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Allen Skipper, executive director of the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association, was recognized as the Executive Director of the Year by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to an AAOS Now report.

Fotios P. Tjoumakaris, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician, has joined Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, according to a practice news release.

Here are five studies on treating rotator cuff tears. The studies were published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine unless otherwise noted.

A study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine World Congress found that college-age athletes who suffer concussions perform more poorly on tests for verbal memory, according to an ACSM news release.

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham (Ala.), was recently named the 2010-2011 Southeastern Conference Team Physician of the Year by the Southern Orthopaedic Association SEC Program, according to an Auburn Football report.

Last Thursday, orthopedic surgeons, patients and researchers visited Capitol Hill to encourage members of Congress to maintain President Obama's budget proposal, which includes a 3.2 percent increase in funding to the National Institute of Health for the next fiscal year,…

  The following article is written by Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting.   It is important to know what type of graft is used in spine procedures (structural or morselized), as well as whether the bone…

Mark Mayer, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, has agreed to join The Community Health Center of Branch County in Coldwater, Mich., after he completes a shoulder surgery fellowship, according to a local WTVB report.

Thomas Clanton, MD, former team physician for the Houston Rockets and Houston Texans and current director of foot and ankle sports medicine at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., performed ankle surgery on Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman…

Physicians at APMR Spinal & Skeletal Pain Medicine often perform office-based procedures because the practice is located in CON jurisdictions where getting approval for an ambulatory surgery center is challenging. Nameer R. Haider, MD, founder of the practice, makes four…