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36 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 40-physician OrthoAtlanta partners with Piedmont Healthcare on new venture: 4 details By Laura Dyrda OrthoAtlanta partnered with Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare to create Piedmont Orthopedics. Four things to know: 1. The partnership took effect Feb. 1 and aims to provide muscu- loskeletal and sports-related care across Georgia. OrthoAtlanta has 40 physicians and physiatrists as well as 37 advanced practice providers. 2. Both organizations provide care for the state's elite athletes; Piedmont is the official healthcare provider for the University of Georgia Athletic Association and sponsor of Atlanta United FC while OrthoAtlanta also provides coverage for Atlanta United FC, Atlanta Gladiators and the Clayton State University Athletics. 3. OrthoAtlanta has 13 integrated musculoskeletal centers and seven outpatient imaging centers. It also has two ASCs and 13 out- patient physical therapy sites. 4. Piedmont is a nonprofit health system with more than 750 loca- tions serving 2.5 million patients in Georgia. n Connecticut hospital, physicians opening $26.5M joint venture surgery center — 4 insights By Eric Oliver L ighthouse Surgery Center will open across the street from Hartford, Conn.-based St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Feb- ruary, the Hartford Courant reports. What you should know: 1. The surgery center is a $26.5 million joint ven- ture, developed by St. Francis and roughly 24 phy- sicians. 2. The expansion is the largest the hospital has un- dertaken in decades. 3. The hospital and surgeons expect to treat 4,000 patients annually. 4. The surgery center will focus solely on ortho- pedics, in response to demand from local resi- dents. n The Steadman Clinic: 8 things to know for 2020 By Alan Condon V ail, Colo.-based e Steadman Clinic is renowned for treating high-level professional athletes and Olympi- ans. Last year, the practice partnered with a private equity-backed orthopedic practice company to accelerate and bolster its expan- sion plans. Here are eight things to know about e Steadman Clinic: 1. Richard Steadman, MD, and Richard Haw- kins, MD, founded the practice in 1990 as the Steadman Hawkins Clinic, with its research arm labeled the Steadman Hawkins Research Foundation. In 2010, the practice changed rebranded as e Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. 2. In November, e Steadman Clinic affiliat- ed with Orthopedic Care Partners, the hold- ing company for five practices including e Orthopedic Institute in Gainesville, Fla., and is backed by private equity company Varsity Healthcare Partners. 3. e practice operates out of three locations in Vail, Edwards and Frisco in Colorado. Steadman Philippon Research Institute & e Steadman Clinic serves as the U.S. Olympic Committee's designated national medical center. 4. In February 2019, the practice opened its Frisco, Colo., clinic, which features an imag- ing center with a 3 Tesla MRI machine. e clinic has four orthopedic specialists — Ran- dy Viola, MD, Tom Hackett, MD, Matthew Provencher, MD, and C. omas Haytmanek Jr., MD — and plans to expand to biologics. 5. e Steadman Clinic has a team of 16 phy- sicians specializing in various areas of spine, orthopedics and sports medicine, according to its website. Leslie Vidal, MD, joined her husband Armando Vidal, MD, at the practice last August. Jonathan Godin, MD, a former fellow at e Steadman Clinic and SPRI, is the most recent addition to the surgical team aer he joined in October. 6. In 2005, Marc Philippon, MD, joined the practice, where he is currently managing partner. Dr. Philippon specializes in joint preservation techniques and has treated al- most 1,000 professional and Olympic ath- letes. In 2012, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons presented him with its Achievement Award for outstanding contri- butions to the field. 7. e Center for Regenerative Sports Medi- cine at the Steadman Philippon Research In- stitute and e Steadman Clinic is spearhead- ed by Johnny Huard, PhD, who assumed the roles of chairman, director and chief scientif- ic officer in 2015. e Institute is researching platelet-rich plasma and stem cells and how such regenerative medicines can accelerate the healing of injured tendons, ligaments, muscles and joints. 8. Each year e Steadman Clinic enrolls a team of fellows to expand their surgical and research skills in a 12-month program. Fel- lows focus on the causes, treatment and pre- vention of injuries and must complete two original research projects suitable for publi- cation in a peer-reviewed journal. n

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