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 Pain medication can help back pain patients on the road to recovery, but spine surgeons and specialists across the country are now faced with several challenges to ensure patients adhere to their regimen without abusing their prescription or diverting the…

Here four orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians discuss five of the largest issues affecting the field of sports medicine.

Answorth Allen, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician, recently performed knee surgery on the New York Knicks guard and forward J.R. Smith at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, according to a CBS New York report.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Greg Koonsman will give a presentation titled "Analyzing the Health System Market – Who Needs to Sell? Why Joint Venture?"

Colin M. Kingston, MD, FAAOS, CAQSM, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician with Tidewater Orthopedics. Dr. Kingston serves as the medical director of the Orthopaedic Hospital at Sentara CarePlex in Hampton, Va. He earned his medical degree…

Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, Ala., has added two neurologists and a neurosurgeon to its medical staff, according to a Times Daily report.

NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield, Calif., has opened a $6.1 million neurosurgery suite, according to a report by The Reporter.

Darrel S. Brodke, MD, is the vice chairman of the department of orthopedics at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City. He holds the Louis and Janet Peery Presidential Endowed Chair and also serves as the…

Patients' top complaint with their physicians was being given an unclear or incomplete explanation of a diagnosis, according to a Consumer Reports survey of 1,000 patients.

Appalachian Regional Healthcare Systems has opened the Appalachian Regional Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center in Boone, N.C., according to a WataugaDemocrat.com report.