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11 SPINE SURGEONS in St. Louis named Gregory J. Zipfel, MD, head of the department of neurosurgery. It also named Jacob Buchowski, MD, its first inaugural Lawrence G. and Elizabeth A. Lenke Distinguished Professor of Ortho- paedic Surgery. Frank Holladay, MD, joined Kansas City, Mo.-based St. Joseph Medical Center. He has a special interest in minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal fusion and trauma. St. Louis Children's Hospital named David Limbrick Jr., MD, PhD, the T.S. Park, MD, Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery. Nebraska Adam Conley, MD, a neurosurgeon, re- signed from his post at Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Omaha-based OrthoNebraska brought aboard orthopedic spine surgeon Noah Por- ter, MD. New Mexico Albuquerque-based University of New Mex- ico appointed Meic Schmidt, MD, as chair of the neurosurgery department. New York Albany, N.Y.-based e Bone & Joint Cen- ter welcomed Ernest Chisena, MD, Abigail Mantica, MD, and Patrick Marinello, MD. New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery appointed Harvinder Sandhu, MD, and Andrew Sama, MD, the new co-chiefs of HSS Spine. Jorge Eller, MD, recently joined Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Health. Merrick, N.Y.-based Orlin & Cohen Ortho- pedic Group added spine surgeons Mark Ste- phen, MD, and Brian Morelli, MD. Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center welcomed Kel- ley Banagan, MD, to the surgical department. North Carolina Michael Wolak, MD, PhD, joined Lumberton, N.C.-based Southeastern Neurological Center. UNC Orthopedics at Nash in Rocky Mount, N.C., welcomed Ashley Strickland, MD. North Dakota Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health Sys- tem welcomed neurosurgeon N. Garrett Pow- ell, MD, who has a special interest in treating brain and spine tumors, degenerative spine conditions and complex spinal disorders. Ohio Michael Veale, MD, joined Cleveland-based Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics. Norwalk, Ohio-based Fisher-Titus Health add- ed Tim Moore, MD, to its spine surgery staff. Neurosurgeon Mark White, MD, joined Co- lumbus-based OrthoNeuro. David Propst, DO, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon, joined Premier Orthopedics in Dayton, Ohio. Toomas Anton, MD, joined Western Reserve Hospital Physicians Neurosurgery in Akron, Ohio. Newark, Ohio-based Orthopedic Special- ists & Sports Medicine welcomed fellow- ship-trained spine surgeon Benjamin Bur- kett, MD. Oklahoma Spine surgeon Andrew Parkinson, MD, moved his practice seven miles north to a location across from the Oklahoma Spine Hospital in Oklahoma City. Doug Beacham III, DO, joined e Spine Clinic of Oklahoma City. Pennsylvania Penn Highlands DuBois (Pa.) welcomed Ghassan Bejjani, MD. Penn Medicine named William Welch, MD, medical director. Rhode Island Fatima Hospital in North Providence, R.I., named John Czerwein Jr., MD, chief of or- thopedics. South Dakota Michael Holmoe, MD, joined Avera Ortho- pedics in Brookings, S.D. Tennessee Eric Emanski, MD, joined Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Spine Surgery Associates. Texas CHI St. Luke's Health – e Woodlands Hos- pital in Montgomery County, Texas, wel- comed neurosurgeon Jeremiah Johnson, MD. Fernando Silva, MD, joined Houston Meth- odist e Woodlands (Texas) Hospital. He has more than 20 years of experience as a neurosurgeon. Utah Salt Lake City-based University of Utah named Howard Colman, MD, PhD, one of the 2019 Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chairs. Vermont Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Or- thopedics and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Put- nam Physicians, both based in Bennington, Vt., welcomed Michaela Schneiderbauer, MD. Bennington-based Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Orthopedics welcomed Ivette Guttmann, MD. Virginia Neurosurgeons David Slottje, MD, and Os- mond Wu, MD, joined Sentara Martha Jef- ferson Hospital in Albemarle County, Va. Shane McGowan, MD, joined Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group in Newport News, Va. Ryan Gocke, MD, joined OrthoVirginia, with locations in Lynchburg, Richmond and Virginia Beach. Washington Chad Bender, MD, joined Centralia-based Washington Orthopaedic Center. Fellowship-trained spine surgeon Venu Nemani, MD, PhD, joined Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. Christine Hammer, MD, announced plans to join Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Francis- can Health. West Virginia WVU Medicine Brain and Spine in Martins- burg, W.Va., welcomed Mark Lyerly, MD. Wisconsin Mark Pichelmann, MD, joined Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System and will treat patients at its location in Eau Claire, Wis. Wyoming Daniel White, MD, of Casper (Wyo.) Ortho- pedics now sees patients at Johnson County (Wyo.) Memorial Hospital. n