{"id":7567,"date":"2023-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/stepping-into-success-weil-foot-ankle-has-merged-with-balance-health\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:55:57","slug":"stepping-into-success-weil-foot-ankle-has-merged-with-balance-health","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/nl\/transaction\/stepping-into-success-weil-foot-ankle-has-merged-with-balance-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping into Success: Weil Foot &#038; Ankle has Merged with Balance Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Livingstone\u2019s Healthcare team is pleased to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weil4feet.com\/\">Weil Foot &amp; Ankle Institute, LLC<\/a> (\u201cWFAI\u201d), a portfolio investment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonehengecapital.com\/\">Stonehenge Partners<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aureuscap.com\/\">Aureus Capital<\/a> has merged with <a href=\"https:\/\/balancehealth.com\/\">Balance Health<\/a> to form the largest majority physician-owned podiatric medical organization in the United States. Livingstone served as exclusive financial advisor to WFAI. Transaction terms were undisclosed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weil Foot and Ankle Institute \u2013 founded over half a century ago by Dr. Lowell Weil Sr. in greater Chicago \u2013 is a premier podiatric care provider, employing 60+ podiatrists and physical therapists across Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Virginia. Balance Health was founded in 2021 by Dr. Alex Reyzelman through the combination of several leading foot and ankle practices and has since grown to over 100 podiatrists, orthopedists and physical therapists across California, Arizona and Washington.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPodiatry has been my family\u2019s passion for over 60 years. This relationship solidifies the future of our profession with an organization that values podiatrists and allows them to practice with the support necessary to provide the highest level of care any physician would desire,&#8221; s<\/em>aid WFAI CEO<strong> Dr. Lowell Weil, Jr.,<\/strong> who will become Executive Chairman of Balance Health.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ui-provider hb b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Leveraging and reinforcing WFAI\u2019s well-known dedication to the highest-quality clinical care, innovation, education, and research, Balance Health has become one of the leading foot and ankle care providers in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWeil Foot &amp; Ankle and Balance Health fit hand in glove given the shared commitment to physician leadership and excellence in patient care along with the highly complementary growth strategies being pursued in distinct markets around the U.S.,\u201d<\/em> commented <a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/nl\/team\/ryan-buckley\/\"><strong>Ryan Buckley<\/strong><\/a>, Partner at Livingstone. <em>\u201cLivingstone is honored to have played a role in such a transformative transaction for the podiatry industry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With fully integrated administrative services, multiple surgical fellowships, and research opportunities, Balance Health provides foot and ankle physicians at all stages of their careers the opportunity to gain experience professionally in all aspects of the profession.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/nl\/team\/eric-weldzius\/\"><strong>Eric Weldzius<\/strong><\/a>, Director at Livingstone, noted <em>\u201cWFAI furthers Livingstone\u2019s already extensive transaction experience in the musculoskeletal specialty. With over 30 completed mid-market transactions, Livingstone\u2019s Healthcare practice has an unmatched resume in the MSK sub-specialties of contract rehabilitation, orthopedics, physiatry, physical therapy, and podiatry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Livingstone has closed ten sell-side M&amp;A transactions in the U.S. during the first five months of 2023, including four Healthcare transactions (of which two deals remain unannounced), demonstrating the firm\u2019s ability to navigate the challenging economic environment and financing markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":3870,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-7567","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1043,984],"date":"20230526","client_type":55,"type":[1093],"region":[366],"services":[427],"sectors":[579,616],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[50228,50229,50230],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stepping into Success: Weil Foot &amp; 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