Here are eight orthopedic surgeons making headlines over the past week.
Peter Mangone, MD, of Blue Ridge Bone and Joint Clinic in Asheville, N.C., chose Warren Wilson College basketball player Steven Triplett for a minimally invasive arthroscopic version of a lateral ankle ligament reconstruction surgery that he and Jorge Acevedo, MD, developed
Orthopedic surgeon James Andrews, MD, will receive the Lord Wedgwood Award at the 2015 Wedgwood Blue Dinner Party.
Rick Weinstein, MD, of Westchester Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in White Plains, N.Y., will be ringside as a team physician caring for 14 fighters during Klitschko – Jennings at Madison Square Garden
Richard Ferkel, MD, performed ankle surgery on Phoenix Suns' guard Brandon Knight.
J.W. Thomas Byrd, MD, performed a three-hour surgery to repair a torn labrum of the hip on Kansas University sophomore guard Brannan Greene.
Steve Nuccion, MD, of South Bay Orthopaedic Specialist Center in Hermosa Beach, Calif., and Glenn Huber, MD, partner at Torrance Ortho and Sports Med Group, spoke with EasyReaderNews.com about their work to prevent and treat concussions in young athletes.