Nicholas Grosso is an American orthopedic surgeon who is the President of the Centers for Advanced Orthopedics. He has served in the role since 2013 when approximately 130 orthopedic physicians came together to form the Centers for Advanced Orthopedics, which today is the largest private

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group in the United States. Gross is a

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of the

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, earning his MD at the

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and performing his

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. He is a contributor to conversations on migration of orthopedic procedures to outpatient surgery centers as well as alternative payment models.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American orthopedic surgeons Walter Reed Army Medical Center United States Army Medical Corps officers 21st-century American physicians Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences alumni {{US-med-bio-stub