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Richard Ferkel, MD, performed ankle surgery on Phoenix Suns' guard Brandon Knight, according to an AZ Central Sports report.

Here are 10 statistics on salaries and bonuses for sports medicine physicians, as of April 2015, from Salary.com.

This issue of Becker’s Spine Review includes expertise from spine surgeons, practice owners and operators, device industry executives and other key stakeholders. The topics include trends in spine surgery and technology for next year, healthcare industry predictions and practice management…

John Shapiro of Manhattan Beach, Calif., is a former football player and current father and coach whose son suffered a football concussion, which forced him to learn more, reports EasyReaderNews.com.

J.W. Thomas Byrd, MD, performed a three-hour surgery to repair a torn labrum of the hip on Kansas University sophomore guard Brannan Greene, according to KUSports.com.

At the 24th American Medical Society for Sports Medicine annual meeting in Hollywood, Fla., Robert B. Kiningham, MD, was awarded the Founders' Award, signifying AMSSM leadership determined he "exemplifies the best that a sports medicine physician can be and do."

After a federal judge asked for changes to an initial settlement proposal last December in a class-action lawsuit against how the N.C.A.A. handles concussions and head injuries, a second settlement has now been proposed, reports The New York Times.

Junior right-hander Reilly Hovis underwent Tommy John surgery, performed by James Andrews, MD.

Robert Stanton, MD, of Fairfield, Conn.-based Orthopaedic Specialty Group will accompany three surgeons as part of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Traveling Fellowship Program, according to a CT Post report.

The American College of Surgeons will release a teaching and verification program to educate patients and their families about delivering self-care for wound conditions.