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Here are eight orthopedic surgeons making headlines over the past week.

Robotic-assisted orthopedic surgery is an issue that elicits varying responses amongst healthcare professionals and orthopedic surgeons around the country. Here, three orthopedic surgeons discuss the use of robotics and computers in surgery.  

Mercy Health – Cincinnati partnered with Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, to be the exclusive provider of sports medicine as well as to sponsor a student-athlete rehabilitation center, according to Cincinnati.com.

Rick Weinstein, MD, of Westchester Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in White Plains, N.Y., will be ringside as a team physician caring for 14 fighters during Klitschko – Jennings at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, April 25.

Orthopedic surgeons practicing in the Northwest region of the United States earn more than orthopedists in any other U.S. region, according to the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2015.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved The Carle Foundation's plan for a $23 million outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine center in Champaign, Ill., according to a report by The News-Gazette.

In partnership with D1 Sports Training and GreatLife Malaska Golf & Fitness, The Orthopedic Institute has submitted plans to the city of Sioux Falls, Iowa for a $4.75 million athletic training center, reports Argus Leader.

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Orthopedists earn the most from patient care as compared to physicians from other specialties, according to the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2015.

The University of Arkansas Athletics Department and clinical partners, in cooperation with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will see the state's first one-year sports medicine fellowship program for family physicians begin this summer.