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James Andrews, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, recently performed reconstructive knee surgery on the San Diego Chargers wide receiver Danario Alexander, according to a U-T San Diego report.

Marc Hungerford, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has been named the chief of orthopedics at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, according to a report by The Daily Record.

Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., has added orthopedic surgeons Joseph McLaughlin, MD, and John Macy, MD, according to a Stowe Reporter report.

In a recent study published in The Journal of Pain, researchers from the U.K. Primary Care Centre in Staffordshire examined the low back pain and its progression to chronic pain.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Mike Orseno and Tom Hui will give a presentation titled "Utilizing Technology to Improve Revenue Cycle Metrics."

Here are three orthopedic surgeons discussing the biggest opportunities for orthopedics in ASCs in the coming years.

CHICAGO—Twelve hospital chief executive officers to discuss the best opportunities and biggest threats for 2014 during a keynote panel at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Chief Executive Officer Strategy Roundtable on Nov. 14, 2013 at the Ritz Carlton Chicago.

CHICAGO—CBS Golf Commentator and Best-Selling Author David Feherty, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at University of Louisville Rick Pitino, Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist/Author and Associate Editor of The Washington Post Bob Woodward and Speed Skating Champion and Gold Medalist Bonnie Blair…

Here are seven statistics on the amount of time each week that orthopedic surgeons spend seeing patients in the hospital setting, according to the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report: 2013.  

Darryl Kan, MD, and Gary Blum, MD, partners of Orthopedic Associates, intend to open the first urgent care center dedicated to orthopedics in Honolulu, according to a Pacific Business News report.