orthopedist
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orthopedists
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He also became well acquainted with orthopedist Frank Jobe, the team physician.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In January, I went to see my orthopedist.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2026
"Right now, patients may go to an orthopedist or a neurologist, and there is no clear injury. But they're still in pain," he says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
The orthopedist said it was a torn muscle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025
Annette wasn’t on board — it turned out she was late because of an orthopedist appointment — so I sat next to Renee.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
Over the next few months, she saw a couple of orthopedists at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
“The orthopedists, they’re operating on function, saying unless they have evidence to show the degenerative nature, it’s all speculation.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Through their sale to Welsh Carson, the Resurgens orthopedists in Atlanta got a capital partner and executive expertise to help them expand by acquiring other orthopedic practices in Georgia and other markets.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2023
At her initial appointment in early December, Wolff did something none of the other orthopedists had done: He ordered an X-ray of Karp’s hips.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2017
In recent years, orthopedists have even performed prenatal surgery to correct spina bifida, a congenital defect in which the neural canal in the spine of the fetus fails to close completely during embryologic development.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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