Louisville, Kentucky - August 3, 2009 - Kleinert Kutz, PLLC, has named Bob Mackin to serve as the practice's Chief Executive Officer, effective July 20, 2009.

Mackin served previously as Vice President of Business Development for Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services in New Albany, Ind., where he managed business growth, including physician recruitment, physician and hospital relations, contract negotiations with physicians, health plans and employers and marketing/public relations. He also had responsibility for practice operations of the Floyd Memorial Medical Group and the hospital's urgent care facilities.

In late 2006, he orchestrated an innovative partnership between Kleinert Kutz and Floyd Memorial, creating the region's first physician/hospital joint venture with the physician group serving as the managing partner.

"In pursuing the joint venture, we got to know Bob and were extremely impressed with his straightforward leadership style and management experience," said Joseph E. Kutz, M.D. and fellow of the American College of Surgeons. "As we continue to work to meet and respond to the ever-growing needs of patients, we know Bob will be an asset to our practice."

A native of Illinois, Mackin earned his undergraduate degree in market research from the University of Missouri and his master's degree in business administration from Southern Illinois University.

Kleinert Kutz is known worldwide for pioneering achievements in hand and microsurgery. It provides comprehensive medical care for the upper extremity at its locations in downtown Louisville on the Jewish Hospital campus, in east Louisville on the campuses of Baptist Hospital East and Baptist Eastpoint and in Lexington and New Albany, Indiana. Hand trauma teams headed by Kleinert Kutz physicians are on call 24/7 at the Jewish Hospital Emergency Department in Louisville.