Picture, seated from left to right, are Petrizzo, Dr. Joseph Zuckerman, chairman of the department of orthopaedic surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center, Baez, and standing left to right, Dr. Joel Benowitz, director of surgery at LBMC, Eneman, and Douglas L. Melzer, CEO of LBMC.
Long Beach Medical Center and Hospital for Joint Diseases have formed a new clinical collaboration of the Orthopaedic Center of Excellence on the LBMC’s campus. HJD’s faculty members Dr. Jorge Baez, a joint replacement specialist, and Dr. Anthony Petrizzo, a spine surgeon, will now see patients at the medical center. In addition, LBMC’s Dr. Jay Eneman, a general orthopedist and sports medicine specialist, and Dr. Benjamin Uh, a specialist in sports medicine as well as foot and ankle replacement surgery, have been appointed to the faculty of the Hospital for Joint Diseases.
