Orthopaedic Surgery: Media Coverage

Browse news articles across local and national media outlets.

2024

• 10/28/2024  |  Becker's Spine Review
  36 hospitals debuting on Healthgrades' top spine surgery rankings
  For the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital has been named as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery in 2025 by Healthgrades. Healthgrades, a healthcare ranking and review website, evaluated patient mortality and complication rates at more than 4,500 hospitals and ranked them across 16 specialties, including spine surgery.
• 10/11/2024  |  WCVB
  An elite doctor for elite athletes: Meet the Revolution's chief medical officer
  Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, chief medical officer for the New England Revolution, is one of only two women in Major League Soccer to hold the title, and the Revolution’s first female medical director. She started working with the team five years ago, bringing valuable experience as an orthopedic surgeon, team doctor, professor and sports medicine researcher.
• 09/08/2024  |  Boston Globe
  Dr. Mark Price, honored physician on Patriots playing field and battlefield, dies at 52
  Mark Price, MD, PhD, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, died this summer from a rare form of cancer. He is remembered as "a fierce advocate for patients and a fierce advocate for staff."
• 08/26/2024  |  Wicked Local
  Treating Tom Brady and being 'mission ready' in Afghanistan: Dr. Mark Price is remembered
  Mark Price, MD, PhD, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, died this summer from a rare cancer. He is remembered as a veteran, a family man, and a valued colleague and friend.
• 07/26/2024  |  WebMD
  Olympic Moms Are Redefining Exercise in Pregnancy
  Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, discusses exercise during and after pregnancy.
• 06/12/2024  |  WBZ News
  Kristaps Porzingis tendon injury similar to Curt Schilling's in 2004, Boston doctor says
  George Theodore, MD, a foot and ankle sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, discusses the injury that Kristaps Porzingis sustained during the NBA Finals.
• 06/11/2024  |  Boston Globe
  What is Kristaps Porzingis’s ‘rare’ leg injury, reminiscent of Curt Schilling’s bloody sock? Doctors explain
  Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, and Gregory Waryasz, MD, a foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon, explain Kristaps Porzingis's rare injury to Boston Globe readers.
• 04/26/2024  |  BC Athletics
  Inside BC Athletics: Women in Sports
  Two members of the Women's Sports Medicine Program, Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon, and Kelly McInnis, DO, sports medicine physiatrist, work with student-athletes at Boston College. Learn about the important work they do with female athletes to keep them healthy and in the game.
• 02/07/2024  |  WCVB
  Bruins rookie Matthew Poitras out for rest of season after shoulder surgery
  Thomas Holovacs, MD, a shoulder and sports medicine surgeon, performed shoulder surgery on Boston Bruins player, Matthew Poitras.
• 02/05/2024  |  The Scientist
  Back Pain Explained
  Christopher Bono, MD, spine surgeon and Vice Chair for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, discusses disc degeneration and how that relates to the causes of back pain.

2023

• 12/29/2023  |  NBC Boston
  'I felt like one in a million': Rare procedure helps Middleton teen with scoliosis
  Three years ago, John Braun, MD, a pediatric scoliosis surgeon with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, performed a revolutionary scoliosis surgery, called tethering, on Kaleah Perham. Kaleh, now 16 years old, reflects on what the surgery meant to her.
• 12/20/2023  |  WCVB Boston
  Ho, ho, ho! Santa visits patients at Mass General Hospital
  Each December, Kevin Raskin, MD, and other team members from Orthopaedic Surgery at Mass General, work together to spread cheer to kids who are in the hospital during the holiday season.
• 11/29/2023  |  Boston25
  Wellness Wednesday: Sore Muscle Recovery
  Ashwin Babu, MD, a Mass General Brigham sports medicine physiatrist, offers recovery advice for athletes with sore muscles.
• 11/01/2023  |  Becker’s Spine Review
  Meet the head team physicians for all 25 US NHL teams
  Becker’s Spine Review highlights head team physicians for all 25 US NHL teams, including the Boston Bruins’ Peter Asnis, MD, orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Mass General.
• 10/24/2023  |   Benchpress
  How a small fish could lead to better strategies to repair tendon tears
  Jenna Galloway, PhD, director of The Musculoskeletal Genetics & Developmental Biology Lab, is using zebrafish models to find new treatment strategies for tendon injuries.
• 10/04/2023  |  Becker’s Hospital Review
  100 hospitals and health systems with great orthopedic programs | 2023
  Massachusetts General Hospital is recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of 100 hospitals with great orthopedic programs committed to providing exceptional orthopedic care for patients with musculoskeletal conditions or injuries.
• 09/15/2023  |  Everyday Health
  Does syncing your workouts to your cycle work?
  Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, co-director of the Mass General Brigham Women’s Sports Medicine Program, discusses the science behind aligning workouts with menstrual cycle.
• 04.12.2023  |  Boston.com
  The best ways to recover from running the Boston Marathon, according to local health experts
  Ashwin Babu, MD, a sports medicine physiatrist with the Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Medicine Service, offers recovery advice for participants in the Boston Marathon.
• 04.07.2023  |  Nike.com
  How to exercise with osteoarthritis, according to experts
  Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, co-director of the Mass General Brigham Women’s Sports Medicine Program, offers insight into how arthritis patients can exercise properly and avoid joint pain.
• 03.27.2023  |  NHL.com
  Getting to know: Dr. Pete Asnis
  Pete Asnis, MD, Mass General Brigham’s Director of Professional Sports, discusses his role as team physician for the Boston Bruins during his 16th season with the club.
• 02.22.2023  |  Washington Post
  Americans over 50 are doing extreme sports their grandparents never imagined
  Older people are taking up extreme sports, and Haylee Borgstrom, MD, sports medicine physiatrist at Mass General Brigham, says she has seen “a significant increase” in the number of older athletes in her practice.
• 01.26.2023  |  U.S. News & World Report
  How to fix bad posture
  Sports medicine surgeon and director of the women’s sports medicine program Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, shares her expert opinion on maintaining healthy posture.

2022

• 12.17.2022  |  WCVB Boston
  Boston Bruins team doctor discusses injury risks of winter sports
  Peter Asnis, MD, sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon and team doctor for the Boston Bruins, discusses the risks associated with winter sports.
• 11.30.2022  |  Health Digest
  This is how long you should stretch after any workout
  Most experts agree that stretching is beneficial. The American Council on Exercise (ACE) explains that it enhances flexibility, which is one of the five components of fitness. Dave Nolan, PT, DPT, a sports physical therapist at Mass General, suggests beginning a routine that stretches the muscles that support mobility.
• 11.28.2022  |  Boston 25 News
  Heat, hydration concerns for World Cup players: Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine expert weighs in
  Ashwin Babu, MD, a sports medicine physiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, shares with Boston 25 News that his biggest concerns for the World Cup players in Qatar are heat and hydration.
• 11.23.2022  |  Boston 25 News
  Kelly McInnis, DO, discusses physical demands of sports competition
  Kelly McInnis, DO, sports medicine physiatrist, director, Harvard Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sports Medicine Fellowship and co-director of Mass General Brigham’s Women’s Sports Medicine Program, discusses the physical demands of sports competition with Boston 25 News and highlights the concern that students who decide early to specialize in one sport year-round risk increased injuries because they are using the same patterns of movement repeatedly.
• 09.28.2022  |  Becker's Spine Review
  William Harris, MD earns lifetime achievement award
  William Harris, MD, founder & Director Emeritus of the Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory, received a lifetime achievement award from Orthopaedic Summit Evolving Techniques, a nonprofit organization focused on education.
• 08.17.2022  |  Boston Globe
  Meet the doctors who help get Boston’s sports stars back in action after injuries
  In this Boston Globe profile, the relationship between Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine and Boston professional sports teams is illustrated through interviews with many of our orthopedic clinicians, including Peter Asnis, MD, Scott Martin, MD, Kelly McInnis, DO, Robert Nascimento, MD and Mark Price, MD, PhD.
• 06.18.2022  |  Becker's Spine Review
  Mass General Brigham names 1st medical director of sports medicine
  Mass General Brigham announces the official appointment of Augusts "Gus" Mazzocca, MD as medical director for its Sports Medicine program.
• 06.15.2022  |  The American Shoulder & Elbow Surgeons Podcast
  Interview with Dr. Bassem Elhassan
  Bassem Elhassan, MD, Co-Chief of the Shoulder Service and one of the world's leading experts on tendon transfer surgery, was interviewed by ASES about a career that has taken him from Lebanon to Massachusetts General Hospital.
• 03.02.2022  |  WBTS
  Getting back to fitness, the safe way
  In this local news segment, Miho Tanaka, MD, orthopedic surgeon and director of the Women's Sports Medicine Program, offers tips on how to get back to fitness safely as some COVID-19 pandemic protocols begin to ease.

