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USA Gymnastics announced Kim Kranz as the organization's first vice president of athlete health and wellness on Jan. 8.

Clinical physical therapist Kevin Wilk was named medical consultant for the Washington Redskins, the team announced Jan. 7.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, treated Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, who had a shoulder injury, according to 3DownNation.

Orthopedic spine surgeon Edward Smith, MD, performed Mississippi's first surgery using a patient-specific spinal rod implant, according to a Jan. 2 press release from Rush Health Systems.

Aspirus is expanding its sports medicine services to Laurium, Mich., the Wausau, Wis.-based health system announced Dec. 30.

Startup device company FossiLabs is using a new form of 3D printing to create fully porous PEEK bone-like structures within implantable devices, Medical Plastics News reports.

Fernando Peña, MD, repaired the fractured right fibula of Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker, the Minneapolis StarTribune reports.

The next decade of orthopedics will be defined by technologies like 3D printing and robotic navigation systems.

Life Spine received FDA 510(k) clearance Dec. 23 to market its Titanium Stand-Alone ALIF System.

In a 129-patient study, Australian device company Anatomics evaluated the efficacy of its 3D-printed SpineBox kit in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures, reports 3D Printing Industry.