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The following was written by Jason Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, principal of HealthCare Appraisers.   The valuation of a physician practice is one of the more difficult tasks faced by business appraisers. With significant regulatory restrictions, lack of definitive direction for…

William Clancy, MD, who founded the sports medicine program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, is returning to the university as a faculty member, according to a university news release.

Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation may be a suitable treatment option for articular cartilage defects in the knee, according to a report published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center in Tualatin, Ore., recently became the first hospital in the state to perform MAKOplasty for minimally invasive partial knee resurfacing, according to a hospital news release.

Christ Hospital in Cincinnati has acquired the Cincinnati Bone and Joint Institute, according to a Business Courier news report.

James Higgins, MD, was recently named chief of The Curtis National Hand Center at Baltimore's Union Memorial Hospital. He has a professional interest in treating complex reconstruction after trauma, microsurgery, vascular disease of the hand and fractures of the arm…

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago was recognized by the Medical Group Management Association for having a superior operational performance based on the group's benchmarking data, according to a practice news release.

Chicago orthopedic surgeons say Bears quarterback Jay Cutler won't need surgery, but he wasn't healthy enough to finish the NFC championship game last Sunday after suffering a Grade II MCL tear, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Public health officials in Massachusetts are hoping to have new rules, training and reporting requirements for young athletes who suffer traumatic head injuries in place for the start of the 2011-2012 school year, according to a Boston Herald report.

Eric Berkson, MD, is the director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Performance Center and an instructor in orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has a professional interest in treating injuries to the shoulder, elbow and knee.…