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Cindy Chang, MD, a University of California Berkeley sports medicine physician, has been selected as the chief medical officer for the 2012 United States Olympic team, according to a report from The Daily Californian.

On  Nov. 2, The U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois dismissed a federal false claims suit filed by whistleblowers against Chicago's Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, several of its physicians and Rush University Medical Center.

Recently hailed as the possible new "King of Sports Medicine" by Forbes Magazine, Lewis Yocum, MD, has advised and operated on several professional athletes. Dr. Yocum is a physician with the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles and has special…

The Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine has opened a free injury assessment clinic to provide orthopedic exams for high school and collegiate athletes on Saturday mornings, according to a practice news release.

Significantly more chondral damage occurs when using bioabsorbable meniscus arrows for fixation during meniscal repair, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Orthopedic Consultants & Alvine Foot and Ankle Center and Avera Medical Group, both of Sioux Falls, S.D., have partnered to create a new entity — CORE Orthopedics Avera Medical Group — to serve the hospital's orthopedic patients, according to a…

Richard G. Fessler, MD, a professor of neurosurgery Northwestern University, has pioneered several spine surgery techniques, including microendoscopic discectomy and microendoscopic compression of lumbar stenosis. He has also earned a place as a leader in spine surgery by being the…

James Andrews, of the Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala., recently consulted Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre on an ankle injury, according to various reports.

There is little difference among the centrifuge systems currently available to separate blood for use in PRP injections, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Professional basketball players could be at a higher risk of injury from playing consecutive games and spending time on the road, according to an article published in Medill Reports Chicago.