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With the 2017 baseball season underway, these are the 159 physicians tasked with keeping the game's star players on the field.

A new study published in Spine examines the radiation associated with C-arm use during minimally invasive spine surgery.

David Geier, MD, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based Sports Medicine Specialists of Charleston is speaking on youth sports at an upcoming TEDx event.

Martin J. O'Malley, MD, of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery will perform surgery on Portland Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe, according to Oregon Live.

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny General Hospital's John Lyne, MD, performed an operation to remove an abnormality suspected to be testicular cancer from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon.

San Antonio Spurs team physician David R. Schmidt, MD, of San Antonio-based Sports Medicine Associates performed surgery on guard Tony Parker.

Olawale Sulaiman, MD, PhD, of New Orleans-.based Ochsner Health System, performed the first minimally invasive spine surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Information Nigeria.

Hamid Abbasi, MD, PhD, presented on Inspired Spine's Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion at the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery meeting, held April 12 to April 14, in Boca Raton, Fla.

Baltimore Orioles closing pitcher Zach Britton visited Neal ElAttrache, MD, of Los Angeles-based Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic after being placed on the disabled list with a left forearm strain, according to ESPN.

Scopis recently launched the Holographic Navigation Platform to improve minimally invasive spine procedures.