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Lewis Yocum, MD, of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, will perform Tommy John surgery on Cleveland Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin, according to a Yahoo report.

LA Clippers point guard Chris Paul underwent thumb surgery to repair a torn ligament, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

William Feldner, DO, a primary care sports medicine specialist, has joined St. Anthony's Medical Center's South County Family & Sports Medicine in St. Louis, Mo.

ProSports, a sports medicine practice with locations in Brookline, Cambridge and Waltham, Mass., has signed a 10-year lease for space inside New Balance's headquarters in Brighton, Mass., according to a Boston Globe report.

Pain Specialists of Charleston (S.C.) plan to break ground on a new 20,000-square-foot outpatient medical center on Sept. 10, 2012.

Recently, the NFL Physicians Society and NFL Players Association have been seeking greater restraint from using Toradol, a pain medication used widely throughout the league, according to a Star Tribune report.

ReportLinker has released a new report on the global pain management industry, including 117 company profiles and market data analytics.

Interventional Spine in Irvine, Calif., has completed 75 implants worldwide using the PerX360 Percutaneous Lumbar Fusion System for degenerative disc disease, according to HeraldOnline.com.

How are today's accountable care organizations led and reimbursed? How many lives do they cover and what are the most common types of patient populations? What challenges do they face, and how long does it take, on average, to create…

Conflicts are bound to arise between surgery centers and contracted anesthesia providers, but Thomas Wherry, MD, says open communication combined with a few simple steps can thwart problems and develop healthy working relationships between partners.