Orthopedic

Brian Waterman, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society selected Thomas Lee, MD, as its new president.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

Michael Chmell, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon subspecializing in hip and knee surgery at OrthoIllinois in Rockford.

The Expert Network inducted Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital surgeon Moby Parsons, MD, as a Distinguished Doctor based on his peer reviews, recognitions and accomplishments.

Elizabeth Ouellette, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon, subspecializing in hand surgery, at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based Coordinated Health orthopedic surgeon James Hoffman, MD, performed the first shoulder replacement in Nepal at the Nepal Orthopaedic Hospital, according to the Morning Call.

Erion Qamirani, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic in Columbia.

Christopher Wittgren, DO, joined Western Missouri Bone and Joint in Warrensburg, according to the Daily Star Journal.

Daniel Junick, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the New Mexico Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Albuquerque.