Here are 15 spine surgeons who are in leadership positions of orthopedic and spine professional and peer-review journals.

Beverlee A. Brisbin, MD, has joined the MidAmerica Hand to Shoulder Clinic in Palos Hills, Ill.

The International Congress for Joint Reconstruction has made philanthropic donations to The Hip Society, The Knee Society, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation.

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago has become the official medical provider for the Chicago Red Stars Women's Premier Soccer League Elite League team, according to a Soccer Nation report.

Internal Fixation Systems has entered into a distribution agreement with Intelligent Orthopaedics to market its Staffordshire Orthopaedic Reduction Machine, a reusable device that is used to align fractures of the tibia prior to fixation.

Surgeons who performed more total knee replacements tended to have shorter lengths of stay, shorter operating times and fewer complications compared with surgeons who performed fewer knee replacements, according to a study in Health Affairs.

Here are eight spine surgeons discussing the future of spinal fusions.

Lewis Yocum, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, recently performed shoulder surgery on Phoenix Suns forward Channing Frye, according to an NBA report.

This article is written by Blair Rhode, MD, Sports Medicine Physician & Founder, RoG Sports Medicine.

Owosso, Mich.-based Mid Michigan Orthopedics has been acquired by Memorial Healthcare.