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Neal ElAttrache, MD, physician at Los Angeles-based Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, will operate on Seattle Mariners' pitcher Nate Robertson, according to an Olympian report.

Valerie Maxam-Moore, RN, MN, senior director of medical operations, clinical quality and compliance at Laser Spine Institute, will present at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Annual Congress, according to a news release.

Team physician Timothy Kremchek, MD, diagnosed Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto with stiffness in his right biceps and forearm, according to an MLB.com report.

Team physician Neal ElAttrache, MD, will examine Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake after reported tightness in his lower back, according to an ESPNLosAngeles.com report.

Timothy Kremchek, MD, team physician for the Cincinnati Reds, examined pitcher Dontrelle Willis after he sprained his ankle Saturday, according to a FoxSportsOhio.com report.

UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh saved 336 inpatient days on elective spine surgery patients in 2010 through patient- and family-centered interventions, according to a report in Health Affairs.

The automatic Medicare physicians fee cut, which would go into effect if Congress did not come through with another physician fee fix, would rise to 29.5 percent on Jan. 1, 2012, according to a CMS letter to MedPAC.

Robert Anderson, MD, performed surgery on forward Anderson Varejao for a ruptured right peroneal longus tendon.

The gear carried by American soldiers in combat meant to protect them sometimes causes spinal injury and degeneration, according to a story published in The Seattle Times.

A laptop computer containing personal medical information on patients was recently stolen from OrthoMontana in Billings, Mont., according to a report from The Gazette.