(Salisbury, MD) Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates is pleased to announce that several of the practice partners have taken on expanded leadership roles TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, as of the new year. Dr. Anthony Adrignolo has been named the President of the Medical Staff, Dr. Patrick “Andy” Holt is the new Chief of Department of Surgery and Dr. Scott McGovern is the Chief, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery. These physicians have been with Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates for over 30 years combined and practicing surgeons for a combined 41 years.

Dr. Adrignolo joined Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates in June 2009 after a decade of running his own successful orthopaedic practice in Salisbury, Maryland. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in the Department of General Surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital, and his residency in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery program at Massachusetts General. He also completed six months of post-residency training concentrating in trauma and adult reconstruction at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Adrignolo has also served in many capacities at TidalHealth while partner at POA including the Physician Excellence Committee, Professional Review Committee, Assistant Chief of Surgery, Chief of Surgery, Secretary/Treasurer, Vice President, and now President of the Medical Staff.

Dr. Holt joined POA in September 2018. Prior to joining POA, Dr. Holt completed his fellowship in hand and microvascular surgery at Duke University as well as his orthopaedic residency at the University of Utah. He also completed a PhD degree at the same time he attended Medical School at the University of Louisville. Dr. Holt shared, “It is with gratitude and humility that I accept the role of Chief of the Department of Surgery. We look forward to continuing our tradition of providing outstanding surgical care of patients on the Eastern Shore.”

Dr. Scott McGovern joined POA in 2009 and brings the most advanced, innovative diagnostic and therapeutic technologies and techniques to the practice from his advanced orthopaedic and neurosurgical spinal fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic and UCLA.