Thomas Hunt
Active Term: 10/2025 - 10/2026
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Vice President / Chief Physician Executive, Musculoskeletal InstituteLee HealthAn internationally renowned hand and wrist surgeon, Dr. Thomas Hunt serves as the inaugural Vice President and Chief Physician Executive of Lee Health's Musculoskeletal Institute. He is an experienced physician leader, orthopedic educator, and clinical innovator having published numerous articles, book chapters, and textbooks, delivered countless lectures and symposia, and designed unique surgical implants used today for wrist fracture fixation as well as protocols permitting precise, remote perioperative care. He has held influential academic leadership positions throughout his career, including endowed Professor and Chair of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Alabama Birmingham and the Baylor College of Medicine. His most recent clinical leadership positions include Chief of the Musculoskeletal service line at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston and Chief Physician Executive for CommonSpirit Health’s Texas Division orthopedic service line. Dr. Hunt served as a team physician for the Houston Texans and the Arizona Cardinals, and remains senior advisor to the NFL’s Musculoskeletal Committee, official second opinion physician for the NBA, and medical advisor for the Titleist Performance Institute.
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