EmergeOrtho Triad Region announced on October 27 that it merged with Murphy Wainer Orthopedic Specialists and Guilford Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center, which are collectively known as Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists.
Murphy Wainer Orthopedic Specialists, based in Eden and Greensboro, North Carolina, has 11 physicians on staff. Guilford Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, is run by a team of 10 physicians.
EmergeOrtho Triad Region, part of EmergeOrtho, is a physician-owned practice with 235 employees, eight clinics, four urgent cares, five MRI locations and six hand therapy clinics.
The three practices officially came together on October 4. Patients of what were formerly Murphy Wainer and Guilford Ortho will still be able to see their same physicians, but the practices will now be under the EmergeOrtho brand with them all being connected through the same electronic health record. Terms were not disclosed.
According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this transaction represents the 403rd Physician Medical Group acquisition of 2025, and the 27th in the orthopaedic specialty. There were 21 orthopaedic transactions repored in 2024, and 36 reported in 2023.
