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Podiatrist James Kutchback, DPM, and primary care sports medicine specialist Alysia Robichau, MD, have joined Memorial Hermann Medical Group in Woodlands, Texas, according to a Woodlands Hospital news release.

Joshua P. Naudad, MD, and Colleen E. Glisson, MD, both orthopedic surgeons, have joined Mid County Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine in St. Louis, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

Methodist Hospital System in Houston is expanding the Texas Medical Center's sports medicine program to provide surgical services, rehabilitation, injury prevention and athletic training, according to a report by The Houston Chronicle.

As the head team physician for the Houston Texans National Football League team, the Houston Rockets National Basketball Association team and the University of Houston, Walter R. Lowe, MD, certainly has a wide range of experience in treating athletes.

Mark Maffet, MD, a sports medicine physician, has joined the staff at Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists in Houston, according to a Fort Bend Now news report.

Professional football players sidelined as a result of ACL injuries are not likely to experience a full recovery or return to play (RTP), especially if the players are less experienced or drafted after the fourth round, according to research published…

A team of physicians at St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville in Mooresville, Ind., recently developed a strategy to cut down the number of patients who require blood transfusions as a result of surgery, and Jeff Pierson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the…

While hospitals and practices can achieve accreditation for their entire facilities, some organizations are choosing to take a further step and acquire accreditation for individual disease programs. The Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Conn., has received accreditation for the lumbar spine…

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis (Tenn.) has converted the hospital's neurological orthopedic specialty unit into a joint and spine center, including 18 two-person suites and five single rooms which allow family members to stay with the patient and become "coaches" for when…

Florida's Indian River Medical Center successfully completed the first ankle replacement surgery performed at the facility on an 85-year-old patient, according to a TC Palm report.