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Show VVMC acquires new Orthopedic Surgeon i Vfv I 1 t 1 .1 Describing the new specialist as "personable and very capable," Valley View Medical Center Administrator Ad-ministrator Reginald Hughes announced an-nounced this week the arrival of Dr. Hoss McNaught, an orthopedic surgeon. Originally from Canada, Dr. McNaught Mc-Naught said the Cedar City area "had everything we were looking for." He said his family enjoys riding, skiing and outdoor activities that southern Utah affords. "We took a holiday in Utah last summer and liked it very much, he said. The new doctor will be specializing in bone and joint diseases, such as arthritic joint replacement and broken bones. He will also be working with childhood deformities, those dealing with skeletal and muscle abnormalities. Dr. McNaught also said he will be working closely with the physical therapist at VVMC to aid in rehabilitation efforts. "We will be able to start offering services not available in outlying hospitals now," Dr. McNaught said. "We will be increasing business, so to speak, and increasing the utilization of the facility." Dr. McNaught brings with him 12 years of practical experience, 10 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and two years at Boswell Hospital, Phoenix. He graduated in 1960 from the University of Alberta at Edmonton, Ed-monton, followed by a year of internship in-ternship and four post graduate years. Dr. McNaught will be serving as a private practitioner but his office will be in the Valley View Medical Center. Hughes said the office within the hospital is being made available to DR. ROSS McNAl'GHT AND WIFE CHRISTINE Dr. McNaught "because he likes to be close to his hospital patients so he can give better care." Hughes also said having the office at the hospital was an opportunity to use some of the building's "excess space." Hughes said Dr. McNaught was chosen above other applicants "because he has a very outstanding reputation among his colleagues as a capable orthopedic surgeon. And he is very personable." Assisting as office help will be Dr. McNaught's wife, Christine. |