Michael Weiss, DO, is the chief spine surgeon at Laser Spine Institute Scottsdale (Ariz.), where he treats his patients who have conditions such as spinal arthritis, pinched nerves, bulging discs, herniated discs and sciatic nerve compression. He has also served…
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Several companies and surgery center collaborators received the 2010 Community Collaboration Award from The Summit Foundation for sponsoring Free Surgery Day in Vail, Colo., according to a Summit Daily report.
Damion James, a small forward for the New Jersey Nets, will receive surgery for a broken right foot at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, according to a hospital news release.
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Deon Butler recently underwent surgery at the Stanford Medical Center in California to repair a broken bone in his right leg, according to a Seattle Times report.
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania will begin a new program that will offer hand transplants, directed by L. Scott Levin, MD, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer news report.
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John P. Salvo Jr., MD, a sports medicine physician, recently joined Philadelphia's Rothman Institute, according to a practice news release.
Dean Karahalios, MD, a neurosurgeon with the NorthShore Neurological Institute at NorthShore University Health Systems in Evanston, Skokie and Vernon Hills, Ill., was recently named to the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Second Opinion Network of Neurological Surgeons. The…
Andrew W. Gottschalk, MD, a sports medicine physician, has joined the medical staff at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport, Pa., and Champion Orhtopaedics & Sports Medicine in Olean, N.Y., according to an Endeavor News report.
An arthroscopic posterior capsulolabral repair is the best procedure to restore the posterior and inferior glenohumeral joint laxity to patients with traumatic posterior shoulder instability, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
William Seitz, MD, an orthopedic hand surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, recently completed four surgeries that gave a three-year-old patient a new set of hands, according to a Free Press story.