Health Care 2024: DR. DAVID S. JEVSEVAR

In 2022, Jevsevar became CEO of OrthoVirginia, the largest independent orthopedic practice in the state with 150-plus orthopedic specialists across more than 35 locations in Lynchburg, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Southwest Virginia and Hampton Roads. An orthopedic surgeon with more than three decades of experience, Jevsevar specializes in hip and knee replacements.

Jevsevar earned a degree in biology from Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania and his medical degree from Georgetown University. In 2004, Jevsevar headed back to school for an MBA from Auburn University.

After completing his general surgery internship at the Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Jevsevar did a research fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed the Tufts Medicine-Affiliated Hospitals Orthopaedic Residency Program in 1994.

Jevsevar, who also served in the U.S. Air Force, was previously chair and regional vice president of orthopedics for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics in New Hampshire, and associate professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. He also worked as medical director of the orthopedic clinical program for Intermountain Healthcare in Utah.