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Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, medical director of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, is the first surgeon in the United States to use MAKO image guidance technology to perform a total hip replacement, according to…

Researchers found that 76 percent of concussions occur when an athlete collides with another player, and 53 percent of the time these are head-to-head collisions, according to a Children's Hospital Boston news release.

Peter Millett, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician from Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., shares three common mistakes sports medicine physicians should avoid making.

Neel Anand, MD, is the director of orthopedic spine surgery at Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was previously the director of minimally invasive spinal surgery and director of spine trauma at Cedars-Sinai.…

Pennsylvania now offers the BrainSTEPS program as a free, statewide endeavor to help student athletes meet their educational needs while recovering from a traumatic brain injury, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

Jon Dickinson, MD, board chairman of Presidio Surgery Center in San Francisco, has been named the new team orthopedist for the Oakland Athletics after a lawsuit separated the club from its former team physician, according to an Oakland A's news…

Giles R. Scuderi, MD, vice president of orthopedic surgery at North Shore-LIJ Health System, is one of the leading physicians at the Great Neck, N.Y.-based Franklin Hospital, which was recently ranked as the best hospital in Long Island for joint…

Pop Warner youth football, an organization service 280,000 children nationwide, recently announced that players and cheerleaders suffering concussions must have clearance signed by a medical professional trained in injury before returning to play, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

The University of Miami recently received a $5 million donation to construct a two-story athletic complex which will include an enlarged sports medicine facility, according to a Miami Herald report.

Simon Lee, MD, and Johnny Lin, MD, physicians in the foot and ankle department at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently provided free foot screenings to the local homeless population as part of a program sponsored by Soles4Souls, according…