An increasing number of new orthopedic physicians are training in the sports medicine specialty and turning their practices into true sports medicine facilities. Hospitals across the country are following this trend as well, creating sports medicine centers that offer services…
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The Chicago Center for Orthopedics at Weiss has partnered with the Major Indoor Soccer League to become team physicians for the Chicago Riot's inaugural 2010-2011 season, according to a practice news release.
Joseph McCarthy, MD, director of the Kaplan Center for Joint Reconstruction Surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, was recently elected president of the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy, according to a Wayland news report.
Henry Feuer, MD, a physician with Methodist Sports Medicine/The Orthopedic Specialists in Indianapolis, received the 2010 Team Physician Award from the Indiana State Medical Association commission on sports medicine, according to an ISMA report.
William G. Clancy, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala., has earned recognition among professional athletes for the ACL and PCL reconstruction procedures he developed while practicing medicine at the University of Wisconsin.…
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While mountain bike-related injuries decreased from 1994-2007, a study published in The American Journal for Sports Medicine found that upper extremity fractures were the most common injury and that females were more likely than males to sustain severe injuries that…
Two orthopedic surgeons who resigned fracture surgery privileges at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., have changed their minds and decided to meet with the hospital's board of directors to discuss a variety of care issues, according to a Watertown…
Cape Fear Hospital in Wilmington, N.C., has opened a new operating room as a result of increased demand for orthopedic surgery, according to a local WECT news report.
Douglas McKeag, MD, MS, director of the Indiana University Center for Sports Medicine, shares three predictions on how the practice of sports medicine will change over the next few years.
Craig Della Valle, MD, a hip and knee replacement reconstruction specialist at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, was recently featured on the local ABC 7 news channel discussing the national joint registry, according to a practice news release.