Robert Watkins, MD, of Marina Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., performed a successful microscopic lumbar discectomy on Chivas USA goalkeeper Tim Melia. Steadman Clinic surgeons performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Denver Nugget forward Danilo Gallinari. The clinic's surgeons also repaired a torn lateral meniscus in Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook's knee. Neal ElAttrache, MD, performed elbow surgery on Chad Billingsley of the LA Dodgers to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament.
David Cech, MD, performed a successful lumbar laminectomy on A.J. Foyt, an Indianapolis 500 champion driver.
At Trinity Park Surgery Center in Arlington, Texas, Keith Meister, MD, repaired the labrum and rotator cuff in Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jeff Niemann's shoulder.
Guido Marra, MD, is scheduled to repair the dislocated shoulder of Enes Kanter, Utah Jazz center, in Chicago.
David Altchek, MD, is scheduled to perform arthroscopic knee surgery on Minnesota Timberwolf Kevin Love at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
Richard Edelson, MD, the Portland Timbers team physician, successfully repaired a displaced tibial plateau fracture in the team's defender David Horst.
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