Since June 24, Becker’s reported about five professional athletes who had spine and orthopedic surgeries.
1. Courtney Vandersloot, guard for the Chicago Sky, has undergone surgery for a torn right anterior cruciate ligament. Brian Cole, MD, a sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Rush, performed the surgery at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopedics at Rush.
2. Jonathan Glashow, MD, a surgeon at New York City-based NYU Langone Sports Medicine Center, completed arthroscopic surgery on Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid’s left knee in April.
3. Bert Mandelbaum, MD, performed knee surgery on Jonathan Rodríguez, a player for the Portland Timbers. The procedure was a cartilage restoration surgery in Mr. Rodríguez’s right knee.
4. Dr. Glashow performed knee surgery on Philadelphia 76ers player Paul George July 14 at the New York City-based NYU Langone Sports Medicine Orthopedic Center.
5. Denver Broncos safety P.J. Locke announced that he had spinal fusion after the team’s Jan. 12 playoff game with the Buffalo Bills. Chad Prusmack, MD, performed the surgery to address degenerated discs at L4 and L5.
