business briefs
• Weichert Realtors – Advantage Plus Realtors Jacqueline Burg, Debbie Ishak and Mary-Ann Linkowski recently were named the top agents in the office for January. Burg was named the overall Top Agent of the Month, while Ishak and Linkowski were named the Top Selling and Top Listing agents, respectively.
• Catherine Mathes, M.D., has joined Summit Medical Group as a primary care physician with the office of Dr. Punam Bhandari under the name of Punam Bhandari, M.D., and Catherine Mathes, M.D., Internal Medicine. The office currently is accepting new patients at 200 Fort Sanders West in West Knoxville.