Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHealth partnered with Southeast Missouri State University, also of Cape Girardeau, to provide orthopedic and sports medicine services to its students, reports Southeast Missourian.

While repairing Pittsburgh Pirates' pitcher Jameson Taillon's damaged right flexor tendon, David Altchek, MD, found the pitcher also needed a second Tommy John procedure, MLB.com reports.

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Cheektowaga, N.Y.-based UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine added Susan Daoust, MD, to its staff, reports Buffalo News.

Kelly Hynes, MD, will repair Chicago Sky center Jantel Lavender's fractured left foot, the team reports.

The Los Angeles Kings and Keck Medicine of USC are preparing to open a 50,000-square-foot outpatient training and sports medicine facility, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Sports medicine specialist Angelo Ciminiello, MD, of Danbury-based OrthoConnecticut was named team physician for Federal Prospects Hockey League team the Danbury Hat Tricks, reports Hamlethub. 

Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright will have his right elbow examined by James Andrews, MD, on Aug. 7, MLB.com reports.

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Cleveland Clinic Sports Health will serve as the medical provider for Akron Esports at the University of Akron in Ohio, reports Ohio.com, the online version of Akron Beacon Journal.

Five orthopedic surgeons treated professional athletes in July 2019:

Orthopedic sports medicine surgeon Ryan Plyler, MD, joined Tinton Falls, N.J.-based Professional Orthopaedic Associates.

SportsMED Orthopedic Surgery & Spine Center entered into a multiyear corporate partnership with The Rocket City Trash Pandas, along with Crestwood Medical Center.

Southeast Pain & Spine Care's Jon-David Hoppenfeld, MD, joined the Carolina Panthers' medical staff.

Frank Petrigliano, MD, was appointed chief of the University of Southern California Epstein Family Center for Sports Medicine at Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, reports Newswise.

Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital welcomed sports medicine specialist Raymond de Cuba, MD, to its medical staff, reports The Intelligencer.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery Sports Medicine Institute is opening a new facility in west Manhattan.

Keith Meister, MD, director of Arlington-based Texas Metroplex Institute for Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, treated Toronto Blue Jays closer Ken Giles, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

When a patient comes into the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute to rehab from a torn anterior cruciate ligament, one of the first things they do is boot up an Xbox 360, The Missourian reports.

Thomas DiLiberti, MD, repaired the broken hamate bone in the right hand of Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo on July 25, MLB.com reports.