Harvinder Sandhu, MD, has been named chair of the department of orthopedics at Stamford (Conn.) Hospital.
Dr. Sandhu is currently the co-chief emeritus of the spine service at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Before his time at HSS, Dr. Sandhu was chief of the spinal surgery services at UCLA in Los Angeles, according to the Sept. 22 HSS news release.
Dr. Sandhu will succeed the retiring Charles Cornell, MD, at Stamford. Dr. Sandhu will begin his new position Nov. 1.