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Frank Acosta, MD, director of spine deformity in the department of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, has successfully treated a patient with Gorham-Stout syndrome, a condition that only has 200 known cases worldwide. Gorham-Stout syndrome erodes bones…

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Peter DeLuca, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, recently performed surgery on Philadelphia Eagles safety Nate Allen's ruptured right patellar tendon, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer news report.

The NFL Charities have granted more than $1.6 million to support sports-related medical research to 16 institutions' funds for research and development aimed at spinal cord and concussion injury prevention and treatment, according to various sources.

Steven Dorsky, MD, is a spine surgeon and the founder of the New Jersey Spine Center.  He was the first surgeon to perform artificial disc replacement at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., using the CHARITE artificial disc. The…

Almost three quarters of ED administrators nationwide report shortages of specialists such as orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons and other specialists, posing at least moderate risk for patients, according to a survey by the Schumacher Group.

The ACL and its individual bundle attachment centers on the tibia and femur, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Javad Parvizi, MD, director of clinical research at Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, recently received the 2011 Mark Coventry Award from The Knee Society for the molecular diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection, according to a company news release.

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