Alan Nasar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Advanced Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute in Freehold, N.J., has been elected chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at CentraState Medical Center.

Marshall Orthopaedics, in Huntington W. Va., has formed a partnership with King's Daughters Health System, which will provide sports medicine and orthopedic care to West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, according to a report by The Independent Online.

SAGE announced the launch of the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, developed by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine in collaboration with professional sports medicine organizations from around the world.

Hooman Melamed, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon. He practices at DISC Sports and Spine Center, with offices in Marina del Rey and Beverly Hills, Calif., and serves as an adjunct assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Touro School of Medicine in Las Vegas. Dr. Melamed received the Depuy Spinal Fellowship award after completing his complex spin surgery fellowship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He discusses why he choose the field of spine, the recent surgery on surfer Joey Hawkins and what he sees for the future of spine.

Major League Soccer has appointed Damion Martins, MD, director of orthopedics and sports medicine at Atlantic Health System in New Jersey, as its administrative medical director.

Barbara Bergin, MD, is a founding member of Texas Orthopedics, Sports and Rehabilitation Associates in Austin and fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. In addition to serving as an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Bergin is the author of the award-winning novel, Endings. She discusses how she chose the field of orthopedics, working as a female orthopedic resident in the 1980s and the future of orthopedics.

Robert Watkins, MD, of Marina Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., performed a successful microscopic lumbar discectomy on Chivas USA goalkeeper Tim Melia.

The ninth Biennial Congress of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine will be held May 12 to 16 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

La Peer Health Systems has announced that Neil Ghodadra, MD, has performed a meniscus at the Beverly Hills, Calif., outpatient center.

Methodist Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital and Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists of Texas have introduced a new primary care sports medicine fellowship program, which will be led by David Braunreiter, MD, according to a Memorial Examiner report.