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While the number of concussions reportedly suffered by NFL players dropped 25 percent this season to 111, those who were added to the injured reserve list was more.

Along with pulling double-duty as a consultant for the NFL and NHL players' associations, Asheesh i, MD, is the Harold and Helen W. Gehring Early Career Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Michigan, where he also serves as…

What percentage of orthopedic surgeons have lost enthusiasm for their careers, have developed feelings of deep cynicism or have a low feeling of personal accomplishment — or, in HR parlance, are "burnt out?"

Tom Joseph, MD, a Dunwoody, Ga.-based orthopedic surgeon, recently opened a new type of practice, one that pledges a simpler way for patients to pay, by offering one fixed price to everyone.

The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic's Neal ElAttrache, MD, and Steve Lombardo, MD, performed rotator cuff surgery on NBA all-star Kobe Bryant on Wednesday morning, the LA Times reports.

Keith M. Baumgarten, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Orthopedic Institute in Sioux Falls, S.D., has been elected as a member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, reports the Argus Leader.

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict is undergoing microfracture surgery in his knee, performed by Neal ElAttrache, MD, according to an NFL report.

Orthopedic sports medicine physician Marc Philippon, MD, was named among the top 101 most influential Canadians in baseball, according to the Toronto Sun.

After examining all-star Kobe Bryant on Friday, Los Angeles Lakers team physician Steven Lombardo, MD, said he found a considerable rotator cuff tear, ABC News reports.

Brooklyn Nets forward Mirza Teletovic could have died had he gotten on an airplane, the New York Daily News reports — but he didn't thanks to the savvy advice of the team trainer and team physician.