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Christopher Ahmad, MD, diagnoses N.Y. Yankees' prospect Gleyber Torres with a torn ulnar collateral ligament , N.Y. Daily News reports.

Alan Beyer, MD, executive medical director of Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic made a life-changing decision in October 2012 when he decided to have a hip replacement.

Claudio Feler, MD, of Cheyenne Regional Medical Group adopted the FLXfit 3D Expandable TLIF Cage from Expanding Orthopedics when performing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures.

Vertos Medical in Aliso Veijo, Calif., completed a $28 million financing round.

Robert Thompson, MD, will perform should surgery on Boston Red Sox Pitcher Tyler Thornburg, the Boston Herald reports.

In a study reported by Reuters, researchers studied the number of people receiving anterior cruciate ligament tear surgery from 2002 to 2014.

Here are six sports medicine physicians who joined new practices or took on new roles in May 2017:

William Beringer, MD, director of neurosurgery at Adventist Health Castle Medical Center in Kailua, Hawaii. In an interview with Hawaii News Now, Dr. Beringer talks about minimally invasive spine surgery.

James Andrews, MD, will examine the left elbow of Miami Marlins' Braxton Garrett and offer a second opinion on his diagnosis, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

The global minimally invasive spine surgery market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.57 percent through 2020, according to an Absolute Report analysis.