Leadership

Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network appointed F. Todd Wetzel, MD, chief of orthopedics, the Rome Sentinel reports.

New York City-based Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York is celebrating its 25th year of providing dermatology and plastic surgery services in 2018.  

Nonuniversity-based residency trained surgeons and university-based residency trained surgeons have different practice patterns, according to a study in JAMA Surgery.

Marquis Who's Who awarded gastroenterologist Michael Samach, MD, its Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Richard McCallum, MD, a professor and founding chair of the department of internal medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, was named a 2017 Laureate by the Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians, according to…

Illinois Bone & Joint Institute promoted William J. Robb, III, MD, to orthopedic director, CMO.

Surgery Partners named Wayne DeVeydt CEO, effective immediately.

Avanza Healthcare Strategies, a company dedicated to guiding healthcare organizations on the process of relocating services to an outpatient setting, named Bonnie Watson a senior consultant.

James St. Louis, DO, joined Physician Partners of America and will treat patients at two locations in Tampa, Fla.

Physicians should be active on multiple social media platforms to build a trustworthy brand, according to a Medscape article.