Kerlan-Jobe Physician Performs Surgery on Professional Baseball Player

Steven Shin, MD, a physician with the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, recently performed surgery on professional baseball player Derrek Lee, according to a Yahoo Sports news report.

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Dr. Shin, a hand specialist, performed surgery to repair a torn ligament in Mr. Lee’s right thumb, an injury that hindered his performance during the 2010 baseball season with the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves. He was instructed to wear a cast for six weeks and complete four weeks of rehabilitation.

Read the Yahoo Sports report on the surgery performed by Dr. Steven Shin.

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