Former NFL team doctor joins SWFL medical giant in leadership role

Lee Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in Florida, named prominent hand and wrist surgeon Dr. Thomas Hunt to a leadership position. 

The onetime team physician for the Houston Texans and the Arizona Cardinals, Hunt was named vice president and chief physician executive of musculoskeletal medicine at Lee Health. Musculoskeletal medicine is medical specialty that includes injuries and diseases affecting the muscles, bones and joints of the limbs and spine, a press release states. 

Hunt's experience in the specialty is varied, the release states, including: