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NorthShore University HealthSystem has become a partner of Pro Football Hall of Fame Health joining other health systems in providing care to former National Football League players, employees and their families, according to an Aug. 3 news release.

More than 200 specialized physicians and surgeons will care for patients through Boston-based Mass General Brigham's new integrated, multidisciplinary sports medicine program.

Two high-profile surgeries performed by Neal ElAttrache, MD, and four more sports medicine updates from the past month:

A nine-person medical advisory panel formed by USA Football will focus on advancing safety in youth football.

Atlanta Hawks center Onyeka Okongwu had surgery July 21 to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, ESPN reported.

Sports medicine physician K.J. Kenneth-Nwosa, MD, has been named head team physician for University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics and assistant professor in the orthopedics department at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

A former basketball player for Seton Hall sued the school, coach and an athletic trainer, alleging he was misdiagnosed with an ankle injury when he had a lateral meniscal tear, according to USA Today.

Kurt Spindler, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Westin, Fla., was named the 50th president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, according to a July announcement.

A leadership appointment and three more updates from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine in 2021:

Robert Arceiro, MD, chief of sports medicine at Farmington-based UConn Health, has been inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's hall of fame, according to a July 14 news release.