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The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame will induct four new members this year, including Tandy Freeman III, MD, medical director for Justin Sports Medicine and the Professional Bull Riders Sports Medicine Program, according to a Star-Telegram report.

Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons who recently assumed new leadership positions. If you would like to suggest additions to this list, please contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com.

State Republican Rep. Tom Weldon of Ringgold, Ga., announced that he will sponsor a bill in this session of the state legislature regarding pain management clinics, according to a report by The Catoosa County News.

Prospira PainCare in Mountain View, Calif., has signed an agreement to deploy cloud-based practice management, cloud-based patient communication and electronic health record services of athenahealth in Watertown, Mass., according to an Equities report.

Evangelica Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa., has opened a new Center for Orthopaedics.

Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Mich., recently joined the American Joint Replacement Registry, a not-for-profit national database of joint replacement procedures, according to a Royal Oak Patch report.

Orthopedic surgeon Clifford Turen, MD, recently crashed an air plane he was piloting in Dover, Del., according to a Dover Post report.

Rockford (Ill.) Orthopedic Associates recently made a $34,255 donation to the Northern Illinois Food Bank, according to a report form The Rock River Times.

Natural Herbalz in San Diego announced the release of Eazol, homeopathic pain relief pills that are FDA registered.

Neura Therapeutik, a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that studies conducted on its product, NL-001, an abuse-deterrent and long-acting opioid analgesic, shows that it complies with the recent FDA draft guidance, according to a Herald Online report.