Orthopedic

Jimmy Garoppolo underwent a "successful shoulder surgery" on March 8, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System is developing an $11 million sports medicine and imaging center with ties to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the Leader-Telegram reported March 8.

Florida has been a hot spot for orthopedic growth with groups including Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute and New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery setting up shop in the state.

Two surgeons performed the first cases with patient-specific implants made at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, the hospital said March 8.

Wyoming's first minimally invasive trigger finger release and eight other orthopedic milestones to know:

University Hospitals will be the first health system in the Cleveland area to use the Mazor X Stealth Edition Robotic Guidance Platform for spinal surgery, the health system said in a March 7 news release.

Swiss medical device company Medartis will acquire Nextremity, an orthopedics-focused product development company, Medartis said in a March 7 news release. 

An orthopedic surgeon steps into the chief medical officer role at Mission Health, and five other orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices or assumed new titles in February:

Paul McCrory, PhD, an academic and physician specializing in sports neurology, resigned as chair of the Concussion in Sport Group following allegations of plagiarism related to an article on warmups published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, The Athletic…

Brad Penenberg, MD, and Sean Rajaee, MD, have been named co-directors of the Center for Outpatient Hip and Knee Surgery at Cedars-Sinai.