Central Michigan Community Hospital has announced that board certified family practitioner Joseph Hough, M.D., Class of 1979, has opened a new practice in Clare, Mich.

Hough has been practicing medicine in the Clare and Isabella County area since 1982. He completed his residency in family practice at MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland. He is a member of the AmericanAcademy of Family Physicians, the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine.