18 athletes undergoing orthopedic procedures in 3 months

Orthopedic

Here are 14 orthopedic and sports medicine surgeons who performed surgery on 18 professional athletes that Becker's reported on since Oct. 5:

1. Will Workman, MD, performed knee surgery on Sean Newcomb, a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, at the Webster Surgery Center in Oakland, Calif.

2. James Voos, MD, performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Jedrick Wills Jr., an offensive lineman for the NFL's Cleveland Browns.

3. Guillem Gonzalez-Lomas, MD, and Jonathan Glashow, MD, operated on Dougie Hamilton of the New Jersey Devils.

4. Martin O'Malley, MD, operated on Tomas Nosek, also a player for the Devils. 

5. Scott Rodeo, MD, performed knee surgery on Daniel Jones, a quarterback for the New York Giants, at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

6. Jeffrey Dugas, MD, of Birmingham, Ala.-based Andrews Sports Medicine, performed two surgeries on actor and WWE wrestler John Cena.

7. Neal ElAttrache, MD, performed shoulder surgery on Deshaun Watson, a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles.

8. Dr. Voos performed surgery on Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb's anterior cruciate ligament.

9. Walt Lowe, MD, performed knee surgery on Portland Trailblazers center Robert Williams, III.

10. Dr. ElAttrache performed shoulder surgery on Clayton Kershaw, who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers last season.

11. Chris Coetzee, MD, operated on Kirk Cousins to repair the Minnesota Vikings quarterback's torn achilles tendon.

12. Marc Philippon, MD, performed hip surgery on Alex Cobb, a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, in Vail, Colo.

13. Keith Meister, MD, performed shoulder surgery on Brandon Woodruff, a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.

14. David Altchek, MD, performed elbow surgery on Francisco Lindor, a shortstop for the New York Mets in New York City.

15. Brian Cole, MD, operated on the left knee of David Bakhtiari, a player for the Green Bay Packers.

16. Dr. Meister performed Tommy John surgery on Félix Bautista, a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles.

17. Dr. Meister performed Tommy John surgery on Sandy Alcantara, a pitcher for the Miami Marlins.

18. Dr. ElAttrache performed shoulder surgery on Manny Machado, a player for MLB's San Diego Padres, in Los Angeles.

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