• HSS appointed Joel M. Press as physician-in-chief, effective May 1, 2026.
• Role covers non-operative musculoskeletal care, with focus on regional expansion, practice operations, access, patient experience, clinical programs.
• Press will report to surgeon-in-chief and medical director Douglas E. Padgett.
• Press currently serves as physiatrist-in-chief at HSS, with prior experience founding and directing spine and sports rehabilitation centers at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

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