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The Supreme Court will not hear Coons vs. Lew, a challenge to the Independent Payment Advisory Board, in which businessman Nick Coons and orthopedic surgeon Eric Novack, MD, are named plaintiffs, according to an IJ Review report.

According to The Aspen Times,the Aspen Sports Summit included lectures and notes from CEOs and physicians on issues in health, fitness and sports medicine. Here are six key notes from Kevin LaFierriere, CEO of Fitness Professionals:

Rick Cunningham, MD, a knee and shoulder sports medicine specialist with Vail-Summit Orthopaedics, physician for the US Ski Team and chief of surgery at Vail Valley Medical Center, provided ways to treat common tennis injuries with Summit Daily. Here are…

Florida Panthers' Nick Bjugstad had spine surgery at the Mayo Sports Clinic in Minneapolis, according to a Sun-Sentinel report.

William J. Maloney III, MD, was elected second vice president of the AAOS board of directors, which begins the first of a three-year term of volunteer service for Dr. Maloney, culminating in a one year presidency term in 2017-2018.

A study published by Anthony J. Scillia, MD, and colleagues in the American Journal of Sports Medicine finds 67 percent of NFL players are able to return to play after arthroscopic knee surgery, including chondroplasty of the articular cartilage lesions.

Vitamin D, which is crucial in helping the body absorb calcium needed to maintain bone mass, as well as to minimize musculoskeletal pain and injury, is lacking in one-third of elite college athletes.

Andrew J. Weiland, MD, of New York, N.Y., was presented the 2015 William W. Tipton, Jr., MD, Leadership Award.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons appointed Ken Yamaguchi, MD, MBA, as treasurer of its board of directors.

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