Here are seven sports medicine physicians who recently joined new practices or have taken on new positions in January.
Justin Tunis, MD, a primary care sports medicine specialist, and Shazad Shaikh, MD, an orthopedic sports surgeon, relocated their clinical practices from Scranton, Pa.-based Geisinger Community Medical Center to Geisinger Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Scranton (Pa.).
New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery appointed John DiFiori, MD, as chief of primary care sports medicine, effective Feb. 1.
UC San Diego Health appointed Catherine M. Robertson, MD, its chief of sports medicine.
Nonoperative sports medicine and interventional spine specialist Ian W. Wendel, DO, joined Tri-County Orthopedics in Cedar Knolls, N.J.
Tariq Hendawi, MD, joined Irving, Texas-based Precision Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.
Westfield, Ind.-based Methodist Sports Medicine promoted Mark Ritter, MD, to medical director of Grand Park Events Center, also in Westfield.