Miami-based Badia Hand to Shoulder Center has added its first associate, orthopedic surgeon Joel Peterson, MD.
Dr. Peterson will begin his work at the practice at the end of August, focusing on shoulder and elbow issues, including outpatient shoulder arthroplasty at Badia's adjacent ASC at Doral (Fla.), according to an Aug. 18 press release sent to Becker's.
He will also be a supervising surgeon for Badia's OrthoNOW walk-in clinics in Miami.
Dr. Peterson trained at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, with a special interest in shoulder arthritis and joint replacement surgery, according to the release.