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Brian Cole, MD, MBA, orthopedic surgeon at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Chicago Bulls' team physician, "took off his scrubs" to deliver an insightful presentation about the multitude of contemporary options to treat patients with orthopedic injuries. His TEDx…

Dan Cooper, MD, is scheduled to perform knee surgery on San Francisco Giants' Hunter Pence, according to a SF Gate report.

Here are nine orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.

Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital has hired Tim W. Hoskins, ATC, as the facility's new orthopedics and sports medicine director, according to the Brattleboro Reformer.

Boston-based Flex Pharma has launched HOTSHOT, the first consumer product scientifically proven to prevent and treat muscle cramps.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals will provide General Electric employees with joint replacement care as part of the company's National Hip and Knee Replacement Centers of Excellence Program, according to a Crain's Cleveland Business report.

Mike Moustakas, third baseman for the Kansas City Royals, is scheduled to see James Andrews, MD, according to KSNT.com.

Warrenville, Ill.-based Patterson Medical is set to acquire Akron, Ohio-based Performance Health.

A Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics study found a pediatrician's office is more likely to diagnose children's concussion than the emergency room. The findings suggest current concussion statistics are underreported because only children diagnosed in the ER are…

Researchers at the University of Saarland in Germany have refuted a 2012 study published in the European Heart Journal that claimed endurance training and exercise at the elite level may cause sudden cardiac death. The German researchers published their study…