Howard An, MD, is a spine surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and director of the spine fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
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The University of Maryland at Baltimore will soon begin revamping the way it teaches pain management to future physicians, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
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James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will perform shoulder surgery on Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Brandon Guyer, according to a Tampa Bay Online report.
Scott A. Bissell, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in sports medicine, recently joined the staff at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, according to a Hartford Business report.