Stephen Burkhart, MD, of The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group. Dr. Burkhart is a member of the executive committee at The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group, is a leader in shoulder surgery and recently gave the Kessel Lecture at the International Congress on Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons in Edinburgh, Scotland. The lecture, “Expanding the Frontiers of Shoulder Surgery,” examined the role of technology for treating shoulder conditions.
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Eugene Carragee, MD, of Stanford University Hospitals & Clinics in Redwood City, Calif. Dr. Carragee has been chief of the division of spinal surgery at Stanford University Hospitals & Clinics. He also serves as medical director of the orthopedic spine center and service quality at Stanford. Dr. Carragee has a professional interest in adult spine care, specifically spinal reconstructive surgery, cervical and lumbar disk and fusion surgery, spinal tumor treatment and spinal deformity treatment.
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William G. Clancy, MD, or Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala. Dr. Clancy has earned recognition among professional athletes for the ACL and PCL reconstruction procedures he developed while practicing medicine at the University of Wisconsin. Most NFL, NBA and NHL players with ACL tears have had the “Clancy Procedure.”
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Leigh Ann Curl, MD, of MedStar SportsHealth in Columbia, Md. Dr. Curl has earned many honors during her career in sports medicine and broke through several barriers in a field dominated by men. She is the first female head team orthopedic surgeon for a professional football team, the Baltimore Ravens, and graduated at the top of her class from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. At the time, she was the only female student in her class applying to pursue sports medicine as her subspecialty.
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Stephen H. Hochschuler, MD, of Texas Back Institute in Plano. Dr. Hochschuler the co-founder of Texas Back Institute, has been a leader in spine surgery for several years. In the past, he has served as a director for Alphatech Spine and serves as the chairman of the scientific advisory board for Forbes Magazine.
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Kevin Plancher, MD, of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in New York City. Dr. Plancher is the founder of his practice as well as founder of “The Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Livestyles,” a non-profit foundation for encouraging healthy lifestyles and supporting the development of research and technology. Dr. Plancher has been appointed the New York State Representative for the Council of Delegates to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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Joseph C. McCarthy, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. was recently named the president of the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy. He is the vice chairman of the department of orthopedics at Massachusetts General Hospital and director of the Kaplan Center for Joint Reconstructive Surgery at the Newton Wellesley Hospital. His professional interests include total joint arthroplasty and hip arthroscopy.
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Peter Millett, MD, of The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo. Dr. Millett’s practice focuses on treating athletes with shoulder injuries, and he has expertise in treating revision shoulder surgery. He has recently been elected to serve on the National Steering Committee for the Sports Trauma and Overuse Prevention campaign, an endeavor supported by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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Richard Rothman, MD, of Rothman Institute in Philadelphia. Dr. Rothman, founder of Rothman Institute, has experienced success in growing his orthopedic practice to encompass 14 locations in the Delaware Valley area over the past few years. He originally founded Rothman Institute in 1970 with the goal of using the most advanced technology available to treat his patients.
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Lewis Yocum, MD, of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. Dr. Yocum has advised and operated on several professional athletes and has been named the new “King of Sports Medicine” by Forbes Magazine. Dr. Yocum has special training in performing ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, also known as Tommy John surgery, a procedure developed and pioneered by Dr. Yocum’s mentor, Frank Jobe, MD.
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