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.
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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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James Andrews, MD, of the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala., recently performed knee surgery on Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Terrell Owens, according to a Washington Post report.
Jeffrey L. Visotsky, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with an emphasis on hand surgery at the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute in Morton Grove. He performs hand reconstruction, arthritis surgery in the upper extremity and shoulder reconstruction. He also has…
Surgeons at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., recently treated Denver Nuggets' Kenyon Martin's pain in his left patella tendon with platelet-rich plasma injections, according to a Denver Magazine report.
More than 350,000 patients were treated in doctors' offices and emergency rooms for winter sport-related injuries in 2009, according to a report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.