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Jesse Sandlin, MD, recently joined Henry County Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine in Paris, Tenn., according to The Paris Post-Intelligencer.

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine recently announced a new $25,000 grant sponsored by Smith & Nephew to support innovative approaches to measuring the effects of surgical procedures in orthopedic sports medicine, according to an AOSSM news release.

George Paletta, MD, team physician for the St. Louis Cardinals, will perform an ulnar collateral ligament repair, or Tommy John surgery, on Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright, according to a St. Louis Today report.

Gary Waslewski, MD, orthopedic surgeon at The Orthopedic Surgery Center of Arizona in Phoenix, is a leader in sports medicine. As the son of major league baseball pitcher Gary Waslewski, Dr. Waslewski understands how important returning to play is after…

Supporters and critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act among the membership of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons discussed the act during the organization's annual meeting this past week, according to an AAOS Now report.

Heinz Hoenecke, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif., recently presented research about shoulder injury treatment at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Conference in San Diego, according to a Scripps Clinic news release.

The NFL will unveil a new concussion assessment tool at the annual scouting combine on Friday, according to a National Football Post report.

Patients receiving ACL knee reconstruction with a hamstring tendon graft instead of a knee tendon graft were less likely to suffer from pain and mobility issues 15 years after surgery, according to a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society…

Jeffrey Mjaanes, MD, a sports medicine physician at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and director of the Chicago Sports Concussion Clinic at Rush, both in Chicago, recently discussed the long-term effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy with a local television station, according…

Anthony Yates, MD, co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Corporate Health Program and head team physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers, will become the new president of the NFL Physicians' Society during the group's annual meeting in Indianapolis, according…