Mark N. Perlmutter, MD, an orthopedic hand surgeon, will lead the new West Shore Hand and Orthopedics practice in Silver Spring Township, Penn., according to a PennLive report.
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2011 should be an interesting year for surgery center legal issues. The key issues that we see include increased enforcement under the anti-kickback and related statutes, increased impatience from physicians as to other physicians' activities at surgery centers, increased efforts…
Mark F. Abel, MD, is the chair of the department of orthopedic surgery and division head of the division of pediatric orthopedics at University of Virginia Health Systems in Charlottesville. Dr. Abel's additional titles include the medical director of the…
Here are eight new studies impacting sports medicine. These studies were published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine unless otherwise noted.
George Theodore, MD, the team physician for the New England Patriots, recently performed surgery on quarterback Tom Brady's right foot, according to an NFL Network report.
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have been examining the correlation between ACL surgery and arthritis in the knee, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
The results of a study that used platelet-rich plasma for treating Achilles tendon ruptures showed that PRP is not a useful treatment, according to a report published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Craig Phillips, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute in Glenview, Ill. Dr. Phillips has a professional interest in performing hand and wrist surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery and reconstructive microsurgery. He treats both adult…
Brian Kelly, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, recently performed hip surgery on Osi Umenyiora, a football player for the New York Giants, according to a report from The Star-Ledger.
A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery suggests that knee replacement patients undergoing telerehabilitation experience the same results as patients who undergo traditional postoperative rehabilitation, according to an AAOS news release.