AUBURN – Central Maine Orthopaedics announces that Michael H. Cox, Ph.D., FACSM has joined the practice as chief executive officer.

Cox holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, and has an extensive background in primary care and orthopaedic sports medicine, cardiopulmonary physiology, community health, preventive medicine, ambulatory care and applied physiology. Academically, Cox has 30 years experience in teaching, medicine, research and health-care management, with a record of publication that includes more than 80 manuscripts, book chapters and abstracts published. He also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for several major scientific journals.

Most recently, Cox was president and chief operating officer for Forum Health Services, and a member of the executive management group of Forum Health in northeast Ohio. He has 22 years experience in senior health-care management.

In addition, he was a founder and director of the Graduate Hospital Human Performance and Sports Medicine Center in Philadelphia and was also an assistant professor in the faculty of medicine at the University of Toronto.

Cox has also been an external consultant for companies of all types. He has been a consultant to the Chicago Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, Philadelphia Eagles and 76ers, as well as the United States and Canadian Olympic Associations. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and past-president of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the ACSM, and is a nationally known speaker, teacher and seminar leader in human performance, cardiovascular disease, sports medicine, wellness and occupational health.