2021

• 09.17.2021  |  Healio
  Machine learning algorithm may identify patients at risk for extended opioid use
  Joseph Schwab, MD, MS, Chief of the Orthopaedic Spine Service, conducted research to develop and test machine learning algorithms to predict extended post-op opioid use.
• 04.06.2021  |  SiriusXM Radio
  Staying healthy during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  In this audio clip from "Canada Talks" on SiriusXM Radio, Thomas Holovacs, MD, a Mass General orthopedic surgeon specializing in shoulder and sports medicine, discusses strategies for staying healthy at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, including recommendations for easy home workouts.
• 01.07.2021  |  WCVB Boston
  Muscle transfer technique brings pain relief to patients
  Bassem Elhassan, MD, Co-Chief of the Shoulder Service in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, has created many surgical techniques throughout his career. When a patient came to him after a serious 4-wheeler accident, Dr. Elhassan used a muscle transfer technique to reduce the patient's pain and helped him regain mobility in his shoulder.

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2020

• 11.05.2020  |  HuffPost
  6 stretches to do first thing In the morning, according to experts
  Isabella Sprague, DPT, a physical therapist with Sports Medicine Physical Therapy, gives readers six stretches they can do in the morning to relieve stress and reduce sitting-induced pains.
• 10.13.2020  |  NHL.com
  Bruins issue update on offseason surgeries
  Peter Asnis, MD, Mass General Brigham Director of Professional Sports and Boston Bruins Medical Director, performed a successful arthroscopic knee surgery on Boston Bruins player, Charlie McAvoy.
• 06.29.2020  |  WCVB Boston
  Boston program offers support to ease safely back into fitness routine
  Rachel Lampros, DPT, a physical therapist with Sports Medicine Physical Therapy, spoke to WCVB about returning to sports and fitness after your training and fitness routines may have been sidelined because of COVID-19.
• 05.27.2020  |  OrthopedicsToday
  Virtual checklist prepares patients for virtual care at Massachusetts General
  Miho Tanaka, MD, Luke Oh, MD, Scott Martin, MD and Eric Berkson, MD give a checklist to help prepare patients for virtual visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 04.21.2020  |  The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - OrthoBuzz
  How to conduct a virtual orthopaedic examination
  Sports Medicine orthopaedic surgeons, Miho Tanaka, MD, Luke Oh, MD, Scott Martin, MD and Eric Berkson, MD, give step-by-step instructions for virtually evaluating the knee, hip, shoulder, and elbow, a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 02.10.2020  |  WCVB Boston
  Female athletes more likely than males to tear ACL
  Miho Tanaka, MD and Kelly McInnis, DO, both of the Women's Sports Medicine Program at Mass General, are working to increase awareness of a striking fact: young female athletes are up to eight times more likely to tear their anterior cruciate ligament than their male peers.

