• Chief Executive Officer

General Practice Information

Thank you for choosing Missoula Bone & Joint for your orthopedic needs. Missoula Bone & Joint is committed to providing high quality, comprehensive care in a patient focused environment for the benefit of those we serve.

Missoula Bone & Joint has been serving Western Montana for over 50 years. Our board certified orthopedic surgeons offer specialized care in many areas including sports medicine, joint replacements, arthroscopies, hand and microvascular surgery, spine, foot and ankle, and general orthopedics. We provide a complete, convenient, and comfortable setting for our patients and offer on-site imaging, an open extremity MRI, and an outpatient surgery center. Hand and physical therapy are also conveniently located next door. The physicians and staff are dedicated to ensuring the highest level of professional care to each of our patients.

Staff Testimonials

When the physicians of Missoula Orthopedic Associates joined as a group in 1999 there were 21 full time employees. Today, Missoula Bone & Joint employs 46 full time employees and 8 part time employees. Fifteen of the original twenty-one employees from 1999 still remain. The low employee turn over confirms a happy work environment with content, satisfied employees at Missoula Bone & Joint.

Here are some of the wonderful things our employees have to say about Missoula Bone & Joint:

• I have been an LPN for 29 years and have worked in a variety of medical facilities in several states and I can state without reservation that Missoula Bone & Joint is the best place I have ever worked. I have never worked for or with a better or more caring group of people. And besides that it´s fun!
• The doctors and the staff strive to make each patients experience one that they will want to brag to their friends and family about. Our goal has been met when a patient leaves Missoula Bone & Joint with a smile on their face!
• What a joy it is to work at MBJ. I have patients tell me daily what a pleasant place this is to come to. They enjoy the attitude and pleasantness of the employees. This thrills my heart as that is what we are trying to do.
• We have the best doctors to work for! They are very compassionate and truly care for their patients and employees!
• Where the employees are concerned the doctors and administration at MBJ always have our best interests in mind. They really care about us!
• We are blessed with co-workers that are friends and care about each other (the MBJ family).
• With a company of over fifty employees I have been impressed over and over again with how well everyone gets along. They are a friendly and hard-working group with great attitudes.
• The doctors are the best! They are considerate, generous, thoughtful, kind, and sincere. Just all around super employers.
• I am very proud to say I work at MBJ.
• The finest group of physicians I have ever worked with, they are fair, honest and very caring.

Chief Executive Officer - Lisa M. Pearson

Employment Experience

• St Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham, AL, Administrative Director, Outpatient surgery center.
• Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, Director, Medplex Outpatient Surgery Center and Brookwood Clinics
• Computer Sciences Corporation's (CSC Healthcare Group), Birmingham, Al, Operations Analyst, Continuous Quality Improvement Department
• Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham, AL Administrative Resident
• Jackson Hospital, Montgomery, AL Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)/JCAHO Coordinator

Education

• University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
  • M.S., Health Administration
  • Gerontology Certificate
  • MBA
• Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  • B.S., Health Services Administration

Certification

• Certified Administrator, Surgery Center (CASC), Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification

Professional Affiliations

• Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA)
• Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
• BONES Society Member - A National Society of Orthopedic Administrators
• At-large Industry Consultant, Auburn University Programs in Health Administration