Orthopedic

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare opened a new orthopedic institute at the MidState Medical Center in Meriden, Conn., according to WTNH News.

Amita Health announced its plans for a $43 million orthopedic and heart and vascular services expansion at its La Grange, Ill., hospital, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Melbourne Boynton, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon, specializing in sports medicine, at the Rutland (Vt.) Regional Medical Center.

Southcoast Physicians Group in Dartmouth, Mass., welcomed Christopher Robertson, MD, the Sippican Week reports.

Glenn Axelrod, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, joined Oswego (N.Y.) Health, according to Oswego County Today.

Teresa Cappello, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Loyola Medicine in Maywood, Ill. She also serves as an associate professor at Loyola University.

Debra Zillmer, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with professional interest in sports medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Lisa Lattanza, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She also serves as chief of hand, elbow and upper extremity surgery at the medical center.

Here are 16 orthopedic surgeons who have recently joined new practices or taken on new positions.

Lawrence Huff, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Desert Orthopaedic Center in Las Vegas, was the first surgeon to use the ExactechGPS Guided Personalizes Surgery system for shoulder revision surgery.