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2019

• 10.27.2019  |  TheHealthy.com
  If you have pain behind the knee, here’s what it could mean
  Miho Tanaka, MD, sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon and Director of the Women's Sports Medicine Program, talks about when knee pain warrants a trip to the ER.
• 10.04.2019  |  Arthroscopy Podcast
  Radiographic landmarks for the anterior attachment of the medial patellofemoral complex
  Miho Tanaka, MD, a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon and Director of the Women's Sports Medicine Program, discusses radiographic landmarks for the Anterior Attachment of the Medial Patellofemoral Complex with Dr. Clay Neulle.
• 05.23.2019  |  SportsMD.com
  Keeping her in the game: Injury prevention in female athletes
  Miho Tanaka, MD, a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon and the Director of the Women's Sports Medicine Program, discusses ACL injury prevention for female athletes.
• 04.01.2019  |  Harvard Health Publishing
  Put your best foot forward
  Christopher DiGiovanni, MD, Chief of the Foot & Ankle Service, discusses common foot and ankle problems.
• 04.01.2019  |  Harvard Health Publishing
  Stay active, even with stiff ankles
  Christopher DiGiovanni, MD, Chief of the Foot & Ankle Service, discusses ankle stiffness.
• 03.06.2019  |  POPSUGAR
  Anaerobic and aerobic exercise are much different, but each play a key role in your fitness plan
  Miho Tanaka, MD, a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon and Director of the Women's Sports Medicine Program, discusses physiology with POPSUGAR Fitness as it relates to sports and working out.
• 01.29.2019  |  TheHealthy.com
  13 medical reasons for your shoulder pain
  Miho Tanaka, MD, a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon and Director of the Women's Sports Medicine Program, talks about shoulder pain.

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2018

• 03.11.2018  |  NPR
  The mysterious case of 'vanishing bone' and hip replacements gone wrong
  William H. Harris, MD, former chief of Massachusetts General Hospital's joint replacement surgery service and the founder and Director Emeritus of the Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory, discusses his new book about a stealth disease caused by total hip replacements.

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2017

• 10.19.2017  |  Boston Globe
  Injury is very likely to end Gordon Hayward’s season, specialists say
  Christopher DiGiovanni, MD, Chief of the Foot & Ankle Service, comments on Gordon Hayward's fractured and dislocated tibia injury.
• 10.19.2017  |  SELF
  How to tell if your broken toe is actually a big deal
  Daniel Guss, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Foot & Ankle Service, discusses broken toes.
• 07.20.2017  |  Nature.com
  TA juiced-up joint implant
  Ebru Oral, PhD, Associate Director of Biomaterials for the Harris Orthopedics Lab, is profiled for the important work she is doing on joint implant failures.
• 06.13.2017  |  Nature.com
  Long-lived biomaterials
  Ebru Oral, PhD, of the Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory, and colleagues were cites for their work on joint implant infections.
• 04.09.2017  |  MassLive.com
  Red Sox Jackie Bradley Jr. injury update
  Peter Asnis, MD, Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Red Sox, to see Jackie Bradley, Jr. after MRI showed inflammation and a knee sprain.

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2016

• 11.11.2016  |  ESPN.com
  Red Sox Outfielder Mookie Betts undergoes right knee surgery
  Peter Asnis, MD, Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Red Sox, performed knee surgery on Mookie Betts.
• 09.01.2016  |  Harvard Health Publishing
  Good old-fashioned mobility insurance: Protecting your feet and ankles
  Christopher DiGiovanni, MD, Chief of the Foot & Ankle Service, discusses the important of foot and ankle health throughout your life.
• 07.11.2016  |  ESPN.com
  Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel gets surgery to fix torn cartilage
  Peter Asnis, MD, Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Red Sox, performed knee surgery on Craig Kimbrel.
• 07.08.2016  |  PawtucketTimes.com
  PawSox 1B Travis working hard to return to field
  Peter Asnis, MD, Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Red Sox, performed surgery on Sam Travis to repair his torn ACL.
• 05.17.2016  |  Boston Globe
  Patriots name MGH surgeon Mark Price team’s head physician
  Mark Price, MD, PhD, a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon, is named as Head Team Physician for the New England Patriots.
• 04.01.2016  |  Boston.com
  Meet the marathoner who swears by running in Crocs
  Christopher DiGiovanni, MD, Chief of the Foot & Ankle Service, comments on a marathoner who runs in Crocs.
• 01.26.2016  |  Boston.com
  When it comes to treating Boston’s professional athletes, he’s always on call
  Peter Asnis, MD, Chief of the Sports Medicine Service, works with the Boston Bruins, Boston Red Sox, and New England Patriots.