Richard Edelson, MD, performed knee surgery on Sal Zizzo, midfielder for the Portland Timbers. Dr. Edelson, team physician for the Timbers, practices with Oregon Sports Medicine.
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Twin Cities Orthopedics in Golden Valley, Minn., has promoted Troy Simpson to the newly created position of CEO, according to a Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal report.
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The RFID in Healthcare Consortium/Intelligent Hospital granted the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland an award for the "2013 Best Comprehensive Integration" of advanced healthcare technology at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2013 conference in New Orleans,…