
Dr. Simon Mears has been elected to the Knee Society, an academic, invitation-only organization representing the world’s surgeons and researchers in knee replacement. Mears is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Dr. Jon E. Blake has been hired as an orthopedic surgeon at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center of Harrison. He has two decades of experience in orthopedic care.

Leonard Bourgeois has been hired as a family medicine physician at Unity Health of Searcy.

Brenda Hardage has been promoted to clinical executive of strategic innovations and population health at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Little Rock. She has been with the company since 2006.

Dr. Robert Stauffer has been hired in the cardiovascular clinic at Washington Regional of Fayetteville. He previously served as an interventional cardiologist at Kaiser Foundation Medical Center of Los Angeles.
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