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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.

Greensburg, Pa.,-based Excela Health bought 40 acres of land in Westmoreland County, Penn., for $3.7 million, which the hospital system received in a grant, reports Pittsburgh Business Times.

These sports medicine physicians have recently moved to other positions in the last month:

Asheville, N.C.-based Southeastern Sports Medicine has switched its affiliation from Park Ridge Health to Pardee Hospital, both based in Hendersonville, N.C., according to a Hendersonville Lightning report.

M. Kyle Smoot, MD, is the 2015 recipient of the AMSSM Foundation-ACSM Foundation Clinical Research Grant.