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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.

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.

Joel Boyd, MD, is a sports medicine physician at TRIA Orthopaedic Center in Minneapolis and head team physician for both the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Wild professional hockey team. He has also been a team physician for the Minnesota Timberwolves,…

Brian Parsley, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Foundation Surgical Hospital in Bellaire, Texas, was recently elected third vice president by the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, according to a hospital news release.

Kevin Marberry, MD, will now be practicing orthopedics at Northeast Regional Medical Center and AT Still University in Kirksville, Mo., according to a Heartland Connection report.

The double-bundle reconstruction for PCL ruptures using the Achilles allograft has better results than the single-bundle reconstruction, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.