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Dan Marino, former NFL player and Hall of Famer, has been an inspiration to orthopedic surgeon, Alwin Almeida, MD, according to South Florida Caribbean News.

Shenandoah (Iowa) Medical Center added Brian Rowan, MD, to its physician team, according to a KMA Land report.

The Woodbury City Council in Woodbury, Minn., approved the execution of a 10-year lease for the vacant space at Bielnberg Sports Center, according to Grand Forks Herald.

OrthoSensor has raised $3.9 million in a new financing round, according to a Mass Device report.

Orthopedic surgeon, Robert Easton, MD, is planning to develop an Operation Walk chapter in Louisiana to provide residents with free orthopedic services, according to The Advocate.

Carrollton (Ga.) Orthopaedic Clinic has implemented Quantum Medical Imaging's Quantum Q-Rad-Digital Radiographic System, according to a DOTmed report.

Orthopedic surgeon Kevin Darr, MD, of Covington (La.) Orthopedics, is conducting a study on cell therapy using lipogems (autologous micro-fragmented adipose tissue) to help patients with arthritis.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Jeffrey B. Roberts, MD, is the new sports medicine program director of Richmond, Va.-based St. Francis Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, St. Francis Family Medicine Center & Residency Program and Bon Secours Sports Medicine,…

Switching patients from LMWH to dabigatran after total hip or knee replacement surgery was shown effective for the prevention of VTE, as well as safe, according to recent findings published in Thrombosis Journal.

Saeed Bajwa, MD, of Binghamton, N.Y.-based Southern New York NeuroSurgical Group, will now perform spine procedures with MAZOR Robotics technology.