Here are 25 sports medicine updates from the first four months of 2024:
- World Wrestling Entertainment star Braun Strowman underwent spinal fusion surgery for his C4 and C5 vertebrae at Birmingham, Ala.-based Andrews Sports Medicine.
- Zimmer Biomet struck a partnership with three of the top pickleball organizations in the U.S., becoming the first and only medical device partner within pickleball.
- Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health have cut the ribbon on a $6.5 million sports medicine and sports performance training facility at the Erie (Pa.) Sports Center.
- Former World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling star turned commentator Taz needs a double knee and double shoulder replacement.
- Los Angeles Angels player Mike Trout underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Atlantis Orthopedics and Port St. Lucie-based South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine announced plans to merge with a May launch.
- The U.S. Justice Department settled 139 administrative claims from sexual abuse allegations by former physician and USA Gymnastics official Larry Nassar.
- Meet the head team physician for all 12 Women's National Basketball Association teams here.
- Keith Meister, MD, operated on Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen at TMI Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery in Arlington, Texas.
- Meet the 58 providers headed to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games with Team USA.
- Pittsburgh-based UPMC opened a sports medicine clinic in Ireland in partnership with Mardyke Arena University College Cork.
- Peter Millett, MD, performed shoulder surgery on Jack Hughes, a player for the New Jersey Devils, on April 10 in Vail, Colo.
- Keith Meister, MD, performed elbow surgery on Eury Pérez, a pitcher for the Miami Marlins.
- Doug Freedberg, MD, performed knee surgery on Miguel Andujar, a player for the Oakland Athletics.
- The UFC and Smith+Nephew inked a multiyear marketing partnership. Smith+Nephew will be UFC's first preferred sports medicine technology partner and have high visibility in select broadcasts.
- Jeffrey Dugas, MD, performed a shoulder operation on Lucas Giolito, a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
- A jury was slated to hear allegations that Penn State removed its team physician, Scott Lynch, MD, nearly five years after the orthopedic surgeon sued the State College, Pa.-based university.
- Somverville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is planning an orthopedics and sports medicine facility in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston.
- James Voos, MD, head team physician for the Cleveland Browns and the Jack and Mary Herrick Distinguished Chair of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at University Hospitals in Cleveland, was elected president of the NFL Physicians Society.
- The NBA's Charlotte Hornets plan to house a Novant Health sports medicine and orthopedic center at its practice center that will open in 2026.
- Patrick McKenzie, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist and the head physician for NFL team the Green Bay Packers, joined Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health.
- Two notable injuries, both for the San Francisco 49ers, happened during the 2024 Super Bowl.
- Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist opened an orthopedics, sports medicine and podiatry clinic in Kernersville, N.C., inside of its existing fitness center.
- Meet the physician teams that went to the 2024 Super Bowl here.
25. Keith Meister, MD, performed shoulder surgery on Kendall Graveman, a pitcher for the Houston Astros, in Dallas.