopedic enterprises, the Arizona Daily Sun reports.

Ashot Kotcharian, MD, joined Sarasota (Fla.) Orthopedic Associates in May.

Glenn Gaston, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina Hand Center. 

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Jessie Dickens, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Midland (Texas) Memorial Hospital and Midland-based Texas Surgical Center.

Surender M. Grover, MD, was recognized as a 2018 Top Doctor in South Amboy, N.J.